"Waiting to Exhale" is a one-day conference on pediatric asthma to be held Tuesday, May 8, at the Swang Conference Center on the Lipscomb University campus. The keynote speaker is Ben Francisco, Ph.D., research assistant professor of Pulmonary Medicine and Allergy at the University of Missouri, Columbia.

The cost of the conference is $40. Late registration is $50 and starts April 23. Conference fees can only be refunded prior to April 23. Payment options are listed on the registration form.

The event is sponsored by VUMC, the Department of Nursing Education and Professional Development in association with the Division of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Pilmonary Medicine and the Cumberland Pediatric Foundation.

For more information, go to http://www.childrenshospital.vanderbilt.org/interior.php?mid=9222.