Virtual Seminar Series on
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases


2nd Tuesday of the month
11am US CT  |  UTC 16:00 March-October, 17:00 November-February

Organizers: Kathryn Hanley (khanley@nmsu.edu) and Nikos Vasilakis (nivasila@utmb.edu)

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September 2026 - August 2027

Date Speaker Topic Links
September 8, 2026
Jeanne Marrazzo, MD,
MPH, FACP, FIDSA (NIAID)
Emerging Infection Research in 2026: Opportunities and Threats
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September 2026 - August 2027

Date Speaker Topic Links
September 9, 2025
Jamie Bay Nishi, MS (Virginia, US)

View from ASTMH: Navigating the policy changes of 2025 and the future of science for global health
Flyer | Recording
October 14, 2025
Young Chan Kim, BMBS,
BMedSci, BSc, MRes, DPhil
Development of Vaccines Against Alphaviruses and Flaviviruses
Flyer | Live only
December 9, 2025Barry Rockx, PhD (Lelystad, the Netherlands)
Experimental models for characterization of
emerging vector-borne viruses
Flyer | Live only
January 13, 2026
Peter McCaffrey, MD, MS,
FCAP (UTMB, US)
Scaling AI for Bioinformatics: from Pipelines to Agents
Flyer | Recording
February 10, 2026
Duane J. Gubler, ScD, FAAAS,
FIDSA, FASTMH & Allyson Choi Ning Xin, PhD (Duke University)
Viral Genetics Influence Epidemic Dengue Transmission
Flyer | Recording
March 10, 2026
Andre M. Siqueira, MD,
MSc, PhD
Dengue Alliance: How to Deliver Effective and Accessible Dengue Treatments
Flyer | Recording
April 14, 2026Leah Katzelnick, PhD, MPH (University of Cambridge)Enhancing, controlling, and sterilizing dengue immunity and development of broadly protective responsesFlyer | Live Only
May 12, 2026
Greg Ebel, Sc.D. (Colorado State University)
Flavivirus vector interactions: Probing flavivirus population biology at the virus-host interface
Flyer | Recording
June 9, 2026Robert Abbott, Ph.D.
Antigen avidity potentiates the durability of the vaccine immune response
Flyer | Recording
July 14, 2026Jumari Snyman, Ph.D.From the Prairies to the Artic: California Serogroup Virus Surveillance in CanadaFlyer | Recording
August 11, 2026Hélène Cecilia, Ph.D (Nantes, France)
Modeling mosquito-borne virus transmission across scales, from micro to macro
Flyer Recording

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