UCSD Faculty Club:

Intersection of Muir Lane and Muir College Drive

(West side of campus)

La Jolla, CA 92093-0121

Tel: (858) 534-0876

GPS coordinates: 32 52 40 N. 117 14 17 W

UCSD Campus Map:

A printable campus map can be downloaded from here:

Parking

Parking is on first-come-first-served basis. The Faculty Club is adjacent to campus parking lot P206 (see map) which contains 50 Club spaces. Parking permits are required during weekdays, however, campus parking is complimentary on Saturdays and Sundays. Attendees may obtain permits to park in Club spaces in the faculty club.

If lot P206 becomes full the next closet lot is P208 where tickets can be bought at the kiosk within the lot.

Permit Prices: $7 / day

Public Transport

There is a bus service from downtown San Diego to the Dyspnea 2009 meeting venue (UCSD) . The bus route and timetable can be downloaded here and a satellite view of the bus stop and meeting venue in La Jolla can be downloaded here.

Travel times to UCSD via Car

We anticipate the drive from downtown San Diego to the Faculty Club (taking Interstate 5 taking approximately 30 minutes during the Friday morning commute. The level of traffic may influence this estimate substantially.

Dyspnea 2009 and Swine Flu (H1N1)

We have been following the flu situation carefully. At this point it seems sensible to go ahead with this meeting, but if there is a drastic change in the course of the flu situation we will post a notice here. ATS is proceeding on course with their meeting (see link below), and there are no US travel advisories in effect except for people going to Mexico. We do advise taking the known precautions to prevent spreading infection (hints from CDC are below).

ATS flu page http://www.thoracic.org/sections/meetings-and-courses/international-conference/2009/swine-flu.html
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) flu page: http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/

CDC HINTS TO AVOID FLU

First and most important: wash your hands. Try to stay in good general health. Get plenty of sleep, be physically active, manage your stress, drink plenty of fluids, and eat nutritious food. Try not to touch surfaces that may be contaminated with the flu virus. Avoid close contact with people who are sick.

Take these everyday steps to protect your health:

* Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.
* Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. Alcohol-based hand cleaners are also effective.
* Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread this way.
* Try to avoid close contact with sick people.

Stay home if you are sick for 7 days after your symptoms begin or until you have been symptom-free for 24 hours, whichever is longer. This is to keep from infecting others and spreading the virus further.

Other important actions that you can take are—

* Follow public health advice regarding school closures, avoiding crowds and other social distancing measures.
* Be prepared in case you get sick and need to stay home for a week or so; a supply of over-the-counter medicines, alcohol-based hand rubs, tissues and other related items might could be useful and help avoid the need to make trips out in public while you are sick and contagious.

If you are sick, limit your contact with other people as much as possible. Do not go to work or school if ill for 7 days or until your symptoms go away (whichever is longer). Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing. It may prevent those around you from getting sick. Put your used tissue in the waste basket. Cover your cough or sneeze if you do not have a tissue. Then, clean your hands, and do so every time you cough or sneeze.

Washing your hands often will help protect you from germs. Wash with soap and water or clean with alcohol-based hand cleaner. We recommend that when you wash your hands—with soap and warm water—that you wash for 15 to 20 seconds. When soap and water are not available, alcohol-based disposable hand wipes or gel sanitizers may be used. You can find them in most supermarkets and drugstores. If using gel, rub your hands until the gel is dry. The gel doesn't need water to work; the alcohol in it kills the germs on your hands.