70 - Genomics for Emerging (Zoonotic) viral diseases

Friday, October 1, 2021

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

Moderator(s)

Inger Damon, MD, PhD

Director Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA, United States

I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Speaker(s)

Edward Holmes, PhD

ARC Australian Laureate Fellow
University of Sydney
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Gayani Tillekeratne, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Duke University
Durham, NC, United States

BioFire (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support; Biomerieux (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support
Ann Powers, PhD

Virology Team Lead
CDC, CO, United States

I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Participants should be aware of the following financial/non-financial relationships:

Inger Damon, MD, PhD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Edward C. Holmes, PhD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Gayani Tillekeratne, MD, MSc: BioFire (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support; Biomerieux (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support

Ann Powers, PhD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit

No CPE credits

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

list factors related to emerging zoonotic viral diseases
describe the impact of genomics to infer disease emergence
explain the role of laboratory based surveillance

Presentations:

Genomics and the Integration of the Animal Human Interface
Speaker: Edward C. Holmes, PhD – University of Sydney
Surveillance : What Are We Learning?
Speaker: Gayani Tillekeratne, MD, MSc – Duke University
Which Pathogens Emerge?
Speaker: Ann Powers, PhD – CDC