Events
Events
Second Annual Infectious Disease and Immunity Symposium
Multidisciplinary Infection and Immunity Research emphasizing Transplantation, Neuroscience, Microbes and Environment
Visiting Speakers:
- Hilary Miller-Handley, MD, Assistant Professor, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, University of Cincinnati, “Dissecting the Immunologic Drivers of Rejection: Infection vs. Immunosuppression Failure” Ramin Herati, MD, Assistant Professor, New York University Langone, Departments of Medicine and Microbiology “Germinal Centers: A Window into Vaccine-Induced Immunity”
- Scott Letendre, MD, Professor, UC San Diego, Department of Medicine “Neuroimmunology”
- Douglas Kwon, MD PhD, Associate Professor, Harvard, Department of Medicine “Microbes, Immunity, and Mucosal Health: Insights from the Gut and Female Genital Tract”
UR Medicine Faculty:
- Miklos Molnar MD PhD, Professor of Medicine, Director of Transplant Medicine, Nephrology
- Giovanni Schifitto, MD, Professor of Neurology, General Neurology
- Matt Brewer, PhD, Research Assistant Professor of Dermatology
- Kirsi Jarvinnen-Seppo, MD PhD, Professor of Pediatrics
Poster session for students and postdocs
Registration is FREE Abstract deadline October 12
Pre-registration is required
https://form.jotform.com/262377115563055
Lunch and refreshments
Nov 02, 2026 @ 8:30 a.m.
School of Medicine and Dentistry | Class of '62 Auditorium
"Sorry furin, no cuts allowed: Elucidating the antiviral role of 90K during SARS-CoV-2 infection"
Spyridon Stavrou, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo

Nov 02, 2026 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)
Host: Ruth Serra-Moreno, PhD