March 1 Dinner Club

The Tropical Medicine Dinner Club is excited to announce the next event of the 2016-2017 season!

March 1, 2017
“How the pursuit of neglected infections can drive global febrile disease discovery”Stephen Dumler, M.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

“Catalytic Antibodies, a new factor in monoclonal antibody therapeutic development against Cryptococcus neoformans infection”
Maggie Wear, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology

The event will take place 6 PM - 8:30 PM at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health - W1030, Anna Baetjer Room.

Deadline to RSVP is 5 PM on Wednesday, February 22. Reservations are accepted on a first-come first-serve basis and seating is limited. Please email maryann.smith@jhu.edu to reserve your spot.

Payments for the meal should be made as you enter the lecture/dining area. Please plan to pay with check (made out to "JHU") or with cash (please try to have exact change).

• $25 for Tropical Medicine Dinner Club members (to learn more about how to become a member, check out this site: Membership Information)
• $30 for Visitors
• $15 for Residents, Fellows, Research Associates and Spouses
• $10 for Students -- students can receive a discounted dinner by prepaying with a credit card by Sept 30. Use this form.

Make sure to check out the TMDC facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=tropical%20medicine%20dinner%20club

Zika: Should We Be Worried? on November 9

The Tropical Medicine Dinner Club is excited to announce the second event of the 2016-2017 season. This year we have a small modification to our events this year - each guest speaker will be preceded by a short presentation by an exceptional student. 

November 9, 2016
"Zika: Should We Be Worried?"
Scott Halstead, MD
Adjunct Professor
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences 

Student Presenter: Hugo Jhun
"Probing the Necessity of the Lipoate Cofactor in Plasmodium"
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Department of Molecular Microbiology

Event will take place 6 PM - 8:30 PM at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health - W1030, Anna Baetjer Room.

Deadline to RSVP is 5 PM on Friday, November 4. Reservations are accepted on a first-come first-serve basis and seating is limited. Please email maryann.smith@jhu.edu to reserve your spot. 

Payments for the meal should be made as you enter the lecture/dining area. Please plan to pay with check (made out to "JHU") or with cash (please try to have exact change). 

• $25 for Tropical Medicine Dinner Club members (to learn more about how to become a member, check out this site: Membership Information)
• $30 for Visitors
• $15 for Residents, Fellows, Research Associates and Spouses
• $10 for Students -- students can receive a discounted dinner by prepaying with a credit card by Sept 30. Use this form.

Make sure to check out the TMDC facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=tropical%20medicine%20dinner%20club

Thank You!

Thanks to everyone who joined us last night and learned a little more about Dengue vaccines! We hope to see you at our next event! 

A great turnout for our first event of the year! 

Speakers: Dr. Anna Durbin and Amanda Balaban

Scott Halstead gives his two cents. 

Dengue Vaccines Dinner Club - October 5

There are only a few spots remaining for our event on October 5!

Deadline to RSVP is 5 PM on Friday, September 30. Reservations are accepted on a first-come first-serve basis and seating is limited. Please email maryann.smith@jhu.edu to reserve your spot. 

2016-2017 Speaker Series

The Tropical Medicine Dinner Club is excited to announce the first event of the 2016-2017 season. This year we have a small modification to our events - each guest speaker will be preceded by a short presentation by an exceptional student. 

October 5, 2016
"The State of Dengue Vaccine Development: Do we or don't we have a vaccine?"
Anna Durbin, MD
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Department of International Health, Division of Global Disease Epidemiology and Control

Student Presenter: Amanda Balaban, BS
"Investigation of the function of the CSP repeat region: target of the malaria vaccine"
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Department of Molecular Microbiology

Event will take place 6 PM - 8:30 PM at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health - W1030, Anna Baetjer Room.

Deadline to RSVP is 5 PM on Friday, September 30. Reservations are accepted on a first-come first-serve basis and seating is limited. Please email maryann.smith@jhu.edu to reserve your spot. 

Payments for the meal should be made as you enter the lecture/dining area. Please plan to pay with check (made out to "JHU") or with cash (please try to have exact change). 

• $25 for Tropical Medicine Dinner Club members (to learn more about how to become a member, check out this site: Membership Information)
• $30 for Visitors
• $15 for Residents, Fellows, Research Associates and Spouses
• $10 for Students -- students can receive a discounted dinner by prepaying with a credit card by Sept 30. Use this form.

Please check out the TMDC facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=tropical%20medicine%20dinner%20club