3 - Climate Change, Parasitic and Fungal Diseases

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

1:30 PM – 3:15 PM US PT

Location: Concourse 151

All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.75 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.75 hours of MOC Credit
CNE Credits: Maximum of 1.75 hours of ANCC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1.75 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-9999-24-002-L01-P
PACE Credits: Maximum of 2 of PACE contact hours
CE Broker: Maximum of 2 CE broker credit hours

Moderator(s)

MD

Mahalia Dessruisseaux
Luiz Bermudez, MD

Professor
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR, United States

Faculty(s)

Karine Le Roch, PhD

Professor of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, United States
Michail Lionakis, MD, ScD (he/him/his)

Chief, Fungal Pathogenesis Section
NIAID/NIH
Christine Petersen, DVM, PhD (she/her/hers)

Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies
College of Vet Med, Ohio State University, IA, United States

Disclosure(s):

Mahalia Dessruisseaux: No financial relationships to disclose

Luiz Bermudez, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Karine G. Le Roch, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose

Michail S. Lionakis, MD, ScD: No financial relationships to disclose

Christine Petersen, DVM, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

explain the consequent effects of climate change on the epidemiology of infectious diseases;
Identify about the pathogenesis of parasitic diseases;
describe updates on candida infections;
apply the knowledge in the identification and diagnostic of diseases associated with changes in climate.

Presentations:

1:30 PM – 2:05 PM US PT

The next generation of malaria treatment: A kalihinol analog that disrupts apicoplast function and vesicular trafficking in P. falciparum
Speaker: Karine G. Le Roch, PhD – University of California, Riverside
2:05 PM – 2:40 PM US PT

Impact of Climate Change in the Immune Defense against Candida
Speaker: Michail S. Lionakis, MD, ScD (he/him/his) – NIAID/NIH
2:40 PM – 3:15 PM US PT

Leishmania immunopathology and climate impact on Leishmaniasis
Speaker: Christine Petersen, DVM, PhD (she/her/hers) – College of Vet Med, Ohio State University