| Saturday |
| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Control of Parasite Infection in the Mammalian Host |
| Discussion Leader: Serap Aksoy (Yale University School of Medicine, USA) |
| 3:45 pm - 3:55 pm | Laura-Isobel McCall (University of California, San Diego, USA)
"Drug Repurposing, Sterol 14α-Demethylase, and Visceral Leishmaniasis Treatment: Target Validation and Novel Inhibitor Scaffolds" |
| 3:55 pm - 4:00 pm | Discussion |
| 4:00 pm - 4:10 pm | Allen Nalugwa (Makerere University, Uganda)
"Intestinal Schistosomiasis and Effect of Praziquantel Treatment in Preschool Children Along Lake Victoria Shoreline in Uganda" |
| 4:10 pm - 4:15 pm | Discussion |
| 4:15 pm - 4:25 pm | Natalie Robinett (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA)
"What Is a Hemolytic Protein Like You Doing in a Red Blood Cell Parasite Like This?" |
| 4:25 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Keynote Session: Dengue and Vector Control |
| Discussion Leader: Terrie Taylor (Michigan State University, USA) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:15 pm | Eva Harris (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
"Keynote: Unraveling Complexity: Defining Viral and Immunological Determinants of Dengue Virus Fitness and Disease Severity" |
| 8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Xin Zhao (Yale School of Public Health, USA)
"Immunogenicity and Serological Cross-Reactivity of Saliva Proteins Among Different Tsetse Species" |
| 8:40 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
| 8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Damaris Matoke-Muhia (International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Kenya)
"Sand Fly Diversity and Visceral Leishmania Transmission in Northern Kenya" |
| 8:55 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:10 pm | Samwel Okello (International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Kenya)
"Diversity of the Vectors of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) Along the Livestock Movement Routes in the North Eastern and Coastal Regions of Kenya." |
| 9:10 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
| 9:15 pm - 9:25 pm | Jewelna Osei-Poku (Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Ghana)
"Could Misuse of Antimicrobials Pose a Threat to Malaria Elimination Efforts?" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| Sunday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Malaria, Schistosomiasis, Trypanosomiasis, and Leptospirosis |
| Discussion Leaders: Grace Murilla (Biotechnology Research Institute, Kalro, Kenya) and Jesus Valenzuela (National Institutes of Health, USA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Chanaki Amaratunga (National Institutes of Health, USA)
"Declining Efficacy of Frontline Anti-Malarial Treatment in Cambodia" |
| 9:10 am - 9:15 am | Discussion |
| 9:15 am - 9:25 am | Joseph Conrad (Vanderbilt University, USA)
"Distributed 3D Printing in Development and Field Testing of High Sensitivity Malaria RDTs" |
| 9:25 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:40 am | Purnima Gupta (University of Calcutta, India)
"Leishmania donovani Manipulates AKT Mediated β-Catenin and FOXO-1 Regulation to Inhibit Host Cell Activation and Apoptosis" |
| 9:40 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
| 9:45 am - 9:55 am | Jose Ramirez (National Institutes of Health, USA)
"Molecular Interactions Modulating Immune Priming in Anopheles gambiae" |
| 9:55 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:10 am | Benson Nyambega (Maseno University, Kenya)
"Tetratricopeptide Repeat Proteins - Likely Targets for Novel Trypanocidals" |
| 10:10 am - 10:15 am | Discussion |
| 10:15 am - 10:25 am | Richard Echodu (Gulu University, Uganda)
"One Hundred Fifteen Years of Combating Human African Trypanosomiasis: A Case Study of Uganda, Lessons Learnt and Future Prospects for Its Elimination" |
| 10:25 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:40 am | Janet Lindow (Yale University, USA)
"Defects in the Innate Immune Response Lead to Poor Outcomes During Human Leptospirosis" |
| 10:40 am - 10:45 am | Discussion |
| 10:45 am - 10:55 am | Federico Costa (Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz, Fundação Oswald, Brazil)
"Ecoepidemiology of Leptospirosis in Urban Slums: Patterns of Pathogenic Leptospira Shedding in Norway Rats (Rattus norvegicus) in a Brazilian Slum Community" |
| 10:55 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Mentorship Component: Grant Writing Workshop |
| Discussion Leader: Stefanie Trop (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA) |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Panel Discussion |
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- Philip Rosenthal (University of California, San Francisco, USA)
- Photini Sinnis (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA)
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| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |
