Point-of-Care Diagnostics for Communicable Diseases

Session Chair(s)

• JD

  Jessilyn Dunn, PhD

  Principal Investigator
  Duke University, United States
• GC

  Gulden Camci-Unal (she/her/hers)

  Associate Professor
  University of Massachusetts Lowell
  Lowell, Massachusetts, United States

Track Chair(s)

• JD

  Jessilyn Dunn, PhD

  Principal Investigator
  Duke University, United States
• GC

  Gulden Camci-Unal (she/her/hers)

  Associate Professor
  University of Massachusetts Lowell
  Lowell, Massachusetts, United States

Presentations:

• 8:30 AM – 8:42 AM EST

  A Novel Point-of-Care Approach for Cytokine Detection in Latent Tuberculosis Using Enzymatic Metallization: Cost-Effective and High-Throughput Method for Resource-Limited Settings
  

  Co-Author: Balazs Kaszala, BS – Massachusetts General Hospital

  Co-Author: Kanz Elkhiyari – Georgia Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Asma Hashim (she/her/hers) – Georgia Institute of Technology

  Presenting Author: Aniruddh Sarkar, PhD – Georgia Institute of Technology
• 8:42 AM – 8:54 AM EST

  A Single-tier Multiplexed Lyme Disease Assay Enhanced by Machine Learning
  

  Presenting Author: Rajesh Ghosh, PhD (he/him/his) – University of California, Los Angeles

  Co-Author: Hyou-Arm Joung, PhD – UCLA

  Co-Author: Artem Goncharov, MS – University of California, Los Angeles

  Co-Author: Barath Palanisamy (he/him/his) – University of California, Los Angeles

  Co-Author: Wesley Luk (he/him/his) – UCLA

  Co-Author: Kevin Ngo – University of California, Los Angeles

  Co-Author: Elizabeth Horn – Bay Area Lyme Foundation

  Co-Author: Paul Arnaboldi – New York Medical College

  Co-Author: Raymond Dattwyler – New York Medical College

  Co-Author: Omai Garner – UCLA Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

  Primary Investigator: Dino Di Carlo, PhD – University of California, Los Angeles

  Co-Author: Aydogan Ozcan, PhD – University of California, Los Angeles
• 8:54 AM – 9:06 AM EST

  Colorimetric, fluorescent, and electrochemical triple-mode sensing strategy for point-of-care HPV molecular diagnostics
  

  Presenting Author: Duc Anh Thai, PhD (he/him/his) – Mayo Clinic

  Co-Author: Jing Liu, PhD (she/her/hers) – Mayo Clinic

  Last Author: Yuguang Liu, PhD – Mayo Clinic
• 9:06 AM – 9:18 AM EST

  Development of a rapid antigen-based lateral flow assay for tick-borne spotted fever rickettsioses
  

  Presenting Author: Richard C. Willson, MS, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Houston

  Co-Author: Yingxin Zhao – UTMB

  Co-Author: Kristen Brosamer – University of Houston

  Co-Author: Yogita Pal – University of Houston

  Co-Author: Lucas Blanton – UTMB

  Co-Author: Esteban Arroyave – UTMB

  Co-Author: Carsen Roach – UTMB

  Co-Author: David H. Walker – UTMB

  Co-Author: Katerina Kourentzi, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Houston- CHBE

  Last Author: Rong Fang – UTMB
• 9:18 AM – 9:30 AM EST

  Highly‐Specific Single‐Stranded Oligonucleotides and Functional Nanoprobes for Clinical Determination of Chlamydia Trachomatis and Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Infections
  

  Presenting Author: Ketan Dighe – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Parikshit Moitra, PhD (he/him/his) – IISER Berhampur

  Co-Author: Nivetha Gunaseelan – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Maha Alafeef – Jordan University of Science and Technology

  Co-Author: Tor W. Jensen, PhD – Cancer Centre University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

  Co-Author: Carla Rafferty – Carle Foundation Hospital

  Primary Investigator: Dipanjan Pan – Penn State
• 9:30 AM – 9:42 AM EST

  Integration of a Reverse Transcription Loop Isothermal Amplification of HCV RNA and a Lateral Flow Test for true point-of-care detection of Hepatitis C
  

  Presenting Author: Samantha Samantha (she/her/hers) – Purdue University

  Primary Investigator: Jacqueline C. Linnes, PhD (she/her/hers) – Purdue University

  Co-Author: Eddy Odari – Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

  Co-Author: Natalia M. Rodriguez, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Purdue University
• 9:42 AM – 10:00 AM EST

  Point-of-Care Differential Diagnosis of Hemorrhagic Fevers
  

  Presenting Author: Wenting Gao – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Iftak Hussain, PhD – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Thea Nikolaou (she/her/hers) – Cornell University

  Primary Investigator: David Erickson – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Keersten ricks – United States Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases