Scientific Symposium Programme

LSTM Director, Professor David Lalloo

Chief Scientist, World Health Organization

Chaired by current LSTM Director, Professor David Lalloo this will be an opportunity to hear from previous directors of LSTM, PProfessor David Molyneux, CMG, Professor Janet Hemingway, FRS, CBE and and Professor Henry Mwandumba, the Director of the Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme (MLW)

Understanding TB immunopathogenesis to inform novel interventions - Dr Naomi Walker (LSTM). The role of Human Challenge in accelerating drug and vaccine discovery; overview and spotlight on TB - Dr Ben Morton (LSTM). Ensuring equitable access to diagnostics - Dr Tom Wingfield (LSTM). Strengthening gender responsive health systems to End TB: a people centred approach - Dr Rachael Thomson (LSTM).

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Global Scale up of HIV self-testing - reflections from the other side - Dr Augustine Choko (LSTM). Innovations in self-care for HIV prevention - Dr Euphemia Sibanda (CeSHHAR, Zimbabwe and LSTM).  Modelling prevention interventions to guide funding decisions in sub-Saharan Africa - Dr Loveleen Bansi-Matharu (University College London) . Reflections on successful large HIV care and treatment programmes in sub-Saharan Africa: lessons from the field - Dr Lilian Otiso (LVCT Health, Kenya).

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Reducing Malaria Prevalence in Africa with Insecticide-Treated Nets - Prof Sarah Staedke (LSTM).  Targeting malaria transmission with Wolbachia - Dr Grant Hughes (LSTM). Are malaria vaccines the answer? - Prof Sir Adrian Hill (University of Oxford).  Drugs for the 21st Century infection - Dr Cristina Donini (MMV).

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Changing world - HPSR & Syndemics (chronic disease, disability and mental health) - Dr Laura Dean (LSTM) and Mr Abu Conteh (Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre, Sierra Leone). Changing world - HPSR and responding to intensified inequities and intersectionality - Dr Rosalind Steege (LSTM) and Ms Bachera Aktar (James P. Grant School of Public Health, Bangladesh). Changing world - HPSR, community engagement, ethics and safeguarding - Dr Rosalind McCollum (LSTM) and Dr Bintu Mansaray (Institute of Gender and Children’s Health Research, Sierra Leone). Changing world - The role of patient advocates in health system strengthening - Ms Shahreen Chowdhury (LSTM) and Mr Emmanuel Zaizay (Nepa, Liberia).

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The Centre for Childbirth, Women’s and Newborn Health: Current Activity and Future Vision - Professor Dame Tina Lavender and Professor Charles Ameh (LSTM). Development and evaluation of a bereavement care intervention in India, Kenya, Pakistan, and Uganda - Dr Tracey Mills (LSTM). Improved Midwifery Education: A pathway to improving maternal health: Research and Impact - Duncan Shikuku (LSTM). Treatment and control of malaria in pregnancy and children - Professor Feiko ter Kuile and Dr Lauren Cohee (LSTM).

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125 second lightening talks to frame future questions

Keynote Panel: Helen Jamet (B&MGF), Catrin Moore (University of London), Adrian Hill (Oxford), Liz Corbett (LSHTM), Peter Hotez (Baylor College of Medicine), Madeleine Thomson (Wellcome Trust), Sabina Rashid (BRAC University), Henry Mwandumba (LSTM/MLW), Professor Jeremiah Chakaya (LSTM), Dr Samuel Wanji (University of Buea), David Lalloo (LSTM)