Welcome to Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine 125th Anniversary Scientific Symposium – ‘The Future of Global Health – Reimagining Solutions for the 22nd Century ’
09:00 – 09:05
Welcome introduction
09:05 – 09:45
Professor Sir Jeremy Farrar, FRS, OBE
09:45 – 10.30
LSTM – 125 Years of Partnership
10:30 – 11:00
COFFEE/TEA BREAK - Early Career/Postgraduate Researcher poster session
11:00 – 12:00
CAN WE END TB BY 2030? (Chair, Dr Kerry Millington)
12:00 – 12:30
KEYNOTE SPEAKER – Professor Jeremiah Chakaya (LSTM)
12:30 – 13:30
LUNCH and Early Career/Postgraduate Researcher poster session
13:30 – 14:30
HOW DO WE GET TO ZERO HIV INFECTIONS? (Chairs, Dr Kondwani Jambo & Prof Frances Cowan)
14:30 – 15:00
KEYNOTE SPEAKER – Professor Liz Corbett (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
15:00 – 15:30
COFFEE/TEA BREAK - Early Career/Postgraduate Researcher poster session
15:30 – 16:30
HOW TO ELIMINATE MALARIA (Chair, Prof Steve Ward)
16:30 – 17:00
KEYNOTE SPEAKER – Dr Helen Jamet (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation)
17:00 – 18:00
Early Career/Postgraduate Researcher poster session and prizes and drinks reception
18:00 – 19:00
Drinks reception and networking
9:00 – 10:00
WHAT IMPACT WILL CLIMATE CHANGE HAVE ON TROPICAL HEALTH? (Chair, Prof Charles Wondji)
10:00 – 10:30
KEYNOTE SPEAKER – Professor Madeleine Thomson (Head of Impacts and Adaptation, Wellcome Trust)
10:30 – 11:00
COFFEE/TEA BREAK - Early Career/Postgraduate Researcher poster session
11:00 – 12:00
WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES TO DELIVERING A RESILIENT HEALTH SYSTEM? (Chair, Dr Joanna Raven)
12:00 – 12:30
KEYNOTE SPEAKER – Dr Sushil Baral (HERD International Nepal)
12:30 – 13:30
LUNCH BREAK - Early Career/Postgraduate Researcher poster session
13:30 – 14:30
HOW SHOULD WE MANAGE RESISTANCE RESEARCH FOR GLOBAL HEALTH? (Chair, Dr Adam Roberts)
14:30 – 15:00
KEYNOTE SPEAKER – Professor Tim Walsh (University of Oxford)
15:00 – 15:30
COFFEE/TEA BREAK - Early Career/Postgraduate Researcher poster session
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)
16:30 – 17:00
KEYNOTE SPEAKER – Professor Peter Hotez (Baylor College of Medicine)
17:00 – 18:00
Addressing Future Threats (Chair, Professor Giancarlo Biagini)
18:00 – 20:00
Early Career/Postgraduate Researcher poster session and prizes & networking
9:00 – 10:00
WHAT ARE THE HEALTH POLICY & SYSTEMS RESEARCH PRIORITIES IN A CHANGING WORLD? (Chair, Professor Sally Theobald)
10:00 – 10:30
KEYNOTE SPEAKER – Professor Sabina Rashid (BRAC University, Bangladesh)
10:30 – 11:00
COFFEE/TEA BREAK - Early Career/Postgraduate Researcher poster session
11:00 -12:00
CHALLENGES AND INNOVATION IN MATERNAL, CHILD AND NEWBORN HEALTH (Chairs, Professor Dame Tina Lavender & Professor Charles Ameh)
12:00 – 12:30
KEYNOTE SPEAKER – Dr Olufemi T Oladapo, Maternal and perinatal health expert at the World Health Organization (WHO)
12:30 – 13:30
LUNCH - Early Career/Postgraduate Researcher poster session
13:30 – 14:00
Early Career/Postgraduate Researcher: 125 second lightning talks to frame future questions
14:00 – 15:30
KEYNOTE PANEL DISCUSSION – Q&A ‘FUTURE PROOFING LSTM FOR THE NEXT 125 YEARS’ - Health is Wealth – Delivering the Sustainable Development Goals & Health equality in the next 125 years: Moderator – Tulip Mazumdar. With questions from Early Career Researchers and LMIC partner representatives, and the audience.
15:30 – 16:00
COFFEE/TEA BREAK - Early Career/Postgraduate Researcher poster session and prizes
16:00 – 16:30
Presentation of LSTM’s recognition of ‘The Unknown Researcher’ – LSTM Director, Prof David Lalloo
