Conferences & Academic Engagement

A complete timeline of talks, sessions, symposia, and scientific meetings throughout Dr. Rahman’s career

CONFERENCE OVERVIEW

A distinguished record of scientific leadership, session chairing, invited presentations, and participation in renowned global meetings

Dr. Irfan Rahman has played an influential role in the international scientific community through his active participation in leading conferences across toxicology, pulmonary medicine, aging biology, redox research, and environmental health. His contributions span invited lectures, award ceremonies, society-level symposia, and leadership roles within major professional organizations such as the Society of Toxicology (SOT), the American Thoracic Society (ATS), the Oxygen Society/Oxygen Club of California (OCC), and the American Lung Association (ALA).

His presence at these conferences reflects not only scientific distinction but also sustained leadership, often serving as a recognized expert, award recipient, session leader, or prominent society representative.

Numerical Highlights

10+

Major conference-linked awards & recognitions

6+

Career milestones publicly recognized at major conferences

5+

Global scientific domains represented in conference engagements

4

Leading professional societies represented

3

Consecutive years recognized at global research conferences

2026

19th Annual Conference of the Saudi Association for Pulmonary Hypertension (SAPH2026), in collaboration with PVRI
Saudi Association for Pulmonary Hypertension, PVRI
Invited Lecture / Speaker
February 2026
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Talk at King Faisal Hospital and Research Center
Al-Faisal University
Invited Talk
February 2026
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

2025

FIU Endowed Wertheim Lectureship Invitation
Florida International University (FIU)
Invited lecture / speaker
January 2025
Florida, USA

2024

Radiation, Fibrosis, and senolytics - International meeting
SFRR India
Plenary Speaker
November 8, 2024
Mumbai/Bombay, India
Polyphenols, senolytics, and chronic lung diseases

Air Pollution and Chronic Lung Diseases

Jamia Millia University
Invited speaker
November 12, 2024
New Delhi, India
Air pollution and chronic lung diseases

Air Pollution and Chronic Lung Diseases

Kashmir University, Dept of Biochemistry (Dr. Shaida Andrabi)
Invited speaker
November 13, 2024
Srinagar, India

2023

Oxidative Shifts in the Aging Lung

Lung Aging: Why Your Fev1 Is Falling And Pneumonia Is Your Final Friend

American Thocacic Society
Invited speaker
2023
USA
Clock in the Lung: How Environmental Cues Tik Tok

It’s about time! The circadian clock in lung disease, from bench to bedside

American Thocacic Society
Invited speaker
2023
USA
Flavors, Vaping, And Enigma In Toxicology
SOT
Invited Lecture
March 23, 2023
Gainsville
Smoking, Vaping, and Lung Health

Host: C Vulpe

University of Florida, Physiological Sciences
Leading Edge Science Award Lecture
January, 23. 2023
USA
Cellular senescence- Mitochondrial Dysfunction in COPD

Host: WonHee Lee, PhD

University of Arizona, College of Medicine, Basic Medical Health Sciences
Invited Speaker
January 19, 2023
Phoenix
E-Cigarettes: The more you know E-cigarettes

Community Conversations on Cancer

Office of the Community Outreach and Engagement, Univeristy of Rochester
Invited Speaker
January 19, 2023
New York, USA

2022

Breathe 2022 National Pulmonology Conclave

Host: Dr. Sameer Arbat

National Pulmonology Conclave
Invited Talk
May 22, 2022
Nagpur, India
E-cig in lung diseases, UVA PCCM conference

Host: Y. Michael Shim, MD

UVA PCCM
Invited Talk
May 11, 2022
N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine: “Long life to lung: Multifaceted role of NAC in various respiratory diseases”
Cipla Foundation
Invited Talk
February 18, 2022
Mumbai, India

2021

E-Cigarette Vaping and COVID-19

Host: Trevor M. Penning, PhD

Parelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology Sixteenth Annual Symposium Air Pollution & Lung Health
Invited Talk
November 19, 2021
USA
Mitochondria stress in the lung

Host: Mathew Young

Southern Illinois University, School of Biological Sciences
Invited Talk
April 23, 2021
USA
E-cig and EVALI
LSU
Dellinger Distinguished Lecture
April 28, 2021
USA

