{"57349":{"#nid":"57349","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Professor Kosal studies Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Southeast","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EINTA Professor Margaret Kosal attended a June conference on \u003Cem\u003EFactors Influencing Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Southeast\u003C\/em\u003E. The conference was sponsored by the Southeastern Center for Emerging Biologic Threats (SECEBT) led by Emory University including 31 university, public health, and governmental collaborators with experience in disease control and prevention.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETopics discussed included demographic patterns affecting disease emergence, global migration implications for the southeast, waterborne disease risk and climate change, vectorborne diseases old and new, and foodborne disease issues.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFollowing the conference, Professor Kosal participated in an invitation-only workshop, the \u003Cem\u003ESoutheast Region Tabletop Exercise\u003C\/em\u003E, that will include academics, state health officials, laboratory directors, state and public health veterinarians, and representatives of federal organizations. They identified the issues that arise during a multi-state outbreak in the southeast in order to analyze and alleviate gaps in existing procedures.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"INTA Professor Margaret Kosal attended a June conference on \u0022Factors in Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Southeast\u0022. The conference was sponsored by the Southeastern Center for Emerging Biologic Threats (SECEBT) led by Emory University.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Professor Kosal studies emerging infectious diseases in the SE"}],"uid":"27184","created_gmt":"2009-07-02 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:46","author":"Jene Gladstone","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-06-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-06-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"57350":{"id":"57350","type":"image","title":"Professor Margaret E. Kosal","body":null,"created":"1449175327","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:42:07","changed":"1475894342","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:02","alt":"Professor Margaret E. Kosal","file":{"fid":"190593","name":"trj51086.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/trj51086.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/trj51086.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":13962,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/trj51086.jpg?itok=ztCL77AX"}}},"media_ids":["57350"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.secebt.org\/uploads\/documents\/SECBT%20FIEID%20flyer.pdf","title":"Emory University Link"}],"groups":[{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1003","name":"Infectious diseases"},{"id":"851","name":"INTA"},{"id":"922","name":"Kosal"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EAngela Levin\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECISTP\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=al101\u0022\u003EContact Angela Levin\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-3199\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["Angela.Levin@inta.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}