Georgetown University Medical Center will host a half-day symposium exploring emerging zoonotic diseases - contagious diseases that spread between animals and humans, which can be caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi carried by animals and insects. Attendees will be updated on a novel emerging coronavirus diagnosed in 14 people from the UK and Middle Eastern countries since April 2012.
What: Emerging Zoonotic Diseases, The Novel Coronavirus & "One Health"
When: Friday, April 5, 2013, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC)
Media RSVP by 5 p.m., April 1: Karen Mallet km463@georgetown.edu
Conference Agenda:
8:30 a.m. Registration
8:45 a.m. Welcome: Daniel Lucey, MD, MPH
Department of Microbiology & Immunology, GUMC
Harry Parker PhD, DVM
Department of Microbiology & Immunology, GUMC
9:00 a.m. Zoonoses, One Health, & Pro-MED: Linking Medical and Veterinary Communities
Lawrence Madoff, MD
Editor, Pro-MED
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
9:30 a.m. Intersection of Human and Animal Diseases: Emerging Zoonotic Diseases of Livestock
Eileen Thacker, DVM, PhD, DACVM
National Program Leader, Animal Health
National Program Staff, Animal Production and Protection
U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service