Speakers & Conveners

Keynote

Nihal Altan-Bonnet
Nihal Altan-Bonnet
National Institutes of Health
Senior Investigator

Session Chairs

Alexander Borodavka
Alexander Borodavka
University of Cambridge
Sir Henry Dale Fellow
Mariana del Vas
Mariana del Vas
Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA)
Principal Investigator
Liya Hu
Liya Hu
Baylor College of Medicine
Assistant Professor
Dr. Joe Hyser
Dr. Joe Hyser
Baylor College of Medicine
Assistant Professor: Virology & Microbiology
Baoming Jiang
Baoming Jiang
CDC Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Team Lead
Carl Kirkwood
Carl Kirkwood
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Senior Program Officer
Takeshi Kobayashi
Takeshi Kobayashi
Department of Virology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University
Professor
Ioly Kotta-Loizou
Ioly Kotta-Loizou
Imperial College London
Researcher
Jelle Matthijnssens
Jelle Matthijnssens
KU Leuven
Prof.
Kristen Ogden
Kristen Ogden
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Assistant Professor
John Parker
John Parker
Cornell University
Associate Professor
Viviana Parreño
Viviana Parreño
National Institute of Agricultural Technology Argentine

Speakers

Akhtar Ali
Akhtar Ali
The University of Tulsa
Professor of Biological Science
Steeve Boulant
Steeve Boulant
University of Florida
Associate Professor
Andrew Broadbent
Andrew Broadbent
University of Maryland
Assistant Professor
Jose Caston
Jose Caston
CSIC
Professor
Megan Cole
Megan Cole
The Pirbright Institute and The University of Edinburgh
PhD Student
Sue Crawford
Sue Crawford
Baylor College of Medicine
Assistant Professor
Francisca Cristi
Francisca Cristi
University of Alberta
PhD Candidate
Pranav Danthi
Pranav Danthi
Indiana University
Professor
Celeste Donato
Celeste Donato
Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Senior Research Officer
Catherine Eichwald
Catherine Eichwald
Institute of Virology, University of Zurich
Senior scientist
Sarah Esstman
Sarah Esstman
Wake Forest University
Associate Professor of Biology
Chris Gast
Chris Gast
PATH
Director of Statistics & Principal Biostatistician - Associate Director
David Gil-Cantero
David Gil-Cantero
CSIC
PhD student
Harry B. Greenberg
Harry B. Greenberg
Stanford University School of Medicine
Associate Dean for Research & Joseph D. Grant Professor of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology
Marc Guimera Busquets
Marc Guimera Busquets
The Pirbright Institute
Postdoctoral scientist / Dr
Marie Hagbom
Marie Hagbom
Linköping University
PhD
Hayato Harima
Hayato Harima
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Assistant Professor
Vanessa Harris
Vanessa Harris
Amsterdam Institute for Global Health, AMC, UvA
Liya Hu
Liya Hu
Baylor College of Medicine
Assistant Professor
Jason Kaelber
Jason Kaelber
Rutgers
Associate Research Professor
Takahiro Kawagishi
Takahiro Kawagishi
Stanford University
Postdoctoral researcher
Justine Kniert
Justine Kniert
University of Alberta
Graduate Student
Ioly Kotta-Loizou
Ioly Kotta-Loizou
Imperial College London
Researcher
Gudam Kwon
Gudam Kwon
Seoul National University
PhD Student
John Lewis
John Lewis
Entos Pharmaceuticals
CEO
Gabriela Llauger
Gabriela Llauger
National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA)
Postdoc
Jonathan Mandolo
Jonathan Mandolo
Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust
PhD Student
Aase B. Mikalsen
Aase B. Mikalsen
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Associate professor
Venkata Raghava Mohan
Venkata Raghava Mohan
Christian Medical College
Professor
Sarah Nichols
Sarah Nichols
Wake Forest University
Graduate Student
John Patton
John Patton
Indiana University
Professor
Jacob Perry
Jacob Perry
Baylor College of Medicine
graduate student
Asha Philip
Asha Philip
Indiana University
Postdoctoral Research Associate
James Platts-Mills
James Platts-Mills
University of Virginia
Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health
Minna Poranen
Minna Poranen
University of Helsinki
Dr
Sasirekha Ramani
Sasirekha Ramani
Baylor College of Medicine
Assistant Professor
Polly Roy
Polly Roy
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Professor of Virology
Liliana Sanchez Tacuba
Liliana Sanchez Tacuba
Stanford University
Postdoctoral Scholar
Fulufhedzani Savhasa
Fulufhedzani Savhasa
Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University
Student
Francesca Scribano
Francesca Scribano
Baylor College of Medicine
Graduate student
Megan Stanifer
Megan Stanifer
University of Florida
Assistant Professor
Danica Sutherland
Danica Sutherland
University of Pittsburgh
Lab Manager/Research Instructor
Ming Tan
Ming Tan
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Associate Professor
Jacqueline Tate
Jacqueline Tate
Centers for Disease Control
Epidemiologist