Sunday October 29, 2017
Monday October 30, 2017
7:00 AM
Great Hall
Registration and Breakfast
7:45 AM
Lecture Hall 120
Welcome Remarks
Patricia Dove, Ph.D., President of VASEM
X.J. Meng, M.D., Ph.D., 2017 Summit Chair
Marcia McNutt, Ph.D., President National Academy of Sciences
Mark R. Warner, US Senator, Honorary Chair of VASEM
Timothy Sands, Ph.D., President of Virginia Tech
8:15 – 8:45 AM
Lecture Hall 120
Emerging Infections: From Where Do They Come?
Jennifer McQuiston, DVM, MS (CAPT, USPHS), Deputy Director, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC
8:45 – 9:15 AM
Lecture Hall 120
Zika: History, Emergence, and Preparedness
Ann Powers, Ph.D., Chief of Alphavirus Laboratory, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Arboviral Disease Branch, CDC-Ft Collins, CO
9:15 – 9:45 AM
East Atrium
Coffee Break and Networking
9:45 – 10:15 AM
Lecture Room 120
Drug-resistant Superbugs, a Major Emerging Threat
Amy J. Mathers, M.D., Associate Professor and Medical Director Antimicrobial Stewardship, University of Virginia School of Medicine
10:15 – 10:45 AM
Lecture Hall 120
Bioterrorism and Preparedness
Rick A. Bright, Ph.D., Director of Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA); Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), U.S. DHHS
10:45 – 11:15 AM
Lecture Hall 120
Environmental Engineering to Forecast Transmission of Pathogens
Linsey Marr, Ph.D., Professor, Virginia Tech Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
11:15 – 11:45 AM
Lecture Hall 120
Measles: Re-emergence of an Old Threat
Diane E. Griffin, M.D., Ph.D., University Distinguished Service Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
11:45 -12:00 PM
Lecture Hall 120
Virginia Secretary of Health
William “Bill” Hazel, M.D.
12:15 – 1:00 PM
Great Hall
Lunch and Keynote Address: Emerging Infectious Diseases: Learning from the Past and Preparing for the Future
Anthony Fauci, M.D., Director, NIAID, NIH
1:30 – 2:00 PM
Lecture Hall 120
The West African Ebola Epidemics and Emergence of Other Filoviruses
Jonathan S. Towner, PhD., Head of Virus Host Ecology Section, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
2:00 – 2:30 PM
Lecture Hall 120
Engineering Pathogen-resistant Mosquitoes
Zach Adelman, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Texas A&M University
2:30 – 3:00 PM
Lecture Hall 120
HIV/AIDS: Will There Ever Be a Vaccine?
John R. Mascola, M.D., Director, NIH Vaccine Research Center
3:00 – 3:30 PM
Lecture Hall 120
Novel Biosensor Technologies to Detect Emerging and Bioterrorism Pathogens
Andrew Flannery, Ph.D., Board Chairman, PathSensors Inc
