Schedule
Here is a tentative schedule for the conference.
CEVBD Spring National Meeting on Tick Borne Diseases Impacting Human and Animal Health - May 5, 2018 |
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7:45 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. | Registration |
8:30 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. | Anaplasmosis: What we know that just ain't so! - Dr. Hans Coetzee, Kansas State University |
9:20 a.m. - 10:10 a.m. | Current Understanding of Tick-Borne Rickettsioses in the United States in 2018 - Dr. Christopher Paddock, Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
10:10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Break |
10:30 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. | Bartonellosis: One Health Perspectives on an Emerging Vector Borne Zoonotic Infectious Disease - Dr. Ed Breitschwerdt, North Carolina State University, Vector Borne Disease Diagnostics |
11:20 a.m. - 12:10 p.m. | The Coming Storm: Ehrlichiosis, Anaplasmosis and Lyme and Lyme-like Borrelioses - Dr. J. Stephen Dumler, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center |
12:10 p.m. - 1:20 p.m. | Lunch |
1:20 p.m. - 2:10 p.m. | Tick-borne Disease Research at the CEVBD to prevent Ehrlichiosis, Anaplasmosis and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever - Dr. Roman Ganta, Kansas State University, Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Disease Center |
2:10 p.m. - 2:40 p.m. | Ehrlichiosis: Immunity and Vaccine Development - Dr. Jodi McGill, Kansas State University, College of Veterinary Medicine |
2:40 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Break |
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | The Current State of Bovine Anaplasmosis in Kansas - Dr. Kathryn Reif, Kansas State University, College of Veterinary Medicine |
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
Rickettsia Rickettsii Whole Cell Antigen Vaccine Offers Protection Against Virulent Pathogen Infection Challenge - Dr. Andy Alhassan, Kansas State University, Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Disease Center |
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Group Discussion with Speakers |
Schedule is subject to change.