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**** PROFESSORS AND STUDENTS – SAVE THE DATE ****
Web Summit
Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 12:30 p.m. EST
(9:30 a.m. PST / 17:30 GMT)
Advances in Malaria Research: In the Lab and the Field
Groundbreaking science in the fight against one of the world’s deadliest diseases
Each year more than 300 million malaria cases occur world-wide. Nearly one million people die of malaria every year, most of them are children. In Africa, malaria is responsible for one in five childhood deaths.
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute (JHMRI) are on the cutting edge of world-class basic science and clinical research to treat and control malaria, develop a vaccine, and find new drug targets to prevent and cure this deadly disease.
During an interactive web summit, participants will hear the latest findings in the fight against malaria from top researchers at JHMRI and have the opportunity to ask questions in real time. In addition, participants will be able to visit remotely the JHMRI insectary where mosquitoes are bred, raised and studied at the heart of the Institute’s scientific operations in Baltimore, MD. Participants will virtually meet researchers who use NASA data to map the movement of deadly malaria carrying mosquitoes. They’ll also hear from researchers based at the Macha study field site in Zambia, a living laboratory for mosquito and human behavior in malaria-stricken areas.
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| Moderated by: | Sean Prigge, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology |
Video Welcome by: | Peter Agre, MD, Nobel Laureate; Director, Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute; President, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
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Speakers: | Mosquito Immunity to Malaria George Dimopoulos, PhD, Associate Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena, PhD, Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (by video) |
Mapping Mosquito Migrations Gregory Glass, PhD, Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology and Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health | |
Tracking Resistant Malaria and Non-Invasive Diagnosis With video from researchers based at the Macha study field site in Zambia Sungano Mharakurwa, PhD, Scientific Director of the Malaria Institute at Macha Phil Thuma, MD, Clinical Director of the Malaria Institute at Macha | |
WHEN: | Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 12:30 p.m. EST (9:30 a.m. PST, 17:30 GMT) |
DETAILS: | Undergraduate, graduate and medical students are welcome to participate, and professors are encouraged to incorporate the summit into their curricula. To access the Summit, participants will need a computer with high-speed internet access. Participants may also follow the event on Twitter at #JHMal09. Registration is free and available at www.jhsph.edu/malariasummit2009. For more information or to RSVP, contact Carol Lin Vieira at cvieira@burnesscommunications.com or |
The Institute welcomes professors to include the event in their fall syllabi as an opportunity for undergraduate, graduate or medical students to interact with leading experts in malaria research. The presentations will be thoughtful and detailed, but accessible; for students interested in global health, this will be a unique opportunity to discover what’s happening at the forefront of malaria research from the lab and the field.
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