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Tropical Medicine Seminars and Events

Tropical Medicine Seminar Series

Spring 2008

Seminars will be held from noon to 1:00 PM in Tidewater Room 1201 or in J. Bennett Johnston Room 504.

Feb. 1

Biological and Molecular Determinants of Rickettsial Transmission by Arthropods

Dr. Kevin Macaluso, Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine

JBJ 504

Feb. 8

Cancelled in lieu of Center for Infectious Diseases Presentation

Feb. 15

Building Research and Public Health Infrastructure in West Africa: The Mano River Union Lassa Fever Network

Dr. Daniel Bausch, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

TW 1201

Feb. 22

Evidence to Support Treatment of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection

Dr. Sergio Sosa-Estani, Tulane Center for Evidence-Based Global Health

TW 1201

Feb. 29

No seminar

Mar. 7

Dengue Fever Seroprevalence and Risk Factors, Texas--Mexico Border, 2004

Dr. Joan Brunkard, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.

JBJ 504

Mar. 14

Congenital Chagas Disease: From Laboratory to Public Health

Dr. Yves Carlier, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

TW 1201

Mar. 21

No Seminar

Mar. 28

Title TBA

Student research presentation

JBJ 504

Apr. 4

Host-Parasite Interactions in the Infectious Life Cycle of Leishmania

Dr. Ben Kelly, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

JBJ 504

Apr. 11

The Hitchhiker's Guide to SIV Pathogenesis

Dr. Cristian Apetrei, Tulane Department of Tropical Medicine and National Primate Research Center

JBJ 504

Apr. 18

Cancelled due to faculty meeting

Apr. 25

The Natural History of Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever: Searching for the Reservoir

Dr. Serena Reeder, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta GA.

TW 1201

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Department of Tropical Medicine
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
1440 Canal Street, Suite 2210, New Orleans, La 70112
Phone 504.988.3558 Fax 504.988.7313

Banner image by Jim Gathany, courtesy Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.