WSLH 25th Annual Wisconsin Virology Conference

Presenters:

• Hon Ip, Ph.D., Microbiologist, National Wildlife Health Research Center
• Pete Shult, Ph.D., Director-Communicable Disease Division, WI State Lab of Hygiene
• Jim Kazmierczak, M.S., DVM, State Veterinarian, WI Division of Public Health
• Maureen Landsverk, B.S., Associate Researcher, Dept. of Family Medicine
• Erik Reisdorf, MPH, Surveillance & Virology Lab, WI State Lab of Hygiene
• Kyriakoula Kostopoulos, MT (ASCP), Clinical Laboratory Scientist, Meriter Laboratories
• Jim Powell, M.S., Advanced Microbiologist, WI State Lab of Hygiene
• Mary Wedig, B.S., 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 emergence of avian influenza in domestic poultry, Ebola virus laboratory preparedness, influenza vaccine efficacy, Rabies virus surveillance, school-based respiratory virus surveillance and potential impacts from the emergence of Chikungunya and Dengue virus in the US. 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 molecular biologist in Wisconsin.

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. P.A.C.E. credit is available for those who attend the entire meeting. During the meeting, you will receive instructions on how to obtain your P.A.C.E. continuing education credit and print your P.A.C.E. certificate for your records.

Registration:

Materials:

• Wisconsin Virology Conference Announcement