Scientific Symposium Programme

    As we continue to celebrate our 125th anniversary, we are bringing together leading experts from across the globe to explore the future needs of Global Health and advance solutions for the next generation

     

    Monday 25 November - Wednesday 27 November 2024

    Venue: The Spine, 2 Paddington, Liverpool L7 3FA and live streamed online

    Day One - Monday 25th November

    09:00 - 09:05 - Welcome
    LSTM Director, Professor David Lalloo
    09:05 - 09:30 - Sir Jeremy Farrar OBE
    Chief Scientist, World Health Organization
    09:30 - 10.30 - LSTM - 125 Years of Partnership
    Chaired by current LSTM Director, Professor David Lalloo this will be an opportunity to hear from previous directors of LSTM, Professor David Molyneux, Professor Janet Hemmingway and and Professor Henry Mwandumba, the Director of the Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme (MLW)
    10:30 - 11:00 - Break
    11:00 - 12:00 - CAN WE END TB BY 2030?
    Chaired by Dr Kerry Millington (LSTM) with Dr Ben Morton (LSTM), Dr Tom Wingfield (LSTM) and Dr Racheal Thomson (LSTM)
    12:00 - 12:30 - KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Professor Jeremy Chakaya (LSTM)
    Keynote
    12:30 - 13:30 - LUNCH
    13:30 - 14:30 - HOW DO WE GET TO ZERO HIV INFECTIONS?
    Chairs, Dr Kondwani Jambo & Professor Frances Cowan (LSTM) with Dr Augustine Choko (LSTM), Dr Euphemia Sibanda (CeSHHAR, Zimbabwe and LSTM), Dr Loveleen Bansi-Matharu (University College London)  and Dr Lilian Otiso (LVCT Health, Kenya)
    14:30 - 15:00 - KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Professor Liz Corbett (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
    Keynote
    15:00 - 15:30 - BREAK
    15:30 - 16:30 - HOW TO ELIMINATE MALARIA
    Walter Myers Professor of Parasitology, Professor Steve Ward will introduce talks from Professor Sarah Staedke (LSTM), Dr Grant Hughes (LSTM), Professor Sir Adrian Hill (University of Oxford) and Dr Cristina Donini (Medicines for Malaria Venture) 
    16:30 - 17:00 - KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Dr Helen Jamet (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation) - (TBC)
    Keynote

    Day Two - Tuesday 26th November

    9:00 - 10:00  - WHAT IMPACT WILL CLIMATE CHANGE HAVE ON TROPICAL HEALTH?
    Chair, Professor Charles Wondji (LSTM) with Dr Jennifer Lord (LSTM), Dr Eric Lucas (LSTM), Dr Fortunate Machingura (CeSHHAR), Dr Rachel Tolhurst (LSTM) and Surekha Garimella (The George Institute for Global Health, India)
    10:00 - 10:30 - KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Professor Madeleine Thomson (Head of Impacts and Adaptation, Wellcome Trust)
    Keynote
    10:30 - 11:00 - BREAK 
    11:00 - 12:00 - WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES TO DELIVERING A RESILIENT HEALTH SYSTEM?
    Chair, Dr Joanna Raven (LSTM) with Dr Jacinta Nzinga (LSTM), Dr Wesam Mansour (LSTM), Dr Kyu Kyu Than (Burnet Institute, Myanmar), Professor Miriam Taegtmeyer (LSTM), Dr Lilian Otiso (LVCT Health) and Dr Justin Pulford (LSTM)   
    12:00 - 12:30 -   KEYNOTE SPEAKER – Dr Sushil Baral (HERD International Nepal) 
    Keynote
    12:30 - 13:30 - LUNCH 
    13:30 - 14:30 - HOW SHOULD WE MANAGE RESISTANCE RESEARCH FOR GLOBAL HEALTH?
    Chaired by Professor Nick Feasey and Dr Adam Roberts (LSTM), with Dr Catrin Moore (St. Georges, University of London), Dr Patrick Musicha (Mahidol-Oxford TMRU), Dr Sabrina Moyo (LSTM) and Professor Tony Nolan (LSTM)
    14:30 - 15:00 - KEYNOTE SPEAKER – Professor Tim Walsh (University of Oxford)
    Keynote
    15:00 - 15:30 - BREAK 
    15:30 - 16:30 - WHEN WILL WE BE FREE FROM NTDs? - BARRIERS TO THE ELIMINATION OF NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES
    Chairs, Professor Mark Taylor & Professor Nick Casewell (LSTM) with Dr Andrew Hope (LSTM) and Sian Freer (LSTM)
    16:30 - 17:00 - KEYNOTE SPEAKER – Prof Peter Hotez (Baylor College of Medicine)
    Keynote
    17:00 - 18:00 - Addressing Future Threats
    The final session of Day 2 will be chaired by Professor Giancarlo Biagini (LSTM) and feature some of LSTM’s newest senior academic appointments: Dr Ana Cubas Atienzar, Professor Alain Kohl, Professor Christine Goffinet and Professor Jonathan Ball

    Day Three - Wednesday 27th November

    9:00 - 10:00  -   WHAT ARE THE HEALTH POLICY & SYSTEMS RESEARCH PRIORITIES IN A CHANGING WORLD?
    Chair, Professor Sally Theobald (LSTM) with Dr Laura Dean (LSTM) and Mr Abu Conteh (Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre, Sierra Leone); Dr Rosalind Steege (LSTM) and Ms Bachera Aktar (BRAC University, James P. Grant School of Public Health, Bangladesh); Dr Rosalind McCollum (LSTM) and Dr Bintu Mansaray (Institute of Gender and Children’s Health Research, Sierra Leone) and Ms Shahreen Chowdhury (LSTM)
    10:00 - 10:30 -  KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Professor Sabina Rashid (BRAC University, Bangladesh) 
    Keynote
    10:30 - 11:00 - BREAK 
    11:00 -12:00  - CHALLENGES AND INNOVATION IN MATERNAL AND NEWBORN HEALTH
    Chairs, Professor Dame Tina Lavender (LSTM) and Professor Charles Ameh (LSTM) with Dr Tracey Mills (LSTM), Duncan Shikuku (LSTM), Professor Feiko ter Kuile and Dr Lauren Cohee (LSTM)
    12:00 - 12:30 -   KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Dr Olufemi T Oladapo, Maternal and perinatal health expert at the World Health Organization (WHO) 
    Keynote
    12:30 - 13:30 - LUNCH 
    13:30 - 15:30 - KEYNOTE PANEL DISCUSSION - Health is Wealth - Delivering the Sustainable Development Goals and Health equality in the next 125 years. Moderator – Global Health media correspondent, Tulip Mazumdar.
    For this session our keynote speakers will come together for a discussion and Q and A session, co-created with our Early Career Researcher (ECR) community and our partners, specifically from Low-and Middle-Income Countries.
    15:30 - 16:30 - TBC
    Session to be confirmed
    16:30 - 17:00 -  Closing Remarks - LSTM Director, Prof David Lalloo