Chairs and Committees


Co-Chairs

Lindsey Hutt-Fletcher Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport, USA
Andrew Yurochko Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport, USA


Local Organizing Committee

Jim Hill Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans, USA
Victor Hsia University of Louisiana - Monroe, USA
Gus Kousoulas Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge, USA
Martin Muggeridge Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport, USA
Rona Scott Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport, USA
Scott Tibbetts Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport, USA


Scientific Advisory Committee

Ann Arvin Stanford University, USA
Joel Baines Cornell University, USA
Bruce Banfield Queens University, Canada
John Blaho City University of New York, USA
David Bloom University of Florida, USA
William Britt University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA
Helena Browne University of Cambridge, UK
Gabriella Campadelli-Fiume University of Bologna, Italy
Bala Chandran Rosalind Franklin University, USA
Don Coen Harvard Medical School, USA
Gary Cohen University of Pennsylvania, USA
Jeff Cohen NIH Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, USA
Anthony Cunningham Westmead Millennium Institute, Australia
Blossom Damania University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Neal DeLuca University of Pittsburgh, USA
Carol Duffy University of Alabama, USA
Stacey Efstathiou University of Cambridge, UK
Roselyn Eisenberg University of Pennsylvania, USA
Roger Everett Medical Research Council Virology Unit, UK
Paul Farrell Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, UK
Klaus Frueh Oregon Health and Science University, USA
Adam Geballe University of Washington, USA
Charles Grose University of Iowa, USA
Diane Hayward Johns Hopkins University, USA
Fred Homa University of Pittsburgh, USA
Veijo Hukkanen University of Turku, Finland
Charles Hwang SUNY Upstate Medical University, USA
Keith Jerome University of Washington, USA
David Johnson Oregon Health and Science University, USA
Stipan Jonjic Faculty of Medicine University of Rijeka, Croatia
Julie Kerry Eastern Virginia Medical School, USA
David Knipe Harvard Medical School, USA
Ulrich Koszinowski Max von Pettenkofer-Institut, Germany
Timothy Kowalik University of Massachusetts, USA
David Leib Dartmouth Medical School, USA
Paul Lieberman The Wistar Institute, USA
Richard Longnecker Northwestern University, USA
Thomas Mettenleiter Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, USA
Jennifer Moffat SUNY Upstate Medical University, USA
Ian Mohr NYU Langone Medical Center, USA
Karen Mossman McMaster University, Canada
Jay Nelson Oregon Health and Science University, USA
Klaus Osterrieder Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany
Gregory Pari University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Philip Pellett Wayne State University, USA
Chris Preston Medical Research Council Virology Unit, UK
Rolf Renne University of Florida, USA
Barry Rouse University of Tennessee, USA
Bill Ruyechan University of Buffalo, USA
Rozanne Sandri-Goldin University of California, Irvine, USA
Nancy Sawtell Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, USA
Thomas Shenk Princeton University, USA
John Sinclair University of Cambridge, UK
Jim Smiley University of Alberta, Canada
Gregory Smith Northwestern University, USA
Samuel Speck Emory University, USA
Deborah Spector University of California, San Diego, USA
Domenico Tortorella Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA
Sandy Weller University of Connecticut Health Center, USA
Richard Whitley University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA