Infectious Diseases Institute

7th Annual Infectious Diseases Institute Meeting

The Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) is pleased to announce the 7th Annual IDI Meeting. This all-day meeting is the IDI's premier annual event, focusing on interdisciplinary infectious disease research with leading experts in the field and will include a poster session and a research networking event after the meeting.

Meeting Details

November 14, 2025

8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Archie M. Griffin Ballroom, Ohio Union

The meeting registration and trainee abstract submission deadline is Friday, October 24, 2025. Abstract and poster information is included as part of the registration process.

IDI is pleased to welcome the following keynote speakers:

Erin Allmann Updyke, MD, PhD, is an epidemiologist, disease ecologist and board certified Family Medicine physician. Co-host of This Podcast Will Kill You.

Erin Welsh, PhD, is a disease ecologist and epidemiologist now working full-time as a science communicator through her work on This Podcast Will Kill You.

Seema Lakdawala, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Emory University School of Medicine.

Opening Remarks

7^th Annual IDI Meeting Program

8:00 AM – 8:30 AM

Archie M. Griffin Ballroom West

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM

Archie M. Griffin Ballroom West

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Archie M. Griffin Ballroom West

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM

Archie M. Griffin Ballroom West

10:45 AM – 11:30 AM

Archie M. Griffin Ballroom West

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Archie M. Griffin Ballroom East

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Archie M. Griffin Ballroom West

1:30 PM – 2:45 PM

Archie M. Griffin Ballroom West

2:45 PM – 3:00 PM

Archie M. Griffin Ballroom West

3:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Archie M. Griffin Ballroom West

4:30 PM – 4:45 PM

Archie M. Griffin Ballroom West

4:45 PM – 6:00 PM

Archie M. Griffin Ballroom West

Registration & Breakfast

Welcome & Introduction

Ravi Bellamkonda, PhD

Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs

The Ohio State University

Loren Wold, PhD

Senior Associate Vice President of Research, Enterprise for Research, Innovation, and Knowledge

The Ohio State University

Michael Oglesbee, DVM, PhD

Director, Infectious Diseases Institute

The Ohio State University

Morning Keynote Address

Erin Welsh, PhD

Disease Ecologist, Epidemiologist, Science Communicator

Erin Allman Updyke, MD, PhD

Disease Ecologist, Epidemiologist, Family Medicine Physician, Science Communicator

Presentation Title: Science Communication through Conversation

Coffee Break

Introduction to the IDI Trainee Association

Scott Kenney, PhD

Faculty Advisor, IDI Trainee Association

Selected Short Talks by Interdisciplinary Program in Microbe-Host Biology Trainees (NIH T32; Supported by the IDI and College of Medicine)

Poster Session

Lunch

Afternoon Session Short Talks

Featured 2024 IDI Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grant Program Awardees

Megan Meuti, PhD

Associate Professor, The Ohio State University

Presentation Title: TBD

Risa Pesapane, PhD

Associate Professor, The Ohio State University

Presentation Title: TBD

Afsoon Sabet (co-presenter)

PhD Candidate, The Ohio State University

Presentation Title: TBD

New Ohio State Faculty Member

Skye Fishbein, PhD

Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University

Presentation Title: TBD

Featured External Partner

Anthony Fries, PhD

Senior Scientist, United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine

Presentation Title: TBD

Featured Trainee

TBD

Coffee Break with Dessert

Afternoon Keynote Address

Seema Lakdawala, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Emory University

Presentation Title: TBD

Top Abstract for Oral Presentation and Poster Awards Closing Remarks

Michael Oglesbee, DVM, PhD

Director, Infectious Diseases Institute, The Ohio State University

Note: The charter bus for Wooster Campus attendees departs at 5:00PM

Networking Reception

Hors d'oeuvres and cash bar