2008
January 9
- Universal Vaccination Against Influenza?!!: You Be The Judge
- Anthony Fiore, MD, MPH, CAPT, USPHS
Medical Epidemiologisit, Influenza Division,
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Focus: Policy
Attendance: 141
February 6
- Gone Fishin': Hagfish, Sea Lamprey, and the Search for Adaptive Immunity
- Max Cooper, MD
GRA Eminent Scholar,
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory UniversityFocus: Basic Science
Attendance: 177
March 5
- When You Wish Upon a Star: A Tale of India, China, Japanese Encephalitis, and the Birth of a Public Health Paradigm Shift
- Julie Jacobson, MD, DTMH
Program Officer, Infectious Diseases Development
Global Health Program, Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationFocus: History
Attendance: 162
April 2
- What's the Next Step?: A Summary of the 3/25/08 NIH/NIAID Summit on Vaccine Research & Development
- Jerry Blackwell, PhD
Bob Chen, MD
Eric Hunter, PhD
Mark Mulligan, MD
Harriet Robinson, PhD
Focus: Policy
Attendance: 223
"May" (April 30)
- The Perfect Storm: Poverty, HIV, and the Emergence of XDR TB
- Timothy Holtz, MD
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Focus: History
Attendance: 165
June-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: 1,503
September 17
- Through a Glass Darkly: Learning from the Past, Maybe.
- William H. Foege, MD, MPH
Fellow, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Emeritus Presidential Distinguished Professor of International Health,
Rollins School of Public Health
Charter Member, Vaccine Dinner ClubFocus: History
Attendance: 605
October
- What's Hot, What's Not: A Summary of the 2008
International AIDS Conference (Mexico City)
Starring VDC Members:
- Kristin Dunkle, PhD and Jessica Sales, PhD
To Be (circumcised) or Not To Be (circumcised); That is the Question
Carlos del Rio, MDWhat’s Hot in HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials Research?
Eric Hunter, PhDIs it Back to the Drawing Board or Not for Post-STEP AIDS Vaccine Research?
Patrick Sullivan, PhDYou Can Make Numbers Say Just About Anything: What do the New CDC HIV/AIDS Incidence Figures Really Mean?
Focus: Multi-Disciplinary
Attendance: 212
November
- ‘Upstairs Downstairs’ or ‘All in the Family?’: Re-envisioning the working relationship between the Innate and Adaptive immune systems
- Bali Pulendran, PhD
Professor: Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Investigator: Emory CFAR & Emory Vaccine CenterFocus: Basic Science
Attendance: 281
December
- Towards an AIDS Vaccine: Is it Time for a Devil's Advocate?
- Guido Silvestri, MD
Associate Professor, Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology
Univ. of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
VDC Foreign CorrespondentFocus: Translational Science, Philosophy
Attendance: 272