Annual WNY ASM Spring Meeting
This will be a HYBRID Event (Attendance LIVE and ONLINE via ZOOM)
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Hayes Hall, Room 403B
3435 Main Street, Buffalo, UB South Campus
Map link: UB south campus
Park in Diefendorf or Townsend lots. No permit required after 3 PM.
***NOTE: A Microbiology Student Career Panel Discussion hosted by the SUNY Buffalo ASM Student Chapter will be held at 3:30 PM prior to the meeting***
Program:
Speaker Program beginning at 5 PM:
Rodney E. Rohde, Ph.D., SM (ASCP) CM, SVCM (virtual)
ASM Distinguished Lecturer
Associate Director of the Translational Health Research Initiative,
Texas State University
“The Resurgence of Vaccine-Preventable Infections: A U.S. Update”
Namrata Deka, Ph.D. Fellow
Erwin Neter Awardee 2025,
University at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Science
Armbruster Lab, Dept of Microbiology and Immunology
“Microbial Community Dynamics and Within-Host Pathogen Adaptation in
Individuals with Long-Term Urinary Catheters”
M. Kim Saxton, MBA, Ph.D.
Clinical Professor of Marketing & Faculty Director, Behavioral Research Lab,
UB School of Management, Adjunct Professor Family Medicine, JSMBS
“From Why to How: Designing Vaccine Messages That Motivate”
John A. Sellick, Jr., D.O., M.S.
Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases,
University at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Science
“What’s New With the Flu?”
| Attendance certificates available on request |
