World Health Interest Group
hosted by the Center for Global Health and Diseases
Overview
This weekly seminar and discussion series will focus on a broad range of topics related to infectious disease research in international settings. The speakers will be comprised of a diverse group of local faculty, post-doctoral and graduate student trainees, as well as visiting colleagues from around the world.
Spring 2013
Friday, January 25, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
Sarah Krier, PhD, MPH
University of Pittsburgh
"Knowledge, attitudes & practices on lymphatic filariasis in East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea"
Dr. Krier is a medical anthropologist at the University of Pittsburgh. She conducted her dissertation research on healing practices in Indonesia. She has just completed a post-doctoral fellowship at CWRU that focused on understanding local practices related to lymphatic filariasis in Papua New Guinea. She will present results of her work in Papua New Guinea.
Sponsored by Janet McGrath, Anthropology
Friday, February 1, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Joint Seminar with ID & HIV Host Defence Series
Biomedical Research Building 105
Co-sponsored by Center for AIDS Research
Zahra Toossi, MD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
"Systemic immune activation and Microbial translocation in dual HIV/TB infected subjects"
Friday, February 8, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
E. Ricky Chan, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Case Western Reserve University and Lerner Research Institute
"Genomic Analysis of Plasmodium vivax"
Friday, February 15, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
Pushpa Pandiyan, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Dental Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
"Suppressive and Non-suppressive functions of CD4+Foxp3+ Tregs during infections"
Friday, February 22, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
Scott T. Small, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Center for Global Health and Diseases
Case Western Reserve University
"Population Genetics of the filarial worm Wuchereria bancrofti"
Sponsored by Zimmerman Lab
Friday, March 1, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Joint Seminar with ID & HIV Host Defence Series
Biomedical Research Building 105
Co-sponsored by Center for AIDS Research
Jordi B. Torrelles, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity & Microbiology
The Ohio State University
"Consuming Consumption: Influence of the Alveolar Environment in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Pathogenesis"
Friday, March 8, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
Margaret D. Larkins-Pettigrew, MD, MEd, MPPM, FACOG
Assistant Professor/Director, Global Health Obstetrics/Gynecology & Reproductive Biology
MacDonald Women's Hospital Case Medical Center
"WONDOOR" (Women and Neonates Diversity, Outreach, Opportunity, Research) Global Health Program: International Research initiatives focusing on Women's Health"
Friday, March 15, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
NO WHIG - Spring Break
Friday, March 22, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
Ruth Nyakundi, MSc
Visiting Research Scholar
Institute of Primate Research
Nairobi, Kenya
"The effect of chronic schistosomiasis on severe malaria in a primate model"
Sponsored by King, CL Lab
Friday, March 29, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
NO WHIG - Good Friday
Friday, April 5, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
Denise F. Johnson, MPH, MBA
Doctoral Candidate
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Case Western Reserve University
"Factors Associated with Tuberculosis Recurrence among Ugandan Patients"
Friday, April 12, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Joint Seminar with ID & HIV Host Defence Series
Biomedical Research Building 105
Co-sponsored by Center for AIDS Research
J. Michelle Kahlenberg, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology
University of Michigan
"The inflammasome: a link between autoimmunity and cardiovascular disease?"
Friday, April 19, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
Raghavendra Yadavalli, BS
Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences
Cleveland State University
"In vitro cell-free expression systems for synthesis of malaria proteins"
Friday, April 26, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
Amy Edwards, MD
Pediatric Infectious Disease Fellow
Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
"Human Cellular Response to Rift Valley Fever Virus"
Sponsored by King, CH Lab
Friday, May 3, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Joint Seminar with ID & HIV Host Defence Series
Biomedical Research Building 105
Co-sponsored by Center for AIDS Research
Liem Nguyen, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology
Case Western Reserve University
"RHOCS - a Redox Homeostatic Control System - mediates Biofilm Growth, Intracellular Survival and Drug Tolerance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis"
Friday, May 10, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
Paul Wille, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
"The cis-Acting Genamic RNA Packaging Enhancer (GRPE): A Step Forward in Lentivector Efficiency?"
