World TB Day: March 24-26th

Dear All,

World Tuberculosis Day was started over twenty years ago to raise awareness of a disease that causes 1.6 million deaths per year and represents a major health threat, particularly in developing nations.  The UW-Madison World TB activities will feature a 3 day event (see schedule below).   This year will also mark the inauguration of the Wisconsin Center for Tuberculosis Research which will host an inauguration symposium on Friday March 26 in room 6201 MSB, from 9:00 am to 11:30 am. 

We invite you to participate on activities organized for all 3 days (See program below).  

For questions, please email:

 Dr. Talaat (atalaat@wisc.edu) or Dr. Sandor (msandor@wiscmail.wisc.edu)

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Adel M. Talaat, M.V.Sc.,  Ph.D.

Associate Professor-Microbiology

Laboratory of Bacterial Genomics

Dept. of Pathobiological Sciences

Rm 303, AHABS Building

1656 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706

atalaat@wisc.edu

World TB Program

Day 1.

World TB Day-Here and Now

Featuring the Movie:  The Constant Gardner

Speakers: 

Dr. James Conway,  Associate Professor of Pediatrics, UW School of Medicine and Pub. Health

Kate Louther, Public health Nursing Supervisor, Public Health Madison-Dane County

Date & Time: Wednesday March 24, 2010 from 6-9 pm

Place: UW Madison Health Sciences Learning Center (HSLC), 750 Highland Ave.  Room 1335.

Free Parking is available in lots 60, 76 and 82

Day 2

As part of the Distinguished Lectures in Microbiology series,

Speaker:

Dr. William Jacobs – Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Title: "XDR – TB: Survival of the Fittest"

Date & Time: Thursday, March 25, 2010 from 3:30-4:30 p.m.

Place: Ebling Symposium Center - First Floor of the Microbial Sciences Building

Day 3.

Wisconsin Center for Tuberculosis Research-Symposium.

Place: Room 6201 – 6th Floor of the Microbial Sciences Building

Time	Name	Talk
9-9:15	Julie Tans-Kersten Advanced Microbiologist, Tuberculosis Laboratory Program Coordinator.  Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene	The State of the State in Tuberculosis Testing
9:15-9:30	Lorna R. Will, RN, MA Director, Respiratory and International Health Unit Bureau of Communicable Diseases WI Division of Public Health	Public Health and tuberculosis in Wisconsin
9:30-9:45	Heidi A Schreiber, CMP program (Sandor Lab)	Dendritic cells in chronic granulomas shield mycobacteria from immunity.
9:45-10:00	Erika Heninger , CMP program (Fabry  lab)	Mycobacterium induced immunity in the central nervous system.
10:00	Break
10:10-10:25	Paul D Hulseberg, CMP program (Sandor Lab)	The transcription factor NRF2 downregulates inflammation in mycobacterial granulomas
10:25-10:40	Bassam Abomoelak , Ph.D. (Talaat Lab)	mosR , a novel transcriptional regulator of M. tuberculosis
10:40-10:55	Sarah K. Ward, MDTP program (Talaat Lab)	Metal ions and tuberculosis pathogenesis
10:55	Break
11:00-11:30	Matt Levengood and Rebecca Splain (Kiessling Laboratory)	Investigations of Enzymes Involved in Mycobacterial Cell Wall Galactan Biosynthesis
11:30	Closing Remarks

MADISON MEALS FOR HAITI - April 8, 9 & 10

 MADISON MEALS FOR HAITI

As a direct response to recent events in Haiti, on April 8, 9 & 10 the Madison Relief Organization (MRO) will sponsor a volunteer event to prepare half a million meals for Haitians in need.  We are asking that volunteers donate $25 and 90 minutes.  In just 90 minutes each volunteer will prepare over 200 meals.  At just 12¢ per meal this is an extremely cost-effective method to provide direct aid to
Haitians in need.  

Our goal is to package 500,000 meals during the 3-day event.  During the event volunteers will assemble the food in a supervised, sanitary setting in assembly line fashion during 90-minute shifts.  Please help us reach our goal.  For registration and information, see www.mealsforhaiti.org. 
 

WHO:  Any person able to sit or stand for up to 90 minutes can prepare meals. 

LOCATION:   Airport Road Industrial Park (by Keva)

8233 Forsythia Street 

Middleton, WI 53562

WHEN:  Thursday, April 8 from 6 - 9 PM

Friday, April 9 from 6 - 9 PM

Saturday, April 10 from 9 AM - 3 PM

REGISTRATION: On-line at www.mealsforhaiti.org.  Please register to reserve your place.  Please join Madison Meals for Haiti on Facebook.

DONATIONS: If you are unable to attend, please consider sponsoring the event, by contributing on-line at www.mealsforhaiti.org, or make checks payable to:  Madison Relief Organization, send
to:  Treasurer, Madison Relief Organization / 1341 Jenifer St / Madison, WI 53703
 
To facilitate the event MRO partnered with Feeding Children International and Kids Against Hunger.  These groups have developed a nutritionally balanced, dried-food meal that to date has been distributed to over 40,000,000 children and people in need across the U.S. and around the world. Each package of food contains 6 servings of 4 ingredients (rice, soy protein, dried vegetables and vitamins).  

Relief International will ensure that our meals reach Haitians in need.  Relief International's emergency response teams in Haiti will provide these life-saving meals to children and families in hospitals and makeshift living camps.

Help the Animals of Haiti!!

Help the Animals of Haiti!!
This week (March 1 - March 5th) the Shelter Animal Club (SAMC) will be holding a fundraiser to help the animals areas affected by the devastating earthquakes. The club will be selling selling toys, collars, treats, necklaces and more!! Toys will be selling for only $2!

All profits from the sale will be going to the Humane Society of the United States' Disaster Fund, who are sending resources and veterinarians to Haiti to help the animals in need.

The sale will be on the 2nd floor lobby during lunch hours (12pm-1pm), and the SAMC will be matching 50% of the profits (up to $200)! So, please come out and support the SAMC and the stranded animals in Haiti! Hope to see you there!

ICID - update re: Haiti

Just got this email and thought this was a pretty interesting add to this conference:


Late-Breaker Announcement for the 14th International Congress on Infectious Diseases in Miami, Florida  March 9-12, 2010:

Infectious Diseases in Field Hospitals in Haiti

A late breaker symposium addressing infectious diseases issues relevant to the planning and operation of field hospitals following the recent earthquake disaster in Haiti has been added to the program for the 14th ICID. The symposium will be held on March 11 from 3:45-5:45 PM. Several speakers including Gordon Dickinson from the University of Miami and Vladimir Krcmery from University of Trnava, both active in establishing and operating field hospitals in Haiti since the disaster, will present their experience. A panel discussion with the speakers will follow the presentations. This will be a rare opportunity to hear firsthand accounts of the tremendous challenges faced immediately following the devastating earthquake in Haiti.

Important 14th ICID Dates & Links:

-- Pre-Registration for the 14th ICID CLOSES ON FEBRUARY 26.  If you haven't registered yet, please go to the on-line registration system at <https://secure37.softcomca.com/servimed_com_mx/ICID2010/inscripcion.htm>

-- The FINAL PROGRAM for the 14th ICID is available at <http://ww2.isid.org/Downloads/14th_ICID_Final_Prog.pdf>

-- ABSTRACTS for the 14th ICID are now available
for download from <http://ww2.isid.org/Downloads/14th_ICID_Poster_Abstracts.pdf>
searchable on-line system <http://www.x-cd.com/isidmain2010/>

-- COMPLETE Congress details are at the 14th ICID website <http://www.isid.org/14th_icid/>

International Medical Panel - 2/15 at 6pm

Tomorrow, Monday 2/15 at 6pm in 1361 Chemistry, the UW-Madison Pre-medical American Medical Student Association (AMSA) will be hosting an International Medical Panel with three doctors and professors who have had experiences with global health care, open to all students. It will be a great opportunity to ask questions and learn from those who have had firsthand experience.

Speakers:

Dr. Claire Wendland
"As a medical anthropologist, I focus on the globalization of biomedicine, particularly in Africa.   Related work includes the anthropology of reproduction, sexuality and the body.   I am finishing work on a book that explores the experience of medical students who must learn to be doctors in Malawi."

Dr. Robert Dempsey
Focus on specialized neurological/neurosurgical care disparities between Ecuador/eastern Africa and the United States. Distribution of care - work at regional centers. Disparities in equipment - REUSE gloves for surgery in Ecuador. Emphasis on teaching to work against lack of neurosurgeons. 

Dr. Sana Salih

After completing medical school in Khartoum, Sudan, Dr. Salih has worked in the United Kingdom and Texas. She is currently an Obstetrician and Gynecologist performing research at the UW Hospital, working with patients, and teaching at the medical school.

Global Health Seminar Series - tonight at 5pm

Global Health Seminar Series

“Working with Communities to Improve Health and Well-Being in Rural Guadalajara: Faculty and Student Leader Perspectives on a University Partnership”

Lori DiPrete Brown, MSPH

Assistant Director, Center for Global Health

UW-Madison

Rescheduled to

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

5:00-6:00pm

1335 HSLC

Following this seminar, Lori DiPrete Brown will offer an informational session for those who are interested in the

Certificate in Global Health program.

OIE publication: Veterinary education for global animal and public health Scientific and Technical Review 28 (2), 2009

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