[ASCLS Molecular SA] FW: REGISTRATION DEADLINE APPROACHING! 62nd James Steele Conference on Diseases in Nature Transmissible to Man
Rohde, Rodney E
rrohde at txstate.edu
Mon Apr 30 17:25:03 EDT 2012
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From: Rohde, Rodney E
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Subject: FW: REGISTRATION DEADLINE APPROACHING! 62nd James Steele Conference on Diseases in Nature Transmissible to Man
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From: Fonken,Eric (DSHS) [Eric.Fonken at dshs.state.tx.us]
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 3:05 PM
Subject: REGISTRATION DEADLINE APPROACHING! 62nd James Steele Conference on Diseases in Nature Transmissible to Man
REGISTER SOON! The hotel room block closes May 19th and the conference registration deadline is May 25th!
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Please join us this June in San Antonio, Texas for the 62nd annual meeting of the James Steele Conference on Diseases in Nature Transmissible to Man. This conference provides excellent, informative presentations by local, state, national, and international experts, up to 17 hours of continuing education credits, a great opportunity to network with colleagues, make new friends, and visit one of the most culturally rich cities in the United States. Bring your family and enjoy all that San Antonio has to offer!
When: Wednesday, June 20 – Friday, June 22, 2012
Where: Crowne Plaza Riverwalk Hotel<http://www.crowneplaza.com/hotels/us/en/san-antonio/satps/hoteldetail?sicreative=7384908532&dp=true&sicontent=0&sitrackingid=28482478&siclientid=2050>, 111 East Pecan Street, San Antonio, TX 78205
• Hotel room rate for conference attendees is only $85.00/night single occupancy; $85.00 double; $85.00 triple; $85.00 quadruple. Conference rates valid 3 days before and after the conference.
• Hotel reservations must be made by May 19th to qualify for the conference rate; you may make your room reservation directly through our online reservation link<https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_new&eventID=8485441> (https://resweb.passkey.com/go/DiseasesInNatureConference) or by calling 1-877-270-1393 and making your reservation under the “Texas Health Institute – Diseases in Nature Conference” block
• The hotel is located directly on the world-famous Riverwalk!
• Fitness center, pool, hot tub, and sauna
• Complimentary wireless and wired in-room and lobby area internet access
• Discounted covered parking for hotel guests - $10.00/day
Registration Fee: $250.00 with early registration by May 25, 2011; $300.00 after May 25th. You may download the conference registration form on the conference website<http://sites.google.com/site/diseasesinnature/> (http://sites.google.com/site/diseasesinnature/).
Continuing Education (CE) Credits:
Physician CME: the conference will provide a maximum of 17.0 hours of Category II credit towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
Veterinary CE: the Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners has approved a total of 17.0 CE hours for full attendance by veterinarians.
Registered Veterinary Technician CE: the Texas Veterinary Medical Association has approved a total of 17.0 CE hours for full attendance by Registered Veterinary Technicians.
Animal Control Officer CE: the Department of State Health Services has approved a total of 17.0 CE hours for full attendance by Animal Control Officers.
CHES/MCHES - an application has been submitted to award Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) up to 17 total Category I Continuing Education Contact Hours (CECH). Maximum Advanced-level contact hours requested is 17. SOPHE, including its chapters, is a designated multiple event provider of CECHs by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing.
Sanitarian CE: the conference will provide a maximum of 17.0 CE hours for sanitarians.
Certified in Public Health – the National Board of Public Health Examiners has approved a total of 17.0 CE hours for full attendance by those Certified in Public Health.
What’s Included:
• Daily continental breakfast
• Morning and afternoon food and beverage breaks
• J.V. Irons Luncheon
• Evening cocktail reception
• Door prizes and other goodies!
Schedule of Events:
Tuesday, June 19
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Conference registration desk open
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
7:00 Registration Table Opens
7:00 Meeting Room Opens
7:30-8:30 Continental Breakfast Served
8:00 Call to Order and Announcements
8:15 Welcome Remarks
Thomas L. Schlenker, MD, MPH, Director of Public Health, San Antonio Metropolitan Health District, San Antonio, TX
Session I: Zoonotic Disease Surveillance
8:30 Volunteer Epidemiologist in Residence: Yellowstone National Park
Thomas L. Cropper, DVM, MPVM, DACVPM, U.S. Department of Defense, San Antonio, TX
9:00 Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center’s Global Febrile and Vector-Borne Disease Surveillance Program
Alaina Thomas, MSPH, Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center, Silver Spring, MD
9:30 Wild Birds in the Ecology of Zoonotic Pathogens
Sarah A. Hamer, MS, PhD, DVM, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
10:00 Refreshment Break
Session II: Vectorborne Zoonoses
10:30 The Northward Trek of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Texas
Stavana Strutz, PhD Candidate, University of Texas, Austin, TX
11:00 Chagas Disease Ecology in Texas
Edward J. Wozniak, DVM, PhD, Texas Department of State Health Services, Uvalde, TX
11:30 Chagas Disease: Are We Missing Something?
