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Mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance in Gram-positive pathogens of clinical importance – Dec. 4, 2014

ovprweb on November 6, 2014

Join us for a public lecture by Cesar A. Arias, associate professor of medicine and director of the laboratory for antimicrobial research, department of medicine, division of infectious diseases University of Texas Medical School at Houston.

December 4, 2014, 11:00am Pharmacy South Building, Room 201 University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Cesar A. Arias, M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D. received his medical degree from Universidad El Bosque, Santa Fe de Bogota, Colombia in 1992, his M.Sc. in clinical microbiology from the University of London, St. Bartholomew’s and The Royal London Hospital School of Medicine and Dentistry, United Kingdom in 1996 and his Ph.D. in molecular biology and microbiology biochemistry from The University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom in 2000. He completed his internal medicine residency and infectious disease fellowship at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston and MD Anderson Cancer Center in 2008 in the Clinical Investigator Pathway. His research interests include the clinical and molecular aspects of antimicrobial resistance with emphasis on Gram-positive bacteria. Dr. Arias is also the Director of the Molecular Genetics and Antimicrobial Resistance Unit, Universidad El Bosque, located in Colombia, South America.

 

Food insecurity in older Georgians: linking research to nutrition programs and policies – Nov. 12,2014

ovprweb on November 6, 2014

Join us for a public lecture by Jung Sun Lee, Associate Professor and Faculty of Gerontology, Department of Foods and Nutrition, College of Family & Consumer Sciences, University of Georgia.

November 12, 2014
1:00pm, reception to follow
Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences, Room 175
University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Dr. Lee’s expertise is in aging, epidemiology, and community nutrition with a focus on food insecurity, food assistance programs, food environments, health care utilization, and program evaluation of community-based nutrition interventions, and nutrition policy to promote nutritional health of older adults. Dr. Lee’s work uses multidisciplinary approaches, and both quantitative and qualitative research methods.

 

Rash decisions: Investigations of emerging poxvirus diseases – Oct. 8, 2014

ovprweb on November 6, 2014

Join us for a public lecture by Ginny L. Emerson of the Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

October 8, 2014
1:00pm, reception to follow
Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences, Room 175
University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Dr. Emerson is a microbiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She received her PhD in systematics and evolution from The George Washington University in Washington DC. Her research aims to increase understanding of the ecology and evolution of zoonotic poxviruses in order to inform efforts to anticipate outbreaks and reduce risk of human exposure. Her broader interests include comparative genetics and the evolution, ecology and epidemiology of infectious diseases.

 

Using Ecological Theory to Inform Zoonotic Disease Research

ovprweb on August 21, 2014

Join us for a public lecture by Nicole L. Gottdenker, assistant professor of veterinary pathology in UGA’s College of Veterinary Medicine. Nicole is a disease ecologist and wildlife pathologist who studies impacts of human-caused environmental change on the ecology and evolution of infectious diseases, with a particular interest in vector borne zoonoses and wildlife pathogens.

Program blending business, science is pipeline to industry

ovprweb on May 29, 2014

Leonard Stewart, Mark Kasilus and Jack Albanese are proof that adding business skills to scientific training equals more than the sum of its parts. The three students, who graduated from UGA’s Master’s in Biomanufacturing and Bioprocessing program, are in high demand.

Second Annual OneHealth International Symposium in Liverpool England June 19-21, 2014

ovprweb on May 28, 2014

The University of Liverpool and the University of Georgia will co-sponsor the second annual One Health International Symposium in Liverpool, England June 19-21, 2014. Proposed symposium themes are food-borne zoonotic diseases and food safety; emerging infections in companion animals; and the economic and societal effects of these issues. Participants will engage international delegates from industry and government in a comprehensive One Health approach.

It’s a Wormy World Out There! Vaccination of Livestock to Reduce Prevalence and Intensity of Human Schistosomiasis in Asia

ovprweb on April 2, 2014

When: Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Where: Paul D. Coverdell Center, Room 175

Join us for a public lecture by Dr. Donald Harn, Georgia Research Alliance Distinguished Investigator and Professor of Infectious Diseases. Dr. Harn will discuss the vaccination of livestock to prevent the spread of schistosomiasis.

Schistosomiasis remains a global public health problem, infecting approximately 200 million people. In China, water buffalo account for up to 75% of transmission. Via a field trial in Anhui,  Harn’s lab is testing the hypothesis that administration of a schistosome vaccine to buffalo will reduce transmission to humans. In separate trials in Hunan, he is optimizing these vaccines, focusing on identifying immune correlates of vaccine efficacy. In addition to causing morbidity and mortality, helminthes are immune suppressive. As helminth infections coincide with those countries with the greatest prevalence of HIV-1, Harn is examining the negative impact helminth infection may have on vaccines for HIV-1 and other viral diseases.

 

MBB Open House and Reception

ovprweb on March 25, 2014

The Master of Biomanufacturing and Bioprocessing Program will be having an open house and reception, featuring MBB faculty, students, and internship companies. Join us in Room 175 of the Paul D. Coverdell Center on Friday, March 28, 2014 at 3:00 pm.

Student Travel Support to Attend International One Health Symposium

ovprweb on March 10, 2014

One Health UGA, in partnership with the Faculty of Infectious Diseases,
the UGA Obesity Initiative, and the Office of the Vice President for Research,
announces the availability of student travel support to attend the
2nd International One Health Symposium at the University of Liverpool, Liverpool, England, June 19-21, 2014.

This travel support is limited to doctoral and post-doctoral students pursuing research collaboration with member(s) of the faculty at the University of Liverpool in the areas of One Health, infectious diseases, and obesity. Awards will support travel expenses, housing, and meals for up to one week prior to or following the symposium to allow time for extended discussion, planning, data analysis, or related collaborative research activities.

Applications should detail in two pages or less: the nature of the project, the value-added by the proposed collaboration; and the anticipated schedule with collaborators while in Liverpool. Applications should include a cover letter, and applicants agree to provide a two-page follow-up report by the end of CY 2014 and letters of support from the UGA and University of Liverpool faculty.

Proposals are due by email by noon on March 31, 2014 to Laura Balkcom lbalkcom@uga.edu
Awards will be announced no later than April 11, 2014.

See conference website for more details
onehealth.uga.edu/symposium

 

Genetic Engineering of Improved Vaccine Cell Lines

ovprweb on January 28, 2014

When: Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Where: Paul D. Coverdell Center, Room 175

The Tripp lab develops translational disease intervention strategies and countermeasures for important human pathogens and emerging infectious diseases of zoonotic origin. His labs investigate the mechanisms of immunity, the virus-host interface, and disease pathogenesis to understand the dynamics of host response to infection and to provide new strategies for resolving disease.

Dr. Tripp’s many honors and awards include: Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar and Endowed Chair in Vaccine and Therapeutic Studies; Outstanding Service Award to University of Georgia and the State of Georgia; Service Award presented by the Georgia Veterinary Scholars; NIAID Special Recognition Award for Extraordinary Work in H1N1 Influenza Research; Honors Award – Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities at UGA; Georgia BioBusiness Academic Entrepreneur of the Year; McMaster’s Fellow

MBB student wins poster award at Georgia Life Sciences Summit

ovprweb on December 13, 2013

University of Georgia student Michael Supe was recently announced as one of the poster award winners at the 12th annual Georgia Life Sciences Summit, the Southeast regions’ largest bioscience conference. Supe, in the Master of Biomanufacturing and Bioprocessing (MBB) program in UGA’s Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute, is the first in his program to receive this prestigious award.

The obesity epidemic from a veterinarian’s perspective

ovprweb on November 22, 2013

When: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 1:00 p.m.