Sponsored by Arts Lab
Friday, May 17, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
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Friday, May 24, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
Alexander Barron
Research Assistant 2
Center for Global Health and Diseases
Case Western Reserve University
"Regulation of Humoral Immunity to Malaria: Role of FcgR2b"
Sponsored by King, CL Lab
Friday, May 31, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
John Lewandowski, BSE/SA
Master of Engineering and Management Candidate
Case Western Reserve University
"The Rapid Assessment of Malaria Device"
Sponsored by Grimberg Lab
Archives
Fall 2012 Seminars
Friday, August 31, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
Deborah Sumari
Graduate Student
Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technolgy
"Detection of erythrocytic Plasmodium falciparum stages and gametocyte quantification from blood using magnetic microscopy device"
Sponsored by the Grimberg Lab
Friday, September 7, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
Nancy C. Erdey, PhD, CIP
Research Associate/Compliance Officer
Center for Global Health and Diseases, CWRU
Mary L. Lones
Pre/Post Award Specialist
Center for Global Health and Diseases, CWRU
Joseph Gibbons, MD
Chairman, Institutional Review Board
University Hospitals Case Medical Center
"Update on NIH Grant Submission and JIT Requirements"
Friday, September 14, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Joint Seminar with ID & HIV Host Defence Series
Biomedical Research Building 1033
Co-sponsored by Center for AIDS Research
Benigo Rodriguez, MD
Assistant Professor
AIDS Clinical Trial Unit
Case Western Reserve University
"Activation, Inflammation and Non-HIV Related Events in Treated HIV+ Infection"
Donald Anthony, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Rheumatology and Division of Infectious Diseaes and HIV Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
"Plasma proteome reflects overlapping, yet distinct mechanisms of immune activation comparing chronic HCV and HIV infection"
Friday, September 21, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
Co-sponsored by Center for AIDS Research
Maxwel Majiwa Omenda, BSc
Predoctoral Research Associate
Global Health Pathobiology Program
University of Washington/Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
"Defining the role of maternal plasma neutralizing antibodies in mother-to-child HIV-1 transmission"
Sponsored by the Kazura Lab
Friday, September 28, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
Jeff Tomalka
Doctoral Candidate in Pathology
Case Western Reserve University
"Mucosal Immunity to Candida albicans"
Sponsored by the Hise Lab
Friday, October 5, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Joint Seminar with ID & HIV Host Defence Series
Biomedical Research Building 105
Co-sponsored by Center for AIDS Research
Jesse Kwiek, PhD
Associate Professor
Departments of Microbial Infection and Immunity &
Microbiology and The Division of Infectious Diseases
The Ohio State University
"Maternal/Child Transmission HIV"
Friday, October 12, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
Sheree Hemphill, MS
CRU Informatics Manager
CRU Informatics Manager, Dahms Clinical Research Unit
CTSC Biomedical Research Informatics Management Core
Case Western Reserve University
" REDCap 101: Introduction to REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture)"
Friday, October 19, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
Ronald Blanton, MD, MSc
Professor of International Health and Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Case Western Reserve University
"When Schistosomes Come to Town: The population genetics of urbanization"
Sponsored by the Blanton Lab
Friday, October, 26, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
NO WHIG
Friday, November 2, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Joint Seminar with ID & HIV Host Defence Series
Biomedical Research Building 105
Co-sponsored by Center for AIDS Research
John C Tilton, MD
Assistant Professor
Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics
Case Western Reserve University
"HIV replication and pathogenesis: new insights from a multi-stage reporter virus system"
Friday, November 9, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
American Society Tropical Medical and Hygiene Annual Meeting Practice Session
Friday, November 16, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
NO WHIG
Friday, November 23, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
NO WHIG
Friday, November 30, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
Puja Van Epps, MD
ID Fellow, Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine
Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland
"Effects of aging and antiretroviral therapy on B Cell phenotypes and function in HIV infected persons"
Sponsored by the Canaday Lab
Friday, December 7, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Joint Seminar with ID & HIV Host Defence Series
Biomedical Research Building 433
Co-sponsored by Center for AIDS Research
Nicholas Funderburg, PhD
Instructor, AIDS Clinical Trial Unit
Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland
"Monocyte Subset Activation, a Link to Cardiovascular Risk in HIV disease?"
Archives
Spring 2012 Seminars
Friday, January 13, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
Roxana Rojas, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
"Direct regulation of T cell function by Mycobacterium tuberculosis molecules"
Sponsored by the Hise Lab
Friday, January 20, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
NO Seminar
Friday, January 27, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
Brian T. Grimberg, Ph.D
Assistant Professor, Center for Global Health & Diseases
Case Western Reserve University
"Manipulations of Malaria with Magnets"
Sponsored by the Grimberg Lab
Friday, February 3, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
Helene Bernstein, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Reproductive Biology
Case Western Reserve University
"Neonatal innate immune function: The challenge of protecting against perinatal infections while limiting inflammation associated morbidity and mortality"
Sponsored by the Hise Lab
Friday, February 10, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
Megan Ermler
Pre-doctoral Candidate
Department of Pathology
Case Western Reserve University
“RNA helicase signaling is critical for type I IFN production and protection against Rift Valley fever virus”
Sponsored by the Hise Lab
Friday, February 17, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
Charlie King, M.D.
