February 13, 2019

7:00 am – 5:00 pm Registration

9:00 am – 4:00 pm Exhibits

Moderators: Robert Ellis, PhD, CBSP, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Julie Johnson, PhD, CBSP, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

8:00 – 8:30 am

Foot and Mouth Disease (PDF, 13MB)

Luis Rodriguez, DVM, PhD, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Orient Point, NY

8:30 – 9:00 am

Rabies (PDF, 13MB)

Mathew Muturi, DVM, Kenya Zoonotic Disease Unit, Ministry of Health and Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Nairobi, Kenya

9:00 – 9:30 am
Coxiella burnetii and Q Fever: Challenges & Opportunities
Stephen White, PhD, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pullman, WA

Moderators: Robert Ellis, PhD, CBSP, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Julie Johnson, PhD, CBSP, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

10:00 – 10:30 am

Leptospirosis (watch the video)

Michael Lappin, DVM, PhD, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

10:30 – 11:00 am
Emerging Crop Diseases and Food Security
James Stack, PhD, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

11:00 – 11:30 am

Occupational Health Laboratory to Field (PDF, 3MB)

Lee Wugofski, MD, MPH, FACOEM, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, San Francisco, CA

Moderators: Robert Ellis, PhD, CBSP, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Julie Johnson, PhD, CBSP, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

1:00 – 1:30 pm
Weissellosis: An Emerging Disease of Farmed Rainbow Trout
Tim Welch, PhD, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Kearneysville, WV

1:30 – 3:00 pm
Panel: Risk Assessment Scenarios
David White, DVM, PhD, RBP, DACVM, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Ames, IA
Bruce Whitney, PhD, Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX
Susan Harper, DVM, DACLAM, DACVPM, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD
Dee Zimmerman, Galveston, TX

After completing this session, participants will be able to:

• Recognize the broad implications of worldwide risks posed by specific infectious diseases
• Discuss challenges in mitigating infectious disease risks to animals, humans and crops
• Implement risk analysis to define potential mitigation measures
• Apply knowledge gained to formulate risk mitigation plans for individual infectious disease situations locally, nationally and globally

Moderator: John Balog, RBP, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Food Defense Authorities and Response (PDF, 3MB)

LeeAnne Jackson, PhD, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, College Park, MD

4:00 – 4:30 pm

Community Outreach Risks (PDF, 29MB)

Connie Holubar, MBA, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX

4:30 – 5:30 pm
Gene Editing/Gene Therapy and Dealing with Regulatory Pathways

4:30 – 4:45pm

Federal Roles for Products of Biotechnology & USDA’s Plan Biotechnology Program (PDF, 796KB)

Biotechnology Regulatory Service (BRS)—U.S. Department of Agriculture
Michael Firko, PhD, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Riverdale, MD

4:45 – 5:00 pm

FDA Regulation of Animals with Intentionally Altered Genomic DNA (PDF, 3MB)

Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM)—U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Laura Epstein, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD

5:00 – 5:15 pm

Regulatory Pathway for Replicating Recombinant Veterinary Biologics (PDF, 424KB)

Center for Veterinary Biologics (CVB)—U.S. Department of Agriculture
Paul Hauer, DVM, PhD, U.S. Department of Agriculture—APHIS, Ames, IA

5:15 – 5:30 pm
Question and Answer

After completing this session, participants will be able to:

• Identify the risks of community outreach
• Restate the ways of engaging with regulatory institutions regarding gene editing and gene therapy
• Define food defense