Infectious Diseases

There’s a Fungus Among Us! Next-Generation Molecular Testing in Diagnostic Mycology

Program Committee Moderator(s)

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  Ryan Relich, PhD

  Medical Director, IU Health Division of Clinical Microbiology Medical Director, IU Health Donor Screening Laboratory Medical Director, IU Health Special Pathogens Unit Laboratory Associate Medical Director, IU Health Division of Molecular Pathology Associate Professor, Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (IU School of Medicine)
  Indiana University School of Medicine and Indiana University Health
  Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Co-Moderator (Early Career)(s)

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  Marie Smithgall, MD (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology
  Columbia University Medical Center
  New York, New York, United States

Session

Description: This topic will focus on molecular mycology and will include information regarding the use and interpretation of targeted nucleic acid tests and next-generation sequencing for pathogenic fungus detection and identification, pathogen characterization, and the roles of these methods in fungal disease surveillance.

Presentations:

• 1:15 PM – 2:00 PM PST

  Novel Molecular Approaches to Fungal Disease Diagnostics
  

  Breakout Speaker: Sean Zhang, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
• 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM PST

  The Global Burden of Fungal Diseases: An Urgent Need for Advanced Diagnostics
  

  Breakout Speaker: Paschalis Vergidis, MD, MSc (he/him/his) – Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science