The UC Merced Health Sciences Research Institute and the Sierra Health Foundation present the 2014 Valley Fever Seminar Series.
This 12-part series including medical, correctional, advocacy, and academic specialist aims to raise awareness about Valley Fever in the San Joaquin Valley. All talks will take place on the UC Merced campus, except one presentation on May 21 to take place at the UCSF Fresno Center for Medical Education and Research.
These events are free and open to the public.
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2014 Valley Fever Seminar Series Schedule:
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Friday, March 14 |
Nathan Stockamp, M.D. |
UC Merced, Social Sciences & Management Building, 317 |
Clinical Considerations in Coccidioidomycosis |
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Wednesday, April 2 |
Clarence Cryer Jr., M.P.H., C.C.H.P. |
UC Merced, Classroom and Office Building, Room 322 |
The Impact of Valley Fever on Correctional Health Care Ethics (PDF) |
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Friday, April 11 |
Antje Lauer, Ph.D. |
UC Merced, Social Sciences & Mangament Building, 317 |
Ecology of Coccidioides immitis - Challenges to Detect this Fungal Pathogen in its Natural Habitat |
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Wednesday, April 16 |
Herbert Boro, M.D. |
UC Merced, Classroom and Office Building, Room 322 |
Valley Fever Basics, plus an update from the 2014 Cocci Study Group meeting (PDF) |
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Friday, April 18 |
David Ojcius |
UC Merced, Social Sciences and Management Building, Room 317 |
Inflammasomes and Danger Signals During Infection by Intracellular Pathogens (PDF) |
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Wednesday, April 23 |
David Filip |
UC Merced, Social Sciences and Management Building, Room 366 |
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Wednesday, April 30 |
Kirt Emery, M.P.H. |
UC Merced, Classroom and Office Building, Room 322 |
The Ebb and Flow of Coccidioidomycosis in Kern County |
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Thursday, May 1 |
Anita Sil, M.D., Ph.D. |
UC Merced, Social Sciences and Management Building, Room 317 |
Regulation of Cell Shape and Virulence in Thermally Dimorphic Fungi Molecular Natural History of the San Joaquin Valley Fever Fungus |
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Wednesday, May 7 |
Sarah M. Rios |
UC Merced, Classroom and Office Building, Room 322 |
Valley Fever: Racial Disparities and an Environmental Health Crisis |
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Wednesday, May 14 |
Erin Gaab, Ph.D. |
UC Merced, Social Sciences and Management Building, Room 117 |
Children With San Joaquin Valley Fever: Perceptions, Reflections, and Preliminary Findings (PDF) |
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Wednesday, May 21 |
Leslie Wilson, Ph.D. |
UCSF Fresno Center, Room 116 |
The Costs Behind California’s Rising Silent Epidemic |
