Highlights
View webinars featuring global leaders in fungal diseases, access tools designed for healthcare providers and laboratory scientists, and hear CDC fungal disease experts on diverse podcasts.
Webinars
CDC and the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)-
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CE credit: 1 AVMA CE Credit
CDC and International League of Dermatological Societies
US CDC and Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
CDC with Minnesota Department of Health, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, and Wisconsin Department of Health Services
CDC, and University of California- Berkeley, and California Department of Public Health
World Health Organization, CDC, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), & National Institute for Communicable Diseases, South Africa
CDC and WHO.
Participants will learn about these infections' epidemiology and diagnostic challenges.
EH Nexus webinar hosted on September 22, 2023
Job aids
Three clinical algorithms to guide testing and treatment for endemic community-acquired pneumonias.
Reference resource for suggested target ranges, timing, and dose adjustment considerations.
This tool was developed as part of CDC’s cooperative agreement with Mycoses Study Group Education & Research Consortium (MSGERC) and Terranova Medica, LLC.
Podcasts
- Diagnostic Access and Equity (2026) Dr. Shawn Lockhart, lead research microbiologist at CDC, and Dr. Ellie Theel, Editor at the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, explore diagnostic access and equity, and current initiatives in the clinical microbiology community addressing these issues.
- ABC News podcast, Start Here: Fungus Among Us (2024) Dr. Tom Chiller, Chief of the Mycotic Diseases Branch, gives an overview of emerging fungal diseases and potential future threats including the lack of approved antifungal medications, increasing antifungal resistance, and the impacts of climate change. A patient and her doctor talk about her battle with Valley fever. Former NFL tight end Rob Gronkowski discusses the personal reasons he is concerned about the illness.
- The Lancet Microbe: Conversation with Dr. Nancy Chow on Sporotrichosis (2024) Dr. Nancy Chow, Deputy Chief of the Mycotic Diseases Branch talks to the Lancet about the Emergence of zoonotic sporotrichosis in Brazil: a genomic study. Findings indicate that multiple lineages of the fungus S. brasiliensis lead to the to the epidemic of cat-to-cat and cat-to-human transmitted sporotrichosis in Brazil.
- Think Fungus: Fungal Disease Awareness (2020) Dr. Tom Chiller, Chief of the Mycotic Diseases Branch, discusses the importance of increasing awareness about the risk of fungal infections, including of symptoms of these infections.
- Cryptococcus gattii in the Southeastern U.S. (2019)Dr. Shawn Lockhart, a lead research microbiologist at CDC, discusses the history of the fungus Cryptococcus gattii in the southeastern United States.
- Enhanced Surveillance for Coccidioidomycosis (2018) Kaitlin Benedict, a CDC epidemiologist, discusses Coccidioides and Valley fever.
Content Source
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)
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