Invited Presenters and Moderators*
Colonel W. Ripley Ballou, M.D.
Chief, Department of Immunology
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Washington, DC
Jacques Banchereau, Ph.D.
Director
The Max and Gayle Clampitt Chair for Immunology Research
Baylor Institute for Immunology Research
Dallas, Texas
Arya Biragyn, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Department of Experimental Transplantation and Immunobiology
Division of Clinical Sciences, Medicine Branch
National Cancer Institute/SAIC
Frederick, Maryland
Peter Cresswell, Ph.D.
Professor, Section of Immunobiology
Yale University School of Medicine
Investigator
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
New Haven, Connecticut
Peter C. Doherty, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Immunology
St. Jude's Children's Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee
Richard J. Duma, M.D., Ph.D.
Member, Scientific Program Committee
José Esparza, M.D., Ph.D.
Leader, Vaccine Team
Department of Policy, Strategy and Research
UNAIDS
Geneva, Switzerland
William P. Hausdorff, Ph.D.
Director, Scientific Affairs & Research Strategy
Wyeth-Lederle Vaccines
West Henrietta, New York
Colonel Charles H. Hoke, Jr., M.D., M.C.
Member, Scientific Program Committee
Colonel David L. Hoover, M.D.
Scientific Coordinator, Brucella Program
Department of Bacterial Diseases
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Washington, DC
Peter B. Jahrling, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
Fort Detrick, Maryland
Margaret I. (Peggy) Johnston, Ph.D.
Assistant Director for AIDS Vaccines
Associate Director for Vaccine and Prevention Research
Division of AIDS
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
Lieutenant Colonel George W. Korch, Jr., Ph.D.
Chief, Virology Division
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
Fort Detrick, Maryland
Arthur M. Krieg, M.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Staff Physician
Iowa City VA Medical Center
Chief Scientific Officer
CpG ImmunoPharmaceuticals, Inc.
Iowa City, Iowa
Rosanna Lagos, M.D.
Coordinator
Centro para Vacunas en Desarrollo, Chile
Hospital Roberto Del Rio
Santiago, Chile
Paul-Henri Lambert, M.D.
Conference Co-Chair
Myron M. Levine, M.D., D.T.P.H.
Member, Scientific Program Committee
Brian W.J. Mahy, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Member, Scientific Program Committee
William J. Martone, M.D.
Conference Co-Chair
John J. Monaco, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
Daniel M. Musher, M.D.
Chief, Infectious Diseases
VA Medical Center
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
Janardan P. Pandey, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Gregory A. Poland, M.D.
Member, Scientific Program Committee
Raj K. Puri, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief, Laboratory of Molecular Tumor Biology
Division of Cellular and Gene Therapies
Office of Therapeutics Research and Review
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
Food and Drug Administration
Bethesda, Maryland
N. Regina Rabinovich, M.D.
Conference Co-Chair
Kenneth L. Rock, M.D.
Chair, Department of Pathology
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts
Philip K. Russell, M.D.
Member, Scientific Program Committee
Howard R. Six, M.D.
Member, Scientific Program Committee
Jonathan F. Smith, Ph.D.
Chief, Department of Viral Biology
Virology Division
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
Fort Detrick, Maryland
Douglas B. Young, Ph.D.
Fleming Professor of Medical Microbiology
Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology
Imperial College School of Medicine
London, United Kingdom
*Speakers and presentations subject to change
Conference Co-Chairs
Paul-Henri Lambert, M.D.
Chief, Vaccine Research and Development
Global Programme for Vaccines and Immunization
World Health Organization
Geneva, Switzerland
William J. Martone, M.D.
Senior Executive Director
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
Bethesda, Maryland
Peter L. Nara, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer for Research and Development
Biological Mimetics, Inc.
Frederick, Maryland
and
President
International Society for Vaccines
Manassas, Virginia
N. Regina Rabinovich, M.D.
Chief, Clinical Studies Section
Clinical and Regulatory Affairs Branch
Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
Bruce G. Weniger, M.D.
Assistant Chief for Vaccine Development
Vaccine Safety and Development Activity
National Immunization Program
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia
Roy Widdus, Ph.D.
Coordinator
Children's Vaccine Initiative
Geneva, Switzerland
Kathryn C. Zoon, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
Food and Drug Administration
Rockville, Maryland
Scientific Program Committee
Robert F. Breiman, M.D.
Director, National Vaccine Program Office
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia
Richard J. Duma, M.D., Ph.D.
Director of Infectious Diseases
Halifax Medical Center
Daytona Beach, Florida
Colonel Charles H. Hoke, Jr., M.D., M.C.
Director, Military Infectious Disease Research Program
U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
Fort Detrick, Maryland
Paul-Henri Lambert, M.D.
Conference Co-Chair
Myron M. Levine, M.D., D.T.P.H.
Professor and Director, Center for Vaccine Development
University of Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland
Brian W.J. Mahy, Ph.D., Sc.D.
Director, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases
National Center for Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia
William J. Martone, M.D.
Conference Co-Chair
Peter L. Nara, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Conference Co-Chair
Peter R. Paradiso, Ph.D.
Vice President, Scientific Affairs and Research Strategy
Wyeth-Lederle Vaccines and Pediatrics
West Henrietta, New York
Gregory A. Poland, M.D.
Chair, Mayo Vaccine Research Group
Mayo Clinic and Foundation
Rochester, Minnesota
N. Regina Rabinovich, M.D.
Conference Co-Chair
Philip K. Russell, M.D.
Albert B. Sabin Vaccine Institute, Inc. at Georgetown University
Washington, D.C.
Howard R. Six, M.D.
Vice President, Research & Development
Pasteur Mérieux Connaught
Swiftwater, Pennsylvania
Thomas M. Vernon, M.D.
Executive Director, Medical, Scientific, and Public Health Affairs
Merck Vaccine Division
West Point, Pennsylvania
Bruce G. Weniger, M.D.
Conference Co-Chair
Roy Widdus, Ph.D.
Conference Co-Chair
Kathryn C. Zoon, Ph.D.
Conference Co-Chair