2019

Vaping and Lung Disease

Host: Annalisa Rogers and Sara Brown- SHAC Coaltion Meeting

American Lung Association
Invited Public Talk
November 16, 2019
Rochester, NY branch, USA
Mitochondria and cellular senescence

Host: Dr. Sukh-Mei Ho

University of Arkansas Medical Center, Little Rock
Invited Speaker
October 18, 2019
USA
Horizons in Chronic Airway Diseases

Circadian clock and therapeutics in chronic airway diseases

ERS
Invited Speaker
September 28-October 02, 2019
Madrid, Spain
Cellular & Molecular Mechanisms of Toxicity

Gordon Research Conference 2019

Proctor Academy, Andover
Invited Speaker
August 11th–16th, 2019
New Hampshire, USA
Emerging Issues with Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (E-cigarettes)

EHSCC 2019 meeting

The University of Iowa, EHSRC
Invited Speaker
June 20, 2019
New Hampshire, USA
Mitochondria and Cellular Senescence

Host: Hoshang Unwalla, PhD

Florida International University at the Herbert Wertheim
Invited Speaker, Distinguished Lectureship Series.
June 19, 2019
USA
Our lungs are also AGING with us

Mitochondria and telomeres during lung aging, 22nd Annual Congress

Turkish Thoracic Society (TTS)
Invited Speaker
April 10-14, 2019
Antalya, Turkey
Dangers of Vaping and Prevention

Host: Keva W. Collier, MD, MBA, MPH

University of Rochester, Department of Public Health Sciences / Preventive Medicine Residency Program
Invited Talk
March 7th, 2019
USA
Emerging ENDS and JUUL

Host: Keva W. Collier, MD, MBA, MPH

Symposium speaker
February 20-23, 2019
San Francisco, CA

2018

Air Pollution and Lung Health

International Conference on “Challenge of Climate Change and Air Pollution – Impact on Health and Economy”

Maulana Azad Medical College
Invited Speaker
14-15 December, 2018
New Delhi, India
Mitochondrial dysfunction and Cellular Senesence

Host: Robert Foronjy, MD

Downstate Medicial Center
Invited Speaker
17 October, 2018
USA
Knack of NAC

Live India webcasts in 19 Metropolitan Indian Cities

Cipla Foundation
Invited Speaker
12 May, 2018
India
Tobacco smoke-mediated mitochondrial dysfunction in COPD

Cohosted by: Duke University Medical Center, East Carolina University, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, North Carolina State University, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
(local host Claire Doerschuk: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine); East Carolina University (Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology); National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (Laboratory of Pulmonary Pathobiology);

Visiting Pulmonary Scholar
March 7-8, 2018
USA

2017

Tobacco smoke/Oxidative stress effect on mitochondrial dysfunction, and signaling through extracellular vesicles/exosomes

Host: Dr. Nicholas Kenyon

University of Davis, CA
Invited Speaker
October 19-21, 2017
USA
Inhaled Particles XII (IPXII)
Invited Speaker
25-27 September, 2017
Glasgow, UK.
Tobacco smoke/Oxidative effect on mitochondrial dysfunction and signaling through extracellular vesicles/exosomes

Host: Xianglin Shi, PhD

University of Kentucky at the Department of Toxicology and Cancer Biology, Lexington, KY
Invited Speaker
October 8-9, 2017
USA
Mitochondrial dysfunction and cellular & senescence program in COPD

Host: Jesse Roman, MD

Univesrity of Kentucky, Louiville, KY
Invited Speaker
October 9-19, 2017
USA
Pathophysiology of COPD

Host: Dr. Troy Stevens

University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
Invited Speaker
28 July, 2017
USA
Mitochondrial dysfunction in COPD

Host: Dr. Shyam Mohapatra

University of South Florida, Tampa
Invited Speaker
July 6, 2017
USA
Mitochondrial dysfunction in COPD-extracellular vesicles

Host: Dr. Rama Mallampalli

University of Pittsburgh, PA
Invited Speaker
June 7-8, 2017
USA
Exosomes and mitochondria by ETS in lung cellular senescence.
EHSC Cincinnati
Invited Speaker
April 18-19, 2017
USA
Molecular clock disruption by environmental toxicants and viruses in pulmonary disease
Society of Toxicology
Speaker
March 12-16, 2017
USA
Exosomes in Toxicology.
Society of Toxicology
Speaker and Session Chair
March 12-16, 2017
USA

2016

Linking Chemical Exposures, Biological Pathways and Susceptibility to Disease

at 50th Anniversary of the NIEHS Science FES
Visit: https://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/events/pastmtg/2016/ehs_fest/index.cfm

NIEHS Science FES
Plenary Speaker
December 6-9, 2016
Durham Convention Center, Durham, USA
Circadian Clock in lung diseases

Host: Dr. Wang

Tufts University
Invited Speaker
May 9, 2016
USA
Redox regulation of mito-senesence and dysfunctional epigenome

SFRBM: Annual meeting

SFRBM
Invited Speaker
November 16-19, 2016
San Francisco, CA

2015

Tobacco products and periodontal complications

Host: Dean Dr. Vinay Hazarey, MDS, Ph.D

University of Nagpur
Invited Speaker
December 16, 2015
Nagpur, India
Asthma and COPD

Host: Dr. Sang Do Lee

Asan Medical Center
Lecture
December 9, 2015
Seoul, South Korea
Mitochondrial Dysfunction

Host: Dr. Se-Ran Yang

University Kangwon National University Hospital
Lecture
December 9, 2015
Seoul, South Korea
Lung Cancer and COPD

Annual meeting

Korean Society of Cancer Prevention
Lecture
December 9, 2015
South Korea
E-cigarettes and pulmonary health effects

Host: Dr. N Kolliputi

University of South Florida
Lecture
December 9, 2015
South Korea
Mitosenescence in COPD

Host: Dr. Thomas Rogers and Jerry Criners

Temple University
Lecture
August 19-20, 2015
Philadelpha, PA
Redox regulation of Inflammaging

Oxygen Club of California World Congress, Oxidants and Antioxidants in Biology.
Joint organization by the Oxygen Club of California, the Spanish Group for Research on Free Radicals, the Portuguese Group of Free Radicals & The Société Française de Recherches sur les Radicaux Libres

Oxygen Club of California
Invited talk
June 24-26, 2015
Valencia, Spain
Tobacco Smoke-Induced Cellular Senescence and Mitochondrial Dysfunction In COPD.

Host: Toru Noyuna M.D

Lovelace Research Laboratory
Invited speaker
April 9-10, 2015
Albuquerque, New Mexico

2014

Resveratrol in lung Inflammaging

3rd International Conference on Resveratrol and Health

Invited talk
November 30 - December 3, 2014
Hilton Waikoloa Village
Lung Inflammaging

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

University of Washington
Invited talk
November 24, 2014
Seattle, USA
Lung Disease- COPD specific biomarkers and molecular mechanisms in the pathogenesis of COPD

The 10th International Symposium on Respiratory Diseases & ATS in China Forum. Chinese ISRD and ATS meeting

Chinese ISRD and ATS
Inivited talk
November 7-9, 2014
Shanghai, PR China
Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and Cellular Senescence in Premature Lung Aging

China Science Island of Hefei-Translational Medicine Forum. Translational Medicine and Individualized Treatment of Major Lung Diseases Symposium

Cancer Hospital, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Inivited talk
November 8-9, 2014
Hefei, Anhui
Tobacco Smoke-Induced Oxidative Stress, Inflammation And Cellular Senescence In COPD.

Host: Timothy Blackwell, M.D.
The Department of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Vanderbilt Medical Center
Invited speaker
October 12-13, 2014
Nashville, TN
Environmental Tobacco Smoke, Oxidative Stress, Inflammation and Premature Lung Aging

Host: Mary Ellen Wewers, William J. Martin II, MD, Dean, College of Public Health and Professor, Division of Environmental Health Sciences., and John Christman, MD, Director, Wexner Medical Center Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine.

The Ohio State University, College of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Sciences
Talk
October 19-21, 2014
Ohio, USA
Tobacco Smoke/Oxidative Stress, Inflammation and Cellular Senescence

Host: Kelly Standifer, PhD, Professor and Chair, Pharmaceutical Sciences

The University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Tobacco Research Center College of Pharmacy
Invited talk
September 7-9, 2014
USA
Leh Symposium on Hypoxia and Lung Diseases.
Inivited talk (online presentation)
September 19-24, 2014
Ladakh, India
Sirtuin1 and lung inflammation
American Thoracic Society
Invited talk
May 2014
San Diego, CA
Oxidative Stress and Cellular Senescence
Society of Free Radical Research
Invited speaker
January 2014
Lonavala, India
Redox regulation of Omics in lung inflammation

Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Conference

DY Patil University
Invited Speaker
January 2014
India
Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Therapies in COPD

1st ICONIC meeting (COPD)

COPD
Invited talk
Jan/Feb 2014
Pune, India

2012

Cellular Senescence in COPD

Epigenetic control of lung biology through histone and chromatin modification, The seventh scientific symposium

University of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center School Schlosshotel Weilburg
Invited speaker
November 12-13, 2012
Hessen, Germany
SIRT1 Regulation of Cellular Senescence and Inflammation in COPD

Host: Vihas Vasu, PhD

National Jewish Medical Center-University of Colorado
Accomplished Scientist Speaker
November, 2012
Denver, USA
Redox Regulation of SIRT1 in Inflammaging

Host: Dr. Rakesh Patel

University of Alabama, and Center for Free Radical Research
Speaker
October 2012
Birmingham AL, England
Epigenetics and Redox signaling

Host: Dr. Steven Kelsen and Moulder Center for Drug Discovery Research Director Dr. Magid Abou-Gharbia

Temple University, Moulder Center for Drug Discovery Research
Speaker
September 2012
Philadelphia, PA
Redox regulation of Sirt1 in lung inflammation

22nd Annual Pathobiology Graduate Program retreat of Brown University

Brown University
Invited Speaker
August 2012
Providence, RI
Polyphenols in inflammaging

Inflammation and Aging meeting

Oxygen Club of California
Invited Speaker
May 2012
Alba, Italy
Polyphenol and Microbiota
Experimental Biology
Invited Speaker
April 2012
San Diego, USA
COPD Conference
COPD
Invited Speaker
March 2012
Lapland, Finland
Redox regulation of epigenetics in cellular senesence
Gordon Conference on Oxygen Radical
Invited Speaker
February 2012
Redox regulation of deacetylases in inflammation
Redox signaling
Invited Speaker
January 2012
Luxemboug

2011

Sirtuin regulation of lung inflammation

International Conference on Ergothioniene

Invited Speaker
July 2011
LA
Sirtuins and lung aging

International Conference on Polyphenol Research

Invited Speaker
June 2011
Paris
Epigenetics in lung inflammation

RISE-USA-Chromatin conference

RISE-USA-Chromatin
Invited Speaker and teaching activity
June 2011
Puerto Rico
Therapeutic targets in airways disease
Society of Free Radical Research
Invited Speaker
January 2011
Chennai, India
Cigarette smoke and endothelial dysfunction

International Conference on Natural Products and Biomedical Technology ICNPBT-2011,

Annamalai University
Invited Speaker
January 2011
Chidambaram, India
Novel concepts on redox signaling
Free Radicals, Oxidative stress and Inflammation
Invited Speaker
January 2011
Nagpur, India.

2010

FoxO3 in lung inflammation

International Conference

Society of Free Radical Biology and Medicine
Oral presentation
November 2010
Orlando
Antioxidant therapeutic strategies in COPD

CHI Discovery symposium on COPD

Oral presentation
November 2010.
Novel antioxidants in treatment of COPD

Chest International Conference

American College of Chest Physicians
Invited Speaker
October 2010
USA
Cigarette Smoke and Endothelial Dysfunction
Society of Free Radical Research
Invited Speaker
January 11-13, 2010
India
Methods in Redox Epigenetics Research
Free Radical Research School
Presentation
January 16-17, 2010
Nagpur, India

2009

Inflammation, polyphenols and epigenetics

Nutrigenomics conference, NCI

International Society of Nutrigenetics
Invited speaker
October 21-23, 2009
Bethesda, MD
VEGFR2 redox signaling, shear stress and angiogenesis in cardiopulmonary diseases.

4th International Conference on Oxidative/Nitrosative Stress and Disease

The New York Acad of Sciences
Invited speaker
October 28-30, 2009
New York, USA
Cigarette smoke, nutrition and inflammation/epigenetics

4th International Conference on Polyphenols and Health

Invited speaker
December 7-11, 2009
Leeds, UK
Oxidative Stress in COPD
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG.
Invited speaker
September 6-8, 2009
Germany
Polyphenols and Epigenetic symposium
Linus Pauling Institute
Invited speaker
May 13-15, 2009
Portland, Oregon
Epigenetics in oxidative stress and chromatin remodeling
Society of Free Radical Research
Invited speaker
March 18-21, 2009
India
Dietary antioxidants and toxicology of cigarette smoke
Society of Toxicology
Invited Speaker
March 16-18, 2009
Baltimore, MD

2008

Redox Physiology in Health and Disease

Minisymposium for the Redox Biology Center

University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Invited speaker
October 03, 2008
Lincoln, United States
Smoking and COPD-Mechanisms and Prevention

XVI Yrjo Jahnsson Medicial Symposium

XVI Yrjo Jahnsson Medicial
Invited speaker
August 20-22, 2008
Helsinki, Finland
Aerosol Dynamics and Health: Strategies to Reduce Exposure and Harm

XVI Yrjo Jahnsson Medicial Symposium

Aerosol Dynamics and Health
Speaker / Presenter
June 22-26, 2008
Cardiff, Wales, UK
Overcoming Steroid Resistance in Airway Disease”-Reversing Steroid Resistance with Antioxidants
American Thoracic Society
Invited Plenary Speaker
May 16-21, 2008
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Epigenetics and Lung Disease-NF-kappaB and Histone Modification in Lung Inflammation
American Thoracic Society
Invited Plenary Speaker
May 16-21, 2008
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Common Mechanisms across Species, Diseases and Toxicity: What Can We Infer from Oxidative Stress-“Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in the Pathogenesis of COPD”

Toxicology and Risk Assessment Conference (TRAC-08)

Invited speaker
April 14-17, 2008
Cincinnati, OH
Center for Lipidomics Meeting
University of Highlands and Islands Millennium Institute, Queens University
Invited Expert
March 31 - April 01, 2008
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Steroid Resistance in Chronic Inflammatory Airway Disease

Scientific Expert Meeting

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co
Invited speaker and expert
March 3-4, 2008
Biberach, Germany
Experts on Asthma and COPD Symposium
Merck & Co. Pharma, Respiratory Global Therapeutic Expert Forum
Invited speaker and expert
February 3-5, 2008
Philadelphia, PA
Experts on Asthma and COPD Symposium
Merck & Co. Pharma, Respiratory Global Therapeutic Expert Forum
Invited speaker and expert
February 3-5, 2008
Philadelphia, PA
Regulation of lung inflammation and injury by environmental agents

Seventh Annual Meeting

Society for Free Radical Research
Invited Speaker
February 14-16, 2008
Jaipur, India
Dietary polyphenols-mediated regulation of oxidative stress and chromatin remodeling in inflammation’

Satellite Meeting

Society for Free Radical Research
Invited Speaker
Febuary 11-12, 2008
New Delhi, India
NCI-NIH-Roadmap on Epigenetics

Symposium on Diet, Epigenetic Events, and Cancer Prevention.

NCI-NIH
Invited Speaker
September 26-27
Bethesda, MD

2007

Life Sciences International Conferences
Plenary Speaker
July 8-12, 2007
Glasgow, UK
NCI/NIH-Symposium on Diet, Epigenetic Events, and Cancer Prevention
NCI/NIH
Invited speaker
September 26-27, 2007
Washington D.C.
Redox Signaling in Lung Inflammation

Life Sciences International Conferences

Life Sciences
Plenary Speaker
July 8-12, 2007
Glasgow, UK
Oxidants/Antioxidants in COPD
Respiratory Research Group, GlaxoSmithKline, King of Prussia
Invited talk
May 10-11, 2007
Sirtuin regulation of lung inflammation and injury
Society of Free Radical Research-Asia
Invited talk
January 11, 2007
Bombay, India
Methods in Free Radical Research
Free Radical Research School
Presentation
January 14, 2007
Nagpur, India

2006

Life Sciences International Conferences
American Thoracic Society
Invited Speaker
May 19-24, 2006
San Diego, CA
Oxidants and Transcriptional regulation of Inflammation
British Pharmacological Society, Oxford
Invited talk
December 18, 2006
UK
Therapeutic targets in COPD
Altana Pharmaceuticals
Invited talk
December 14, 2006
Kontantz, Germany
NF-B and lung inflammation
American Thoracic Society
Invited plenary talk
May 19-24, 2006
San Diego, CA
Polyphenols and inflammation

Oxidants and Antioxidants

Oxygen Club of California
Invited lecture
March 15-18, 2006
USA
World Signaling Meeting
Oxygen Club of California
Invited speaker
January 25-28, 2006
Luxembourg
Glucocorticoid signaling and dietary polyphenols in lung inflammation
Invited speaker
Oxidative stress and redox regulation of inflammation
145. Society for Free Radical Research
Invited keynote speaker and chairperson
January 16-18, 2006
Kolkata, India
Oxidative stress and redox mechanisms of inflammation
Free Radical Research School
Invited Speaker
January 16-17, 2006
Nagpur, India
Oxidative stress and redox mechanisms of inflammation
Free Radical Research School
Invited Speaker
January 16-17, 2006
Nagpur, India

2005

Oxidant and cigarette smoke-mediated glutathione regulation, lung inflammation and COPD

GlaxoSmithKline Symposium: Targeting Oxidative Stress and Signaling

GlaxoSmithKline
Invited Speaker
December 02, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
Dietary Polyphenols in lung inflammation
British Inflammation Society
Invited Speaker
December 02-05, 2005
Horrogate, UK
Polyphenols and lung inflammation

Worldnutra 2005, International Conference on Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods

Worldnutra
Invited Speaker
October 16-19, 2005
Anaheim, CA
Polyphenols and lung inflammation

Worldnutra 2005, International Conference on Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods

Worldnutra
Invited Speaker
October 16-19, 2005
Anaheim, CA
Oxidative stress in COPD

COPD International meeting

Invited Speaker
September 24-26, 2005
Siena, Italy
Oxidants and COPD
European Respiratory Society
Invited speaker symposium
September 17-21, 2005
Copenhagen, Denmark
Society of Free Radical Biology and Medicine (Oxygen Society)
Invited plenary speaker
Post-translational modification of redox sensors in health and disease
Invited Speaker
Aug- 28-Sept 1, 2005
Austin, TX
Polyphenols and lung inflammation
American Chemical Society
Invited Talk
August 27-29, 2005
Washington DC
Dietary polyphenols, antioxidants and redox signaling

2nd International Congress on Antioxidant Methods

Invited Talk
June 22-24, 2005
Orlando, Florida
Beyond transcription factors: Post-translational modifications of proteins
American Thoracic Society
Invited speaker symposium
May 24, 2005
San Diego
A satellite symposium to Experimental Biology (EB)

Functional Foods for Health Promotion: Impact on the Inflammatory Response, the ILSI North America Technical Committee on Food Components for Health Promotion.,“Dietary polyphenols, histone acetylation and deacetylation, NF-kappaB and pro-inflammatory gene expression

American Thoracic Society
Invited Speaker
April 2, 2005
San Diego
Oxidative stress in chronic inflammatory lung diseases

First International Oligonol Scientific Conference

Invited Talk
February 5-6, 2005
Sapporo, Japan
Invited Talk
Department of Pharmacy, Seoul National Univeristy
Invited Talk
February 4, 2005
Seoul, Korea
Oxidative stress and inflammation in COPD
The Lovelace Respiratory Research Laboratory
Invited Talk
October 19, 2004
Oxidative stress and regulation of glutathione

Mitochondria Research Interest Group

URMC
Invited Talk
September 23, 2004
NY, USA

2004

Oxidative stress and inflammation in COPD
The Lovelace Respiratory Research Laboratory
Invited Talk
October 19, 2004
Oxidative stress and regulation of glutathione

Mitochondria Research Interest Group

URMC
Invited Talk
September 23, 2004
NY, USA
Oxidative stress and inflammation in asthma and COPD

Bronchitis VII: On the crossroads of asthma and COPD

Invited Talk
August 29-31, 2004
Groningen, Holland
Oxidative stress in COPD
European Respiratory Society
Invited Speaker
September 2004
Glasgow, UK
Basic mechanisms in asthma and COPD
American Thoracic Society
Invited Speaker
May 2004
Orlando
Redox modulation of histone acetylation and deacetylation in vitro and in vivo: modulation of NF-B and proinflammatory genes

Signal transduction/Chromatin remodeling

Invited Speaker
January 28-31, 2004
Luxembourg
Oxidative stress, transcription factors and chromatin remodeling in chronic lung inflammation
Society of Free Radical Research
Invited Speaker
January 16-19, 2004
Chidambaram, South India
Oxidative stress and inflammation in chronic respiratory diseases: current concepts and therapeutic approaches

