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October 27-28, 2009
Hyatt Harborside Hotel
Boston, MA
NERCE is pleased to offer a series of scientific workshops on topics relevant to research on NIAID priority pathogens. Several workshops including live-cell imaging and small-molecule screening, will present key concepts related to the scientific resources available through the NERCE Core Laboratories and, also will demonstrate the utility of these resources to priority pathogen research. Workshops will be open to all investigators in the New England region at no cost.
The workshop on Pathology of Infectious Diseases in Nonhuman Primates will be held in conjunction with the Primate Pathology Workshop meeting on October 27-28, 2009. Detailed information on this workshop can be downloaded as a pdf: NERCE Pathology Workshop. Prior registration is required, and additional information and registration forms may be found online: http://nhp2009.hms.harvard.edu/index.php?page=pathworkshop
Description
Nonhuman primates are critical for priority pathogen research programs investigating aspects of disease pathogenesis, prevention, and treatment. However, infectious diseases have proven difficult to eliminate from nonhuman primate colonies, and various primate pathogens pose a continuing threat to animal and colony health. In addition, despite significant advances in the diagnosis of infectious diseases, unrecognized or adventitious agents are common in nonhuman primates and have the potential to confound experimental work. The veterinary pathologist plays a key role in integrating and interpreting this data and must be familiar with the full spectrum of infectious diseases present within nonhuman primate populations.
This workshop will focus on the pathology of naturally occurring and experimentally induced infectious diseases in various nonhuman primate species and consist of lectures by course faculty and short case presentations by participants. Slide presentations will provide participants the opportunity to submit slides from interesting primate infectious disease cases and receive feedback from the workshop faculty. Study sets will be developed from these cases and distributed to attendees. Material covered will benefit those individuals seeking board certification through the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine and American College of Veterinary Pathology. Upon completion of the workshop, participants will be familiar with the etiology, pathogenesis, microscopic morphology, and diagnosis of common primate infectious diseases.
Workshop Coordinators
Dr. Keith Mansfield, DVM, dACVP, Associate Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School, and Director of the Primate Animal Biolevel 3 facility at the New England Primate Research Center (NEPRC). He will be assisted by Dr. Susan Westmoreland, VMD, dACVP and Andrew Miller DVM, dACVP in the Division of Comparative Pathology at the NEPRC.