23rd Annual Salzman Symposium Set

Former NIAID senior investigator Dr. Kanta Subbarao will deliver the 2021 keynote.

The 23rd Annual Norman P. Salzman Memorial Symposium in Basic and Clinical Virology will be held virtually on Monday, Nov. 8 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET. The event, featuring speakers prominent in the virology field, honors the 40-year career of Dr. Norman P. Salzman in virology research. In addition, winners of the Salzman Memorial Awards in Basic and Clinical Virology for young investigators will be presented at the symposium, which is coordinated by the Salzman organizing committee, the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health and the NIH virology interest group. 

This year’s keynote will be given by former NIAID senior investigator Dr. Kanta Subbarao, director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne.

Other speakers include:

• Dr. Cedric Feschotte, professor of molecular biology and genetics at Cornell University
• Dr. Scott E. Hensley, professor of microbiology and director, Penn-CEIRR at University of Pennsylvania
• Dr. Suchetana (Tuli) Mukhopadhyay, professor of biology and director of graduate studies, biology, at Indiana University
• Dr. Smita Patel, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Rutgers University

For details, email committee chair Dr. Paolo Lusso (plusso@niaid.nih.gov) or Janelle Lewis of FNIH (jlewis@fnih.org).

Individuals with disabilities who need sign language interpreters and/or reasonable accommodation to participate in this virtual event should email jlewis@fnih.org or phone (301) 594-2919 and/or the Federal Relay (1-800-877-8339).