Uriel Kitron, PhD, Goodrich C. White Professor, Emory University Talk Title: Transmission of mosquito-borne viruses in Salvador, Brazil: old timers, newcomers and repeat offenders Biography: Dr. Uriel Kitron, the Goodrich C. White Professor of Environmental Sciences at Emory University in Atlanta (USA) studies ecology and spatial epidemiology of infectious diseases with an emphasis on mosquito-borne diseases.  His research and teaching programs center around tropical and emerging diseases and on environmental risk…

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  Peter J. Hotez, MD, PhD Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology Baylor College of Medicine Director, Texas Children’s Vaccine Development Center Texas Children’s Hospital Endowed Chair in Tropical Pediatrics Former U.S. Science Envoy Talk Title: The Rise of Poverty-Related Neglected Diseases – The “NTDs” Bio: Peter J. Hotez, M.D., Ph.D. is Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and Professor of…

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  Sunetra Gupta, PhD, Professor of Theoretical Epidemiology, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford Talk title: Immune driven pathogen evolution   Biography: Sunetra Gupta is an acclaimed novelist, essayist and scientist. In October 2012 her fifth novel, So Good in Black, was longlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. In 2009 she was named as the winner of the Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award for her scientific achievements. Sunetra, who lives…

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 Kendall Hoyt, PhD, Assistant Professor, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth University Talk title: Building a better public private partnership for biosecurity: lessons from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations Biography: Kendall Hoyt is an Assistant Professor at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth where she studies U.S. biodefense policy, global health policy, and biomedical R&D strategy. She is also a lecturer at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College where…

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  Anne-Catrin Uhlemann, MD, PhD, Florence Irving Assistant Professor of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University Talk title: Surveilling the gut bacterial pathogen landscape: Insights into multi-drug resistance Biography: Dr. Anne-Catrin Uhlemann is the Florence Irving Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. Her laboratory investigates the evolution of bacterial pathogens such as Staphylococcus aureus and carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae.

Jon Zelner, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health Talk title: Can household-targeted interventions meaningfully reduce the risk of TB infection and disease risk in high burden contexts? Biography: Jon Zelner is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and he received his PhD in Sociology and Public Policy from…

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