IDI 8th Annual Meeting

IDI 8th Annual Meeting Tentative Program

Schedule subject to change.

8–8:30 a.m.
Check-In and Breakfast

8:30–9 a.m.
Welcome from Leadership 

• Steven Ringel, PhD, senior associate vice president for research, Enterprise for Research, Innovation and Knowledge
• Jordi B. Torrelles, PhD, director, Infectious Diseases Institute

9–9:50 a.m.
Opening Keynote Address

Jacqueline Kirchner, PhD, deputy director, Biologics Discovery, Discovery and Translational Sciences, Global Health Division, Gates Foundation
Presentation title: Harnessing innovation for global health

9:50–10 a.m.
Coffee Break

10–11 a.m.
Panel Discussion: From discovery to impact: scaling infectious disease innovation through partnership

• Liliana Brown, PhD, director, Office of Genomics and Advanced Technologies, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
• Bill Dunlevy, MBA, vice president, Ohio Life Sciences
• Ian Harris, chief executive officer, SPAERO Systems, LLC
• Jacqueline Kirchner,PhD, deputy director, Biologics Discovery, Discovery and Translational Sciences, Global Health Division, Gates Foundation
• Amy Richwine, PhD, senior advisor—External Innovation, Elanco Animal Health

11 AM–noon
Trainee Poster Session

Noon–12:45 p.m.
Lunch

12:45–1:30 p.m.
T32 Trainee Short Talks

Introduction to Program
Daniel Wozniak, PhD, professor, Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, College of Medicine

T32 Trainees, TBD

1:30–2:20 p.m.
Mid-Day Keynote Address

Luis Martinez-Sobrido, PhD, professor, Department of Infectious Disease and Prevention, Texas Biomedical Research Institute
Presentation title: Reverse genetics: how we rebuild viruses to understand and defeat them

2:20–2:35 p.m.
ID Clinical Fellow Talk

Katherine Bergman, MD, infectious diseases fellow, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine
Presentation title: Something in the air

2:35–2:50 p.m.
IDI-Trainee Association (IDI-TA) and Featured IDI Trainee (selected from abstract submissions)

Introduction to IDI-TA
Christoph Weigel, PhD, president, IDI-TA

IDI Trainee, TBD

2:50–3:20 p.m.
Coffee Break and Networking

3:20–4:10 p.m.
Closing Keynote Address

Sadie J. Ryan, PhD, professor, Department of Geography, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Florida
Presentation title: Tools, not scare tactics: mapping future thermal suitability of mosquito-borne diseases

4:10–4:30 p.m.
Research and Preparedness for Infectious Diseases (RAPID) and Plant and Animal Agrosecurity Research (PAAR) Facility Lightning Talks

• Greg Habing, MS, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVPM, professor and vice chair, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine
  Presentation title: Introduction to RAPID
• Andrew Bowman, MS, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVPM, professor, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine
  Presentation title: Feathers, udders, and immunity: H5N1 studies at PAAR
• Renukaradhya Gourapura, DVM, PhD, director and professor, Center for Food Animal Health, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
  Presentation title: Evaluating antivirals to fight against HPAI in poultry
• Cody Warren, MPH, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine
  Presentation title: Emerging influenza A viruses in swine: pathogenesis, transmission, and vaccine protection

4:30–4:45 p.m.
Award Ceremony and Closing Remarks

Jordi B. Torrelles, PhD, director, Infectious Diseases Institute

Note: The charter bus for Wooster Campus attendees departs at ~4:45 PM