Infectious Disease Prevention, Diagnosis, & Treatment

Track Chair(s)

• 

  Kevin McHugh, PhD

  Associate Professor of Bioengineering
  Rice University
  Houston, Texas, United States
• 

  Scott Berry, PhD, MBA, MEng

  Associate Professor
  University of Kentucky, United States

Session Chair(s)

• EF

  Elain Fu

  Professor
  Oregon State University
  Corvallis, Oregon, United States
• IJ

  Ishita Jain

Presentations:

• 1:15 PM - 1:30 PM PDT

  DNA Nanostructure-based Next-Generation Antivirals against Influenza A
  

  Presenting Author: Saurabh Umrao, PhD – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Co-Author: Abhisek Dwivedy – University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Laurie Rund – UIUC

  Co-Author: Payton Louis Haak – UIUC

  Last Author: Chen Chi, n/a – UIUC

  Co-Author: Ying Fang, n/a – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Co-Author: Andrew Steelman – UIUC

  Primary Investigator: Xing Wang – UIUC
• 1:30 PM - 1:45 PM PDT

  Population-level monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 by wastewater testing using an integrated microfluidic chip
  

  Presenting Author: Mohammad Dehghan Banadaki, PhD – University of kentucky

  Co-Author: Soroosh Torabi – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: William Strike – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: Soroush Farahbakhsh – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: Amir Sakhaei – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: Ann Noble – University of Kentucky

  Primary Investigator: Scott Berry, PhD, MBA, MEng – University of Kentucky
• 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM PDT

  Empowering Safe Water Access: A Field-Deployable Tool for Rapid Fecal Contamination Detection
  

  Presenting Author: Mohammad Dehghan Banadaki, PhD – University of kentucky

  Co-Author: Ann Noble – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: Soroush Farahbakhsh – University of Kentucky

  Last Author: Scott Berry, PhD, MBA, MEng – University of Kentucky

  Primary Investigator: Scott Berry, PhD, MBA, MEng – University of Kentucky
• 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM PDT

  Health Crisis Communication on Instagram: An Analysis During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Colombia
  

  Presenting Author: Ana M. Porras – University of Florida

  Last Author: Ana M. Porras – University of Florida

  Primary Investigator: Ana M. Porras – University of Florida
• 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM PDT

  Redesigned Vaccine Carrier: Minimizing Cold Chain Disruption in Rural Uganda
  

  Presenting Author: Menaka Wijeratne – Case Western Reserve University

  Presenting Author: Anushka Abhilash – Case Western Reserve University

  Presenting Author: Krupa Venkatesan – Case Western Reserve University

  Presenting Author: Elmaz Abliazova – Case Western Reserve University

  Presenting Author: Aarushi Jain – Case Western Reserve University

  Presenting Author: Jordan Gray – Case Western Reserve University

  Co-Author: Riddhi Srinivasan – Case Western Reserve University

  Co-Author: Samuel Haugen – Case Western Reserve University

  Co-Author: Ann Shen – Case Western Reserve University

  Co-Author: Sruthi Potluri – Case Western Reserve University

  Co-Author: Sharvi Agrawal – Case Western Reserve University

  Co-Author: Layasri Ranjith – Case Western Reserve University

  Co-Author: Mau Koishida – Case Western Reserve University

  Co-Author: Andre Lozano – Case Western Reserve University

  Last Author: Andrew Rollins – Case Western Reserve University

  Last Author: Racheal Nalwoga – Makerere University

  Last Author: Robert Ssekitoleko – Makerere University
• 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM PDT

  Development of a self-boosting rabies vaccine using PULSED microparticles
  

  Presenting Author: Kevin J. McHugh, PhD – Rice University

  Co-Author: Tyler Graf – Rice University

  Co-Author: Alyssa Kunkel – Rice University

  Last Author: Kevin J. McHugh, PhD – Rice University

  Primary Investigator: Kevin J. McHugh, PhD – Rice University