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One Health Seminar Series

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One Health Seminar Department of Veterinary Medicine

Join us for our One Health Seminar Series (VMSC698 - 1 credit) - This course incorporates presentation and discussion of scientific publications, current topics and new methodologies related to veterinary medical sciences by guest speakers from around the world.

Seminars will be held every Thursday from 11:00 am - 12:00 pm in person at 1216 Gudelsky Building, streaming live via Zoom when applicable.”

Course leader: Dr. Jaekeun Park, jpark138@umd.edu, (301) 314-0687, Course Coordinator: Mrs. Judy Knight, jknight5@umd.edu, +1 301 314 6833

Seminar Date

Presenter

Title

Host & Recordings

5/9/2024

Dr. Youssef A. Kousa, Children’s National Research and Innovation Campus Evaluating genetic susceptibility to prenatal viral infection and brain injury Dr. Park
5/2/2024 Dr. Mohamed Medhat El-gazzar  - Iowa State University The Connection between Clinical Poultry Medicine and Research Dr. Ghanem
4/25/2024 Dr. Mohamed Medhat El-gazzar  - Iowa State University Sequential dengue virus infection and induction of broad protective immunity Dr. Park
4/4/2024 Dr. Scheherazade Sadegh-Nasseri (Johns Hopkins University) The ballad of a peptide/Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) class II complex formation Dr. Berglund
3/14/2024 Dr. Isaura Simões (Old Dominion University) Rickettsial subversion tactics to escape host immune defenses Dr. Riley
3/7/2024 Dr. Marulasiddappa Suresh (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Mechanisms of T-Cell Immunity to SARS-CoV-2 Dr. Belov
2/29/204 Dr. Ronan Carroll (Ohio University)  The hidden world of RNA regulation in Staphylococcus aureus Dr. Seth Dickey
12/07/204 Research in Progress (RIP) Seminar   VetMed
11/30/2023

Dr. Scott Hensley, Professor

Department of Microbiology, Perelman

University of Pennsylvania

Immune imprinting affects influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility

 

Dr. Park
11/23/2023 Thanksgiving  Holiday Thanksgiving  Holiday Thanksgiving  Holiday
11/16/2023

Dr. Hyun Lillehoj, Senior Research Scientist

Animal Biosciences and Biotechnology Laboratory, USDA, ARS

My 40 years at USDA: Challenges and progresses in developing antibiotic alternative strategies to mitigate avian coccidiosis Dr. Park
11/09/2023 Dr. Sutton, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine - The George Washington University

Pandemic Risk Assessment of Emerging Influenza Viruses

Dr. Park
11/02/2023

Dr. Imtiaz Khan

Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine

School of Medicine and Health Services

George Washington University

Seminar Canceled Dr. Shi
10/26/2023 Research in Progress (RIP) Seminar   VetMed
10/19/2023

Dr. Benjamin Larman, Associate Professor

Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology

John Hopkins University School of Medicine

Reading the serum antibody reactome at population scale

Dr. Park
10/12/2023

Dr. Kristen Coleman, Assistant Professor, UMD

Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, SPH, UMD

A One Health Approach to Understanding Pandemic Respiratory Virus Transmission Dr. Park
10/05/2023 Research in Progress (RIP) Seminar Research in Progress (RIP) Seminar VetMed
9/28/2023 Research in Progress (RIP) Seminar Research in Progress (RIP) Seminar VetMed
9/21/2023

Dr. Juan Martinez, Professor

Department of Pathobiological Sciences,

School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University

Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia-mammalian target cell interactions: examination of mammalian signaling pathways involved in rickettsial proliferation and survival Dr. Riley
9/14/2023

Dr. Richard Zhao, Professor

Department of Pathology

UMD School of Medicine

From Fission Yeast to Mammalian Cells: An Integrated Approach to Understanding Human Virology

Dr. Zhang
9/7/2023

Dr. Nevil Singh

 Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine

Course Introduction And Preparing for battle: Calibration of pre-immune signaling potency in peripheral T cells  Dr. Park
  Fall Semester Fall Semester  
05/04/2023 Research in Progress (No Zoom) Research in Progress (No Zoom) VetMed
4/27/2023

