The TB battle: Are we winning or losing?
Wednesday 23 March 2011
Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE
A meeting in association with TB Alert, the Liverpool Medical Institution and the Manchester Medical Society
Please note registration for this meeting has now closed. Places are still available and delegates will be able to register on the day. However at this stage we cannot guarantee that lunch will be provided.
Please contact Gemma Lamb on 020 7290 3856 if you are interested in attending this meeting.
9.30 am |
Registration and coffee |
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Session one: The London scene; a losing battle? |
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| Chair: Dr Bertie Squire, Reader, Liverpool School Tropical Medicine | |
10.00 am |
The epidemiology of TB in the UK with particular reference to London |
| Dr Ibrahim Abubakar, Health Protection Agency, Collingdale, London | |
10.30 am |
Getting a grip on TB in London: Public health aspects |
| Dr John Hayward, PHAST, London | |
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Getting a grip on TB in London: Clinical aspects |
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| Dr Marc Lipman, Royal Free Hospital and University College London | |
11.30 am |
Coffee break |
11.45 am |
Education and awareness for London health professionals |
| Professor Chris Griffiths, Academic Department of General Practice, Queen Mary, Westfield | |
12.15 pm |
Reaching and treating the patient |
| Mr Alastair Story, Health Protection Agency, London | |
12.45 pm |
Lunch |
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Session 2: The rest of the world: A more promising picture? |
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| Chair: Dr Noel Snell, Consultant Physician, Royal Brompton Hospital | |
1.45 pm |
TB Alert Sir John Crofton Memorial lecture. Do we need doctors to control tuberculosis? Old question, new insights |
| Dr Knut Lonnroth , World Health Organisation, Geneva | |
2.30 pm |
Drug resistant TB |
| Professor Alimuddin Zumla University College London | |
3.15 pm |
Active case finding |
| Professor John Walley, Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development, University of Leeds | |
3.45 pm |
Tea break |
4.00 pm |
New tools for detecting tuberculosis |
| Dr Ruth McNerney, Senior Lecturer, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. | |
4.30 pm |
New drugs, old drugs and shortening TB treatment |
| Dr Tim McHugh, Centre for Clinical Microbiology, University College London | |
5.00 pm |
Young Respiratory Investigator -Trainee prize: The role of viral pattern receptors in Endothelin-1 release relevance to pulmonary hypertension |
| Dr Rekha Badiger, Imperial College London | |
5.15 pm |
Young Respiratory Investigator -Student prize: Acute hemispheric stroke patients have reduced functional residual capacity and cough flow rates |
| Prashant Rao, King's College London | |
5.30 pm |
Completion of evaluation forms |
5.35 pm |
Conclusions and close of meeting |
| Professor Peter Davies, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital | |
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Meeting ref: RMB02 CPD (Applied for) |
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