225 - US Military Research Advancing Global Health

10/5/2019

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Room: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 202 AB

MOC Credit: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit
CME Credit: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
ACPE Credit: ACPE 1.25 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: 0221-9999-19-406-L04-P

Learning Objectives:

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

describe the role of the Multidrug-Resistant organism Repository and Surveillance Network in the Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria National Action Plan
recognize the contributions of Department of Defense research toward Ebola vaccine development
discuss the role of US military research programs in the development of FDA approved antimalarial drugs

Presentations:

10:30 AM - 10:55 AM
1943 - MDR Surveillance Systems and Strategies
Paige Waterman, MD – OSTP/WRAIR
10:55 AM - 11:20 AM
1944 - Ebola Vaccine Development
Julie Ake, MD, MSc – Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
11:20 AM - 11:45 AM
1945 - Advances in Malaria Therapeutics
Mark Fukada – AFIRMS

Moderator(s)

HY

Heather Yun, MD

Chief of Medicine
Brooke Army Medical Center ; Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
San Antonio, Texas

Disclosure: American Board of Internal Medicine: Officer or Board Member
DB

Dana Blyth, MD

Infectious Disease Physician
Brooke Army Medical Center
San Antonio, Texas

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose

Speaker(s)

JA

Julie Ake, MD, MSc

Deputy Director, Military HIV Research Program
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Laurel, MD

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose
MF

Mark Fukada

AFIRMS
Silver Spring, MD
PW

Paige Waterman, MD

Asst. Dir. Biological Threats/Asst. Dir. Center for Enabling Capabilities
OSTP/WRAIR
Bethesda, MD

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose