Fungal Diseases: An Emerging Threat to Human, Animal, and Plant Health: Workshop Summary (2011)
Chapter: Appendix B: Agenda
Fungal Diseases: An Emerging Challenge to
Human, Animal, and Plant Health
December 14–15, 2010
Keck Building, Room 100
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC
DAY 1: DECEMBER 14, 2010
| 8:00–8:30: |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30–8:45: |
Welcoming Remarks David A. Relman, M.D., Chair, and James M. Hughes, M.D., Vice Chair, Forum on Microbial Threats |
| 8:45–10:15: |
Keynote Remarks James M. Hughes, Moderator |
| 8:45–9:30: |
The “Good,” the “Bad,” and the “Ugly”: Fungi Mold Your World Meredith Blackwell, Ph.D., Louisiana State University |
| 9:30–10:15: |
Emerging Fungal Pathogens—Past, Present, and Future Arturo Casadevall, M.D., Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
| 10:15–10:45: | Discussion |
| 10:45–11:00: | Break |
Session I
Environmental Factors Influencing the Emergence
and Spread of Fungal Diseases
| Moderator: Steven Brickner, Ph.D. | |
| 11:00–11:30: |
Climate, Extreme Weather Events, and Fungal Disease Emergence and Spread Compton (Jim) Tucker, Ph.D., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| 11:30–12:00: |
Trade-Mediated Spread of Fungal Disease and Resulting Shifts in Amphibian Conservation Status and Practices Ché Weldon, Ph.D., North-West University |
| 12:00–12:30: |
Weather, Globalization, and Trade—Impacts on Invasion and Dispersal of Fungal Plant Pathogens Jim Stack, Ph.D., Kansas State University (for Michael Jeger, Ph.D., Imperial College London) |
| 12:30–1:00: |
Geography, Climate, Dust, and Disease—Epidemiology of Valley Fever (Coccidioides Spp.) and Ways It Might Be Controlled John Galgiani, M.D., University of Arizona |
| 1:00–1:20: | Discussion |
| 1:20–2:00: | Lunch |
Session II
Case Studies of Emerging Fungal Diseases
of Humans, Animals, and Plants
| Moderator: Erica Rosenblum, Ph.D. | |
| 2:00–2:30: |
Predicting and Mitigating Mycoses by Merging Deep Sequencing with Global Mapping Projects (Amphibian Chytridiomycosis) Matthew Fisher, Ph.D., Imperial College London |
| 2:30–3:00: |
Bat White-Nose Syndrome: An Emerging Fungal Pathogen in New World Bats David Blehert, Ph.D., National Wildlife Health Center, U.S. Geological Survey |
| 3:00–3:30: |
Knowing Where to Look—Environmental Sources of Cryptococcal Disease in Human and Animal Residents in the Pacific Northwest Karen Bartlett, Ph.D., University of British Columbia |
| 3:30–3:45: | Break |
| 3:45–4:15: |
Emergence of Phytophthora ramorum in Europe and North America David Rizzo, Ph.D., University of California–Davis |
| 4:15–4:45: |
Rapid Global Spread of Aggressive Strains of Puccinia striiformis on Wheat—Origins, Causes, and Consequences Mogens Støvring Hovmøller, Ph.D., Aarhus University |
| 4:45–5:15: | Discussion |
| 5:15–6:00: |
Open Discussion of Day One |
| 6:00: | Meeting Adjourns |
DAY 2: DECEMBER 15, 2010
| 8:30–9:00: | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00–9:15: |
Summary of Day One: David A. Relman, M.D., Chair, Forum on Microbial Threats |
Session III
Host and Pathogen Factors Influencing the
Emergence and Spread of Fungal Diseases
| Moderator: Jeff Duchin, M.D. | |
| 9:15–9:45: |
Fungal Pathogenesis in Plants and Animals: Similarities and Differences Barbara Howlett, Ph.D., University of Melbourne |
| 9:45–10:15: |
Sexual Reproduction, Evolution, and Adaptation of C. gattii in the Pacific Northwest Joseph Heitman, M.D., Ph.D., Duke University |
| 10:15–10:30: | Break |
| 10:30–11:00: |
Genetic Factors and Immune Responses to Fungal Infection in Health and Disease Steve Holland, M.D., National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
| 11:00–11:30: |
Host–Pathogen Dynamics of Amphibian Chytridiomycosis: The Role of the Skin Microbiome in Health and Disease Vance Vredenburg, Ph.D., San Francisco State University |
| 11:30–12:00: |
Geomyces destructans in Old World and New World Bats Gudrun Wibbelt, D.V.M., Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research |
| 12:00–12:30: | Discussion |
| 12:30–1:15: | Lunch |
Session IV
Surveillance, Detection, and Response
| Moderator: St | eve Morse, Ph.D. |
| 1:15–1:45: |
Informal Surveillance Networks for Diseases of Humans, Plants, and Animals Larry Madoff, M.D., Massachusetts Department of Public Health & University of Massachusetts Medical School |
| 1:45–2:15: |
Local and National Detection Capability and Public Health Responses for C. gattii Julie Harris, Ph.D., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| 2:15–2:45: |
Global Capacity for Coordinated Surveillance, Detection, and Response to Emerging Diseases of Wildlife Peter Daszak, Ph.D., EcoHealth Alliance |
| 2:45–3:15: |
Wildlife Conservation at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute Luis Padilla, D.V.M., Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute |
| 3:15–3:45: | Break |
| 3:45–5:15: |
Panel and Open Discussion Speakers: Peter Daszak, Julie Harris, Larry Madoff, and Luis Padilla Discussants: David Blehert, Jacque Fletcher, and Kevin Russell |
| 5:15–5:30: |
Closing Remarks James M. Hughes and David A. Relman |
| 5:30: | Meeting Adjourns |
