Conference To Discuss Ebola And Marburg Viruses Nov. 15

Main Category: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses
Also Included In: Bio-terrorism / Terrorism;  Nursing / Midwifery;  Conferences
Article Date: 24 Oct 2007 - 4:00 PDT

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Jerry P. Jaax, associate president for research compliance, Kansas State University, will speak about bioterrorism and emerging infectious diseases: Ebola and Marburg viruses at the Fourth Annual Conference On Emerging Infectious Diseases sponsored by the Nursing Center for Bioterrorism and Emerging Infectious Diseases Preparedness in collaboration with the Center for Professional Development at the College of Nursing at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

The full day conference, which will discuss the current status of some of the emerging infectious diseases and bioterrorism, will be held at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Somerset, N.J, Nov. 15 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Jaax was formerly director of U.S. Army Biological Arms Control Treaty Office and key participant in the Ebola outbreak described in Robert Preston's book, The Hot Zone, which inspired the movie, Outbreak.

Topics discussed at the conference will include Ebola and Marburg viruses, multidrug-resistant TB and pandemic and avian flu, the use of these organisms as possible bioterrorism agents and the management and control of emerging infectious diseases.

The conference will feature other speakers including Carole A. Heilman, director, Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health; Neil W. Schluger, associate professor of medicine and public health chief, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Columbia University; and Elaine Larson, associate dean of research, School of Nursing, professor of epidemiology, School of Public Health Columbia University, and editor of American Journal of Infectious Diseases.

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The conference registration fee is $75 and includes all program materials, morning refreshments and lunch. The conference is open to all health discipline professionals including but not limited to: registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, physicians, health officers, public health officers, public health officials, social workers and pharmacists. It is particularly of interest to those who work in the public health sector, schools and infection control areas as well as emergency rooms and geriatric facilities.

The conference is sponsored in part by a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration grant #T01HP01407. To register or for more information, visit http://nursing.rutgers.edu/cpd.

The Nursing Center for Bioterrorism and Emerging Infectious Diseases Preparedness, interim director, Dean Felissa R. Lashley, at Rutgers College of Nursing serves as a primary source of education, information and research initiatives for nurses, nurse practitioners, and all allied nursing personnel on practice matters relating to biological, chemical and nuclear terrorism as well as emerging infectious diseases.

From its headquarters at Rutgers Newark, Rutgers College of Nursing offers a broad range of academic programs on all three Rutgers campuses. The college offers a master's program with unique practitioner specialties, a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree, and the first to offer a Ph.D. nursing degree in New Jersey.

Source: Miguel Tersy
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

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