AMD Symposium: Public Health Genomics 101

Post date: May 20, 2019 8:50:53 PM

Midwest Advanced Molecular Detection (AMD) Training Symposium

Public Health Genomics 101

May 23, 2019

Room 1655, U-M Public Health I (1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109)

Sponsored by Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Laboratories, and MAC-EPID

Tentative Agenda

8:00am Welcome - Marty Soehnlen, PhD, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Laboratories

CDC Office of Advanced Molecular Detection - Nathelia Barnes, DHSc, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

9:00am Regional State Round Table

9:45am Break

10:00am The Chemistry of AMD – Rebecca Kramer and Kevin Rodeman, MDHHS

11:00am Phylogenetics – Sebasian Zoellner, PhD, University of Michigan

12:00pm Lunch

1:00pm Bioinformatics – Kelsey Florek, PhD, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene

2:00pm Core Genome Basics / MLST – Heather Blankenship, PhD Candidate, Michigan State University

2:30pm Break

2:45pm Validation Strategies – Cassandra Campion, MS, Indiana State Department of Health and Keoni Omura, Ohio Dept. of Health

3:30pm Using Information for Public Health Action – Mary-Grace Brandt, PhD, MDHHS; Karim George, Kentucky Dept. of Health

4:00pm Closeout: Next Steps

4:30pm Adjourn