Event to be held on March 19 – 20 in Philadelphia
The Institute for Infectious and Zoonotic Diseases (IIZD) at the University of Pennsylvania’s (Penn) School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) has announced the agenda for its 2025 IIZD Symposium. The event will bring together over a half-dozen researchers who will exchange scientific information on issues affecting the emergence, spread, and control of infectious disease.
Peter Jay Hotez, MD, PhD
The Symposium will open on Wednesday, March 19 at 6:00 PM with the Robert R. Marshak Public Lecture, featuring keynote speaker Peter Jay Hotez, MD, PhD, of the Baylor College of Medicine, who will present “Vaccines and Immunizations in a Time of Global Boiling and Anti-Science.” Penn’s Vice Provost for Climate Science, Policy, and Action, Michael Mann, PhD, will moderate the lecture. Mann’s and Hotez’s new book, Science Under Siege, is scheduled to be released in early 2025. The public lecture will be co-hosted by Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center.
The Symposium’s academic session will be held on Thursday, March 20 beginning at 9:00 AM featuring a panel of leading infectious disease experts:
- Christine Johnson, VMD, MPVM, PhD, University of California at Davis
- Marc Johnson, PhD, University of Missouri
- Erin Mordecai, PhD, Stanford University
- Salvador Almagro Moreno, PhD, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
- Bill Petri, MD, PhD, University of Virginia
- Jürgen Richt, DVM, PhD, Kansas State University
- Mark Wilber, PhD, University of Tennessee
- Penn’s Martin and Pamela Winter Infectious Disease Fellows Raegan Petch, Daana Roach, and Helen Stillwater will also be presenting.
Visit the Symposium’s website for more details. Attendees can register here for the public lecture; and here for the academic Symposium.