From Haiti to the Hajj: Real-time science to prevent pandemics

From Haiti to the Hajj: Real-time science to prevent pandemics

Time:
Sunday, November 3rd, 9:30 am to 10:30 am
Location:
Century Ballroom A
Speaker(s):
Gregory C. Gray
  Professor and chair, Department of Environmental and Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions; director, Global Pathogens Laboratory, University of Florida
J. Glenn Morris Jr.
  Director, Emerging Pathogens Institute; professor of medicine (infectious diseases) and public health, University of Florida
Moderator(s):
Maryn McKenna
  Author; contributing editor, Scientific American; blogger, wired.com

As the annual Hajj pilgrimage approaches, world health officials are watching with concern a SARS-like coronavirus that has already caused dozens of deaths in Saudi Arabia this year. Glenn Morris and his collaborators at the Emerging Pathogens Institute at the University of Florida scramble to do the basic science necessary to fend off and combat pandemics. Areas of current activity include understanding the transmission of the Saudi Arabian virus from animals to humans. Morris is also studying how Haiti’s newly established and highly virulent cholera strain continues to evolve, both in the island’s waters and during transmission from one human host to another. The establishment of a single strain in a new environment has turned Haiti, tragically, into a laboratory for puzzling out the dynamics of Vibrio cholerae.

Program Note: This session will conclude with a dialogue and Q&A with Maryn McKenna on the challenges emerging diseases pose for science writers and communicators.

For more information, see the CASW website.

Meeting schedule

Friday, Nov. 1

11:00 am to 4:00 pm

Friday, Nov. 1
11:00 am to 4:00 pm
Board Room, Hilton University of Florida Conference Center

1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Friday, Nov. 1
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Meet in hotel lobby; tours leave on the hour at 1 pm, 2 pm & 3 pm
Friday, Nov. 1
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Meet in hotel lobby; tours leave on the hour at 1 pm, 2 pm & 3 pm
Friday, Nov. 1
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Meet in hotel lobby; tours leave at 1 pm and 2:30 pm

2:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Friday, Nov. 1
2:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Prefunction Area/Lobby, Hilton University of Florida Conference Center

3:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Friday, Nov. 1
3:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Hilton University of Florida Conference Center

4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Friday, Nov. 1
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Hilton University of Florida (front lawn)

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Friday, Nov. 1
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Florida Museum of Natural History

9:00 pm to 11:00 pm

Friday, Nov. 1
9:00 pm to 11:00 pm
Two Bits Lounge, Hilton University of Florida Conference Center
Saturday, Nov. 2

7:00 am to 8:30 am

Saturday, Nov. 2
7:00 am to 8:30 am
Prefunction Area, Hilton University of Florida Conference Center

7:00 am to 5:00 pm

Saturday, Nov. 2
7:00 am to 5:00 pm
Prefunction Area, Hilton University of Florida Conference Center

7:15 am to 8:00 am

Saturday, Nov. 2
7:15 am to 8:00 am
Live Oak

7:30 am to 8:00 am

Saturday, Nov. 2
7:30 am to 8:00 am
Century A Ballroom, Hilton University of Florida Conference Center

8:00 am to 9:00 am

Saturday, Nov. 2
8:00 am to 9:00 am
Century Ballroom A

9:00 am to 6:00 pm

Saturday, Nov. 2
9:00 am to 6:00 pm
Prefunction Area/Lobby, Hilton University of Florida Conference Center

9:15 am to 10:30 am

Saturday, Nov. 2
9:15 am to 10:30 am
Century Ballroom A
Saturday, Nov. 2
9:15 am to 10:30 am
Century Ballroom C
Saturday, Nov. 2
9:15 am to 10:30 am
Century Ballroom B
Saturday, Nov. 2
9:15 am to 10:30 am
Dogwood

10:30 am to 11:00 am

Saturday, Nov. 2
10:30 am to 11:00 am
Prefunction Area

11:00 am to 12:15 pm

Saturday, Nov. 2
11:00 am to 12:15 pm
Century Ballroom C
Saturday, Nov. 2
11:00 am to 12:15 pm
Dogwood
Saturday, Nov. 2
11:00 am to 12:15 pm
Century Ballroom A
Saturday, Nov. 2
11:00 am to 12:15 pm
Century Ballroom B

12:15 pm to 1:45 pm

Saturday, Nov. 2
12:15 pm to 1:45 pm
Albert’s Restaurant and Prefunction Area, Hilton University of Florida Conference Center

1:45 pm to 3:00 pm

Saturday, Nov. 2
1:45 pm to 3:00 pm
Century Ballroom C
Saturday, Nov. 2
1:45 pm to 3:00 pm
Century Ballroom A
Saturday, Nov. 2
1:45 pm to 3:00 pm
Century Ballroom B

3:00 pm to 3:45 pm

Saturday, Nov. 2
3:00 pm to 3:45 pm
Prefunction Area

3:45 pm to 5:00 pm

Saturday, Nov. 2
3:45 pm to 5:00 pm
Century Ballroom C
Saturday, Nov. 2
3:45 pm to 5:00 pm
Dogwood
Saturday, Nov. 2
3:45 pm to 5:00 pm
Century Ballroom A

