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