COVID-19 Update
Due to social-distancing recommendations, all seminars for the rest of the semester will be held using Zoom videoconferencing. Please refer to seminar announcements for the Zoom link and meeting ID for each session.
Spring 2020 TRMD 690 Seminar Schedule
Date | Speaker | Topic |
01/15/20 | Saguna Verma, PhD, Associate Professor, TMMMP | Newly Emerging Sexually Transmissible Viruses: Testicular Defense System and Clinical Implications |
01/22/20 | Wei-Kung Wang, MD, ScD, Professor, TMMMP | Developing serological tests to distinguish flavivirus infections and implications |
01/29/20*MEB 301 | Dennis J. Grab, PhD, Professor,Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD | African trypanosome interactions with the human blood-barrier: Beyond the current paradigm |
02/05/20 | Louie Mar Gangcuangco, MD, MS Student TMMMP | The fastest-growing HIV epidemic in the Western Pacific: Healthcare disparities in HIV care in the Philippines |
02/12/20 | Angel A. Yanagihara, PhD, Associate Professor, DTMMMP | Pathophysiology of cubozoan envenomation: mechanisms, models and clinical management |
02/19/20 | Matthew Medeiros, PhD, Assistant Professor, PBRC, UHM | Ecological metacommunity dynamics of the mosquito microbiome and its relevance to public health |
02/26/20 | Michael Faundo, MS Student, TMMMP | Production and activity assessment of a recombinant type-1 interferon |
03/04/20 | Charlene Bumanglag, PhD, Assistant Professor, TMMMP | Enhancing infectious disease surveillances systems to bring visibility of sexual and gender minority populations |
03/11/20 | Boonyanudh Jiyarom, MS Student, TMMMP | Role of antiviral pathways in restricting Zika virus infection in Sertoli cells |
03/18/20 | SPRING BREAK – NO SEMINAR | |
03/25/20 | Erlaine Bello, MD, Pali Momi Medical Center | COVID-19: The Crown Evolves |
04/01/20 | Beth-Ann Coller, Ph.D. Executive Director, Global Clinical Development Merck Research Laboratories North Wales, Pennsylvania | ERVEBO® – EBOLA ZAIRE VACCINE: A TALE OF INNOVATION AND COLLABORATION |
04/08/20 | Kaitlin Driesse, PhD Student, TMMMP | Characterization of serological response to dengue and Zika viruses in pregnant women during the Zika outbreak in Brazil |
04/15/20 | Awapuhi Lee, MS Student, TMMMP | Scyllo-inositol and other brain metabolites in relation to brain atrophy, cognition and inflammatory markers in HIV |
04/22/20 | Aneesa Golshan, PhD Student, TMMMP | Uptake and activation profile of murine dendritic cells in response to stimulation with functionalized iron oxide nanoparticles |
04/29/20 | Aquena Ball, PhD Student, TMMMP | Utilizing defined structural subunits to elucidate antibody populations elicited by a recombinant subunit Ebola virus vaccine |
05/05/20 | Joanna Kettlewell, PhD Student, TMMMP | Effect of antiretroviral therapy on blood-brain barrier integrity and central nervous system inflammation |
For further information, contact Vivek R. Nerurkar (email: nerurkar@hawaii.edu, office phone: (808)692-1668).