Conference on Food Safety and Public Health Frontier:
Minimizing Antibiotic Resistance Transmission through the Food Chain
April 2-3, 2009, Washington DC
Conference Venue:
Embassy Suites- Crystal City - National Airport
1300 Jefferson Davis Highway.
Arlington, VA 22202
Tel: 1-703-979-9799
Fax: 1-703-920-5947
Conference Scope:
The occurrence of antibiotic resistant microbes in the food chain is becoming a global food safety and public health concern. The goal of this conference is to bring together scientists from academia, government agencies and industry to address this issue. The conference will provide a multidisciplinary platform to address the antibiotic resistance (AR) issue as it relates to the food chain, focusing on commensal bacteria and pathogenic bacteria in AR evolution, maintenance and transmission. The conference will discuss risk assessment and AR reduction strategies, propose future research directions, and develop education and outreach approaches for the industry, regulators, public health authorities and consumers to combat the AR problem worldwide.
Session Topics:
● Antibiotic resistance in microbial communities
● Antibiotic resistance in the food chain
● Antibiotic resistance transmission and persistence
● Risk management approaches
● Extension and outreach: integrated control strategies
Organization Committee:
Hua H. Wang, Ph.D. (Co-Chair)
Food Science, Microbiology, Human Nutrition
The Ohio State University
John Sofos, Ph.D. (Co-Chair)
Center for Meat Safety & Quality
Food Safety Cluster
Colorado State University
Thaddeus B. Stanton, Ph.D. (Co-Chair)
National Animal Disease Center
USDA-ARS
Timothy J. Buckley, Ph.D.
School of Public Health
The Ohio State University
Michael P. Doyle, Ph.D.
Center for Food Safety
University of Georgia
D. Ramkishan Rao, Ph.D. (ad hoc member, NIFSI program officer)
Food Safety, Processing Technology
CSREES, USDA
Donald W. Schaffner, Ph.D.
Food Science and Nutrition
The State University of New Jersey-Rutgers
Thomas R. Shryock, Ph.D.
Elanco Animal Health
Eli Lilly and Company
Mary E.
Torrence, DVM, Ph.D., DACVPM
Food Safety, National Program
ARS, USDA
Qijing Zhang, Ph.D., BVSc
Veterinary Microbiology & Preventive Medicine
Iowa State University
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Registration
-Discounted registration rate by 01/30/2009
Due to request, abstract submission deadline has been extended to March 1, 2009
-Abstract submission guidelines
-In order to get the group rate, please use group code “UDA” for your reservation.
Contacts for questions
Share Discoveries ● Meet Colleagues ● Provide Inputs to the Funding Agency ● Combat the AR Challenge
Co-sponsored by USDA-CSREES, OARDC, OSU extension