18 - Still Hot: Updates in Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers

Thursday, October 12, 2023

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM US ET

Location: 153 ABC

All relevant financial disclosures have been mitigated.

Moderator(s)

Heather Yun, MD (she/her/hers)

Deputy Commander for Medical Services
Brooke Army Medical Center
San Antonio, TX, United States
Andrés Henao Martínez, MD (he/him/his)

Associate Professor
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, CO, United States

Faculty(s)

Armand Sprecher, MD, MPH (he/him/his)

Public Health Specialist
Médecins Sans Frontières
Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium

Slides
Mark Hickman, PhD (he/him/his)

Senior Scientist
Biodefense Therapeutics Joint Product Manager Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Medical
Silver Spring, MD, United States

Slides

Disclosure(s):

Heather Yun, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Andrés F. Henao Martínez, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

CME Credits: Maximum of 1 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1 hours of MOC Credit
CNE Credits: Maximum of 1 hours of ANCC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-0000-23-002-L01-P

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

describe challenges and opportunities associated with clinical research during VHF outbreaks;
explain recent trends in mitigation of VHF outbreaks;
analyze advances in novel investigational therapeutics and vaccines for VHF

Presentations:

8:00 AM – 8:30 AM US ET

Challenges and Opportunities in Clinical Research During Recent Outbreaks
Speaker: Armand Sprecher, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – Médecins Sans Frontières
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM US ET

Updates in Therapeutics and Vaccines
Speaker: Mark Hickman, PhD (he/him/his) – Biodefense Therapeutics Joint Product Manager Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Medical