2016 LDA/Columbia Conference Agenda
Lyme & Tick-Borne Diseases: New Strategies to Tackle an Expanding Epidemic
Saturday Agenda Sunday Agenda Registration
7:15 – 8:00 AM | Registration/Exhibits/Continental Breakfast |
8:00 – 8:20 AM | Patricia V. Smith, BA President, Lyme Disease Association, Inc., Jackson, NJ Conference Planner, Conference Organizing Committee “Welcome, Remarks / Brief Overview of LDA, Lyme & TBD” Introduction of: |
8:20 – 9:00 AM | Robert D. Moir, PhD Keynote “Amyloid-Beta, Alzheimer’s and Lyme Disease” |
9:00 – 9:35 AM | Judith Miklossy, MD, PhD “Historic and Recent Evidence that Spirochetes Are Able to Reproduce the Clinical, Pathological and Biological Hallmarks of Alzheimer’s Disease.” |
9:35 – 10:10 AM | Brian A. Fallon, MD, MPH “Acute & Chronic Neuropsychiatric Lyme Disease” |
10:10–10:25 PM | Morning Discussion Panel |
10:25–10:40 PM | Coffee Break |
10:40-11:15 AM | Kevin Esvelt, PhD “Community-Guided Ecological Immunization to Prevent Tick-Borne Disease” |
11:15-11:50 PM | Steve Zatechka, PhD, MBA “A One-Health Path to Prevent Lyme and Other Tick-Borne Diseases” |
11:50-12:25 PM | Rafal Tokarz, PhD “Virome Analysis in Ticks” |
12:25–12:40 PM | Late Morning Discussion Panel |
12:40–1:45 PM | Lunch |
Brian A. Fallon, MD, MPH, Conference Director, Organizing Committee | |
1:45 – 2:20 PM | Kerry Clark, PhD, MPH
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2:20 – 2:55 PM | Bobbi S. Pritt, MD “Borrelia Mayonii: A New Cause of Lyme Disease in the Upper Midwestern US” |
2:55 – 3:30 PM | Timothy Lepore, MD, FACS “Tularemia” |
3:30 – 3:45 PM | Mid-Afternoon Discussion Panel |
3:45 – 4:00 PM | Afternoon Coffee Break |
4:00 – 4:35 PM | Evan M. Bloch, MBChB, MD, MS “Babesia & Blood Supply: Lessons Learned” |
4:35 − 5:10 PM | Alessandra Luchini, PhD “Nanotechnology & Proteomics: Improved Diagnostics & Therapeutics in the Era of Personalized Medicine” |
5:10 − 5:20 PM | Afternoon Discussion Panel |
5:20 − 5:30 PM | Wrap up comments / questions |
5:45 – 7:45 PM | NETWORKING RECEPTION |