28^th Annual Wisconsin Virology Conference

Presenters:

• Tony Goldberg, DVM, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Pathobiological Sciences, UW-Madison
• Rebecca Osborn, MPH, Epidemiologist, WI Division of Public Health
• Kelsey Florek, MPH, PhD, Research Supervisor, WI State Laboratory of Hygiene
• Samantha Scott, MS, Microbiologist, WI State Laboratory of Hygiene
• Pete Shult, PhD., Director, Communicable Disease Division, WI State Lab of Hygiene
• Jon Temte, MD, PhD, Physician, Dept. of Family Medicine, UW-Madison
• Mary Wedig, BS, Electronic Lab Reporting Coordinator, WI State Laboratory of Hygiene

Description of Session:

This one day conference will provide an opportunity for participants to learn about current trends in clinical and public health virology.  Topics which will be discussed include a global perspective of emerging viruses, arbovirus epidemiology, etiologies of non-mumps parotitis, whole genome sequencing in the microbiology lab, the 100 year anniversary of the 1918 influenza pandemic and school-based respiratory virus and absenteeism surveillance. The conference will provide attendees an opportunity to learn about viruses of clinical and public health importance and to network with other clinical virologists and microbiologists in Wisconsin.

A certificate of participation will be granted to each participant based on 6.5 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 conference.

Please note that the deadline for receiving P.A.C.E. education credit for this conference is July 19, 2018.

Materials:

• WCLN Conference – 28th Annual Wisconsin Virology Conference – AM Sessions
• WCLN Conference – 28th Annual Wisconsin Virology Conference – PM Sessions