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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

Pre-registration is required

"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

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

Host: Ruth Serra-Moreno, PhD