THE HELMINTHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

676TH MEETING—OCTOBER 27, 2001

PARASITOLOGY IN SCIENCE AND SOCIETY

 

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

S. Dillon Ripley Center of the South Quadrangle

Room 3111

 

1 PM  Welcome and Opening Remarks

                Dr. Dennis J. Richardson, President  The Helminthological Society of Washington

 

1:15  The American Institute of Biological Sciences

            Dr. Richard T. O’Grady, Executive Director

 

1:30  National Institutes of Health

            Dr. Stephanie L. James, Chief, Parasitology and International Programs 

 

1:45  The United States Department of Agriculture

            Dr. Eric P. Hoberg, Curator, US National Parasite Collection

 

2:00  The United States Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey

            Dr. Rebecca A. Cole, Parasitologist, National Wildlife Health Center

 

2:15  The United States Department of Defense

             Lieutenant Commander Allen L. Richards, Ph.D., U.S. Navy Microbiologist

 

2:30     The American Society of Parasitologists

            Dr. Sharon Patton, President

 

2:45  The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

            Dr. Peter J. Hotez, Councilor

 

3:00  BREAK

 

3:30  American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists

            Dr. Joe Urban, President-elect

 

3:45  Canadian Zoological Society

            Dr. John Barta, Representative of Parasitology Section

 

4:00  Society of Nematologists

            Dr. Robert I. Bolla, President

 

4:15  Society of Protozoologists

            Dr. Richard E. Clopton, Representative

 

4:30  The Helminthological Society of Washington

            Dr. Dennis J. Richardson, President

 

4:45  Open Discussion and Questions from the floor

 

5:00  Adjournment:  Wine and cheese reception (5:00-6:00)