Professor of International Health and Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Center for Global Health and Diseases
Case Western Reserve University
"Helminth update: Hot Topics for the Tropics"
Sponsored by the King, CH Lab
Friday, February 24, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
M R Sandhya Rani, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate
Case Western Reserve University
"To IL28b or not to IL28b.....?"
Sponsored by the Blanton Lab
Friday, March 2, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
Akshaya Ramesh
Graduate Student
Department of Biology
Case Western Reserve University
"Mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (COXI) sequence polymorphism reveals population genetic diversity of Wuchereria bancrofti in Papua New Guinea"
Sponsored by the Zimmerman Lab
Friday, March 9, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
Elizabeth Samuelson
Post Doctoral Candidate
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse
"Blk haploinsufficiency impairs the development, but enhances the functional responses, of marginal zone B cells"
Sponsored by the Kazura Lab
Friday, March 23, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
Krufinta Bun
Pre Doctoral Candidate Epidemiology and Biostatistics, CWRU
"Advances in Filariasis"
Kyle Logue
Pre Doctoral Candidate, Department of Biology, CWRU
"Origin of Anopheles punctulatus complex in Papua New Guinea"
Sponsored by the Grimberg Lab
Friday, March 30, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
Carlos Subauste, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Ophthalmology and Pathology
Div of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine
Dept of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
"PKR mediates protection against a non-viral pathogen "
Sponsored by the Hise Lab
Friday, April 6, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
No Seminar -
Friday, April 13, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
Thomas Raymond Unnasch, Ph.D.
Professor and State of Florida World Class Scholar
Global Health, Infectious Diseases Research Program
University of South Florida
"Proving something does not exist: Monitoring of onchocerciasis transmission in an era of elimination"
Sponsored by the Zimmerman Lab
Friday, April 20, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
Walter Blank, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Center for Global Health and Diseases
Case Western Reserve University
"Genetic monitoring of an Aedes aegypti mosquito control program in Salvador, Brazil"
Sponsored by the Blanton Lab
Friday, April 27, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
Gareth Hardy, Ph.D
Instructor, Pathology
Case Western Reserve University
"Type-I Interferon dysregulation in HIV-1 Infection"
Sponsored by the Grimberg Lab
Friday, May 4, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
Therese Kombi
Graduate Student, Master's Degree
Biotechnology/Microbiology
EICNAM Paris France
Ecole D'ingenieur Du Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers
"Inhibition of P.knowlesi and P.vivax invasion of erythrocytes from various Duffy Genotypes"
Sponsored by the Grimberg Lab
Friday, May 11, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
Suzanne Rivera, Ph.D., M.S.W.
Associate VP for Research
Case Western Reserve University
"Proposed New Rules for Protection of Human Subjects: Implications and Questions"
Sponsored by Nancy Erdey
Friday, May 18, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
Samantha Stubblefield, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Gastroenterology
Case Western Reserve University
"Intestinal permeability and microbial translocation in two disease states (HIV and IBD) yields distinct systemic immune activation"
Sponsored by the Alan Levine Lab
Friday, May 25, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Research Building 433
Speaker TBD
Fall 2011 Seminars
Friday, September 2, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Angelle Desiree LaBeaud, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, CA
Indu Malhorta, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate, CGHD/CWRU
"The Effects of Polyparasitism on Vaccine Response"
Sponsored by the Malhotra Lab
Friday, September 9, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
John Milligan
Research Assistant, Biology, CWRU
"Transcriptional Regulation: a MEF2 homolog in S. Mansoni"
Sponsored by the Emmit Jolly Lab
Friday, September 16, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Rafael Ponce, M.D.
Fellow, Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, CWRU
"Schistosomiasis and waterborne diseases understanding the dynamics
for fecal contamination of water"
Sponsored by the Blanton Lab
Friday, September 23, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Gloria Tavera
Graduate Student, Medical Scientist Training Program, CWRU
"Exploring Amodiaquine Resistance in Tanzania in P. falciparum"
Sponsored by the Hise Lab
Friday, September 30, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Babu Tekwani, Ph.D.
Principal Scientist and Professor of Pharmacology
National Center for Natural Products Research
School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi
"Pathway to Discovery of Safer Antimalarials"
Sponsored by Mehlotra Lab
Friday, October 7, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Eric Pearlman, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of Research Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Case Western Reserve University
"The Role of Cytokines and Pathogen Recognition Molecules in Fungal Keratitis - insights from human disease and animal models"
Sponsored by the Hise Lab
Friday, October 14, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Edsel Salvana, M.D., DTM&H
Assistant Professor for Research, NIH, University of the Philippines Manila
Adjunct Professor for Global Health, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
"Another Shot at San Francisco: Saving Lives Through a Comprehensive Response to the Nascent HIV Epidemic in the Philippines"
Sponsored by the Grimberg Lab
Friday, October 21, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Rebecca Gilson
Department of Physics, CWRU
"Plasmodium falciparum's Response to Oscillating Weak Magnetic Fields and the influence of disruptive measures"
Sponsored by the Grimberg Lab
Friday, October 28, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Nancy Erdey, Ph.D., C.I.P.
Research Associate/Compliance Officer, CGHD
"Regulatory Update 2011"
CRECS will be sought for this presentation
Sponsored by the Grimberg Lab
Friday, November 4, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Ruth Djigbenou, M.D.
ID Fellow, University Hospitals of Cleveland
"Trophozoite stage resistance to quinine, implications for cerebral malaria treatment"
Sponsored by the Grimberg Lab
Friday, November 11, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Krufinta Bun
Pre-Doctoral Candidate Epidemiology and Biostatistics, CWRU
"Impact of human movement on MDA compliance and effectiveness in Papua New Guinea"
Phalkun Cheng, MPH
Senior Research Associate, CWRU
"Prevalence and Risk for MTB Infection among First Degree Relative Contacts to TB Patients, Kampala, Uganda"
Sponsored by the Grimberg Lab
Friday, November 18, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Arlene Dent, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics Infectious Diseases
And Center for Global Health
University Hospitals of Cleveland and CWRU
"Detecting Antigen-specific Memory B Cells by Flow Cytometry"
Sponsored by the Kazura Lab
Friday, December 2, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
M. Edward Medof, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology, Medicine, Ophthalmology and Cancer Center
Case Western Reserve University
“Understanding How Naive T cells are Programmed to T-regulatory verses T-effector cells: Implications for Malaria”
Sponsored by the Grimberg Lab
December 2nd will be the last seminar for the Fall 2011 semester. Thanks to all for your interest and support in the Center for Global Health & Diseases World Health Interest Group Seminar Series
Our Center will be relocating to the fourth floor of the Biomedical Research Building as of December 19, 2011. The location of our weekly seminars will be in BRB 433 or BRB 105 and our first seminar for the Spring 2012 semester is scheduled for Friday, January 13, 2012.
Spring 2011 Seminars
Friday, January 7, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Lisa Reimer, Ph.D.
Head of Entomology Unit, Papua New Guinea Medical Research/CWRU
"Changes in Vector "Biology and Disease Transmission Following Implentation of the Malaria Control Program in Papua New Guinea"
Sponsored by the Zimmerman Lab
Friday, January 14, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Ravinder Sehgal, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology, San Francisco State University
"Avian Malaria in a Changing World"
Sponsored by the Zimmerman Lab
Friday, January 21, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Lisa K. Ryan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine, Public Health Research Institute
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
The Innate Immune Response to Influenza: A Focus on B-Defensins
Sponsored by the Amy Hise Lab
Friday, January 28, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Fayyaz S. Sutterwala, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
“The NLRP3 inflammasome in infection and inflammation”
Sponsored by the Amy Hise Lab
Friday, February 4, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Jessica Berg, J.D., MPH
Professor of Law, Bioethics and Public Health
Associate Director. Law-Medicine Center
Case Western Reserve University
"Who owns your genetic information? The Case of the Havasupai Tribe vs. ASU"
CRECs Pending
Sponsored by Nancy Erdey
Friday, February 11, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Charles King, M.D.
