2001 LDF Conference Agenda -- Farmington, Ct.

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Sunday, April 22, 2001

 

Welcome from the LDF

Willy Burgdorfer, PHD, MD (Hon)

 

KEYNOTE
Moderator - James Miller, PhD
. Keynote The politics of discovering an emerging disease: The Pfiesteria experience.
JoAnn M. Burkholder, PhD University of North Carolina - PEW Fellow Professor of Aquatic Botany; Director, Center for Applied Aquatic Ecology, NC State University, 1998 Scientific Freedom & Responsibility Award - American Academy for the Advancement of Science; 1999 Huter Award - Society of Protozoologists; 2000 Leopold Leadership

Importance of working with Congress and the Administration on healthcare policy.

. Mary Beth Buchholz The Sheridan Group

 

SPIROCHETAL RESEARCH
Moderators: James Miller, PhD; Ron Schell, PhD
. Comparison of Borrelia infections: Lyme disease vs. relapsing fever.
Willy Burgdorfer, PhD National Institutes of Health
. Animal models in the study of human spirochetal infections.
James Miller, PhD UCLA School of Medicine
. Mechanisms of persistency of the Lyme disease spirochete.
Charles Pavia, PhD NY Medical College School of Medicine, NYCOM Microbiology and Immunodiagnostic Laboratory of NYIT
. Comparative analysis of the immune evasion systems employed by the Lyme disease spirochetes.
Richard T. Marconi, PhD Medical College of Va at Va Commonwealth University
. Regulation of outer surface protein gene expression.
Scott Samuels, PhD University of Montana
. How Borrelia burgdorferi responds to oxidative stress.
Jon Skare, PhD Texas A & M University System Health Science Center

 

TESTING ISSUES
Moderators: Ron Schell, PhD; Jon Planz, PhD
. Serology in early Lyme disease.
Maria E. Aguero-Rosenfeld, MD Westchester Medical Center; NY Medical College
. Western blot testing for diagnosing Lyme borreliosis: Potentials, problems, performance.
Paul T. Fawcett, PhD Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
. Clinical evaluation of the Borreliacidal antibody test.
Steve Callister, PhD Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center
. Serodiagnosis of Lyme disease with the C6 peptide.
Mario T. Philipp, PhD Tulane University Medical Center
. Immune complex serodiagnosis.
Steve Schutzer, MD University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

 

PREVENTION TECHNIQUES
Moderator: Julie Rawlings, MPH
. Host targeted acaricidal treatments on rodents to control densities of Ixodes scapularis subadult ticks.
Edward M. Bosler, PhD SUNY at Stony Brook School of Medicine
. Community prevention programs: New technologies in tick control.
Kirby Stafford, PhD Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
. Community Partnerships:Texas.
Julie Rawlings, MPH Texas Department of Health

 

 

Monday, April 23, 2001

 

KEYNOTE
Moderators : Brian Fallon, MD, MPH

. Keynote Pathogen discovery: West Nile and beyond.
W. Ian Lipkin, MD Louise Turner Arnold Chair of Neurosciences, Emerging Diseases Laboratory, University of California
. West Nile virus: A global hitchhiker.
John Anderson, PhD Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

 

TICK-SPREAD DISEASES
Moderators : Brian Fallon, MD; James Miller, PhD; Sam Donta, MD

. Ehrlichiosis in the Northeast.
Louis Magnarelli, PhD Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
. Babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, Lyme(-like) disease variations.
Ed Masters, MD Regional Primary Care Physicians
. Bartonella in humans.
Lesley Fein, MD, MPH Morristown Memorial Medical Center
. Dermatologic manifestations of Lyme disease.
Andrew Franks, Jr., MD New York University School of Medicine
. 21st century Lyme disease.
Daniel Cameron, MD, MPH Internist, Epidemiologist, New York. Cardiac manifestations of Lyme disease.
Kornelia Keszler, MD Yale University School of Medicine
. Neurologic Lyme disease.
Patricia Coyle, MD SUNY at Stony Brook School of Medicine
. Differential diagnosis of Lyme encephalopathy.
Brian Fallon, MD, MPH Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
. Cognitive remediation.
Leo Shea, PhD New York University School of Medicine
. Lyme disease in pregnancy.
Tessa Gardner, MD Washington University School of Medicine
. Pediatric neurologic Lyme disease.
Dorothy Pietrucha, MD Jersey Shore Medical Center, Meridan Health System
. Gastrointestinal manifestations of Lyme disease.
Martin Fried, MD Jersey Shore Medical Center
. LD Retreatment Study: A double-blinded, placebo-controlled, randomized trial evaluating the efficacy and success of oral antibiotics for recurrent seropositive and seronegative Lyme disease in adults.
Daniel Cameron, MD, MPH Internist, Epidemiologist, New York

 

 

Faculty

 

. Maria Aguero-Rosenfeld, MD Westchester Medical Center; NY Medical College
. John Anderson, PhD Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
. Edward M. Bosler, PhD SUNY at Stony Brook School of Medicine
. Mary Beth Buchholz The Sheridan Group
. JoAnne Burkholder, PhD University of North Carolina PEW Fellow Professor of Aquatic Botany; Director, Center for Applied Aquatic Ecology, NC State University, 1998 Scientific Freedom & Responsibility Award - American Academy for the Advancement of Science; 1999 Huter Award - Society of Protozoologists; 2000 Leopold Leadership
. Willy Burgdorfer, PhD, MD (hon) National Institutes of Health
. Steve Callister, PhD Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center
. Daniel Cameron, MD, MPH Internist, Epidemiologist, New York
. Patricia Coyle, MD SUNY at Stony Brook School of Medicine
. Sam Donta, MD Boston University School of Medicine
. Brian Fallon, MD, MPH Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
. Paul T. Fawcett, PhD Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
. Lesley Fein, MD, MPH Morristown Memorial Medical Center
. Andrew Franks, Jr., MD New York University School of Medicine
. Martin Fried, MD Jersey Shore Medical Center
. Tessa Gardner, MD Washington University School of Medicine
. Kornelia Keszler, MD Yale University School of Medicine
. W. Ian Lipkin, MD Louise Turner Arnold Chair of Neurosciences, Emerging Diseases Laboratory, University of California
. Richard Marconi, PhD Medical College of Va at Va Commonwealth University
. Louis Magnarelli, PhD Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
. Edwin Masters, MD Regional Primary Care Physicians
. James Miller, PhD UCLA School of Medicine
. Charles Pavia, PhD NY Medical College School of Medicine, NYCOM Microbiology and Immunodiagnostic Laboratory of NYIT
. Mario Philipp, PhD Tulane University Medical Center
. Dorothy Pietrucha, MD Jersey Shore Medical Center, Meridan Health System
. John Planz, PhD University of Northern Texas Health Science Center
. Julie Rawlings, MPH Texas Department of Health
. Scott Samuels, PhD University of Montana
. Ronald Schell, PhD University of Wisconsin School of Medicine
. Steve Schutzer, PhD University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
. Leo Shea, PhD New York University School of Medicine

. Jon Skare, PhD Texas A & M University System Health Science Center
. Kirby Stafford, PhD Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

 

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