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2023 Conference Agenda
Lyme & Other Tick-Borne Diseases: Research & Clinical Advances 2023
Note: The order of the speakers is subject to change. See Speaker List.
All times are EST
AGENDA – FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2023
| CONFERENCE SESSION 1: FRIDAY | |
| 9:00 - 9:25 AM | Patricia V. Smith, President, BA President, Lyme Disease Association, Inc., Jackson, NJ Conference Planner, Conference Organizing Committee Welcome, Remarks / Brief Overview of LDA, Lyme & TBD Introduction of: Course Director, Conference Planning Committee; Morning Facilitator |
| 9:25 - 10:10 AM | Choukri Ben Mamoun, PhD / Keynote Professor of Medicine, Microbial Pathogenesis and Pathology Yale School of Medicine New Haven, CT Human Babesiosis |
| 10:10 - 10:45 AM | Monica E. Embers, PhD Conference Co-Director Associate Professor and Director of Vector-Borne Disease Research Tulane National Primate Research Center Covington, LA Liz Horn, PhD, MBI Principal Investigator Lyme Disease Biobank Portland, OR Co-Presenting Identifying Pathogens in Post-Mortem Tissue Through the Lyme Disease Biobank Tissue Pipeline |
| 10:45 - 11:50 AM | Scott P Commins MD, PhD Associate Professor, Division of Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine Chapel Hill, NC Alpha-Gal Syndrome, Mast Cells and Tick Bites |
| 11:50 - 12:05 PM | Q&A Morning Panel |
| 12:05 - 1:00 PM | Lunch |
| CONFERENCE SESSION 2: FRIDAY | |
| 1:00 - 1:35 PM | Alison Hinckley, PhD Lead, Epidemiology and Surveillance Team Bacterial Diseases Branch Division of Vector-borne Diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Fort Collins, CO Changes to Surveillance for Lyme Disease — United States, 2022 |
| 1:35 - 2:10 PM | John Aucott, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Director of Lyme Disease Clinical Research Center Department of Medicine Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, MD Persistent Symptoms of Lyme Disease |
| 2:10 - 2:45 pm | David Putrino, PT, PhD Professor, Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Director of Rehabilitation Innovation, Mount Sinai Health System New York, NY Long COVID |
| 2:45 - 3:00 PM | Q&A Mid Afternoon Panel |
| 3:00 - 3:10 PM | Break |
| CONFERENCE SESSION 3: FRIDAY | |
| 3:10 - 3:45 PM | Meghan LyBecker, PhD Research Biologist, Principal Investigator, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Fort Collins, CO Diagnostics |
| 3:45 - 4:20 PM | Peter J Gwynne, PhD Research Assistant Professor Tufts University Lyme Disease Initiative Boston, MA B. Burgdorferi Metabolism |
| 4:20 - 4:30 PM | Q&A Late Afternoon Panel |
| CONFERENCE SESSION 4: FRIDAY |
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| 4:30 - 5:05 PM | Brian A Fallon, MD, MPH Conference Co-Director Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) Director, Lyme & Tick-borne Diseases Research Center, CUIMC Director, Clinical Trials Coordinating Center for Lyme & Other Tick-borne Diseases at CUIMC Director, Center for Neuroinflammatory and Somatic Disorders, New York State Psychiatric Institute Ney York, NY Long COVID and Long Lyme: Mental Health Implications |
| 5:05 - 5:40 PM | Natalie Gukasyan, MD Assistant Professor Columbia University School of Medicine New York, NY Psychedelics |
| 5:40 - 6:00 PM | End of Day Panel |
AGENDA – SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2023
| CONFERENCE SESSION 5: SATURDAY | |
| 9:00 - 9:05 AM | Patricia V. Smith, President, BA President, Lyme Disease Association, Inc., Jackson, NJ Conference Planner, Conference Organizing Committee Welcome, Remarks |
| 9:05 - 10:05 AM (Stretch midtalk) | Lawrence Afrin, MD Senior Consultant in Hematology/Oncology AIM Center for Personalized Medicine Purchase, NY Mast Cell Activation Disease |
| 10:05 - 11:00 AM | Peter Rowe, MD Professor of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine Director, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center Chronic Fatigue Clinic Sunshine Natural Wellbeing Foundation Professor of Chronic Fatigue and Related Disorders Baltimore, MD Managing Orthostatic Intolerance |
| 11:00 - 11:35 AM | Klemen Strle, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology Tufts University School of Medicine Boston, MA Immunology, Disease Pathogenesis, PTLDS |
| 11:35 - 11:50 AM | Q&A Morning Panel |
| 11:50 - 12:20 PM | Short Lunch |
| CONFERENCE SESSION 6: SATURDAY |
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| 12:20 - 12:30 PM | Angel Davey, PhD Science Officer (grants manager) Grant Opportunities for Researchers from CDMRP Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Department of Defense Maryland Grant Opportunities for Researchers from CDMRP/ |
| 12:30 - 1:05 PM | Catherine Brissette, PhD Professor University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences Grand Forks, ND Lyme Neuroborreliosis |
| 1:05 - 1:40 PM | Lorraine Johnson, JD, MBA Chief Executive Officer, LymeDisease.org Principal Investigator, MyLymeData A data-driven approach to optimizing clinical study eligibility criteria based on MyLymeData registry data |
| 1:40 - 2:15 PM | William V. Padula, OD, SFNAP, FAAO, FNORA Director, Padula Institute of Vision Rehabilitation. Guilford, Ct Salus University of Health Sciences College of Optometry, Associate Professor Western University of Health Sciences, College of Optometry, Adjunct Faculty Peri-papillary Ischemia as a Potential Screening Biomarker for Early Detection of Tick-Borne Infection |
| 2:15 - 2:50 PM | Stephen M. Rich, PhD, Professor of Microbiology Ex. Dir., New England Center of Excellence in VBD University of Massachusetts Amherst Potential New Lyme Treatment Now inhibiting Cancer Growth |
| 2:50 - 3:15 PM | Q&A Last Panel |
| CONFERENCE SESSION 7: SATURDAY | |
| 3:15 - 3:30 PM | Drs. Fallon & Embers Columbia, Tulane Conference Wrapup |
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