One Health One Medicine Symposium

in Celebration of SGUs 40th Anniversary

Incorporating the

17th Research Day and 6th Phi Zeta Research Emphasis Day

October 21st/22nd, 2017

Keith B. Taylor Hall St. Georges University True Blue Campus Grenada

P R O G R A M (www.sgu.edu/research/research-day/)

Day 1 - Saturday 21st October 2017 7:30-8:00am Registration Lower Lobby online registration available from 1st October.

Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/one-health-one-medicine-symposiumresearch-day-tickets-38513470828. Please register for Saturday and/or Sunday separately. Online registration prior to the event will help gage numbers for lunches etc. Your cooperation is appreciated.

7:30-8:00am Breakfast (Upper Taylor Hall [UTH]) 8:008:15am Official group photograph of participants (UTH) 8:158:45am Welcome Joe Childers (Provost) (UTH) Research at SGU Calum Macpherson (Director of Research) (UTH) IRB Report Maira Du Plesis (IRB Chair)(UTH) IACUC Report Karin Kalchofner Guerrero (IACUC Chair)(UTH) 8:459:05am Plenary 1 (UTH) Chair: Calum Macpherson

Pseudo-Journals: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention of a Predatory Disease Paul J. Fields, PhD

9:059:25am Plenary 2 (UTH)

Zoonoses: Our Blind Spot of One Health One Medicine- Satesh Bidaisee, DVM, MPH, Ed.D, Richard Kabuusu, BVM, MPH, PhD, Andrea Easter Pilcher PhD, Calum Macpherson, PhD

9:259:40am Coffee Break (UTH) 9:4012:00pm Breakout Sessions 1A & 2A (Red East Wing); 1B & 2B (Blue West Wing)

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Breakout Session 1A Chair: Melinda Wilkerson Rapporteur: Alfred Chikweto 9:4010:00am Plenary 3 One Health One Medicine In Action Neil C. Olson, DVM, PhD 10:0010:15am Preliminary results of the Grenada Ehrlichia prevention study. A Fall 2017

update- Anne Corrigan, Marta Lanza-Perea L. Keim, S. Quinn, N. Always, F. Ivaldi, L. Peters, Bhumika Sharma, Kathryn Gibson, and Arend H. Werners

10:1510:30am Grenada Gone Viral: Dengue V, Chikungunya V and Zika V- Paul J. Fields, Trevor P. Nol, Satesh Bidaisee, George Mitchell, Todd E. Myers, William M. Nelson, Nishanth Parameswaran, Kodumudi Venkateswaran , Katherine Yearwood, Veronica Mapp-Alexander, Desiree LaBeaud, Calum N. L. Macpherson

10:3010:45am Chikungunya Infection during Gestation: Impact on Pregnancy and Neonatal Outcomes- Randall Waechter, Priyanka Suresh, Amy Krystosik, Nikita Cudjoe, Toni Murray,Rashida Isaac, George Mitchell, Trevor Nol, Barbara Landon, A. Desiree LaBeaud

Breakout Session 2A Chair: Katherine Gibson Rapporteur: Victor Amadi 10:4511:00am Disparities between morphological and genetic identification of bats captured

in Grenada from 2016-2017- Sonia Cheetham, Marcy Kanuka, Amanda Bevans, Kathleen Parker, Cassandra Tang Wing, Christine Cornish and Dan Fitzpatrick

11:0011:15am Molecular Screening of Zika and Dengue Viruses in Bats (Artibeus spp., Glossophaga longirostris and Molossus molossus) from Grenada, West Indies.- Marcy Kanuka, Ashley Malmlov, Christine Cornish, Kathleen Parker, Cassandra Tang Wing, Diana Stone, Tony Schountz and Sonia Cheetham

11:1511:30am Tick-borne rickettsial pathogens detection in dogs, cattle, sheep and goats in Grenada- Andy Alhassan, Bhumika Sharma, Alok Desai, Vanessa Mathew, Arend H.Werners, Inga Karesk, Kathryn Gibson, Melinda Wilkerson and Roman Ganta

11:3011:45pm PCR-based bloodmeal analysis of Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes in St. George Parish, Grenada- Daniel Fitzpatrick, Lindsey Hattaway, Andy Hsueh, Andrew Kushnir, Maria Ramos-Nino, Sonia Cheetham

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11:45-12:00pm PCR-based identification of Trypanosoma cruzi and host-feeding preferences of triatomine bug vectors caught in Trinidad- Alexandra Eakes, Daniel Fitzpatrick, Rod Suepaul, Jennifer K. Peterson

Breakout Session 1B Chair: Wendy Crawford Rapporteur: Annie Gill 9:409:55am Aesthetics and National Identity: Grenadas 19th-century bricks?- Oliver

Benoit

9:5510:10am Evaluation of Alternatives: A program providing an option to the incarceration of male Juveniles in Grenada - Wendy Romain

10:1010:25am Momento Mori -Remember you must die Morbidity in England and Celebration in Grenada - June Douglas

10:2510:40am No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move: An Analysis of the State Funeral of Nobel Laureate, Derek Walcott-Antonia MacDonald

Breakout Session 2B Chair: Ian Baptiste Rapporteur: Jennifer Solomon 10:4010:55am The lessons from the Caribbean, the dichotomy & duality of anti-globalism

and globalization - Reccia Charles & Nazly Nardi

10:5511:10am Consuming the Racial Other: Racial Desire of White Heterosexual Women Students at a Majority Racial-Minority University in California- Karen D. Pyke and Kumiko Nemoto

11:1011:25am A Study of Perceived Value in App-Based Ride-Hailing in Emerging Markets- Alexander Wollenberg, Lidia Waty

11:2511:40pm Personal Wealth and Perceptions of Barriers to Women Entrepreneurship in the State of Alabama: Mediating Effects of Affordable Child Care- Ravi Chinta, Anthony Andall, Shawn Best

11:40 11:55pm Evidence- Based Management of Caribbean Health Systems: Barriers and

Opportunities- Damian E. Greaves 12:001:30pm Lunch/Plenary 4 (UTH) 12:301:20pm Plenary 4 (UTH) Chair: Diana Stone One Health as a Driver to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

Guy Palmer, DVM, PhD

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1:254:00pm Breakout Sessions 3A & 4A (Red East Wing); 3B & 4B (Blue West Wing)

Breakout Session 3A Chair: Sonia Cheetham Rapporteur: Ian Murray 1:251:45pm Plenary 5

School of Arts and Sciences: Research Overview- Andrea Easter-Pilcher, Oliver Benoit, Thompson Cummings, Lucy Eugene, Cristofre Martin, Jennifer Solomon

1:452:00pm Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and X-Ray Spectral Analysis (EDAX) of hillside consolidated soils and rocks from True Blue, Grenada- Ramsey Saunders, David Hinds, Alec St. Bernard

2:002:15pm Fractionation of Pb in contaminated calcareous sediments amended with biosolids and biochar- Kerry Mitchell, Francisco Avelar-Gonzlez, Alma Guerrero-Barrera, Magdalena Ramos-Gmez and Laura Yamamoto-Flores

2:152:30pm The public health impacts of the influx of Sargassum seaweed on the residents of Soubise, Grenada in 2015 - Idis Mark-George, Hugh Sealy, Jezelle McLawrence, Kerry Mitchell, Jerry Enoe

2:302:45pm Incidence and risk factors of wildlife-associated human injuries in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda: a retrospective cohort study- Richard M. Kabuusu, Donna F. Stroup, John B. Amuno, Yusuf Maseruka, Calum N.L. Macpherson

Breakout Session 4A Chair: Cristofre Martin Rapporteur: Leon Radix 2:453:00pm Coral Reef Monitoring in Grenada: a decade of data, collaboration and

student success- Clare Morrall, Robert Anderson, Robert Balzer 3:003:15pm Status of Diadema antillarum populations in Grand Anse Bay, Grenada 30

years after mass mortality- Stephen Nimrod, Andrea Easter-Pilcher, Karl Aiken, Dayne Buddo & Chiara Franco

3:153:30pm Methods And Applications For Marine Turtle Disease Surveillance in

Grenada- Jonnel Edwards, Kate Charles, Kester Charles, Brian Butler, Clare Morral, Dave Marancik

3:303:45pm Micro-plastic in commercially exploited fish from Grenada, West Indies- Michelle Taylor, Denzel Adams, Emily Vogler, Clare Morrall

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3:454:00pm A Comparison of Eight Country Plans for the Invasive Indo-Pacific Lionfish in the Wider Caribbean-Roxanne E. Graham

