We cordially
invite you to attend the AUTOIMMUNITY ORATION-2021, Annual Lecture under
the auspices of the UB-GSK Chair for Autoimmune Diseases, where Prof.
Graham R.V. Hughes will deliver a talk on “The antiphospholipid (Hughes)
syndrome: 40 years and counting”.
The
event will take place on Thursday, 25 November 2021 - 9:30 am CEST (Barcelona
time) at the Aula Magna of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of the
University of Barcelona and will be showed by live streaming at the Aula Clinic
You Tube Channel: https://youtu.be/xVR0auXIht8
The lecture will
be preceded by the official opening of the UB-GSK Chair for Autoimmune
Diseases by Prof. Joan Guardia, Rector of the University of
Barcelona, Prof. Antoni Trilla, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and
Health Sciences, Prof. Ricard Cervera, Director of the Chair and
Vice-Dean of the Faculty, Prof. Josep Maria Campistol, CEO of the
Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Prof. Antoni Castells, Medical Director of
the same Hospital, and Mr. Ricardo Boedo-Facal, GSK representative.
Prof.Graham R.V. Hughes is
Head of the Lupus London Centre in London, England, UK, and has made many
contributions in the field of autoimmune diseases, including the original
description of the antiphospholipid syndrome, also known as “Hughes syndrome”,
to honor his researh on this condition. He was also honored as Doctor Honoris
Causa by the University of Barcelona in 2004.
Prof.
Hughes maintains a
close relationship with the Department of Autoimmune Diseases of the HospitalClínic of Barcelona and one of the most marked examples of this relationship is
the annual event “Ten Topics in Autoimmune Diseases and Rheumatology”, a highly
prestigious postgraduate course in this area of medical research which has been
jointly held for more the 20 years.
Registration (free of
cost) for the AUTOIMMUNITY ORATION-2021 must be done at the Aula Clinic website:
www.aulaclinic.com Videorecording of the AUTOIMMUNITY ORATION-2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVR0auXIht8
