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Title: "Restoring Diplomatic Relations with Microbes"
By: Ken Cadwell, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Climate change has a disproportionate impact on the world’s most vulnerable populations, yet climate crises also impact people across the full spectrum of wealth and power. How do we understand these varied impacts and design climate policy to maximize human well-being and justice on a global level?
As climate change accelerates, we see the rise of violent conflict and humanitarian emergencies in some places but not others. In some places but not others, we see disruptions in food security and forced migration. And around the world, debates rage about access to energy, the...
"Functional genomics and phage therapy for antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections"
Phage therapy is a new therapeutic approach for treating antibiotic-resistant infections. Dr. Van Tyne will describe ongoing efforts in her lab to offer phage therapy to patients with resistant infections, and to study what happens to patients that receive this experimental therapy.
Biography:
Dr. Van Tyne completed her undergraduate work at Vassar College, followed by PhD studies at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She then pursued post-doctoral training at Harvard Medical School, and joined...
“Impact of phages on cholera and their use in preventing infection”
Phages play major roles in the ecology and evolution of bacteria, including many human pathogens. We found that cholera patients often shed stools with high titers of one of three species of phages. We provide evidence that these three phages prey extensively on V. cholerae within the human gastrointestinal tract, and impact the infection, dissemination, transmission and evolution of V. cholerae. Indeed, we hypothesize these phages have evolved specifically to multiply on V. cholerae during human infection as opposed to in...
Title: "Of Barriers and Viruses: Investigating Mechanisms Used by Viral Pathogens to Trigger Vascular Leak, Pathogenesis, and Promote Viral Dissemination"
By: Scott Biering, University of California, San Diego
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"Advancing engagement in antimicrobial stewardship through effective communication strategies"
This talk will make a compelling justification for the importance of considering communication in the implementation of efforts to improve how antibiotics are used. It will provide an overview of effective communication strategies that can be used with prescribers and patients to promote antibiotic stewardship.
Biography:
Dr. Julia E. Szymczak is an Associate Professor in the Division of Epidemiology at the University of Utah School of Medicine, where she Co-Directs the Utah Quality Advancement...