Division Announcements

Registration & abstract submission open for annual Global Health and Infectious Disease Conference – April 6, 2018

Global Health Center at the Institute for Public Health
Thursday, April 5, 2018 at 12:30 PM – Friday, April 6, 2018 at 5:00 PM (CDT)
St Louis, MO

Event Details
The 6th Annual Global Health and Infectious Disease Conference at Washington University will focus on “Science to Solutions: Antimicrobial Resistance.” Online registration closes on March 30, 2018, but walk-ins are welcome.

Speakers include:

Anucha Apisarnthanarak, MD, Thammasart University Hospital, Thailand

Cesar Arias, MD, MSc, PhD, FIDSA, Department of Internal Medicine,The University of Texas

Carey-Ann Burnham, PhD, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University

Gautam Dantas, PhD, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University

Mario Feldman, PhD, Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University

Stephanie Fritz, MD, MSCI, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University

Sumanth Gandra, MD, PhD, The Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy, Washington University

Caline Mattar, MD, Department of Medicine, Washington University

Srikanth Singamaneni, PhD, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Washington University

Watch for more details coming soon.

The Trainee Oral Symposium on April 5th will feature talks from students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty, as well as a faculty career panel. All students, postdoctoral fellows and residents working on global health and infectious diseases are encouraged to submit an abstract to present a talk.

Deadline for abstract submission to present a talk or poster is February 28, 2018.

Trainee Oral Symposium: April 5th, 12:30 – 4 pm, Seminar Room B, Eric P. Newman Center, Medical Campus

GHID Conference: April 6th, 8 am – 5 pm, Eric P. Newman Education Center, Medical Campus

These events are all free and open to the public.

Please feel free to register for one or both events.

For questions contact jvanrheenen@wustl.edu.

These events are supported by the Center for Global Health and Infectious Disease at the Institute for Public Health, and the Departments of Medicine, Molecular Microbiology, and Pediatrics in the School of Medicine.