Kimberly M. Davis, PhD, MSc

Assistant Professor

Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Utilizing a mouse model of Yersinia infection to study antibiotic persistence Dr. Park
4/20/2023

Anthony P. Schmitt, PhD

Professor of Molecular Virology

Center for Molecular Immunology and Infectious Disease

Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences

The Pennsylvania State University,

University Park, PA, USA
Manipulation of paramyxovirus genome packaging interactions to create new protein delivery tools Dr. Zhang
4/13/2023

Anupama Khare, PhD

Head (Earl Stadtman Investigator)

Systems Biology Unit, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, NCI/NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
Evolutionary trajectories of antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus Dr. Dickey
04/06/2023

Helen Dooley, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Institute of Marine & Environmental Technology, Baltimore, MD, USA
What sharks are teaching us about the evolution of immunity Dr. Park
03/30/2023

Alison J. Carey, MD

Division Chief

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Drivers of Type I Interferon Toxicity in the Neonate Dr. Park
  Spring Break Spring Break  
03/16/2023

Martin Meier-Schellersheim, PhD

Chief

Computational Biology Section, Laboratory of Immune System Biology, NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
Computational models that can handle cell-biological complexity Dr. Park
03/09/2023

Joshua Tan, PhD

Chief (Earl Stadtman Investigator)

Antibody Biology Unit, Laboratory of Immunogenetics, NIAID/NIH, Rockville, MD, USA
Dissecting the antibody response to infectious pathogens Dr. Park
03/02/2023

Benjamin M. Liu, MBBS, PhD

Assistant Director

Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA

Assistant Professor

Departments of Pediatrics, Pathology, and Microbiology, Immunology & Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
TRIM56: a novel player in innate antiviral immunity Dr. Ghanem
02/16/2023

Alberto Bosque, PhD, MBA

Associate Professor

Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine,

School of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

Characterization of a dual PTPN1/PTPN2 inhibitor to target latent HIV reservoirs Dr. Zhang
02/09/2023 Job Seminar (no zoom) Job Seminar (no zoom) VetMed
02/02/2023

David L. Suarez, DVM, PhD

Research Leader

Exotic & Emerging Avian Viral Diseases Research Unit,

Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, ARS/USDA, Athens, GA, USA
Seminar Canceled Dr. Park
01/26/2023 Jaekeun Park Course Introduction  
       
Seminar Date ( old to new ) Presenter Title Host & Recordings
       
02/02/2023

David L. Suarez, DVM, PhD

Research Leader

Exotic & Emerging Avian Viral Diseases Research Unit,

Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, ARS/USDA, Athens, GA, USA

 

Seminar Canceled

 

Dr. Park

02/09/2023 Job Seminar (no zoom)   VetMed
02/16/2023

Alberto Bosque, PhD, MBA

Associate Professor

Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine,

School of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

 

 

Characterization of a dual PTPN1/PTPN2 inhibitor to target latent HIV reservoirs

 

Dr. Zhang

03/02/2023

Benjamin M. Liu, MBBS, PhD

Assistant Director

Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA

Assistant Professor

Departments of Pediatrics, Pathology, and Microbiology, Immunology & Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

 

TRIM56: a novel player in innate antiviral immunity

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Ghanem

03/09/2023

Joshua Tan, PhD

Chief (Earl Stadtman Investigator)

Antibody Biology Unit, Laboratory of Immunogenetics, NIAID/NIH, Rockville, MD, USA

 

Dissecting the antibody response to infectious pathogens

 

Dr. Park

03/16/2023

Martin Meier-Schellersheim, PhD

Chief

Computational Biology Section, Laboratory of Immune System Biology, NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA

 

Computational models that can handle cell-biological complexity

 

Dr. Park

03/03/2023

Spring Break

Spring Break

Spring Break
03/30/2023

Alison J. Carey, MD

Division Chief

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

 

 

Drivers of Type I Interferon Toxicity in the Neonate

 

 

Dr. Park

04/06/2023

Helen Dooley, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Institute of Marine & Environmental Technology, Baltimore, MD, USA

 

 

 What sharks are teaching us about the evolution of immunity

 

 

Dr. Park

04/13/2023

Anupama Khare, PhD

Head (Earl Stadtman Investigator)

Systems Biology Unit, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, NCI/NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA

