Hepatitis C Diagnostic Summit 2016

Hep C Diagnostic Summit 2016 - Session I

Welcome - Jonathan Mermin, MD, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, CDC
Opening remarks & Setting the Stage for the Summit - John Ward, MD, Division of Viral Hepatitis, CDC

Session I: Diagnosis and Management of Current HCV Infection – From HCV Testing to Cure
Moderators: Michael Fried, MD and Daniel Johnson, MD

Testing for diagnosis of current HCV infection
Lesley Miller, MD, Emory University School of Medicine/Grady Hospital

Testing for management and monitoring of anti-viral therapy
Adrian Di Bisceglie, MD, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO

Testing for relapse versus re-infection and on-going exposures
Brian Edlin, MD, Medical officer, NCHHSTP, CDC

Testing of high-risk and special populations
W. Ray Kim, MD, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA

HCV national surveillance
Scott Holmberg, MD, Division of Viral Hepatitis, CDC

Roundtable of speakers with Q&As

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Hep C Diagnostic Summit 2016 - Session II

Session II: HCV Diagnostics: the Clinical and Public Health Laboratory Setting - Policy, Practice and Data
Moderators: Bernie Branson, MD and Jeffrey Engel, MD

Testing practices and platforms, and challenges in implementing CDC’s updated hepatitis C testing guidelines
LabCorp - Christos Petropoulos, PhD
Quest Diagnostics - Rick Pesano, MD, PhD
Cleveland Clinic - Belinda Yen-Lieberman, PhD

Use of commercial lab data for public health action
Susan Hariri, PhD, Division of Viral Hepatitis, CDC

Roundtable of speakers with Q&As

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Hep C Diagnostic Summit 2016 - Session III

Session III: Expanding Access to Quality HCV Diagnostics Globally Especially in Resource-limited Settings
Moderators: Claudia Denkinger, MD and John Ward, MD

Overview of global gaps in diagnostics
Francisco Averhoff, MD, Division of Viral Hepatitis, CDC

Efforts to improve and make HCV Diagnostics affordable globally
Claudia Denkinger, MD, Tuberculosis and Hepatitis Program, FIND

The pursuit of ‘good enough’ in hepatitis C diagnostics
Camila Graham, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

MSF experience with HCV screening, care and monitoring
Anne Loarec, MD, Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors without Borders

Development of WHO standards for HCV NATs
Julia Kreß, PhD, Paul Ehrlich Institute

CDC’s efforts in improving diagnostics: development of proficiency panels
Saleem Kamili, PhD, Division of Viral Hepatitis, CDC

Roundtable of speakers with Q&As

Closing remarks
John Ward, MD, Division of Viral Hepatitis, CDC

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Hep C Diagnostic Summit 2016 - Session IV

Opening remarks - John Ward, MD, Division of Viral Hepatitis, CDC

Session IV: HCV Diagnostics – New and Improved Technologies
Moderators: Saleem Kamili, PhD and Steve Lovell, PhD

Current diagnostic landscape in HCV
Bernie Branson, MD, Scientific Affairs

HCV core antigen Assay
George Dawson, PhD, Abbott

Point-of-care HCV antibody assays
Michael Reed, PhD, Orasure

Point-of-care HCV core antigen test development
Hong Qi, PhD, Qoo labs

Point-of-care HCV RNA test
Tanya Applegate, PhD, Kirby Institute, UNSW, AU

Integrated testing for multiple pathogens - Virome analysis
Christiane Honisch, PhD, Illumina

Roundtable of speakers with Q&As

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Hep C Diagnostic Summit 2016 - Session V - Morning

Session V: U.S. Public Health role in HCV Detection, Investigation and Response
Moderator: Carolyn Wester, MD, MPH

Public Health Lab Capacity in the United States
Anne Gaynor, PhD, Association of Public Health Laboratories

Challenges in using Laboratory Developed Tests in HCV Diagnostics
Monica Parker, PhD, New York State Department of Health

Regulatory issues in diagnostic development
Steve Lovell, PhD, FDA

Cost-effectiveness of various HCV testing strategies
Michael Chapko, PhD, University of Washington

Roundtable of speakers with Q/A

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Hep C Diagnostic Summit 2016 - Session V - Afternoon

Session V: U.S. Public Health role in HCV Detection, Investigation and Response
Moderator: Greg Armstrong, MD

Evolving a state laboratory diagnostic capacity during an HCV outbreak
Fengxiang Gao, PhD, New Hampshire State Department of Health

Next Generation Sequencing Technology
Lilia Ganova-Raeva, PhD, Division of Viral Hepatitis, CDC

GHOST – outbreak investigations and molecular surveillance
Yury Khudyakov, PhD, Division of Viral Hepatitis, CDC

Implementation of GHOST – a Pilot site
Linda Thomas, MS, Tennessee State Department of Health

Roundtable of speakers with Q/A

Panel Discussion: Key programmatic and policy issues impacting health departments in regards to hepatitis C
Carolyn Wester, MD, MPH; Doug Thoroughman, PhD, MS; Liisa M. Randall, PhD

Wrap-up and closing remarks
John Ward, MD, Division of Viral Hepatitis, CDC

Hepatitis C Diagnostic Summit Brochure[PDF - 4 pages]

Speakers and Moderators

Tanya Applegate, PhD
Francisco Averhoff, MD
Adrian Di Bisceglie, MD
Bernie Branson, MD
Michael Chapko, PhD
George Dawson, PhD
Claudia Denkinger, MD
Brian Edlin, MD
Jeffrey Engel, MD
Michael Fried, MD
Anne Gaynor, PhD
Lilia Ganova-Raeva, PhD
Fengxiang Gao, PhD
Camila Graham, MD
Susan Hariri, PhD
Scott Holmberg, MD
Christiane Honisch, PhD
Daniel Johnson, MD
Saleem Kamili, PhD
Yury Khudyakov, PhD

W. Ray Kim, MD
Maja Kodani, PhD
Julia Kreß, PhD
Anne Loarec, MD
Steve Lovell, PhD
Lesley Miller, MD
Monica Parker, PhD
Rick Pesano, MD, PhD
Christos Petropoulos, PhD
Hong Qi, PhD
Liisa M. Randall, PhD.
Michael Reed, MD
Linda Thomas, MS
Doug Thoroughman, PhD, MS
John W. Ward, MD
Carolyn Wester, MD, MPH
Belinda Yen-Lieberman, PhD

Speaker Bios[PDF - 2 pages]

Organizing Committee

Saleem Kamili, PhD
Division of Viral Hepatitis, CDC

John W. Ward, MD
Division of Viral Hepatitis, CDC

Anne M. Gaynor, PhD
Association of Public Health Laboratories

Claudia Denkinger, MD
Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics

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Page last updated: April 3, 2017
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