Breakout Session 3B Chair: Glen Jacobs Rapporteur: Sara Rabie 1:301:45pm Can You Cross Over Safely?: Crafting Robust Research Purpose Statements -

Ian Baptiste

1:452:00pm Student Attention Span of 10 Minutes During Lectures: Myth or Reality?? - Jason Ghandia, Roni Manyevitcha, Blake Bauera, Marisa Delisoa, Shaobo Guan, Ruobing Xia, Aleksandr Myllari, Duncan Kirkby, Kesava Mandalaneni, and Ian V.J. Murray

2:002:15pm Spatio-temporal dynamics of multisensory speech processing: Recordings

from human brain implants- Kristen Berry, Valerie Nunez, Werner Doyle, Callah Boomhaur, Lucia Melloni, Daniel Friedman, Patricia Dugan, Orrin Devinsky, Eric Halgren, & Thomas Thesen

2:152:30pm The Best Learning Space Fit for Active Learning in the Teaching and Learning of Information Technology Courses at the Tertiary Level- Teah Cummings, Thompson Cummings

2:302:45pm The Influences of Student Success and English Skill Modality on the

Metacognitive Judgments of EFL Students - Sharon Hannigan Breakout Session 4B Chair: Diane Salter Rapporteur: Heather Brathwaite 2:453:00pm Preparing English Language Learners to Succeed in Medical School - Emily

Harms 3:003:15pm Language and Culture Training for Peace Corps Volunteers in Grenada- Jill

Paterson 3:153:30pm Considerations on Giving Feedback on CVs and Personal Statements

Halina Stolar, Karina Daniel, Oxana Aghaei 3:303:45pm 3D Printing in the Teaching and Learning of Culinary Arts at the Tertiary

level in Grenada using a systems approach- Thompson Cummings, Akima Ventour, Brionni Banfield

3:454:00pm The effects of pet ownership on academic performance of students at St.

Georges University- Maya Lantz and Satesh Bidaisee

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4:004:15pm Coffee Break (UTH) 4:155:10pm Plenary 6 (UTH) Chair: Antonia McDonald

Obesity Prevention: Health vs Non-Health Solutions Fitzroy Henry, MSc, PhD

5:107:00pm Poster Session (UTH): Electronic Posters should have contributors by their

posters during this time. A wine and cheese reception will accompany the poster session in the UTH

7:00pm Research Day 1 Close

Day 2 - Sunday 22nd October 2017 7:308:00am Registration Lower Lobby online registration available from 1st October.

Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/one-health-one-medicine-symposiumresearch-day-tickets-38513470828. Please register for Saturday and/or Sunday separately. Online registration prior to the event will help gage numbers for lunches etc. Your cooperation is appreciated.

7:30-8:00am Breakfast (UTH) 8:008:50am Plenary 7 (UTH) Chair: Walter Kolbinger

Abuse of Legal Substances for Recreational Purposes: a transcultural phenomenon Chulathida Chomchai, MD, MPH

8:5011:20am Breakout Sessions 5A & 6A (Red East Wing); 5B & 6B (Blue West Wing) Breakout session 5A Chair: Arno Werners Rapporteur: Rhonda Pinckney 8:509:05am The Elimination of the Soil Transmitted Helminths from Grenada and

Beyond- Trevor P. Noel, Paul Fields, Satesh Bidaisee,Joanna Rayner, Rhonda Pinckney, Calum N L Macpherson

9:05-9:20am Puppies pooing in paradise: parasites & public health - Regan Schwartz,

Satesh Bidaisee, Calum Macpherson 9:209:35am Molecular detection of zoonotic Leptospira species in bats in Grenada, West

Indies- Amanda Bevans, Diana Stone, Sonia Cheetham

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9:359:50am Occurrence of Cryptosporidium spp in asymptomatic pigs in Grenada, West Indies -Alfred Chikweto, Harry Hariharan, Claude DeAllie, Keshaw Tiwari, Maxime Derre, Leo Colin, Ravindra Sharma

9:5010:05am Taenia taeniaeformis in brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) in Grenada, West

Indies- Tiwari Keshaw, Sharma Ravindra, Birmingham Kristen, Armstrong Elan, Montanez Andrea, Guy Reneka

Breakout Session 6A Chair: Joanna Rayner Rapporteur: David Marancik 10:0510:20am Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in dogs in Grenada- Josephine A. Afema,

Diana Stone, Victor Amadi, Brian Butler, Kathryn Gibson, Devendra H. Shah, Narayan C. Paul, Lisa P. Jones, Margaret A. Davis

10:2010:35am Serovars and antimicrobial resistance of non-typhoidal Salmonella isolated from non-diarrheic dogs in Grenada -Victor A. Amadi, Harry Hariharan, Gitanjali Arya, Vanessa Matthew-Belmar, Roxanne Nicholas-Thomas, Rhonda Pinckney, Ravindra Sharma, Roger Johnson

10:35-10:50am Effect of non-typhoidal Salmonella infection on risk of malaria parasite transmission in a mouse coinfection model- Lattha Souvannaseng, Rashaun Potts, Gregory Walker, Annica Stull-Lane, Brian P. Butler, Shirley Luckhart, Renee M. Tsolis

10:50-11:05am Comparison of methadone and morphine on regurgitation, gastroesophageal reflux and postoperative analgesia in dogs undergoing ovariohysterectomy- Mercedes Miccio, Andrea Schwarz, Emily Turitto, Rodolfo Bruhl-Day, Paul Fields, Karin Kalchofner

11:05-11:20 am A Secondary Analysis of Drug Treatment Data in Grenada, to Describe the Characteristics of Treatment Seekers and List the Main Drugs Driving Treatment - Elizabeth Japal

Breakout Session 5B Chair: Theresa McCann Rapporteur: Mary Maj 8:509:05am G-Split: When and why cognition bifurcates in neurotypical child

development- Karen Blackmon, Mariam Azam, Sara Lee, Thomas Thesen 9:059:20am Assessing Empathy in the Basic Science Years at St. George's University and

Further Critiques of the Jefferson Empathy Scale- Nagasudha L. Chigurupati, Orrin Main, Yasmeen Mansour, Barbara Landon

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9:209:35am Agreement Between Revised Brunet-Lzine and INTERGROWTH-21st

Neurodevelopmental Assessments- Ashlee Watts, Dr. Randall Waechter, Gerard St. Cyr

9:359:50am Can Auricular acupuncture (AA) significantly reduce waist circumference

and BMI in subjects over and above the placebo effect- Felicity Lillingston 9:50-10:05am Are we poisoning our older patients? The unrecognized risk of polypharmacy

and drug-drug interactions in older Emergency Department attenders in Trinidad and Tobago - Utku Ekin, Judy Wong, Satesh Bidaisee, Darren Dookeeram

Breakout Session 6B Chair: Martin Forde Rapporteur: Maia Smith 10:0510:20am The whey and casein protein powder consumption: The implications for

public health- Aisha Bowen, Vanessa C Denny, Iman Zahedi, Satesh Bidaisee, Emmanuel Keku

10:20-10:35am Atypical Antipsychotics as an adjuvant therapy for Glioblastoma- Justin Assioun, Jessica Wein, Sarah Samuels, Steven Vanni, Emmanuel Keku, Regina Graham

10:3510:50am Self Pap as a Method of Cervical Screening and HPV Testing in Grenada- Frances McGill, MD, Av Bahadoo-Yetman, MSc, Grant Lambert, MT, Erin Salter Kimen Balhotra, Ijanae Holman, Hae-Sun La, Jessica Lendore, MBBS, Katherine Yearwood

10:50-11:05am ABCs of HPV: A novel investigation for cervical screening and HPV genotyping in Grenada- Av Bahadoor-Yetman, Marisa Deliso, Amar Mehta, Nikita Sahadeo, Grant Lambert, Orchid Allicock, Christine Carrington, Frances McGill

11:05-11:20am Grenadian CTVT: Data from Mitochondrial Genetic Diversity, Selection and Recombination in a Canine Transmissible Cancer- Anne Corrigan, Marta Lanza Perea, Andrea Strakova, Maire Ni Leathlobhair and Elizabeth Murchison

11:2012:10pm Plenary 8 (UTH) Chair: Karen Pyke

Entomophagy-associated histamine poisoning: an under-recognized threat from our future food Summon Chomchai, MD, MPH

12:101:30pm Lunch/Plenary 9 (UTH)

