2007
January 10
- The Owl and the Pussycat: Why on earth should their cancers be treated the same way in 2007??
- Brian Leyland-Jones, MD, PhD
Associate Vice President for Health Affairs and Director, Winship Cancer InstituteFocus: Clinical Science
Attendance: 249
February 7
- B, T, or Z?: Correlates of Vaccine-Induced Immunity
- Stanley Plotkin, PhD
Sanofi PasteurFocus: Basic Science
Attendance:
March 7
- Maurice Hilleman: The Father of Modern Vaccines -- And Why Nobody Knows His Name
- Paul Offit, MD
Chief, Infectious Diseases
Children's Hospital of PennsylvaniaFocus: History
Attendance:
April 4
- Forget Me Not: Current Research in Alzheimer's and its Prevention
- Sam Gandy, MD, PhD
Chair, Medical and Scientific Advisory Council Alzheimer's Association
Currently: Director, Farber Institute for Neurosciences Thomas Jefferson University Beginning summer 2007: Director, Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Emory University and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in NeuroscienceFocus: Basic Science
Attendance:
May 2
- Forget your perfect offering, there is a crack, a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in: Neutralizing antibodies and an HIV vaccine*
(*with thanks to L. Cohen) - Dennis Burton, PhD
Scripps Research InstituteFocus: Basic Science
Attendance:
June 6
- Can We Do It? Yes We Can: Developing Vaccines Against HIV and Avian Influenza: Challenges and Prospects
- David Ho, MD
Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center
Irene Diamond & Rockefeller UniversityFocus: Basic Science
Attendance:
July-August
- Summer Vacation 2007
- 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: 1,053
September 5
- Prying the Genie Out of the Bottle: Future Directions & Challenges in Rabies Vaccine Development
- Charles Rupprecht, MS, VMD, PhD
Director, WHO Collaborating Center for Rabies Reference & Research,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Focus: Policy
Attendance: 204
October 3
- Meeting Cancelled due to Speaker's Influenza
- And, before you ask, yes, he had been immunized. It is just that there is a fairly large disconnect between the strains of flu actually in circulation this year and the strains that had been predicted to be this year's trouble makers when our current batch of flu vaccine went into production almost a year ago.
November 7
- Trick or Treat?!!:
'V' is for Vaccine Vendetta
... or ...
Will Giving Vaccines More Muscle Override Immune System Privilege? - Andrew Mellor, PhD
GRA Eminent Scholar in Immunogenetics &
Director of Immunotherapy Center, Medical College of GeorgiaFocus: Basic Science
Attendance: 123
December 5
- You Can Run but You Can't Hide: Using SERS to Detect Viruses
- Ralph A. Tripp, PhD
Professor and Georgia Research Alliance Chair
Department of Infectious Diseases
College of Veterinary Medicine, University of GeorgiaFocus: Translational Science
Attendance: 196NOTICE: Pre-Event Concert and Sing Along... A live performance of the Sinners for Disease Control award-winning song "PANDEMIC BLUES" -- performed by band member Lance Waller, PhD