Spotlight on: Infectious diseases
Friday - Saturday 10 - 11 February 2012
Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE
We are no longer accepting registrations for this meeting via the website. If you would like to attend this meeting, please contact Beilul Kahsai directly on 020 7290 3859.
Organised by the Clinical Immunology & Allergy Section in association with Vaccine Affinity Group of the
British Society for Immunology
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
1. Comprehensive overview of recent developments in immunology, epidemiology, public health, and clinical aspects of infectious diseases.
2. Discussion of novel vaccines for infectious diseases including but not limited to malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV.
3. Discussion of genetic susceptibility to infectious diseases and implications for vaccination policy.
4. Discussion of public health implications relating to access to essential medicines and vaccines.
5. Create a forum for interdisciplinary collaboration and discussion on infectious diseases, bridging academia, clinical medicine, veterinary medicine, industry, government and the public.
6. Suitable for scientists, clinicians, animal health specialists, public health specialists, students, and trainees with an interest in infectious diseases.
If attending one day, please specify which day in the 'special requirements field'
President's Prize
Call for Abstracts
Abstracts are invited from students, training grade doctors and young scientists including PhD students (not above Specialist Registrar, Grade B Clinical Scientist or equivalent grade) with an infectious diseases, immunology or allergy component of their clinical or basic science research work. The work to be presented must be original and substantially the candidate's own.
Abstracts should be sent to immunology@rsm.ac.uk. Deadline for abstract: Monday 23 January 2012
Successful candidates will be contacted and will be expected to attend and present on Saturday 11 February 2012
Lunches are now included.
Registration Details:
RSM Fellow - two days: £95
Allied Health Professional - two days: £95
Consultant/GP - two days: £230
RSM Trainee - two days: £75
RSM Student - two days: £40
Trainee - two days: £95
Student - one day: £35
RSM Fellow - one day: £60
RSM Associate - one day: £40
RSM Trainee - one day: £40
RSM Student - one day: £25
RSM Associate - two days: £75
Student - two days: £55
Trainee - one day: £60
Allied Health Professional - one day: £60
Consultant/GP - one day: £130
Friday 10 February 2012 |
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9.00 am |
Registration, tea and coffee |
9.30 am |
Human tuberculosis |
| Helen McShane, Professor of Vaccinology, Jenner Institute, University of Oxford | |
10.15 am |
Bovine tuberculosis |
| Martin Vordermeier, TB Research Group, Veterinary Laboratories Agency | |
11.00 am |
Tea and coffee break |
11.30 am |
Melioidosis |
| Greg Bancroft, Reader in Immunology and course director of MSc in Immunology of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine | |
12.15 pm |
Bacterial meningitis |
| Andy Pollard, Professor of Paediatric Infection and Immunity, Jenner Institute, University of Oxford | |
1.00 pm |
Lunch break |
| Lunches | |
2.00 pm |
Malaria |
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Aubrey Cunnington, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
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2.45 pm |
Bovine respiratory syncitial virus |
| Geraldine Taylor, Head of Vaccinology, Institute for Animal Health and Senior Investigator, Jenner Institute | |
3.30 pm |
Tea and coffee break |
4.00 pm |
Avian influenza |
| Ian Brown Head of Avian Virology and Director of the EU/OIE/FAO International Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency | |
4.45 pm |
Human immunodeficiency virus |
| Robin Shattock, Professor of Mucosal Infection and Immunity, Imperial College London | |
5.30 pm |
Completion of evaluation forms |
5.35 pm |
Close of meeting followed by drinks reception |
| Cash bar | |
Saturday 11 February 2012 |
|
9.00 am |
Registration, tea and coffee |
9.30 am |
Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases |
| David Heymann, Chairman of the UK Health Protection Agency and Head of Chatham House Centre for Global Health Security | |
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Presidential Address |
|
10.15 am |
Immunoglobulin therapies |
| Carrock Sewell, President of the Clinical Immunology & Allergy Section | |
10.45 am |
Tea and coffee break |
11.30 am |
President's prize presentations |
1.00 pm |
Lunch break |
| Lunches | |
1.45 pm |
Annual General Meeting |
| Section members of Clinical Immunology & Allergy | |
2.00 pm |
Screening: The deadly combination |
| Documentary on drug resistant tuberculosis | |
2.45 pm |
Discussion: Expanding access to essential medicines and vaccines |
3.45 pm |
Tea and coffee break |
4.15 pm |
Access to essential medicines as part of the right to health |
|
Hans V Hogerzeil, Professor of Global Health at the University of Groningen (Netherlands), and former Director of Essential Medicines and Pharmaceutical Policies at WHO, Geneva |
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5.00 pm |
Completion of evaluation forms |
| Cash bar | |
5.05 pm |
Close of meeting followed by drinks reception |
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Meeting ref: CAC02 CPD: 5 credits |
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