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Program: Scientific Session
General Topic: ARP

Immunology Boot Camp 2: Applying Principles to Practice

Tuesday, October 28, 2025
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Central Time

    Moderator(s)

  • JB

    Janet Bahr, NP

    Family Neighborhood Clinic
    La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States

    Disclosure information not submitted.

  • Neil Moody, Jr, BS, PA-C

    Multicare Tacoma General Rheumatology Associates
    Tacoma, Washington, United States

    Disclosure information not submitted.

    • Session Coordinator(s)

  • JB

    Janet Bahr, NP

    Family Neighborhood Clinic
    La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States

    Disclosure information not submitted.

The second session in the Immunology Boot Camp series is an introduction to the basics of immunology for healthcare professionals and will expand participants’ knowledge of rheumatic diseases and treatment. This boot camp will provide a basic framework to grasp the pathophysiology of autoimmunity, or when “good cells go bad.” Faculty will describe in detail the mechanisms of autoimmunity and the subsequent inflammatory response that drives various rheumatic conditions. They will review clinical decision-making through case studies of connective tissue and inflammatory autoimmune conditions. This boot camp-style talk will close by reviewing the protein and cellular components of the acute inflammatory response to introduce the concepts of cytokines as therapeutic targets for arthritis and other inflammatory diseases.

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify mechanisms of tolerance and autoimmunity
  • Differentiate the role of T cells and B cells in disease activity and therapeutic interventions
  • Describe cytokine pathways in the pathogeneses of various rheumatic disease states

Presentations:

  • 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Central Time
    TBD

    Speaker: Troy Torgerson, MD, PhD – Allen Institute for Immunology