Saturday, January 18, 2025
- 8:00am – 10:00am USDA Project Directors Meeting
- 10:00am – 12:00pm ACVM Board of Governors Meetings
- 10:00am – 4:00pm NC1202 Annual Meeting
- 12:00pm – 3:00pm NC1192 Annual Meeting
- 4:00pm – 6:00pm 3MT Competition
Sunday, January 19, 2025
- 8:30am – 10:00am American College of Veterinary Microbiologists Symposium
- Featured Speakers
- Jonathan Ellis, DVM, PhD, DACVP, DACVM, ACVM
- Distinguished Veterinary Microbiologist, “Why Aren’t We All Dead?: Improving on Mother Nature’s Plan for Immunization”
- Matthew Scott, DVM, PhD
- “Investigating Bovine Immune-Mediated Mechanisms Influenced by Viral Respiratory”
- Jonathan Ellis, DVM, PhD, DACVP, DACVM, ACVM
- Featured Speakers
- 8:30 am – 10:00 am CRWAD Research Abstracts
- 10:00 am – 10:30 am BREAK
- 10:30 am – 12:00 pm American College of Veterinary Microbiologists Symposium
- Featured Speakers
- Scott McVey, DVM, PhD
- “Infection and Immunity – Clinical Outcomes”
- Kyoungjin J. Yoon, DVM
- “Current Status of Swine Viral Infections in the US: Emerging and Re-Emerging Diseases”
- Scott McVey, DVM, PhD
- Featured Speakers
- 10:30 am – 12:00 pm CRWAD Research Abstracts
- 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm BREAK (Lunch on own)
- 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm CRWAD Fellows Luncheon (Invite only)
- 1:30pm – 2:45 pm CRWAD Council Keynote
- Keynote Speaker:
- Philip Santangelo, PhD, CRWAD Keynote Speaker
- “RNA Therapy Beyond Vaccination: Possibilities and Challenges”
- Philip Santangelo, PhD, CRWAD Keynote Speaker
- Keynote Speaker:
- 2:45pm – 3:30pm CRWAD Special Symposium: Applications of mRNA Technologies in Animal Health Research
- Featured Speaker
- Jeff Hogan, PhD
- “Development of Countermeasures for High Consequence Zoonotic and Human”
- Jeff Hogan, PhD
- Featured Speaker
- 3:30 pm – 4:00 pm BREAK
- 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm CRWAD Special Symposium: Applications of mRNA Technologies in Animal Health Research
- Featured Speakers:
- Francois Villinger, DVM, PhD
- “mRNA Applications in Non-Human Primate Models for Improved Pre-Clinical Evaluation”
- Amelia Woolums, DVM, MVSc, PhD, DACVIM, DACVM
- “Opportunities for RNA Therapy in Animal Health”
- Panel Discussion
- Francois Villinger, DVM, PhD
- Featured Speakers:
- 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Alumni Reception
- 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm AVEPM Student Led Event
- 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm AAVI Mixer
Monday, January 20, 2025
- 8:30 am – 10:00 am American Association of Veterinary Immunologists Symposium
- Featured Speakers
- Armin Saalmuller, DVM, AAVI Distinguished Veterinary Immunologist
- “Immune Response After Vaccination – Peculiarities of the Porcine Immune System”
- Anne DeGroot, MD
- “Potentiating the Application of Immunoinformatics Tools to Animal Health”
- Armin Saalmuller, DVM, AAVI Distinguished Veterinary Immunologist
- Featured Speakers
- 8:30 – 10:00am CRWAD Research Abstracts
- 10:00 am – 10:30 am BREAK
- 10:30am – 12:00pm American Association of Veterinary Immunologists Symposium
- Featured Speakers:
- Colin Parrish, PhD
- “Emergence and Spread of Viruses in New Hosts – The Examples of Canine Parvovirus and H3N8 Canine Influenza Virus”
- Shayan Sharif, DVM, PhD
- “Perspectives on Vaccination as an Approach for Control of Highly Pathogenic Avian”
- Colin Parrish, PhD
- Featured Speakers:
- 10:30 am – 12:00 pm CRWAD Research Abstracts
- 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm BREAK (Lunch on own)
- 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm American Association of Veterinary Immunologists Luncheon (Ticketed Event)
- 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Association for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine Calvin Schwabe Symposium
- Featured Speakers:
- Jan Scarlett, DVM, MPH, PhD, Calvin Schwabe Awardee
- “Challenges to Conducting Epidemiologic Research Regarding Companion Animal Welfare”
- Margaret Slater, DVM, PhD
- “Illuminating the Welfare Implications of Free-Roaming Unowned Cats via Epidemiological Approaches”
- Jan Scarlett, DVM, MPH, PhD, Calvin Schwabe Awardee
- Featured Speakers:
- 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm CRWAD Research Abstracts
- 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm CRWAD Business Meeting
- 4:15 pm – 5:45 pm Association for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine Calvin Schwabe Symposium
- Featured Speakers:
- Alexandra Protopopova, PhD, CAAB
- “The Use of Mixed Methods to Explore the Complex Issue of Companion Animal Relinquishment to and Adoption from Animal Shelters”
- Rachel Kreisler, VMD, MSCE, DACVPM (Epidemiology)
- “Epidemiological Insights: Classic Tools for Modern Animal Shelter and Community Animal Health Research”
- Panel Discussion
- Alexandra Protopopova, PhD, CAAB
- Featured Speakers:
- 4:15 pm – 5:45 pm CRWAD Research Abstracts
- 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm CRWAD Poster Reception
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
- 8:30 am – 10:00 am Animal Vaccinology Research Symposium
- Featured Speakers
- Yongqun He, DVM, PhD
- “Advancing Systems Vaccinology by Leveraging AI”
- Daniel O’Connor, BsC, AFHEA, Mac, DPhil
- “Systems Vaccinology: Utilizing the “-omics” toolkit to Elucidate the Mechanisms Underlying Immune Responses”
- Yongqun He, DVM, PhD
- Featured Speakers
- 8:30 am – 10:00 am CRWAD Research Abstracts
- 10:00 am – 10:30 am BREAK
- 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Animal Vaccinology Research Network Symposium
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- Gavin Wright, DPhil, FMedSci
- “Genome-Led Vaccine Target Discovery for Animal African Trypanosomiasis ”Featured Speakers
- Panel Discussion
- Gavin Wright, DPhil, FMedSci
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- 10:30 am – 12:00 pm CRWAD Research Abstracts
- 12:15 pm – 1:30 pm Conference Closing and Student Award Presentations
*This schedule is subject to change until the conclusion of the CRWAD Conference.