Roger Sanchez, BS, San Antonio Metropolitan Health District, San Antonio, TX
12:00-2:00 Lunch On Your Own
Session III: Viral Zoonoses
2:00 Identification of Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Virus in Feral Swine
Mangkey Bounpheng, PhD, Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, College Station, TX
2:30 Dengue Fever Outbreak in Houston With Evidence of Autochthonous Transmission, 2003- 2005
Kristy Murray, DVM, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
3:00 Hantavirus Presence at Rodent Assemblages From Northeastern and Central Mexico
Ivan Castro-Arellano, MS, PhD, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
3:30 Refreshment Break
Session IV: Parasitology and Mycology
4:00 Atypical Canine Visceral Cryptococcosis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Kristin Eden, DVM, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
4:30 Intestinal Parasite Infections of Refugees Arriving in Texas, 2009-2011
Cathy Snider, MPH, MT(ASCP), Department of State Health Services, Austin, TX
5:00 Development of Point-of-Care Diagnostic Tools for Detection of C. parvum Ooocysts
Shannon E. Weigum, PhD, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
5:30-6:30 Happy Hour Reception
Thursday, June 21, 2012
7:30-8:30 Continental Breakfast Served
Session V: Bacterial Zoonoses I
8:00 Distribution, Diversity, and Fate of Salmonella in Natural Biofilms
Qiong Sha, PhD Candidate, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
8:30 Salmonella Enterica Enteritidis Genes Overexpressed in Chicken Oviduct Epithelial Cells and Macrophages
Shuping Zhang, DVM, PhD, DACVPM, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
9:00 Familial Mediterranean Fever: A Complicating Factor
James L. Alexander, DVM, MPVM, DACVPM, Department of State Health Services, Canyon, TX
9:30 Transplant-Associated Brucella Outbreak…That was Not Brucella
Neil Pascoe, RN, BSN, CIC, Department of State Health Services, Austin, TX
10:00 Refreshment Break
Session VI: Anthrax
10:30 A 2010 Anthrax Field Investigation in Bangladesh
Martin Hugh-Jones, MA, VetMB, MPH, PhD, MRCVS, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
11:00 2011 Anthrax Epidemic in the Republic of Georgia: A Review of the Use of EIDSS and Potential for Early Event Detection
Loren Shaffer, PhD, MPH, Northrop Grumman Information Systems, Atlanta, GA
11:30 Hunting Anthrax
Johnathan L. Kiel, DVM, PhD, DACVPM, BioAnalysis LLC, Universal City, TX
12:00 Recent Advances in Inhalation Anthrax
Johnny Peterson, MS, PhD, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
J.V. Irons Memorial Luncheon and Lecture
12:30 Buffet opens
1:00-2:00 Update on Rabies Therapy (Milwaukee Protocol)
Rodney E. Willoughby, Jr., MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Scientific Poster Session
2:00 Desserts Served
Session VII: Rabies
3:30 Rabies: A Survivor’s Story
Jeanna Geise, BS, Rabies Survivor
4:00 The Cost of a Puppy’s Kiss
Beverlee Nix, DVM, MPH, Texas Department of State Health Services, Temple, TX
4:30 Development of a Skunk Oral Rabies Vaccination Program
Ernest “Skip” Oertli, DVM, PhD, Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, TX
5:00 Adjourn
Friday, June 22, 2012
7:30-8:30 Continental Breakfast Served
Session VIII: Bioterrorism and Emergency Response
8:00 Bioterrorism Awareness for Regulatory Animal Health Professionals
Anne M. Emshoff, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, Department of State Health Services, San Antonio, TX
8:30 North American Soft Ticks (Ornithodoros spp.): Biology and Feral Swine Parasitism as Risks for the Emergence of African Swine Fever in the United States
Andrew Y. Li, PhD, United States Department of Agriculture, Kerrville, TX
9:00 Death by 1,000 Cuts: Bioterrorism in the Recent News
Suzanne Burnham, DVM, Department of State Health Services, Austin, TX
10:00 Refreshment Break
Session IX: Bacterial Zoonoses II
10:30 Evidence for Zoonotic Leprosy in the Americas
Rahul Sharma, PhD, National Hansen’s Disease Program, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
11:00 Serologic Evidence of Potential Occupational Exposure to Leptospirosis in Kentucky Horse Farm Workers and Veterinarians
Gloria L. Gellin, MS, MPH, United States Department of Agriculture, Lexington, KY
11:30 Zoonoses of Reptiles and Amphibians
J. Jill Heatley, DVM, MS, DABVP, DACZM, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
12:00 International Veterinary Public Health: Past, Present, and Future
James H. Steele, DVM, MPH, University of Texas Health Science Center School of Public Health (Professor Emeritus), Houston, TX
1:00 Adjourn
For more information:
Please visit the conference website<http://sites.google.com/site/diseasesinnature/> (http://sites.google.com/site/diseasesinnature/) or contact the conference organizers directly at:
Eric Fonken
eric.fonken at dshs.state.tx.us<mailto:eric.fonken at dshs.state.tx.us>
512-458-7111 x 2155
Jim Schuermann
jim.schuermann at dshs.state.tx.us<mailto:jim.schuermann at dshs.state.tx.us>
512-458-7111 x 2890
Bonny Mayes
bonny.mayes at dshs.state.tx.us<mailto:bonny.mayes at dshs.state.tx.us>
512-458-7111 x 2888
We look forward to seeing you in San Antonio!!!
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