MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Location: file:///C:/D96412C5/TheCenterforInfectiousDisease.htm Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" The Center for Infectious Disease,

The Center for Infectious Disease,  

The O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, and

The Mortara Center for International Stu= dies

 

Invite you to attend=

World Malaria Today<= /span>

A conference on the occasion of the

= First World Malaria Day

 

Panels include:

9:00am- 10:30am           The Intolerable Global Burden of Malaria

 

Chair:   Dr. Daniel Lucey, Georgetown Medical School, Mortara Center Associ= ate

Panel:  Dr. Joel Breman, Fogarty International Center, National Institute of Health

Dr. Bernard Nahlden, Deputy Director of President’s M= alaria Initiative

Dr. Mireille Kanda, Dikembe Mutombo Foundation<= /span>

        = ;    Malaria in Kinshasa, Democrat= ic Republic of Congo

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10:30am- 12:00pm        &nb= sp;           Prevention and Cure of Malaria

 

Chair:   Dr. Paul Roepe, Co-Director Center for Infectious Disease, GU Medical School

Panel:  Dr. Steve Hoffman, = CEO, Sanaria, Inc.

     &n= bsp;      Progress with Malaria Vaccines

Dr. Jonathan Vennerstrom, University of Nebraska

     &n= bsp;      New Antimalarial Drugs

Dr. David Roos, University of Pennsylvania = Medical School=

Dr. Kirk Dietsch, Cornell University Medical Colle= ge

 

12:00pm- 1:00pm           Policy Challen= ges and Action

 

Chairs: Ben Berkman, Center for Law and the Public’s Health at GU and Johns Hopkins<= /span>

     &n= bsp;      Dr. Jeff Collman, O’Neill Institute= for National and Global Health Law

Panel:  Dr. Nelle Temple Brown, Director, World Health Organization, Washington DC

     &n= bsp;      Malara Bednet Activists from Holy Trinity School= and Georgetown University

 

2:00pm- 5:00pm             Re= cent Technological Breakthroughs

(Held at New Research Building, Georgetown Un= iversity Medical Center)

 

Dr. David R= oos, University of Penns= ylvania Medical School

     &n= bsp;      Exploiting parasite and other genomes to define targets for drug, vaccine, and diagnostic development

Dr. David Elliott, University of Arizona

     &n= bsp;      Hemoglobin uptake by P. falciparum=

Dr. Kirk Di= etsch, Cornell University Me= dical College

     &n= bsp;      How malaria parasites escape destruction by the human immune syste

Dr. Carolina Barillas-Mury, National Institutes of Health

     &n= bsp;      How does Plasmodium evade the mosquito’s immune system?<= /span>

Dr. Paul Ro= epe, Georgetown University Me= dical School=

     &n= bsp;      The Genetics, Pharmacology, and Physiology of Quinolone Antimalarial Drug Resistance

 

5:00pm         &n= bsp;            = ;     Wine and Cheese Reception

(Outdoor Pavilion Level, Georgetown Un= iversity Medical Center)

 

 

Friday, April 25th

9:00AM – 1:00P= M

Gaston Hall

 

For driving directions, parking information, and alternatives = to driving and parking, please visit the Georgetown University Office of Transportation Management website at otm.georgetown.edu.

 

 

 

 

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