CHAIRS & COMMITTEES

Symposium Chair

Corinna (Cory) Ross, PhD

Professor and Director
Southwest National Primate Research Center (SNPRC)

Symposium Co-Chair:

Riti Sharan, PhD

Assistant Professor, Host-pathogen interactions
Southwest National Primate Research Center (SNPRC)

SESSION CHAIRS:  

Jason Brenchley, PhD

Chief, Laboratory of Viral Diseases
Senior Investigator, Barrier Immunity Section

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID, NIH)

Siddappa Byrareddy, PhD

Professor & Vice Chair for Research, Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience

University of Nebraska Medical Center

Marie-Claire Gauduin, PhD

Professor, Disease Intervention and Prevention
Southwest National Primate Research Center

Smita S. Iyer, PhD

Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology
University of Pittsburgh

Deepak Kaushal, PhD

Professor, Host Pathogen Interactions
Southwest National Primate Research Center

Mauricio Martins, PhD

Associate Professor
The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology

Megan Oโ€™Connor, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
University of Washington

Mirko Paiadini, PhD

Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Emory National Primate Research Center

Davide Pisu, PhD

Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
Tulane National Primate Research Center

Riti Sharan, PhD

Assistant Professor, Host-pathogen interactions

Southwest National Primate Research Center (SNPRC)

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

David T. Evans, PhD

Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Associate Director, Research Services
Wisconsin National Primate Research Center
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Jacob Estes, PhD

Director and Professor
Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute
Oregon Health and Science University

Deepak Kaushal, PhD

Professor, Host Pathogen Interactions
Southwest National Primate Research Center

Marie-Claire Gauduin, PhD

Professor, Disease Intervention and Prevention
Southwest National Primate Research Center

Smita S. Iyer, PhD

Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology
University of Pittsburgh

Julie Ling, MD, M.Med.Sc., PhD

Professor, Program Lead โ€“ Host Pathogen Interactions
Southwest National Primate Research Center (SNPRC)

Nicholas Maness, PhD

Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Tulane National Primate Research Center

Mahesh Mohan, DVM, PhD

Professor, Program Lead โ€“ Disease Intervention and Prevention
Southwest National Primate Research Center (SNPRC)

Megan Oโ€™Connor, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
University of Washington

Namita Rout, PhD

Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Tulane National Primate Research Center (TNPRC) 

Mirko Paiardini, PhD

Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Emory National Primate Research Center (ENPRC)

Keith Reeves, PhD

Director, Center for Human systems Immunology, Innovation and Comparative Immunobiology
Duke University

Corinna (Cory) Ross, PhD

Professor and Director
Southwest National Primate Research Center (SNPRC)

Riti Sharan, PhD

Assistant Professor, Host-pathogen interactions

Southwest National Primate Research Center (SNPRC)

Guido Silvestri, MD

Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Emory National Primate Research Center (ENPRC)

Koen Van Rompay, DVM, PhD

Infectious Diseases Unit Core Leader
California National Primate Research Center (CNPRC)

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Corinna (Cory) Ross, PhD

Professor and Director
Southwest National Primate Research Center (SNPRC)

Riti Sharan, PhD

Assistant Professor, Host-pathogen interactions

Southwest National Primate Research Center (SNPRC)

Catie Corcoran

Director, Communications Texas Biomed

Guillermo Siller

Assistant Director, Admin & Finance
Southwest National Primate Research Center (SNPRC)

Angelica Olmo-Fontanez, PhD

Staff Scientist I
Southwest National Primate Research Center (SNPRC)

Ruby Reyes-Hinojosa

Marketing Manager
Texas Biomed

Helen Hawn

Office Manager
Southwest National Primate Research Center (SNPRC)

Donna Musselman, CMP

Meetings Manager
Texas Biomedical Research Institute / SNPRC