Hepatitis E in the Unites States - An NIH Research Workshop - March 26, 2012 - Lister Hill Auditorium, Building 38A, NIH Campus, Bethesda, MD
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AGENDA

Organizers:   Kenrad Nelson, M.D.; Rajen Koshy, Ph.D.; Robert H. Purcell, M.D.; Jay H. Hoofnagle, M.D.; and
Averell H. Sherker, M.D., FRCP(C)
   
7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Registration
   
8:30 – 8:40 a.m.

Welcome and Aims
Jay H. Hoofnagle, M.D., National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

   
Session 1:
Moderators:  
The Hepatitis E Virus (HEV)
Rajen Koshy, Ph.D., National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Robert H. Purcell, M.D., NIAID
   
8:40 – 9:00 a.m.

Molecular Virology of HEV
Sue Emerson, Ph.D., NIAID

   
9:00 – 9:20 a.m.

Diagnostic Assays for HEV
Harry Dalton, MBBS, DPhil, Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust and Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry (United Kingdom)

   
9:20 – 9:40 a.m.

HEV as a Zoonosis
Xiang-Jin Meng, M.D., Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

   
9:40 – 10:10 a.m.

Discussion
Moderators and Speakers

   
10:10 – 10:30 a.m. Break
   
Session 2:
Moderators:  
Epidemiology of Hepatitis E
Jay H. Hoofnagle, M.D., NIDDK
Harry Dalton, MBBS, DPhil, Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust and Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry
   
10:30 – 10:50 a.m.

Epidemiology in Asia
Alain Labrique, Ph.D., M.H.S., Johns Hopkins University

   
10:50 – 11:10 a.m.

Epidemiology in Europe
Philippe Colson, M.D., Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Timone (France)

   
11:10 – 11:30 a.m.

Epidemiology in the United States
Kenrad Nelson, M.D., Johns Hopkins University

   
11:30 – 11:50 a.m.  

Hepatitis E in the United States
Scott Holmberg, M.D., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

   
11:50 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.

Discussion
Moderators and Speakers

   
12:20 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch and Posters
   
Session 3:
Moderators:  
Special Populations
Kenrad Nelson, M.D., Johns Hopkins University
Averell H. Sherker, M.D., FRCP(C), NIDDK
   
1:30 – 1:50 p.m.

Clinical Course and Complications
Jay H. Hoofnagle, M.D., NIDDK

   
1:50 – 2:10 p.m.

HEV and Acute Liver Failure
Robert Fontana, M.D., University of Michigan

   
2:10 – 2:30 p.m.

HEV After Organ Transplantation
Norah Terrault, M.D., M.P.H., University of California, San Francisco

   
2:30 – 2:50 p.m.

HEV and HIV Co-infection
Caryn Morse, M.D., M.P.H., Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center (CC), National Institutes of Health (NIH)

   
2:50 – 3:20 p.m.

Discussion
Moderators and Speakers

   
3:20 – 3:40 p.m. Break
   
Session 4:
Moderators:  
Treatment and Prevention
Sally Hojvat, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
John Ward, M.D., CDC
   
3:40 – 4:00 p.m.

HEV Screening in Blood Donors
Chenyu Xu, Ph.D., CC, NIH

   
4:00 – 4:20 p.m.

HEV and Food Safety Issues
Julie Ann Kase, Ph.D., FDA

   
4:20 – 4:40 p.m.

HEV Vaccines
James Wai Kuo Shih, Ph.D., Xiamen University (China)

   
4:40 – 5:00 p.m.

Treatment of HEV
Nassim Kamar, M.D., Center Hospitalier Universitaire Rangueil (France)

   
5:00 – 5:30 p.m.

Discussion of Future Needs
Moderators and Speakers

   
5:30 p.m. Adjournment
   
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