Polymicrobial Diseases
Lake Tahoe, NV
October 19 - 23, 2003

Contents of This Page:
Scientific Topics
Tentative Schedule

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General Information

Scientific Program

Co-Chairs
Kim A. Brogden 
USDA, ARS, NADC
Ames, Iowa

Janet M. Guthmiller
Dows Institute for Dental Research, The University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa

Organizing Committee
L.O. Bakaletz
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH

Bob Burne
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

Robert Fujinami
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, UT

Peter Greenberg
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa

Paul Kolenbrander
NIDCR/NIH
Bethesda, MD

Karen F. Novak
University of Kentucky 
Lexington, Kentucky

Ad Hoc Members
Dennis F. Mangan
NIDCR/NIH
Bethesda, MD

Christopher Taylor
NIAID/NIH
Bethesda, MD

Scientific Topics

• Polymicrobial Viral Diseases
• Polymicrobial Bacterial Diseases
• Polymicrobial Diseases Involving Virus and Bacteria
• Polymicrobial Diseases Involving Fungus and Parasites
• Polymicrobial Diseases as a Result of Microbe-Induced Immunosuppression
• Immunologic Aspects of Polymicrobial Infections
• Polymicrobial Infections of Veterinary Significance

Tentative Schedule

SESSION 1:  INTRODUCTION

• Kim Brogden, USDA, ARS, NADC, Ames, IA
• David Relman, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 
• Matthew Parsek, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 

SESSION 2:  POLYMICROBIAL VIRAL DISEASES

• Rob Myers, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
• Steven Jacobson, NINDS, NIH, Bethesda, MD

SESSION 3:  POLYMICROBIAL BACTERIAL DISEASES

• Janet Guthmiller, Dows Institute of Dental Research, Iowa City, IA
• Karen Novak, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 
• Bruce Paster, The Forsyth Institute, Boston, MA 
• Rich Lamont, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
• Sharon Hillier, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• William Cheadle, University of Louisville, School of Medicine, KY

SESSION 4:  POLYMICROBIAL DISEASES INVOLVING VIRUS AND BACTERIA

• H. Smith, Queen Elizabeth Medical School, Birmingham, UK
• Lauren Bakaletz, The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health, Columbus, OH
• Sarah Highlander, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 
• Bob McLean, South West Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

SESSION 5:  POLYMICROBIAL DISEASES INVOLVING FUNGI AND PARASITES

• David Soll, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
• Howard Jenkinson, University of Bristol, Dental School, Bristol, UK
• Deborah Hogan, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 

SESSION 6:  POLYMICROBIAL DISEASES AS A RESULT OF MICROBE-INDUCED IMMUNOSUPPRESSION

• Robert Fujinami, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
• Luis Montaner.  Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA 

SESSION 7:  IMMUNE OR PROBIOTIC INTERVENTION OF POLYMICROBIAL INFECTIONS

• Thad Stappenbeck, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO
• Dana Graves, Boston University, Boston, MA 
• Paul Kolenbrander, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, Bethesda, MD 
• Gregor Reid, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Canada

CONCLUDING PERSPECTIVES

• Steven Gill, The Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, MD