One Health Seminar Series

Seminars

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. Alix Berglund, 301-405-2989, akberglu@umd.edu , Course Coordinator: Mrs. Judy Knight, jknight5@umd.edu, +1 301 314 6833

Seminar Date	Presenter	Title	Host & Recordings

9/19/24	Dr. Kylene Kehn-Hall (V Tech)	Discovery of novel protein: protein interactions for emerging viral countermeasure development	Zhang
9/26/24	Dr. Nykia Walker (UMBC)	Mesenchymal stem cell-based therapy to promote tissue repair	Berglund
10/3/24	Dr. Jessica Hargarten (NIH)	Probing the breadth of the Parabola: Pathway analysis identifies a requirement for MTOR and JAK/STAT signaling in cryptococcal disease.	Shi
10/10/24	Dr. Erika Moore (UMD)		Berglund
10/17/24	Dr. Rebecca Christofferson (LSU)		Riley
10/24/24	Dr. Ying Zhang (NIH)		Berglund
10/31/24	Dr. Katharina Maisel (UMD)		Ghanem
11/7/24	Kruthi Vavilikolanu RIP
11/14/24	Dr. Leon Grayfer (GWU)		Berglund
11/21/24	Dr. Greg Gromowski (Walter Reed)		Zhu
11/28/24	Thanksgiving Break
12/52024	Dr. Ronan Carroll (Ohio)		Dickey

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. Alix Berglund, Ph.D.
Phone: 301-405-2989
Email: akberglu@umd.edu