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Copyright 2005, BioHouston Tendenci Membership Management Software by Schipul - The Web Marketing Company en-us noemail@biohouston.org Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:51:23 GMT Events http://www.biohouston.org/en/cev/223 <div class="vevent"> <a class="url" href="http://www.biohouston.org/en/cev/223"> <span class="summary">Controlling Emerging Infectious Diseases in the 21st Century</span> </a><br/> <span class="tdtstart">Start Date:</span> <abbr class="dtstart" title="20100226T133000Z">26-Feb-10 8:30 AM</abbr> <br/> <span class="tdtend">End Time:</span> <abbr class="dtend" title="20100228T223000Z">28-Feb-10 5:30 PM</abbr> <br/> <span class="tlocation">Location:</span> <span class="location"> Galveston Island Convention Center, Galveston, Texas</span> <br/> <span class="tdescription">Event Details:</span> <div class="description"><!--[endif]--> <p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"><span style="color: #272d32;">The University of Texas Medical Branch Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, Center for Hepatitis Research, and the James W. McLaughlin Fellowship Fund, in collaboration with the British Consulate-General of Houston&#8217;s Science and Innovation Group and the UK Health Protection Agency is proud to announce a symposium centered around the theme of </span><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #272d32;"><a href="http://www.utmb.edu/ihii/TXUK2010/index.html"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Controlling Emerging Infectious Diseases in the 21</span>^{<span style="font-weight: normal;">st</span>}<span style="font-weight: normal;"> Century</span></a> </span></strong><span style="color: #272d32;">on February 26-28, 2010 at Galveston Island Convention Center.<br> <br> <em>The symposium will include the following sessions: </em></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: #272d32; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Respiratory infections: influenza </span></li> <li style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: #272d32; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Respiratory infections: tuberculosis and other respiratory infections </span></li> <li style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: #272d32; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Mosquito- and tick-borne infectious diseases </span></li> <li style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: #272d32; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Hepatitis C </span></li> <li style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: #272d32; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Microbial drug resistance </span></li> <li style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: #272d32; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Enteric bacterial and viral infections </span></li> <li style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: #272d32; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Epidemiology of infectious diseases </span></li> <li style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: #272d32; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">BSL-4/ACDP-4 pathogens </span></li> <li style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: #272d32; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Poster sessions in each of the above areas </span></li> </ul> <p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; line-height: 12.75pt; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"><span style="color: #272d32;">This collaborative meeting will bring together U.S. and British experts to discuss the latest developments in basic and applied infectious disease research.<br> <em><br> </em></span><em><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #272d32;">Hosted by</span></em><span style="color: #272d32;"><br> </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: blue;">UTMB Institute for Human Infections and Immunity</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: blue;"><br> UTMB Center for Hepatitis Research</span><strong><span style="color: black;"><br> </span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: blue;">UTMB Sealy Center for Vaccine Development</span><strong><span style="color: black;"><br> </span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: blue;">The McLaughlin Endowment</span><strong><span style="color: black;"><br> </span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: blue;">Health Protection Agency</span><strong><span style="color: black;"><br> </span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: blue;">British Consulate-General Houston (Science &amp; Innovation)</span></p> <p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #272d32;">Registration:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #272d32;"> <br> </span><em><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #bf8822;">** Meeting Registration Deadline February 1, 2010 **</span></strong></em><span style="color: #272d32;"><br> Register online at </span><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.utcme.net/">www.UTcme.net</a></span><span style="color: #272d32;"> or </span><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.utmb.edu/ihii/TXUK2010/TXUK2010regForm.pdf" target="_blank">complete form</a></span><span style="color: #272d32;"> and mail or fax to: UTMB, Office of Continuing Education, 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX 77555-0851 or FAX to 409-772-9333. </span></p> <p style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #272d32;">Registration Fee:</span></strong><span style="color: #272d32;"> <br> </span><em><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #272d32;">(includes conference fee and breakfast &amp; lunch on conference days &#8211; not dinners)</span></em><span style="color: #272d32;"><br> $50 UTMB and non-UTMB Graduate Students <br> $100 UTMB and non-UTMB Fellows (Postdoctoral and Clinical), Research Assistants/Associates <br> $175 UTMB employees who do not meet above criteria<br> $300 All others</span></p></div> </div> <br/> <div class="vcard"> <a class="fn">Galveston Island Convention Center, Galveston, Texas </a></div> http://www.biohouston.org/en/cev/223 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:30:00 GMT