2018 Fregly Mosquito Borne Illness Symposium Schedule
October 4- events occur in Smathers Room 100 unless otherwise noted
8:00- 8:30 Registration and breakfast
8:30- 9:00 Opening remarks- Judith Russell
9:00- 9:45 Plenary: Gordon Patterson talk--"Waging War on the Insect Menace: The Devil Lies in the Details"
9:45-10:00 Break
10:00-12:00 CoLab
12:00-12:15 pick up boxed lunches
12:15-1:15 Lunch and table discussion- topics raised during CoLab
1:15-1:30 Break
1:30- 2:30 Tour of Smathers library
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-3:45 Plenary: Jeff Stancil talk--"The War on Bugs: The Role of the United States Military in Medical Entomology"
4:15-5:15 Marston tour
6:00 Reception- HSC Founders Gallery
October 5 Events occur in the Health Science Center unless otherwise noted
8:00: 8:30 Breakfast--Medical Science Building Auditorium Rm 6120
8:30- 9:00 Opening remarks, Melissa Rethlefsen-- Stetson Medical Sciences Building Auditorium Rm 6120
9:00-9:45 Plenary: Dr. Phil Lounibos talk--"From Forest to Favela: Hitchhiking of Vector Mosquitoes and Viral Pathogens with Human Migrants throughout History" --Stetson Medical Sciences Building Auditorium Rm 6120
9:45-10:00 Break
10:00-10:45 Plenary: Dr. Chelsea Smartt talk--“Control the mosquito, control the disease: understanding mosquito vector-virus interactions ”-- Stetson Medical Sciences Building Auditorium Rm 6120
11:00-12:00 HSC Library tour and viewing student art in the HSC Founders Gallery
12:15-2:15 Lunch and historical film screening--Communicore Lecture Hall C1-11
2:15-3:00 Discussion on film--Communicore Lecture Hall C1-11
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-4:15 Panel discussion--Communicore Lecture Hall C1-11
The symposium will include a screening of the film Jezebel. Much of the 1938 film, starring Bette Davis and Henry Fonda, takes place in New Orleans during a yellow fever epidemic in the 1850s. A discussion on race, film, and disease will follow the screening.