February Luncheon with The Affiliates and Westwood Women's Bruin Club
Wed 2/12/2025 • 11:30AM PST
James West Alumni Center
Join the Town & Gown Affiliates and Westwood Women's Bruin Club for our February luncheon. This month's guest speaker is Dr. Brigitte Gomperts MD, associate director of translational research at the UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center.
In this month's talk, Dr. Gomperts will explore how the lungs function and discuss the innovative model systems her UCLA laboratory has developed to study the impact of environmental exposures on lung health. She will demonstrate how her team replicates these exposures in human lung models and present data on how pollutants like wildfire smoke and vaping can damage the airways and lead to disease. Finally, Dr. Gomperts will share groundbreaking data on the development of a promising therapy designed to protect the airways from environmental harm.
***Please note: Reservations are required. We are unable to seat anyone without a reservation made and paid for in advance.***