CDC’s 68th annual Epidemic Intelligence Service conference starts April 29. Join CDC disease detectives, alumni, and the public health community to learn about leading-edge public health investigations. The annual EIS conference is the nation’s premier epidemiology conference where EIS officers share their work in leading-edge investigations, scientific findings, and forward-thinking strategies to inform improvements in
The Cedars-Sinai Special Pathogens Symposium 2019 will be held 29 April 2019 in Los Angeles, CA. Hospital preparedness stakeholders from within the region will gather to foster institutional collaboration and education on frontline, assessment and treatment of high-consequence infectious diseases. Highlighted topics include: Global events related to low-incidence, high-consequence infectious pathogens Research and methods to
Hear the latest on microbiome-virome interactions, RNA sequencing for viral diagnosis, the challenges and opportunities for a universal influenza vaccine, and more at the 2019 ASM Clinical Virology Symposium, May 5-8, 2019. With presentations on the latest research in the field, you won't want to miss your chance to hear from top biomedical scientists, physicians,
The National Academies Health and Medicine Division will host a public meeting of the Committee on Examination of the Integration of Opioid and Infectious Disease Prevention Efforts in Select Programs on 7 May 2019. The workshop will take place in Washington D.C. The committee will hear from invited speakers regarding topics pertaining to the statement
The 22nd Annual MAD-ID Meeting will be held in Orlando, Florida, May 8-11, 2019. Pharmacists physicians, nurses and other providers will be given the opportunity to participate in a 3-day educational symposium specifically designed to apply recent research to patient care and antimicrobial stewardship. Highlighted sessions include: The AMR Challenge: How to Meet the Challenge at
The Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs at the Bush School of Government and Public Service presents the Third Annual Pandemic & Biosecurity Policy Summit on 14 May 2019 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The discussion will address the 100th anniversary of the 1918-19 influenza outbreak and consider global health security challenges of
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) SBIR/STTR Small Business Workshop 2019 will take place 15-16 May 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Biotechnology entrepreneurs, faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, and interested innovators starting a new enterprise can learn about NIH-supported entrepreneurship opportunities, writing successful grant applications, and NIH SBIR/STTR policies and regulations. The purpose
A ChABSA Technical Seminar will be held in Gaithersburg MD and by webcast on 15 May 2019 on Emerging Infectious Diseases of Wildlife: A Biosecurity Threat. Speaker Bio Dr. Karen Lips, Professor of Biology at the University of Maryland is the presenter. She has a B.S. in Zoology from the University of South Florida, and
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Biological Technologies Office is holding a Proposers Day meeting on 17 May 2019 to provide information to potential proposers on the objectives of the new ReVector program and to facilitate teaming. The goal of ReVector is to develop an easily delivered treatment — for example, a topical solution