Where: Paul D. Coverdell Center, Room 175

Dr. Sanderson received her BS from the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay in 1986 and her DVM from the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine in 1990. After graduation, she completed a one-year rotating internship in small animal medicine and surgery at Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Sanderson then returned to the University of Minnesota to complete a combined graduate program and dual residency in small animal internal medicine and small animal clinical nutrition. She achieved diplomate status in the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) in 1998, received her PhD in 2000 and achieved diplomate status in the American College of Veterinary Nutrition (ACVN) in 2001. Dr. Sanderson is currently an associate professor at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. Her research interests include the use of nutritional management for the prevention and treatment of diseases in dogs and cats. Areas of particular interest include urology and nephrology, obesity and the interaction of carnitine and taurine in canine dilated cardiomyopathy.

One Health mini-symposium on rabies, Nov 14

ovprweb on October 23, 2013

Join us for an exciting series of presentations from members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Georgia Department of Public Health and the University of Georgia, as they discuss the rabies virus.

One Health lecture on influenza, Nov 13

ovprweb on October 22, 2013

Andreas Handel, assistant professor of epidemiology in UGA’s College of Public Health, will deliver a lecture entitled “Flu in Ducks and Water: A Multiscale Modeling Study.” Andres uses mathematical analysis and computational simulations combined with experimental data to study the dynamics of pathogens.

One Health lecture on canine distemper and human measles, Oct 16

ovprweb on September 20, 2013

Join us for a free, public lecture from UGA’s own Elizabeth Uhl.  Professor Uhl is associate professor of pathology in UGA’s College of Veterinary Medicine.  In this lecture she will discuss how canine distemper virus may have originated with human measles during the discovery of the New World.

The lecture will be on Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at 1:00 P.M. in the Paul D. Coverdell Center, room 175.

Uhl is a veterinary pathologist with interests in the evolutionary origins of disease susceptibility across species and animal paleopathology. Her current projects include investigating the role of codon usage in morbillivirus host adaptation and characterizing disease in animal remains excavated from archaeological sites.

One Health lecture on the great smallpox epidemic, Sept 13

ovprweb on August 20, 2013

Join us for glimpse into the history of infectious diseases as we learn about the great smallpox epidemic of 1775-82 from noted historian Elizabeth Fenn, who will speak on Friday, Septmber 13 at 1:00 p.m. in room 175 of the Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences

Fenn received her Ph.D. from Yale and is currently professor of history at the University of Colorado Boulder Professor Fenn’s field of study is the early American West, focusing on epidemic disease, Native American, and environmental history. Her aim is to develop a continent-wide analysis that incorporates Native Americans as well as African, British, Spanish, French, Dutch, and Russian colonizers into a narrative that reflects the demographic and geographic realities of the early contact era.

Her 2001 book Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82 (Hill and Wang), unearthed the devastating effects of a terrible smallpox epidemic that coursed across the North American continent during the years of the American Revolution. Her current book project, Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People (Hill and Wang, forthcoming), analyzes the experience of North Dakota’s Mandan Indians from 1100 to 1845.

Phi Zeta features talk by One Health expert on April 11

ovprweb on April 4, 2013

University of Georgia Phi Zeta Veterinary Honor Society will be hosting a talk by One Health expert Edward Breitschwerdt, professor of internal medicine in the College of Veterinary Medicine at North Carolina State University, on April 11 as a part of its annual awards and induction ceremony. More Here.

Q&A: Growing One Health at UGA

ovprweb on March 13, 2013

Susan Sanchez, BHSI assistant director and One Health chair, and Duncan Krause, director of the Faculty of Infectious Diseases, got together to answer some questions about the concept of One Health, its growing relevance in combating emerging infectious disease, and the upcoming One Health Symposium. Read More.

Wildlife Disease Student Research Symposium held this Wed., March 6

ovprweb on March 4, 2013

The UGA Student Chapter of the Wildlife Disease Association (UGAscWDA) invites all UGA students – undergraduate, graduate, and veterinary – to participate in their annual Wildlife Disease Student Research Symposium taking place this Wed. March 6 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences.