May 27, 2026 | Tinkham Veale, University Center, Ballroom A
We are happy to announce open registration for the Global Health Research Symposium, a joint venture from the CWRU Center for Global Health and Diseases, the Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, the Case-VA Center for Antimicrobial Resistance (VA-CARES), the Roe Green Center for Travel Medicine and Global Health, and the Rustbelt Center for AIDS Research.
The goals of this retreat are to bring together under one roof the local Global Health research community, to provide a venue for our faculty and trainees to showcase their cutting-edge research, and to foster new collaborations from across campus.
The retreat will cover a diverse range of topics, including:
- HIV, TB and other Diseases
- Respiratory Infections (Influenza, Covid19)
- Implementation Science
We will have presentations from both faculty and trainees selected from submitted abstracts, an interactive and engaging poster session, and plenty of time for open discussions.
Program agenda and speaker list below!
2026 Masamichi Aikawa Memorial Lecturer: |
JoAnne Flynn is a Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the Health Sciences Endowed Chair of Microbiology. She has a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, from the University of California at Davis and a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Flynn’s first post-doc was with Dr. Magdalene So at the Scripps Clinic Research Institute and then a Howard Hughes Research Associate with Dr. Barry Bloom at Albert Einstein College of Medicine where she began her studies in tuberculosis. She served as a Councilor for the American Association of Immunologists (AAI) and as President in 2018. Dr. Flynn is a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiologists and a Distinguished Fellow of AAI. Dr. Flynn won the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Distinguished Mentor Award in 2018 and Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Award in 2019. She served on the Board of Scientific Counselors for the NIH NIAID and was previously a Section Editor at PLoS Pathogens and an Editor at Infection and Immunity and The Journal of Immunology. Her research in tuberculosis is focused on immunology, host-pathogen interactions, vaccines, and drugs, and she has developed and used non-human primate models for TB research for 25 years. Dr. Flynn’s research uses cutting-edge tools and technologies, including PET CT imaging, to investigate the complexities of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, with a particular focus on lung and lymph node granulomas, vaccines and treatments.
Registration Deadline May 8th
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