Dear ISARP members and friends:
I am very pleased to announce that the 17th annual meeting of the International Society for the Advancement of Respiratory Psychophysiology will be held in midtown Manhattan.
Dates
September 26th and 27th, 2010
Location
245 Lexington Ave. (between E. 34th and E. 35th Streets)
Koch Auditorium,
New York 10016
Please click here to get detailed directions.
We are looking forward to seeing you at the welcome reception at the Sky Lounge at the New Yorker Hotel, Saturday Sept. 25, 2010 from 6:00 - 8:00 PM. The event is free.
For more details on the location please visit: www.newyorkerhotel.com/meetings/skylounge.html
Topics at our annual meeting this year will include the following topics of respiratory psychophysiology: asthma, COPD, symptom perception, dyspnea, emotions and stress, anxiety and panic disorder, hyperventilation, and heart rate variability.
Keynote Speakers
September 26:
Rosalind J. Wright, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Harvard School of Public Health
“Does perinatal stress cause asthma? Insights from epidemiological studies”
September 27:
Donald F. Klein, M.D., D.Sc.
Research Professor
NYU Langone Medical Center
Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus
Columbia University
College of Physicians and Surgeons
“Respiratory Markers of Inducing Panic-Like States in Normal Human Subjects and Anxious Children: Opioidergic Issues and Effect Analyses”
Accomodations
We have reserved a limited number of rooms at the New Yorker Hotel
(http://newyorkerhotel.com/index.html)
Ramada Plaza
481 Eight Avenue
New York, NY 10001
If you would like to stay at the New Yorker Hotel at the discounted rate of $229 per night plus taxes, please call 1-800-764-4680 and ask for the ISARP room block.
I look forward to seeing many of you at the ISARP conference in NYC.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Feldman, Ph.D.
ISARP Program Chair for 2010
