Zika Virus Symposium From Z to A

Zika: Z to A - What we know, what we don't, how to prepare

June 10, 2016     

MUSC Bioengineering Building BE 110 

A special symposium hosted by the Medical University of South Carolina in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Quality Control.

8:15 am - Welcome: MUSC President David J. Cole, M.D., FACS

8:20 am - Greetings: US Senator Tim Scott

8:45 am - Panel Discussion: Epidemiology, Prevention, and Diagnosis of Zika

• Transmission of virus
• Diagnosis testing for Zika virus
• Mosquito vectors of Zika and their control
• Overview of Zika virus

10:00 am - Oral Presentations: Clinical Problems and Management of Zika

• Neurological complications of Zika: The problem of Guillain-Barre
• Congenital defects associated with Zika infection
• Maternal/fetal complications

11:00 am - Community Roundtable: What You Need to Know About Zika

This expert panel discussion is open to the public to disseminate up-to-date information about the Zika virus, its public health impact locally and globally, and what the general public and health care professionals need to know about preventing infection and minimizing risks of birth defects due to Zika virus infection during pregnancy and among vulnerable patients. 

Sponsored by MUSC's South Carolina Clinical and Translational Research (SCTR) Institute, Johns Hopkins University, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), MUSC Center for Global Health, Johns Hopkins Project Restore, and MUSC's Department of Public Health Sciences (a local performance site of Region IV Public Health Training Center).