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12:351:30pm Plenary 9 (UTH) Chair: Brian Butler One Health: understanding interactions, informing interventions Sarah

Cleaveland, OBE, VetMB, PhD, FRS 1:301:45pm Research Day: Closing remarks Calum Macpherson. Award of door prizes Dr. Childers Closing ceremony song Satesh Bidaisee Posters Poster 1 Establishing Writing Resources for Graduate Students at SGU- Maribel

Greene, Emily Harms, Lauren Musgrove

Poster 2 Conception, Piloting and Evaluation of a Certificate Program in University Teaching Designed for a Special Purpose Institution in the Caribbean- Diane Salter, Paul J. Fields , Shannon Rushe

Poster 3 Building Collaboration and Resolving Conflict through Gridwork- Gwen Burbank

Poster 4 Comparative Study of Artificial Neural Network Models with Different Activation Functions for Classification Problems- Somasundaram Senthilkumar

Poster 5 The Whiteboard as a Learning Tool Strategies for Meaningful Learning- Michele Woolley, Lauren Orlando

Poster 6 Symbolic Dynamics in the Equal Mass Free-Fall Three-Body Problem: Analysis of Ergodic Components- Aleksandr Myllri, Nikolay Vassiliev, Tatiana Myllri, Anna Myullyari

Poster 7 The Relationship between Second Language Acquisition and the Extraversion-Introversion Dimension of Personality- Dorcina Noel, Heather Brathwaite

Poster 8 Undergraduate Buzz Groups in Anatomy & Physiology: Implementation and Assessment- Deepak Sharma, Peter Slinger, Mondel George

Poster 9 The Importance of Acknowledging Outstanding Facilitators- Donella Telesford, Tandy James, Asha Lessey-Charles, Jutta Sylvester, Sara Rabie, Bevalin Alexander, Golda Mahesh, Kimanii Daniel, Aklemia Lucas

Poster 10 Selection of A New Video Management System to Facilitate Medical Education- Donna Walker, Dari Twum-Barimah, Kellidon Niles

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Poster 11 Video recording studios for production of asynchronous content in support of medical education- Donna Walker, Jonathan Modica, Andrew Sobering

Poster 12 Computer Algebra Systems for Simulating Modern Art: Enforcing Fractal Structure- Maria Myllari, Donna Walker, Jurell Benjamin, Tatiana Myllari

Poster 13 HOW TO TRAIN A DOCTOR 2? Merging Clinical Reasoning with Physiological Concepts.- Gabrielle Walcott-Bedeau, Juanette McKenzie, Roxann Lewis-Roberts, Richard Ajuyah, John Speake, Theresa J. McCann

Poster 14 Applicability of Pairwise Separations Methods in Astronomy: Influence of Noise in Data- Jurell Benjamin, Donna Walker, Aleksandr Myllri, Tatiana Myllri

Poster 15 Haptic Simulation Geared Towards Medical Students for Integrated Clinical Preparation: Cardiopulmonary Scenarios- Jina Horton, Samantha Dickson, Erica Jacobson , Betty-Ann Sandy, Karina Valenzuela, Chris Quick, Meghan Jacobsen, Rachel Bozeman, Trent Wildman, John Speake, Theresa J. McCann

Poster 16 Using Workshops to Deliver and Enhance Learning Strategies: Review and Evaluation- Peter Slinger, Joanne Buckland, Sara Rabie, Andrea Blair, Marsha Nicholson

Poster 17 Origin of ammonium in Woburn Bay, Grenada West Indies, 12.0N 61.6W- McCain, M., Karla Farmer, Kraus, A., Bartholomew, N. Lin, A. , Barranco, J., Makeda Matthew and Svetlana Kotelnikova

Poster 18 Sea Turtles in Grenada, West Indies: A summary of nesting data 2005-2017- Kate Elizabeth Charles, Clare Emma Morrall, Kester Lennin Charles, Carl Lloyd

Poster 19 Teaching Safety and Health using Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Best Practices enhanced by Pictorial Case Study- Paul Pounder, Kerryann Jaggassar

Poster 20 Global Effects of Latex Gloves in Healthcare: Reflections on Ethics and One Health- Anam Purewal, Andrew Kossack, Satesh Bidaisee, CC Macpherson

