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Save the date: Great Plains Emerging Infectious Diseases Conference

Published on February 19, 2015

The fourth annual Great Plains Emerging Infectious Diseases Conference will take place April 10-11, 2015, at the University of Iowa. This conference will serve to bring together public health professionals, researchers, faculty, and students in microbiology, infectious diseases, and related fields working in the Great Plains and Midwestern states. The GPEID Conference highlights basic, applied, epidemiological, and translational research in biomedical and veterinary disciplines. Major topics may include but are not limited to zoonotic and vector-borne diseases, global health, healthcare-associated infections, antimicrobial resistance, molecular diagnostics and epidemiology, public health preparedness, and science communication.

We’re pleased to announce that this year’s keynote speaker will be Dr. Christopher Mores, ScD, Associate Professor in the Department of Pathobiological Sciences of Louisiana State University’s School of Veterinary Medicine (profile). The title of his talk is, “Ebola, Here’s Looking at You: Case Ascertainment and Treatment Efficacy in Sierra Leone, 2014-2015.”

If you have any questions regarding this conference, please contact Christine Petersen (christine-petersen@uiowa.edu) or Margaret Chorazy (margaret-chorazy@uiowa.edu). Registration and a call for abstracts will be announced shortly.