33^rd Annual Wisconsin Virology Conference

Presenters:

• Lyric Bartholomay, PhD, Director, Midwest Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Disease
• Rachel Bosserman, PhD, D(ABMM), Clinical Microbiologist, SSM Health
• James Conway, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, UW-Madison
• Keith Poulsen, DVM, PhD, DACVIM, Director, Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
• Jordan Mason, DVM, MPH, Manager, Communicable Diseases Epidemiology Section, WI Dept. of Health Services
• Timothy Davis, BS, Microbiologist III, WI State Laboratory of Hygiene
• Erika Hanson, MS, Microbiologist III, WI State Laboratory of Hygiene

Description of Session:

This one day conference will provide an opportunity for participants to learn about current topics in clinical and public health virology. Topics which will be discussed include: Clinical Virology Case Studies, a Norovirus update, Global Disease Trends, Arboviruses and Avian Influenza including the H5N1 outbreak in cows and a situational update in Wisconsin. The conference will provide attendees an opportunity to learn about viruses of clinical and public health importance and to network with other clinical microbiologists in Wisconsin.

A certificate of participation will be granted to each participant based on 6.0 contact hours of instruction toward credit.

This program is co-sponsored by ASCLS-WI which is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E. program.

As part of the new P.A.C.E. continuing education process, please go to the ASCLS CE Organizer web site to print your P.A.C.E. certificates. You will be asked for a code number to print the certificate. We will provide you this number during the webinar.

P.A.C.E. credits are only available to those who attended the conference. Please note that the deadline for receiving P.A.C.E. education credit for this webinar is June 11th, 2026.

Materials:

• 33rd Annual Wisconsin Virology Conference Agenda