5:05 pm to 6:30 pm

Saturday, Nov. 2
5:05 pm to 6:30 pm
Century Ballroom A

6:30 pm to 10:00 pm

Saturday, Nov. 2
6:30 pm to 10:00 pm
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida (a short walk from the hotel; shuttle available)
Sunday, Nov. 3

7:00 am to 8:30 am

Sunday, Nov. 3
7:00 am to 8:30 am
Prefunction area

7:00 am to 12:00 pm

Sunday, Nov. 3
7:00 am to 12:00 pm
Prefunction area

8:30 am to 9:30 am

9:00 am to 6:00 pm

Sunday, Nov. 3
9:00 am to 6:00 pm
Prefunction Area, Hilton University of Florida Conference Center

9:30 am to 10:30 am

Sunday, Nov. 3
9:30 am to 10:30 am
Century Ballroom B
Sunday, Nov. 3
9:30 am to 10:30 am
Century Ballroom A

10:30 am to 10:45 am

Sunday, Nov. 3
10:30 am to 10:45 am
Prefunction area

10:45 am to 11:45 am

Sunday, Nov. 3
10:45 am to 11:45 am
Century Ballroom A

11:45 am to 1:45 pm

Sunday, Nov. 3
11:45 am to 1:45 pm
Conference Center meeting rooms

1:45 pm to 2:30 pm

Sunday, Nov. 3
1:45 pm to 2:30 pm
Century Ballroom A
Sunday, Nov. 3
1:45 pm to 2:30 pm
Century Ballroom B

1:45 pm to 3:45 pm

Sunday, Nov. 3
1:45 pm to 3:45 pm
Depart from Conference Center lobby

2:30 pm to 3:15 pm

Sunday, Nov. 3
2:30 pm to 3:15 pm
Century Ballroom A

3:15 pm to 3:45 pm

Sunday, Nov. 3
3:15 pm to 3:45 pm
Prefunction area

3:30 pm to 4:30 pm

Sunday, Nov. 3
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
Depart from Conference Center lobby

3:45 pm to 4:30 pm

Sunday, Nov. 3
3:45 pm to 4:30 pm
Century Ballroom A
Sunday, Nov. 3
3:45 pm to 4:30 pm
Century Ballroom B

4:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Sunday, Nov. 3
4:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Century Ballroom A

6:30 pm to 7:30 pm

Sunday, Nov. 3
6:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Depart from Conference Center lobby

7:30 pm to 11:00 pm

Sunday, Nov. 3
7:30 pm to 11:00 pm
Walk from Innovation Hub, shuttles back to hotel. Pay on your own.
Monday, Nov. 4

7:00 am to 8:30 am

Monday, Nov. 4
7:00 am to 8:30 am
Prefunction area

8:30 am to 9:30 am

Monday, Nov. 4
8:30 am to 9:30 am
Century Ballroom A

9:30 am to 10:15 am

Monday, Nov. 4
9:30 am to 10:15 am
Century Ballroom B
Monday, Nov. 4
9:30 am to 10:15 am
Century Ballroom A

10:15 am to 10:30 am

Monday, Nov. 4
10:15 am to 10:30 am
Prefunction area

10:30 am to 11:15 am

Monday, Nov. 4
10:30 am to 11:15 am
Century Ballroom A
Monday, Nov. 4
10:30 am to 11:15 am
Century Ballroom B

11:15 am to 12:00 pm

Monday, Nov. 4
11:15 am to 12:00 pm
Century Ballroom A

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Monday, Nov. 4
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Main ballroom

12:45 pm to 2:45 pm

Monday, Nov. 4
12:45 pm to 2:45 pm
Depart from Conference Center lobby

1:00 pm to 1:45 pm

Monday, Nov. 4
1:00 pm to 1:45 pm
Century Ballroom A

1:45 pm to 2:30 pm

Monday, Nov. 4
1:45 pm to 2:30 pm
Century Ballroom A

2:30 pm to 3:00 pm

Monday, Nov. 4
2:30 pm to 3:00 pm
Prefunction area

2:45 pm to 4:15 pm

Monday, Nov. 4
2:45 pm to 4:15 pm
Depart from Conference Center lobby

3:00 pm to 3:45 pm

Monday, Nov. 4
3:00 pm to 3:45 pm
Century Ballroom A

3:45 pm to 4:30 pm

Monday, Nov. 4
3:45 pm to 4:30 pm
Century Ballroom A

4:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Monday, Nov. 4
4:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Century Ballroom A

5:30 pm to 7:00 pm

Monday, Nov. 4
5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Location TBD, Pay on your own.

7:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Monday, Nov. 4
7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
Tuesday, Nov. 5

7:00 am to 8:30 am

Tuesday, Nov. 5
7:00 am to 8:30 am
Conference Center lobby

7:30 am to 12:00 pm

Tuesday, Nov. 5
7:30 am to 12:00 pm
Depart from Conference Center lobby; limit 35.

7:30 am to 4:00 pm

Tuesday, Nov. 5
7:30 am to 4:00 pm
Depart from Conference Center lobby; additional cost, registration required, limit 40.
Tuesday, Nov. 5
7:30 am to 4:00 pm
Depart from Conference Center lobby; additional cost, registration required, limit 50.

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