2006
January 4
- Now's No Time to be a Chicken: Challenges to an Effective Response to Bird Flu in the United States
- Nancy Cox, PhD
Branch Chief -- Influenza, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)- James T. Matthews, PhD
Senior Director, Health and Science Policy
Sanofi PasteurFocus: Epdidemiology, Translational Science, Policy
Attendance: - James T. Matthews, PhD
February 1
- What a Long Strange Trip it's Been: A Close Look at Two New Rotavirus Vaccines -- Has Their Time Finally Arrived?
- Guillermo M Ruiz-Palacios MD
Professor and Head, Department of Infectious Diseases
National Institut of Medical Science and Nutrition
Mexico City, Mexico- Roger Glass, MD, PhD
Chief, Viral Gastroenteritis Section
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
VDC Member since March, 1999
Focus: Clinical Science, Policy
Attendance: - Roger Glass, MD, PhD
March 1
- It Takes More Than a Village: The Status of Global Polio Eradication Efforts in the 21st Century
- Stephen Cochi, MD
Acting Director, National Immuinization Program
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Focus: Epidemiology, Policy
Attendance:
April 5
- A Tale of Two Herpesviruses: Lessons for Vaccinologists
- Barry T Rouse, DVM, PhD
Professor, Department of Microbiology
University of Tennessee
VDC Member since January, 2006Focus: Basic Science, Clinical Science
Attendance:
May 3
- The Perils of Papilloma: Building a Vaccine to Prevent HPV-related Cancer — Is it Possible?
- Kevin Ault, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Emory University School of MedicineEliav Barr, MD
Senior Director of Medical Research, Merck Research LaboratoriesFocus: Translational Science
Attendance:
June-August
- Summer Vacation 2006
- Starring: The VDC Membership!
Wherever there is a vaccine to disseminate, a vaccine preventable disease outbreak to examine, or fun to be had with friends and family -- VDC members will be there in force!Focus: Rest & Relaxation
Attendance: 876
September 6
- Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax: The Origin, Impact, and Control of 19th Century Smallpox in the New World through the First Large Scale Mass Vaccination Campaign in History
- Carlos Franco-Paredes, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Emory University School of MedicineClinical Researcher, Hospital Infantil de Mexico Federico Gomez
Focus: History
Attendance:
October 4
- Pursuing a 'Holey' Grail: Two Decades of the AIDS Vaccine Quest
- Mark Mulligan, MD
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Research Domain Scientific Director, Emory CFAR Vaccine Development & Testing
Associate Director for Clinical Trials, Emory Vaccine CenterCarlos del Rio, MD
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Vice Chair for Grady Affairs, Department of Medicine,
Co-Director, Emory CFAR
Director, Emory AIDS International Training and Research ProgramFocus: Translational Science
Attendance:
November 2 (Combined Meeting with the Triangle Lecture Series)
- The Wind Beneath Their Wings: The Current Status of Pandemic Flu Vaccine
- Linda Lambert, PhD
Chief, RDB
National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NIHFocus: Policy
Attendance:
December 4
- Stop Needling Me: Progress Toward Painless Vaccination using Microneedle Patches
- Mark Prausnitz, PhD
Georgia Institute of TechnologyFocus: Clinical Science
Attendance: