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 Pasteur
Focus: Epdidemiology, Translational Science, Policy
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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
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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
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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, 2006
Focus: Basic Science, Clinical Science
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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 Medicine

Eliav Barr, MD
Senior Director of Medical Research, Merck Research Laboratories

Focus: Translational Science
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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 Medicine

Clinical Researcher, Hospital Infantil de Mexico Federico Gomez

Focus: History
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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 Center

Carlos 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 Program

Focus: Translational Science
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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), NIH
Focus: Policy
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December 4

Stop Needling Me: Progress Toward Painless Vaccination using Microneedle Patches: Mark Prausnitz, PhD
Georgia Institute of Technology
Focus: Clinical Science
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