October 4, 2019
Diversity and Ecology of Virus in Human Health and the Environment - A MAC-EPID Symposium
9:00 am to 2:30 pm
Location
M1020, School of Public Health 2
1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, 48109
Event Description
9:00 AM - Sign In and Coffee
9:30 AM - Opening Remarks Betsy Foxman, PhD (Hunein F. and Hilda Maassab Endowed Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Center for Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases (MAC-EPID), Co-Director of the Integrated Training program in Microbial Systems (ITiMS))
9:45 AM- "Viruses in the environment: ruthless killers or essential helpers of microbes?" Simon Roux, PhD (Research Scientist, DOE Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Introduced by Student
10:45 AM - Break with snacks
11:15 AM - "Genomic epidemiology to uncover the emergence and spread of Zika virus"
Nathan Grubaugh, PhD (Assistant Professor of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health)
Introduced by student
12:15 AM - Luncheon
1:30 PM - "Immune memory to influenza: Is it better sometimes to forget?"
Sarah Cobey, PhD (Associate Professor, Ecology & Evolution, University of Chicago)
Introduced by student