International conference on recent advances in biomedical and therapeutic sciences (ICRBT)

ICRBTS
Lecture
January 13-15, 2004
Jhansi, India
Redox regulation of gene expression
European Respiratory Society
Invited Speaker
September 27 - October 1, 2003
Jhansi, India

2003

Redox regulation of gene expression
European Respiratory Society
Invited Speaker
September 27 - October 1, 2003
Jhansi, India
Animal models of COPD

2nd Siena International conference.
Visit: http://www.unisi.it/eventi/copd2003/

Invited Speaker
September 6-8, 2003
Siena, Italy
Oxidative stress: from measurement to management
British Society for Cardiovascular Research
Invited Speaker
September 8-9, 2003
Edinburgh, UK
Workshop on Molecular basis of health and disease
MCBN-UNESCO/SFRR
Workshop
July, 2003
Malaysia
Inflammatory and oxidative cell death and tissue damage: Molecular mechanisms, biomarkers, and chemoprovention
International symposium
May, 2003
Seoul, South Korea
Molecular Markers in Toxicity
Symposium
May, 2003
Seoul, South Korea
Current perspectives in epithelial cell injury and repair: consequences for epithelial functions
Invited Speaker
June, 2003
Paris, France
Oxidative and antioxidative sytem

The role of oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of COPD.
6th Annual Congress of Turkish Thoracic Society

Turkish Thoracic Society
Main symposium chair
2003
Turkey
Free Radical Biomarkers and determinations
Society of Free Radical Research
Symposium
February, 2003
Lucknow, India

2002

Lecture
Society for Free Radical Research (SFRR)
Invited Speaker
October, 2002
Cape Town, South Africa
Lecture
Korean Pharmaceutical Society
Invited Speaker
October, 2002
Seoul, Korea
Lecture
National Seoul University, Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Invited Speaker
October, 2002
Seoul, Korea
Lecture
European Respiratory Society
Invited Speaker
September, 2002
Stockholm, Sweden
XIth Biennial Meeting
Society for Free Radical Research International
Invited Speaker
July, 2002
Paris, France
The Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper Hospital University Medical Center

Host: Dr. Z.H. Aghai and Dr. G. Stahl

UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Invited Speaker
June, 2002
Camden
3rd International reactive oxygen and nitrogen species meeting
NIOSH
Invited Speaker
June, 2002
Morgantown, VW, USA
2nd International Meeting on Free Radicals in Health and Diseases
Society for Free Radical Research
Invited Speaker
May, 2002
Europe
Signal Transduction
Invited Speaker
January, 2002
Luxembourg
Transatlantic Airway Conference
Invited Speaker
January, 2002
Lucerne, Switzerland

2001

Lecture
British Lung Foundation
Invited Speaker
September, 2001
Glasgow, Scotland
Talk
European Respiratory Society meeting
Invited Speaker
September, 2001
Berlin, Germany
Lecture
Society for Free Radical Research (SFRR)
Invited Speaker
July, 2001
Mumbai, India
Lecture
COPD meeting
Talk
September, 2001
Siena, Italy
Lecture
Society for Free Radical Research (SFRR)
Invited Speaker
July, 2001
Mauritius, Africa
Lecture
British Association for Inflammation Research (BIRA)
Invited Speaker
July, 2001
Mauritius, Africa
Lecture

Host: Prof. Carroll Cross

University of California, Dept of Pulmonary Medicine
Invited Speaker
May, 2001
Davis, USA

2000

Lecture

Host: Dr. Taori

Central India Institute for Medical Sciences
Invited Speaker
October 2000
Nagpur, India
Lecture
Host: Prof. Shastri
Nagpur University Department of Biochemistry
Invited Speaker
October 2000
Nagpur, India
Lecture
Society for Free Radical Research (SFRR)-Africa
Invited Speaker
July 2000
Johannesburg, South Africa
Symposium
University of Johnnesburg, Dept of Toxicology, National Centre for Occupational Health
Symposium
July 2000
Johannesburg, South Africa
Lecture
University of Cape Town, Groote Schuur Hospital, Dept. of Immunology
Invited Speaker
July, 2000
South Africa
Signal Transduction meeting
Invited Speaker
February, 2000
Luxembourg