Poster 21 Aetiology and antibiotic susceptibility profiles of blood culture isolates from Grenada General Hospital (2009-2013)- Daniel P High, Rupudaman Joshi, Grant A Lambert, & Zara M Ross

Poster 22 Diversity in nursing in Grenada compared to the USA and UK implications for recruitment- Jennifer Solomon, Otis Lewis, Sameem Rahaman, Keishia Pascall

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Poster 23 Care giver role strain in Carriacou does it exist? A report on the findings of the Modified Caregiver Strain Index (MCSI) and implications for interventions- Jennifer Solomon, Dorian Batson, Moida St Louis, Lantoria Heuston, Aleshia Lewis

Poster 24 The SGU Interest Group in Genomics: Promoting genetics and outreach to a resource-limited community- Oleksandra Petryna, Shruthi Rethi, Beverly Nelson, Tyhiesia Donald, Andrew K. Sobering and the SGU Interest Group in Genomics

Poster 25 Alcohol, Aviation and Aeronautical Decision Making Among Caribbean Pilots- Satesh Bidaisee

Poster 26 Incidence and five year survival rate for head and neck cancers in Grenada compared to the African American population over the period 1991-2010- Maira du Plessis, Robert Hage

Poster 27 Validation of a rapid RT-PCR Chlamydia test, and evaluation of Copan ESwab and Aptima specimen collection kit for the transport of Chlamydia specimens- Maria E. Ramos-Nino, Karla Farmer, Grace Dolphin-Bond, Christine Wojewoda, Ivo Boudakov, Grant Lambert,and Joanna Rayner

Poster 28 Cornelia de Lange Syndrome: A Developmental Disorder- Wayne Thompson, Patrick Carey, Andrew K. Sobering

Poster 29 Evaluation of the Neuroprotective Effect of Hypothermic Total Liquid Ventilation in a Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy Model- Micheline Anne Beaulieu

Poster 30 Structural and Non-structural Protein Similarity among Dengue and Zika Flaviviridae In silico hybridization of the genomes- Tisha King Ondoua, Munachiso Egbo Vishnu Singh, Shayne Sharpe, Alex Bissessar,Alexander Mold, Christian Hadeed, Christopher Gil Johnson, Dawnlyn George, Drezelle Mills, Keghan Dookhran, Kelsey Dowers, Lorraine Chong Tai, Lystra Williams, Meshach Pillai, Nadine Joseph, Phenyo Phuu, Radha Shah, Sime Maharaj, Karla Farmer-Diaz and Svetlana Kotelnikova

Poster 31 Variation of Ammonium in Coastal Water of Southeastern Grenada, West Indies- Makeda Matthew, Sarah Tabin, Samantha Jenkins, Lauren Smith, Peter Giesler, and Svetlana Kotelnikova

Poster 32 Females in Veterinary Medicine: Why the Choice?- Satesh Bidaisee

Poster 33 Knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions on genetically modified mosquitoes: Case for sterile mosquito release in Grenada- Anjali Ghodasara, Marisa Deliso, Satesh Bidaisee

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Poster 34 Validation of a Luminex xMAP MultiFLEX Vector-borne Panel for canine blood-derived pathogens in Grenada- Alok Desa, Bhumika Sharma, Andy Alhassan, Roman Ganta, Kathryn Gibson, Melinda Wilkerson

Poster 35 Field surveillance of Aedes aegypti in Grenada, West Indies- Daniel Fitzpatrick, Andy Hsueh, Lindsey Hattaway, Andrew Kushnir, Maria Ramos-Nino, Sonia Cheetam

Poster 36 Exposure to Alphaviruses and Flaviviruses in bats of Grenada, West Indies - Diana Stone, Amy C. Lyons, Yan-Jang S. Huang, Dana L. Vanlandingham, Stephen Higgs, Bradley J. Blitvich, Abiodun A. Adesiyun, Sharlene E. Santana, Leith Leiser-Miller, Sonia Cheetham

Poster 37 Morphological and Genetic Characterization of Intestinal Flukes of the Caribbean Hawksbill Sea Turtle, Eretmochelys imbritica- Monica Tetnowski, Daniel Fitzpatrick, Graham Rosser, Rhonda Pinckney, David Marancik, Brian Butler

Poster 38 Identification and characterization of Grenadian freshwater fish species through DNA Barcoding- Chris J. McMonagle, David P. Marancik, Vanessa C. Matthews-Belmar, Priscilla C. Barger, Joseph C. Newton

Poster 39 In-house PCR-based MAP oligonucleotide assay for vector borne diseases in dogs: development and comparison with a commercial kit- Bhumika Sharma, Melinda J. Wilkerson, Roman R. Ganta, Alok Desai, Diana Stone, Kathryn Gibson

Poster 40 Seroprevalence of antibodies to astrovirus in chickens in Grenada, West Indies- Keshaw Tiwari, Ravindra N Sharma, Claude DeAllie, Connell KO, Dufayet R, Maufras T

Poster 41 Contribution of inflammatory monocytes to the pathogenesis of Salmonella-induced colitis- Patrick A. McLaughlin, Julie A. Bettke, Jason W. Tam, Joanna D. Luke, Jesse Leeds, James B. Bliska, Brian P. Butler, Adrianus W.M. van der Velden

Poster 42 A Comparison of Butterfly Abundance and Diversity Across Different Habitat Types in Grenada, West Indies- Quincy Augustine, Jenese Roberts, Robyn Browne, Calum Nol, Ariel Church, Saditha Benjamin, Shanell Cyrus, Leon Radix, Andrea Easter-Pilcher

Poster 43 Animal sentinels for human injury and environmental conditions a new look at hardware disease in Grenada- Satesh Bidaisee, Samantha A. Cook

Poster 44 MLST genotype of Campylobacter spp. isolated from indigenous chickens in Grenada, West Indies- Sharma Ravindra, Tiwari Keshaw, Amadi Victor ,

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Mor Sunil Kumar , Goyal Sagar M., Belmar Vanessa Matthew, Avendano Estefania, Hariharan Harry

Poster 45 Campylobacter species isolated from pigs in Grenada exhibited novel clones: genotypes and antimicrobial resistance profiles of sequence types -Victor A. Amadi, Vanessa Matthew-Belmar, Charmarthy Subbarao, Isaac Kashoma, Gireesh Rajashekara, Ravindra Sharma, Harry Hariharan, Diana Stone

Poster 46 Molecular typing of Campylobacter species isolated from healthy indigenous chickens in Grenada-Victor A. Amadi, Vanessa Matthew-Belmar, Harry Hariharan, Keshaw Tiwari, Jisun S. Haan, Azad Singh, Sunil Kumar Mor, Sagar M. Goyal, Ravindra Sharma

Poster 47 Gram negative bacteria associated with the gastrointestinal tracts of bats and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pnuemoniae- Victor A. Amadi, Vanessa Matthew-Belmar, Sonia Cheetham, Ravindra Sharma and Harry Hariharan

Poster 48 Phenotypic Diversity and Antibiotic Resistance of Clinical and Non-Clinical Bacterial Isolates from Drinking Water in Grenada, West Indies- Jerika Brooks, Hannah Burchette, Alina Sanin, Makeda Matthew and Svetlana Kotelnikova

Poster 49 Structural and Non-structural Protein Similarity among Dengue and Zika Flaviviridae. In silico hybridization of the genomes- Tisha King Ondoua, Vishnu Singh, Shayne Sharpe, Alex Bissessar, Alexander Mold, Christian Hadeed, Christopher Johnson, Dawnlyn George, Drezelle Mills, Keghan Dookhran, Kelsey Dowers, Lorraine Chong Tai, Lystra Williams, MeShach Pillai, Munachiso Egbo, Nadine Joseph, Phenyo Phuu, Karla Farmer-Diaz and Svetlana Kotelnikova

Poster 50 Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: A Genetic Disorder of Altered Collagen Structure- Amr Wardeh, Tyson Jackson, Mary Maj, Beverly Nelson, Andrew K. Sobering

Poster 51 Vector-borne Diseases and Public Health: 1986-2010- Sundus Ahmed, Nagasudha Chigurupati, Satesh Bidaisee

Poster 52 Retrospective study of Oestrus Ovis larvae infestation in small ruminants in Grenada, W.I- Sarah McConnell, Abigail Taylor, Nicole Beals, Caroline Frank, Alfred Chikweto

Poster 53 Seroepidemiology of leptospirosis in pigs in Grenada- Eln Armstrong, Kathryn Gibson, Keshawn Tiwari and Ravindra Sharma