Pacific Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Research
John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Director: Dr. Richard Yanagihara

CONFERENCES

• National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence,
  Washington, DC, July 20-22, 2006
  
  
• The 2nd Annual Hawaii BioScience Conference June 25-27, 2006
  
  
• Western NIH INBRE States Infectious Disease Symposium
  Moscow, Idaho, April 18-20, 2006
  
  
International Conference on Emerging Infectious Disease
Atlanta, Georgia, March 19-22, 2006


• COBRE External Advisory Committee (EAC) Meeting
  Access Grid Room, MEB, February 6, 2006
  
  
• The Second COBRE EAC Meeting
  New Otani Kaimana Beach Hotel, Imperial Ballroom, Honolulu, Hawai'i, February 1, 2005
  
  
• COBRE Mini-symposium on Emerging Infectious Diseases Research
  Asia Room, East West Center, April 27, 2004

8:50 - 9:00 a.m.
Welcome
Richard Yanagihara, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Pacific Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Research

9:00 - 9:45 a.m.
Alphavirus encephalitis: Determinants of outcome
Diane E. Griffin, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair,
W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

9:45 - 10:30 a.m.
Randomized controlled trials of individual, population, and multilevel interventions for
preventing sexually transmitted infections: What has worked?
King K. Holmes, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Center for AIDS and STD,
Chief, Infectious Diseases, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington

10:30 - 10:40 a.m. Break

10:40 - 11:25 a.m.
Immune mechanisms in the pathogenesis of group A streptococcal infections and their sequelae
Madeleine W. Cunningham, Ph.D.
George Lynn Cross Research Professor,
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

11:25 - 12:10 a.m.
The group A streptococcus: Still uncontrolled/uncontrollable after 50 years of trying. What is needed?
Edward L. Kaplan, M.D.
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School

• The First COBRE EAC Meeting
  New Otani Kaimana Beach Hotel, Imperial Ballroom, Honolulu, Hawai`i, April 26, 2004