Friday
February 19, 2027 |
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3:00-3:50 PM |
REGISTRATION / EXHIBITS
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3:50 PM |
Welcome |
Yvette S. McCarter, PhD
UF
Health Jacksonville
Jacksonville, FL |
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Session
1 |
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Moderator:
Noel Gomez, MMSc, UF Health Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL |
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4:00-4:50 PM |
Before
You Order That Test: Diagnostic Stewardship Across the Testing
Continuum
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Tristan Grams, PhD
UF Health Shands
Gainesville, FL |
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Moderator:
Diane Halstead, PhD, Global Infectious Disease Consultants,
LLC, Jacksonville, FL |
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4:50-5:40
PM |
The
Future of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing: Beyond MICs
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April Bobenchik, PhD
Brown University Health
Providence, RI
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5:45 PM |
RECEPTION / EXHIBITS
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6:30 PM |
DINNER
/ EXHIBITS
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Moderator:
Frances Valencia-Shelton, PhD, Baptist Medical Center, Jacksonville,
FL |
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7:30-8:20
PM |
An
Age-Old Love Story: NGS, 163 year old DNA, and
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Glen Hansen, PhD
Children's National Hospital
Washington, DC |
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8:20 PM |
Closing
Remarks |
Frances
Valencia-Shelton, PhD
Baptist
Medical Center
Jacksonville, FL |
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Saturday
February 20, 2027 |
| 7:15-7:50 AM |
REGISTRATION / EXHIBITS / CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
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7:50 AM |
Welcome |
D.
Jane Hata, PhD
Mayo
Clinic
Jacksonville, FL |
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Session 2 |
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Moderator:
Marsha Pace, MBA-HCM, Baptist Medical Center, Jacksonville,
FL |
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8:00-8:50 AM |
Molecular
Testing for Tropical Diseases in Underserved Areas
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Kenneth Gavina, PhD
Indiana University Health
Indianapolis, IN |
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Moderator: Ann Ruby, MS, UF Health Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL |
8:50-9:40 AM |
Antifungal
Susceptibility Testing
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Anisha Misra, PhD
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH |
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9:45-11:00 AM |
BREAK / EXHIBITS
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Moderator:
Stephen Jenkins, PhD, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York,
NY |
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11:00 AM-11:50 AM |
Integrating Host Response Markers into
the Microbiology Laboratory
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Fred Tenover, PhD
University of Dayton
Dayton, OH |
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11:50 AM - 1:00 PM |
LUNCH / EXHIBITS
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Session 3 |
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Moderator:
Helai Arsala, MBA, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL |
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1:00-1:50 PM |
WGS Without the PhD: What Every Clinical
Microbiologist Should Know
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Jose Alexander, MD
Advent Health Orlando
Orlando, FL |
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Moderator:
Aaron Odegard, MS, Baptist Medical Center, Jacksonville, FL |
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1:50-2:40 PM |
Challenging Culture Interpretations
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Eric Ransom, PhD
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Cleveland, OH |
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2:40-3:10 PM |
STRETCH BREAK
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Moderator:
D. Jane Hata, PhD, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL |
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3:10-4:00 PM |
Free
Living Amoeba
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Blaine Mathison, BS
ARUP
Salt Lake City, UT |
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4:00 PM |
Closing
Remarks/Door Prizes |
Frances
Valencia-Shelton, PhD
Baptist Medical Center
Jacksonville, FL
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