Professor
Center for Global Health and Diseases
Case Western Reserve University
"The SCORE Project for Schistomiasis control in Africa"
Friday, February 18, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Cara Henry-Halldin
Pre-Doctoral Candidate
Biology
Case Western Reserve University
Biology Ph.D. Defense Seminar: "Genetic Diversity of Malaria Vectors
and Implications for Vector Management in Papua New Guinea"
Sponsored by the Peter Zimmerman Lab
Friday, February 25, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Eric Pearlman, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of Research
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Case Western Reserve University
"Pathogenesis of fungal keratitis - human disease and animal models"
Sponsored by the Amy Hise Lab
Friday, March 4, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Egil Lien
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
University of Massachusetts
"Yersinia pestis - activation and evasion of innate immunity"
Sponsored by the Amy Hise Lab
Friday, March 11 - Spring Break - No Seminar
Friday, March 18, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Denis Tebit, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate
Division of Infectious Disease, UH
Case Western Reserve University
"Tracking the global evolution and Fitness of HIV: the Diversity Factor"
Sponsored by the Brian Grimberg Lab
Friday, March 25, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Ron Blanton, M.D., M.Sc.
Professor
Center for Global Health and Diseases
Case Western Reserve University
"S. mansoni population structure, distribution and response to treatment"
Friday, April 1, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Rosemary Rochford, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
SUNY Upstate Medical University
"Clues to the etiology of endemic Burkitt's lymphoma: report from a field study on EBV and malaria infection in Kenyan infants"
Sponsored by the Brian Grimberg Lab
Friday, April 8, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Xiaoxia Wang
Postdoctoral Candidate
Department of Mathematics
Case Western Reserve University
"Modeling schistosomiasis transmission and morbidity"
Sponsored by the Brian Grimberg Lab
Archives
Fall 2010 Seminars
Friday, August 27, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Valerie Wiesbrock, MA CIP
Manager
Office of Institutional Review
University Hospitals Case Medical Center
"Genetic Studies and Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS): A practical guide to regulatory issues and compliance"
CRECs will be available
Friday, September 3 - Labor Day Weekend - No Seminar
Friday, September 10, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Maria da Glória Teixeira, PhD
Associate Professor of the Public Health Institute
Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil
"Dengue in Brazil: Epidemiological situations and researches developed by Bahia University and the Center for Global Health and Diseases"
Sponsored by the Ronald Blanton Lab
Friday, September 17, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Peter Piermarini, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Cornell University
"Targeting 'kidney' function in mosquitoes for the development of novel vector control"
Sponsored by the Peter Zimmerman Lab
Friday, September 24. 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Carlos Subauste, MD
Associate Professor
Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
"CD40, Autophagy and the Control of an Intracellular Pathogen"
Sponsored by the Amy Hise Lab
Friday, October 1, 9:00 - 10:00 am
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Miako Sakaguchi, PhD
Department of Protozology
Institute of Tropical Medicine
Nagasaki, Japan
"Characterization of Invasive Proteins in Malaria Parasites Using an Ultrastructural Approach"
Sponsored by the Brian Grimberg Lab
Friday, October 8, 9:00 - 10:00 am
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Mark Drew, Ph.D.
Division of Infectious Diseases
The Ohio State University
"Flow Cytometric Methods of Detection for Novel Antimalarials"
Sponsored by the Brian Grimberg Lab
***CANCELLED***
October 15, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Amaya Bustinduy, MD
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
University Hospitals of Cleveland
"Schistosomiasis and Polyparasitism Impairing Normal Physiological Functioning of Kenyan Children: Experience In Four Endemic Villages"
Sponsored by the Charles King Lab
Friday, October 22, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Narathrus Asingwire, PhD
Chairman
Department of Social Work and Social Administration
Makerere University
Kampala, Uganda
"National Response to the AIDS Epidemic in Uganda: Highlights from the Country UNGASS Progress Report, March 2010"
Sponsored by the Brian Grimberg Lab
Friday, October 29, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Kim Brustoski, PhD
Center for Global Health and Diseases
Case Western Reserve University
"Mucosal immune responses to RVFV"
Sponsored by the Amy Hise Lab
Friday, November 5 - No Seminar
Friday, November 12, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Student Presentations
Friday, November 19, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Heather Lander
Pre-Doctoral Candidate, Experimental Pathology
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston
"Junin Virus infection induced endothelial cell permeability and adherens junction disruption"
Sponsored by the Amy Hise Lab
Friday, November 26 - Thanksgiving Holiday - No Seminar
Friday, December 3, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Amaya Bustinduy, MD
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
University Hospitals of Cleveland
"Schistosomiasis and Polyparasitism Impairing Normal Physiological Functioning of Kenyan Children: Experience In Four Endemic Villages"
Sponsored by the Charles King Lab
Archives
Spring 2010 Seminars
Friday, January 22, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Jeff Tomalka
Doctoral Candidate in Pathology
Center for Global Health and Diseases
"The Inflammasome: A key mediator of host defense to Candida infection"
Recent publications related to this presentation are identified below as well as available in PDF through the link provided:
Hise, A, et al. "An Essential Role for the NLRP3 Inflammasome in Host Defense against the Human Fungal Pathogen Candida albicans." Cell and Host & Microbe 5(5)May 2009, pp 487-497
PDF version
Sponsored by the Amy Hise Lab
Friday, January 29, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Joseph Gibbons, M.D.
