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CDC World Rabies Day Symposium and Expo
Meeting Agenda
Symposium Agenda and Speaker Bios (PDF – 942 KB)
Welcome and Opening Remarks
A message from Dr. Julie L. Gerberding – Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dr. Lonnie King – Director, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne and Enteric Diseases
Dr. Charles Rupprecht – Chief, CDC Rabies Program
World Rabies Day – Working Together to Make Rabies History!
Dr. Deborah Briggs – Executive Director, Alliance for Rabies Control ( UK)
Poster and Exhibit Session
Animal rabies prevention and control in the US: A local perspective
Dr. Ben Sun – California Department of Health Services
Canine rabies elimination programs in Latin America
Dr. Christina Schneider – Pan-American Health Organization
Progress and challenges in wildlife rabies control
Dr. Dennis Slate – USDA, Wildlife Services
Networking lunch
Breakout Sessions
Session #1: Emerging Human Rabies Prophylaxis & Management Issues
Moderator: Dr. Hillary Koprowski
Discussion panel:
Dr. Hildegund Ertl – Wistar Institute
Dr. Rodney Willoughby – Medical College of Wisconsin
Dr. Ivan Kuzmin – CDC Rabies Team
Dr. Richard Franka – CDC Rabies Team
Session #2: Novel Applications for Rabies Surveillance and Diagnosis related to rabies control
Moderator: Dr. Ben Sun -- California Department of Health Services
Discussion panel:
Jesse Blanton, MPH – CDC Rabies Team
Dr. Sergio Recuenco – CDC Rabies Team
Dr. Dennis Slate – USDA Wildlife Services
Lillian Orciari, MS – CDC Rabies Team
Session #3: Rabies Awareness & WRD: Communications and Outreach Strategies
Moderator: Dr. Christina Schneider – PAHO
Discussion Panel:
Dr. Deborah Briggs – Alliance for Rabies Control
Dr. Cathleen Hanlon – CDC Rabies Team
Dr. Erin Kennedy – CDC Rabies Team
Abbigail Tumpey, MPH CHES – CDC, Div of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases
Session #4: Regional Control of Rabies: A Roundtable
Moderator: Dr. Cherie Drenzk – Georgia Division of Public Health
Discussion Panel:
Tom Belcuore – Director, Alachua County Health Department, Florida
Dr. Carl Williams – State Public Health Veterinarian, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Dr. John Fischer – Director, Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, Department of Population Health
Dr. Cherie Drenzk – Chief, Notifiable Diseases Epidemiology Section, Georgia Division of Public Health
New vaccines on the horizon
Dr. Hildegund Ertl – Wistar Institute
Update on human rabies therapy
Dr. Rodney Willoughby – Medical College of Wisconsin
Personal Experience Story
Ms. Jeanna Giese – First Rabies Survivor
Future advances in rabies prevention and control
Dr. Hilary Koprowski – Thomas Jefferson University
Closing Remarks
Dr. Charles Rupprecht – Chief, CDC Rabies Program
Social: Music to "Make Rabies History"
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