# Candida and Candidiasis Conference 2020

> **NIH NIH R13** · BROWN UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $7,500

## Abstract

Project Summary
 Candida is the most common cause of fungal infections in the clinic, causing diseases that range from oral
and vaginal candidiasis to life-threatening candidemia. The Candida research community focuses on a broad
spectrum of subjects that relate to epidemiology, drug resistance, infection, host response, and therapeutics.
The biennial Candida and Candidiasis Conference has become the premier forum for presentation of cutting-
edge advances and the latest perspectives in these areas. Funds are requested for partial support for the 2020
Candida and Candidiasis conference to be held April 19 - 23 in Montreal, Canada. It is expected that 300-350
U.S. and international scientists will attend this meeting, and the conference has received enthusiastic support
from past surveys of participants.
 The Program includes 8 main sessions with 5 or 6 speakers, 3 parallel sessions, and 3 elevator sessions.
These are designed to provide as much opportunity as possible for junior investigators (students, postdocs and
junior professors) to give oral presentations to the community. The increased number of presentations relative
to previous Candida conferences is, in part, a response to feedback from past conference attendees. At least
60 of the talks for the main and parallel sessions will be selected based on submitted abstracts. “Elevator talks”
will allow 37 junior scientists to summarize their posters in 2-5 minute talks on the main stage. Three afternoon
poster sessions will allow discussion of the 250-300 posters. Clinical talks about the epidemiology, diagnosis,
and treatment of candidiasis will be incorporated into sessions that focus on key aspects of Candida infections
including environmental signaling, antifungal agents and resistance, and immune recognition. In a separate
session on Candida case reports, clinicians will inform basic scientists about the challenges of diagnosing and
treating different types of infection.
 Our meeting has a strong track record of inclusion and, for example, 50% of confirmed session chairs in the
current meeting are female. We are confident that we will meet the goals of the conference - to present the latest
advances in the field, to spotlight the achievements of junior scientists, to ensure participation and promotion of
diverse scientists, and to promote synergistic and interdisciplinary interactions between members of the research
community.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9994620
- **Project number:** 1R13AI152367-01
- **Recipient organization:** BROWN UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Richard John Bennett
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $7,500
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-02-18 → 2022-01-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9994620

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9994620, Candida and Candidiasis Conference 2020 (1R13AI152367-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9994620. Licensed CC0.

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