Final Agenda | Registration Form
| 8:00–9:00 am | Registration, Breakfast, Coffee and Poster Set-up | ||
| 9:00–9:15 am | Welcome Address | ||
| Dr. Scott Weaver IHII Director |
Dr. Ashok Chopra McLaughlin Chairman |
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| 9:15–10:00 pm | Tuberculosis Research at TAMU-College Station | ||
| 9:15–9:30 am | Dr. David McMurray | "TNF-alpha in the Guinea Pig Model of Pulmonary TB: Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde?" | |
| 9:30–9:45 am | Dr. Amminikutty Jeevan | "Mechanism of UV Radiation-induced Suppression of Resistance to M.tb Infection in BCG-vaccinated Guinea Pigs" | |
| 9:45–10:00 am | Dr. Harish Janagama | "Molecular Analysis of Tuberculosis Pathogenesis" | |
| 10:00–10:45 am | Tuberculosis Epidemiology and Research at TMHRI-Houston | ||
| 10:00–10:15 am | Dr. Ed Graviss | "TB Epidemiologic Studies Consortium (TBESC) Projects" | |
| 10:15–10:30 am | Ms. Marsha Feske | "Geographic Time Series Analysis of Harris County TB Cases" | |
| 10:30–10:45 am | Dr. Pedro Flores-Villanueva | "The Two-locus Genotype -2518 MCP-1 GG and -1607 MMP-1 2G/2G Influences Severe Pulmonary Tuberculosis" | |
| 10:45–11:00 am | Coffee Break | ||
| 11:00–12:15 pm | Tuberculosis Research at UTHSC-Tyler | ||
| 11:00–11:15 am | Dr. Ramakrishna Vankayalapati | "Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses to Human M.tb Infection" | |
| 11:15–11:30 am | Dr. Buka Samten | "Immune Regulatory Function of Secreted M.tb Proteins" | |
| 11:30–11:45 am | Dr. Zissis Chroneos | "Prolonged Survival of the SR-A-Deficient Mice to Pulmonary M.tb" | |
| 11:45 am–12:00 pm | Dr. Murty Madiraju | "Regulation of Replication of Tubercle Bacillus" | |
| 12:00–12:15 pm | Dr. Malini Rajagopalan | "M.tb Proliferation Machinery and its Regulation" | |
| 12:15–1:15 pm | Lunch | ||
| 1:15–1:45 pm | TB Research and Facilities at UTMB-Galveston | ||
| 1:15–1:30 pm | Dr. James LeDuc | "Galveston National Laboratory Research Facilities" | |
| 1:30–1:45 pm | Dr. Janice Endsley | "Immune Dysregulation in HIV/M.tb co-infection" | |
| 1:45–2:45 pm | TB Research at UTHSC-Houston | ||
| 1:45–2:00 pm | Dr. Robert Hunter | "On the Pathogenesis of Post Primary Tuberculosis" | |
| 2:00–2:15 pm | Dr. Shen-An Hwang | "Lactoferrin, an Adjuvant to Enhance Efficacy of BCG" | |
| 2:15–2:30 pm | Dr. Jeff Actor | "Lactoferrin as a Therapeutic to Modulate M.tb-Induced Immunopathology" | |
| 2:30–2:45 pm | Dr. Chinnaswamy Jagannath | "Regulation of BCG Induced Vaccine Immunity by Toll- like Receptor (TLR) Ligands" | |
| 2:45–3:15 pm | Clinical and Genetics TB Research at San Antonio | ||
| 2:45–3:00 pm | Dr. Subramanian Dhadayuthapani | "TB Research at RAHC, Edinburg, TX" | |
| 3:00–3:15 pm | Dr. Lisa Armitige | "Clinical efforts at the Heartland National TB Center" | |
| 3:15–3:30 pm | Coffee Break | ||
| 3:30–3:45 pm | Anti-mycobacterial Drug Research at Texas Southern University-Houston | ||
| Dr. Omonike Olaleye | "Characterization of Methionine Aminopeptisdase Inhibitors" | ||
| 3:45–4:00 pm | TB Efforts at DSHS | ||
| Dr. Charles Wallace | "Update on TB Prevention and Control" | ||
| 4:00–4:15 pm | UTHSC-Houston, Brownsville Regional Campus | ||
| Dr. Blanca Restrepo | "Nature of the Association Between TB and Diabetes" | ||
| 4:15–4:30 pm | Pediatric TB Research at Baylor College of Medicine | ||
| Dr. Andrea Cruz | "Performance of IFNγ Release Assays for Diagnosis of TB in Children" | 4:30–4:45 pm | Mycobacteria Research at MD Anderson |
| Dr. Xiang-Yang Han | "Mycobacteria Research at MD Anderson" | ||
| 4:45–5:00 pm | Development of TB Diagnostics at Rice University | ||
| Dr. Mark Pierce | "Low-cost Miniature Microscopy for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis" | ||
| 5:00–6:00 pm | PIs meet to Discuss Grants, Collaboration, Publication in Tuberculosis | ||
| 6:00–7:30 pm | Poster Session, Dinner & Reception | ||