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This program offers 16.5 hours of Continuing Veterinary Medical Education for veterinarians.
Monday, May 24
Keynote Address: Pathogenicity, Transmission Patterns and Population Impact of SIVcpz Infection in its Natural Chimpanzee Host
Dr. Beatrice Hahn, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Session I: Viral Genomics and Evolution
Dr. Jill Pecon-Slattery, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, USA
Dr. Mary Poss, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
Session II: FIV/FeLV: Virus and Vector
Dr. Eric Poeschla, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Dr. Mauro Pistello, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Session III: Intracellular Restriction to Retroviral Infection
Dr. Brian Willett, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland
Dr. Jennifer Troyer, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, USA
Tuesday, May 25
Session IV: Clinical Aspects of FIV/FeLV
Dr. Katrin Hartmann, Ludwig Maximillian University, Munich, Germany
Session V: Vaccines: Development, Testing and Enhanced Infection
Dr. Elizabeth Sparger, University of California-Davis, Davis, California, USA
Session VI: Neuropathogenesis
Dr. Sean Callanan, University of Dublin, Ireland
Dr. Richard Meeker, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Wednesday, May 26
Session VII: Immunopathogenesis: Innate, Adaptive and Regulatory Responses
Dr. Dorothee Bienzle, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Session VIII: Feline Genomics
Dr. Steve O'Brien, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, USA
Session IX: Application of Genomic Tools
Dr. Dieter Klein, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna Austria
Dr. Regina Hofmann-Lehmann, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Session X: Non-Domestic Cats and Epidemiology
Dr. Sue VandeWoude, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Dr. Meredith Brown, University of Dublin, Ireland
