Chronic Enteric Infections in Transplant Recipients: From Understanding to Treatment
September 13 – 14, 2018
The successful management of transplant and primary immunodeficient patients has led to the increasing occurrenece of chronic gastroenteritis in these subjects. Unlike acute gastroenteritis, chronic infections can lead to months or years of illness with varying severity of symptoms, often resulting in decreased quality of life or even death. NIAID is sponsoring a workshop to highlight research in this area by enhancing interdisciplinary communication and encouraging new collaborations between transplant and infectious disease clinicians and virology experts. The meeting will address what is known about the epidemiology of chronic infections in this population, viral biology, therapy, and best practices in clinical trial design. The meeting will be open to the scientific communiity of the NIH and the FDA, as well as national and international attendees.
Organizers: Rodolfo Alarcon, Kim Green, Michael Ison
Panels and Topics
- Chronic enteric infections - clinical experience: the who, what, where, and when of the disease
- Viruses -the pathogens involved: norovirus, sapovirus, adenovirus, and astrovirus
- Virology - the state of the science: what we know and what we need to know
- Interventional landscape - what are the treatments?
- Best practices for clinical trials and studies - how to best evaluate the clinical safety and efficacy of therapeutics
Confirmed Speakers
- Marion Koopmans, Erasmus, MC
- Mary Estes, Baylor College of Medicine
- Ralph Baric, University of North Carolina
- Judy Breuer, University of College London
- Randall Lanier, Chimerix, Inc.
- Megan Baldridge, Washington University School of Medicine
- Ralph Braun, Takeda
- Samer El-Kamary, FDA
- Brian T. Fisher, University of Pennsylvania
- Adriana Kajon, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
Who Should Attend
- Virologists and other scientists
- Transplant and infectious disease clinicians
- Industry researchers
- Government scientists and regulatory experrts
- Students and postdoctoral fellows
For more information contact: Rodolfo Alarcon, rodolfo.alarcon@nih.gov or Leatrice Vogel, lvgel@niaid.nih.gov
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