Pandemic Preparedness Seminar

The Jefferson Center for Vaccines & Pandemic Preparedness Seminar 

Thursday, April 11, 2024 from 8 am-5 pm
Jefferson Alumni Hall, Eakins Lounge, Philadelphia, PA
 

Seminar Schedule

The Jefferson Center for Vaccines & Pandemic Prepardness will be held on Thursday, April 11, 2024 from 8am-5pm.  It will be held in Jefferson Alumni Hall, Eakins Lounge.  Please see the schedule below:

8:00 am – 9:00 am

Registration & Continental Breakfast

9:00 am – 9:15 am

Introduction:  Matthias Schnell, PhD

9:15 am – 10:00 am

State of the Art Speaker: 
Ted Pierson, PhD-VRC-NIH
Zika virus vaccine development: Experience is not preparedness       

10:05 am – 10:35 am

John Zurlo, MD
Pandemic preparedness from a clinical perspective
(title tentative)

10:35 am – 10:55 am

Break & Refreshments

10:55 am – 11:25 am

Dennis Bente, DVM, PhD
A One Health Vaccination Approach against Tick-borne Viruses

11:30 am – 12:00 pm

David Abraham, PhD
Development of a recombinant vaccine against human onchocerciasis

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm

James Burns, PhD
Second Generation Malaria Vaccines: Possibilities!

1:35 pm – 2:05 pm

Julie Magarian Blander, PhD
Inflammasome and adjuvants
(title tentative)

2:10 pm – 2:40 pm

Adriana Mantegazza, PhD
Mechanisms of inflammasome priming and activation by lipid-based vaccine adjuvants

2:40 pm – 3:00 pm

Break & Refreshments

3:00 pm – 3:15 pm

Student Talk: 
Samita Kafle
mRNA vaccines and males: I can’t get enough

3:20 pm – 3:55 pm

Mark Slifka, PhD
Vaccine Durability – what have we learned so far

4:00 pm – 4:50 pm

Keynote Speaker:
Jeffrey Ravetch, MD, PhD
Diversifying antibody effector responses through Fc receptors

4:50 pm – 5:00 pm

Closing Remarks:
Matthias Schnell, PhD

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Reception