 

Evolutionary trajectories of antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

 

Dr. Dickey

04/20/2023

Anthony P. Schmitt, PhD

Professor of Molecular Virology

Center for Molecular Immunology and Infectious Disease

Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences

The Pennsylvania State University,

University Park, PA, USA

 

 

Manipulation of paramyxovirus genome packaging interactions to create new protein delivery tools

 

 

Dr. Zhang

0427/2023

Kimberly M. Davis, PhD, MSc

Assistant Professor

Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA

 

Utilizing a mouse model of Yersinia infection to study antibiotic persistence

 

 

Dr. Park

05/04/2023 Research in Progress (No Zoom)   VetMed
  Fall Semester Fall Semester  

9/7/2023

Dr. Nevil Singh

 Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine

Course Introduction And Preparing for battle: Calibration of pre-immune signaling potency in peripheral T cells 

Dr. Park

9/14/2023

Dr. Richard Zhao, Professor

Department of Pathology

UMD School of Medicine

 

Dr. Zhang

9/21/2023

Dr. Juan Martinez, Professor

Department of Pathobiological Sciences,

School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University

Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia-mammalian target cell interactions: examination of mammalian signaling pathways involved in rickettsial proliferation and survival

Dr. Riley

9/28/2023

Research in Progress (RIP) Seminar

 

VetMed

10/5/2023

Research in Progress (RIP) Seminar

 

 

VetMed

10/12/2023

Dr. Kristen Coleman, Assistant Professor, UMD

Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, SPH, UMD

A One Health Approach to Understanding Pandemic Respiratory Virus Transmission

Dr. Park

10/19/2023

Dr. Benjamin Larman, Associate Professor

Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology

John Hopkins University School of Medicine

 

Dr. Park

10/26/2023 Research in Progress (RIP) Seminar   VetMed
11/02/2023

Dr. Imtiaz Khan

Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine

School of Medicine and Health Services

George Washington University

Seminar Canceled Dr. Shi
11/09/2023 Dr. Sutton, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine - The George Washington University

 

Dr. Park
11/16/2023

Dr. Hyun Lillehoj, Senior Research Scientist

Animal Biosciences and Biotechnology Laboratory, USDA, ARS

My 40 years at USDA: Challenges and progresses in developing antibiotic alternative strategies to mitigate avian coccidiosis

Dr. Park

11/23/2023 Thanksgiving  Holiday Thanksgiving Holiday Holiday
11/30/2023

Dr. Scott Hensley, Professor

Department of Microbiology, Perelman

University of Pennsylvania

Immune imprinting affects influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility

Dr. Park
12/07/2023 Research in Progress (RIP) Seminar  

 

2/29/2024 Dr. Ronan Carroll (Ohio University)  The hidden world of RNA regulation in Staphylococcus aureus Dr. Seth Dickey

3/7/2024

 

Dr. Marulasiddappa Suresh (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Mechanisms of T-Cell Immunity to SARS-CoV-2 Dr. Belov
3/14/2024 Dr. Isaura Simões (Old Dominion University) Rickettsial subversion tactics to escape host immune defenses Dr. Riley
4/4/2024 Dr. Scheherazade Sadegh-Nasseri (Johns Hopkins University) The ballad of a peptide/Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) class II complex formation Dr. Berglund
4/25/2024 Dr. Leah Katzelnick NIAID/National Institutes of Health Sequential dengue virus infection and induction of broad protective immunity Dr. Park
5/2/2024 Dr. Mohamed Medhat El-gazzar  - Iowa State University

The Connection between Clinical Poultry Medicine and Research

Dr. Ghanem
05/09/2024 Dr. Youssef A. Kousa, Children’s National Research and Innovation Campus Evaluating genetic susceptibility to prenatal viral infection and brain injury Dr. Park
       
       

Note: This is a tentative schedule, and subject to change as necessary – monitor the course ELMS page for current deadlines. In the unlikely event of a prolonged university closing, or an extended absence from the university, adjustments to the course schedule, deadlines

Interested in becoming a guest speaker?

Please contact our One Health Seminar Coordinator:

Dr. Jaekeun Park, Ph.D.
Phone: 301-314-0687
Email:  jpark138@umd.edu