Infectious Disease Advancements for Global Health

Track Chair(s)

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  Orlando Hoilett, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  University of Cincinnati, United States
• 

  Anita Shukla, PhD

  Elaine I. Savage Professor of Engineering
  Brown University
  Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Session Chair(s)

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  Frederic Zenhausern, Ph.D., MBA, FAIMBE, FNAI

  Professor
  University of Arizona
  Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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  Jiayu Liao, PhD

  Professor
  University of California, Riverside
  Riverside, California, United States

Presentations:

• 1:15 PM - 1:30 PM PDT

  All-in-one diagnostics: a high-throughput and multiplexed CRISPR-Cas13a assay for the simultaneous detection of tuberculosis, HIV, and malaria
  

  Invited Speaker: Mireille Kamariza – UCLA

  Co-Author: Ashvi Jain – UCLA

  Co-Author: Austin Si – UCLA
• 1:30 PM - 1:45 PM PDT

  Detecting Infectious Disease from Wearable Data: Validation in Real-World and Human Challenge Study
  

  Presenting Author: Jiamu Yang, MS – Duke University

  Co-Author: Peter Cho – Duke University

  Co-Author: Christopher Woods – Duke University School of Medicine

  Last Author: Jessilyn Dunn – Duke University

  Primary Investigator: Jessilyn Dunn – Duke University
• 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM PDT

  Quantitative Detection of Severe COVID-19 in Children via Multiplex Salivary miRNA Profiling Using Ligation-RPA
  

  Presenting Author: Md. Ahasan Ahamed, Phd in Electrical Enginnering – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Zhikun Zhang – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Aneesh Kshirsagar – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Anthony J. Politza – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Usha Sethuraman – Children's Hospital of Michigan/Central Michigan University

  Co-Author: Srinivasan Suresh – University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Feng Guo, PhD – Indiana University Bloomington
• 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM PDT

  Identifying Key Microbiome Profiles of SARS-COV-2 Saliva Samples Using Respiratory Pathogen Target Enrichment
  

  Presenting Author: Congyue Annie Peng – Clemson University

  Co-Author: Aya Naser – Clemson University

  Last Author: Congyue Annie Peng – Clemson University

  Primary Investigator: Congyue Annie Peng – Clemson University

  Co-Author: Delphine Dean, PhD – Clemson University

  Co-Author: Connor B. McClain, n/a – Clemson University

  Co-Author: Ellison B. Fleming – Clemson University

  Co-Author: Sofia Bufano – Clemson University

  Co-Author: Mya Beasley – Clemson University
• 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM PDT

  Environmental modulation of antibiotic resistance evolution in Psuedomonas aeruginosa
  

  Presenting Author: Joseph Ficarrotta – University of Virginia

  Co-Author: Glynis Kolling – University of Virginia

  Primary Investigator: Jason Papin – University of Virginia
• 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM PDT

  Enhancing Nose-to-Brain Transport of HEX via Nebulized PEG-b-PLA Polymersomes
  

  Presenting Author: David S. Forsman – Clemson University

  Co-Author: Jillian E. M. McKeon – Clemson University

  Co-Author: James Morris – Clemson University

  Co-Author: Jessica Larsen – Clemson University

  Primary Investigator: Jessica Larsen – Clemson University