March 22 BUMC Provost Research Seminar: Zika Virus
Tuesday, March 22, 3-5 p.m., Hiebert Lounge
Open to faculty, students and staff
Welcome
Karen H. Antman, MD
BUSM Dean and BUMC Provost
Ronald B. Corley, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology, BUSM
Director, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories
What We Know Clinically
Robin Ingalls, MD
Associate Professor, Medicine and Microbiology, BUSM
Clinical Overview of Zika and Related Arboviruses
Athanasios I. Zavras, DDS, DMD, DScM
Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, GSDM
Zika Virus Related Concerns in Dentistry (salivary transmission of the virus)
Public Health Aspects
Donald M. Thea, MD, MSc
Professor, Department of Global Health, BUSPH
Director, Center for Global Health and Development, BUSPH
Director, MD/MPH Program
Zika: Epidemiology, Transmission and Population Risk
Basic Virology
Rachel Fearns, PhD
Associate Professor of Microbiology, BUSM
Zika Virus Biology: Genetic and Phenotypic Differences Between Old World and New World Zika Virus Strains
Public Health Aspects
Davidson Hamer, MD
Professor, Global Health, BUSPH
Professor, Medicine, BUSM
Travel-associated Zika Virus Infection: Preliminary GeoSentinel Network Results
Presentations followed by panel discussion with additional experts