Chair, University Hospitals Case Medical Center IRB
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Comprehensive Cancer Center at University Hospitals
of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University
"Human Subjects Research and Exempt Determinations"
3 CRECS will be available
Friday, February 5, 2010, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Rajeev Melhotra, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate
Center for Global Health and Diseases
Case Western Reserve University
"CCR2-CCR5 ... And the Band Plays On"
Recent publications related to this presentation are identified below as well as available in PDF through the link provided:
McDermott, D et al "CCR5 promoter polymorphism and HIV-1 disease progression." The Lancet 352 (9): 866-870, 1998
PDF Version
Salkowitz, J et al "CCR5 promoter polymorphism determines macrophage CCR5 density and magnitude of HIV-1 propagation in vitro." Clinical Immunology 108: 234-240, 2003
PDF Version
Special WHIG Seminar!
Friday, February 19, 2010, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Reception to follow
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Sarah Williams-Blangero, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Genetics
Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research
San Antonio, TX
"Genetics of Susceptibility to Parasitic Disease"
Friday, February 26, 2010
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Ronald Blanton
Professor of International Health
Center for Global Health and Diseases
Case Western Reserve University
"Where the Wild Things Are: S. mansoni Genotypes from the Field"
Special WHIG Seminar!
Co-Hosted by the Institute for the Science of Origins
Monday, March 8, 2010, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Biomedical Research Building (BRB) #105
2109 Adelbert Rd
Mark Stoneking, Ph.D.
Professor, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Leipzig, Germany
Director Molecular Anthropology Group
Honorary Professor of Biological Anthropology at the University of Leipzig
"Detecting Local Selection in Human Populations"
For additional information, feel free to visit http://www.eva.mpg.de/genetics/
Friday, March 19, 2010
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Mark Buller, Ph.D.
Professor, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
St. Louis University School of Medicine
"Towards a Mechanistic Understanding Variolation"
Friday, March 26, 2010, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Peter Zimmerman, Ph.D.
Professor of International Health and Genetics
Center for Global Health and Diseases
Case Western Reserve University
"Plasmodium vivax clinical malaria is commonly observed in Duffy-negative Malagasy people"
Recent publications related to this presentation are identified below as well as available in PDF through the hyperlink provided:
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2010/03/11/0912496107.full.pdf+html?sid=7b22f632-759d-46e1-af0e-c2bf6bb63f07
Friday, April 9, 2010, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Cara Haldin
Doctoral Candidate in Biology
Case Western Reserve University
Kogulan Nadesakumaran
Undergraduate Biology Major
Case Western Reserve University
"Insecticide resistance and species diversity of malaria vectors in Papua New Guinea"
Recent Publications related to this presentation are identified below:
1. Beebe, et al, "DNA sequence analysis of the ribosomal DNA ITS2 region for the Anopheles punctulatus group of mosquitos." Insect Molecular Biology 8(3):381-390:1999
2. Reimer, et al, "Relationship Between kdr Mutation and Resistance to Pyrethroid and DDT Insecticides in Natural Populations for Anopheles gambiae." J Med Entomol 45(2):260-266:2008
Friday, April 16, 2010, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
David H. Canaday, M.D.
Assistant Professor Geriatric Research
Education and Clinical Center
Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center
Division of Infectious Disease
Case Western Reserve University
"Vaccination Response in the Elderly"
Friday, April 23, 2010, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Gillian Barclay, DrPh., DDS
Pan American Health Organization:
Office of Caribbean Program Coordination/WHO, Barbados
"Workforce Development, Migration and Implications for Public Health in Caribbean"
Friday, April 30, 2010, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Wolstein Research Building 4-136
Brian Verrelli, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
BioDesign Institute
Arizona State University
"Duffy Antigen Evolution"
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