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This meeting is part of the Global Health Series

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Infectious Diseases
LANGUAGE NOTE: This meeting will be conducted in English.
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Thursday, May 15
3:00 - 7:30 PM Registration Victoria Ballroom
6:30 - 7:30 PM Refreshments Poolside Garden
7:30 - 8:30 PM Keynote Session: Engineering Solutions for the Neglected Diseases
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 04/15/2008 		Victoria Ballroom
Steve Quake, Stanford University
Low Cost Diagnostic Tools for the Developing World
Friday, May 16
7:30 - 8:30 AM Breakfast Nyanja Restaurant
7:30 - 8:30 AM Poster Setup Victoria Ballroom
8:30 - 11:30 AM The Current Status or Overview of the Major Infectious Diseases of Africa
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 04/15/2008 		Victoria Ballroom
Terrie E. Taylor, Michigan State University
Malaria: A Cunning Adversary
* Charles H. King, Case Western Reserve University
Helminths-A Reassessment of their Impact and the Need for New Approaches to Control
Elizabeth L. Corbett, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine / Bio Med Research & Training
Current Status of TB in Africa
Gary J. Nabel, National Institutes of Health
Rational Vaccine Design and the Development of an AIDS Vaccine
9:20 - 9:40 AM Coffee Break Victoria Ballroom Foyer
11:30 AM- 12:30 PM Lunch Stables Restaurant
12:00 - 2:30 PM Poster Session 1
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 04/15/2008 		Victoria Ballroom
2:30 - 4:45 PM Mining Genomic, Proteomic and Structural Information from Infectious Agents
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 04/15/2008 		Victoria Ballroom
David S. Roos, University of Pennsylvania
Designing and Mining Pathogen Genome Databases: Genes to Drugs, Vaccines and Diagnostics
Philip L. Felgner, University of California
Profiling the Immune Response to Infections on a Whole Microorganism Proteome Scale
* Wim G.J. Hol, University of Washington
Structure-Based Design of Anti-Protozoals
4:30 - 5:00 PM Coffee Break Victoria Ballroom Foyer
5:00 - 7:00 PM Workshop 1: Panel on Biomedical Capacity Building in Africa
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 04/15/2008

NOTE: Discussion and debate on the best mechanisms for neglected disease research capacity building, examined at three levels: basic scientific research, translational research, and field research.
 Victoria Ballroom
* Terrie E. Taylor, Michigan State University
Barbara J. Sina, Fogarty International Center
Kelly Chibale, University of Cape Town
Mamoun Homeida, University of Medical Sciences and Technology
Julia Royall, National Library of Medicine
Amadou Garba, Niger Ministry of Public Health
Saturday, May 17
7:30 - 8:30 AM Breakfast Nyanja Restaurant
8:30 - 11:30 AM Research in Support of Developing Better Strategies to Control Malaria
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 04/15/2008 		Victoria Ballroom
* Janet Hemingway, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Innovative Disease Vector Control
Ian C. Bathurst, Medicine for Malaria Ventures
Discovering, Developing and Delivering a New Generation of Antimalarial Drugs
Sebastian A. Mikolajczak, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute
Live Attenuated Pre-Erythrocytic Malaria Parasite Vaccines
9:20 - 9:40 AM Coffee Break Victoria Ballroom Foyer
11:30 AM- 12:30 PM Lunch Stables Restaurant
12:00 - 2:30 PM Poster Session 2
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 04/15/2008 		Victoria Ballroom
2:30 - 4:30 PM Research in Support of Developing Better Strategies to Control Tuberculosis
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 04/15/2008 		Victoria Ballroom
Mark Perkins, Foundation for New Diagnostics
Developing New Technologies for Diagnosis of TB and Drug Susceptibility Testing
Anthony J. Hawkridge, Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation
Developing New Vaccines Against Tuberculosis
* Stefan H.E. Kaufmann, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology-Berlin
Biomarkers in Tuberculosis for Monitoring of Vaccine and Drug Trials and Protection of Disease Susceptibility
4:30 - 5:00 PM Coffee Break Victoria Ballroom Foyer
5:00 - 7:00 PM Workshop 2: Respiratory Tract Infection / Diarrheal Disease and Nutrition
 Victoria Ballroom
* Serap Aksoy, Deputy Editor, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Gagandeep Kang, Christian Medical College
Diarrheal Disease
Mike English, KEMRI / Wellcome Trust Research Programme
The Challenge of Childhood Pneumonia in Africa
Jeff Williams, Halosource Inc.
Emerging Technologies for Point-of-Use Treatment and Storage of Household Drinking Water
Sunday, May 18
7:30 - 8:30 AM Breakfast Nyanja Restaurant
8:30 - 11:30 AM Research in Support of Developing Better Strategies to Control the Helminths
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 04/15/2008 		Victoria Ballroom
Richard W. Komuniecki, University of Toledo
Aminergic Signaling as a Target for Anthelminthic Drug Discovery: Use of Chimeric Caenorhabditis elegans Expressing Homologous Amine Receptors from Parasitic Nematodes as a Screening Platform
* James H. McKerrow, University of California, San Francisco
Developing Drugs for Parasitic Diseases in an Academic Incubator
Christopher D. Earl, BIO Ventures for Global Health
Expanding Biotechnology Industry Initiatives in R&D for Neglected Diseases
9:20 - 9:40 AM Coffee Break Victoria Ballroom Foyer
11:30 AM- 12:30 PM Lunch Stables Restaurant
12:30 - 2:30 PM Workshop 3: How to Write Your Paper and Get it Published


NOTE: Preparation: Structuring your paper; Tips on how to present your work to an editor; Why editors reject papers and how you can reduce the chances of rejection; and Writing style: Using effective communication to present your research.
 Victoria Ballroom
* Serap Aksoy, Deputy Editor, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2:30 - 3:00 PM Coffee Break Victoria Ballroom Foyer
3:00 - 5:00 PM Research in Support of Developing Better Strategies to Control HIV Infections
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 04/15/2008 		Victoria Ballroom
Jordan Tappero, U.S. Public Health Service
Evaluating the Population Incidence Impact of High Coverage HIV Prevention Interventions
Gary J. Nabel, National Institutes of Health
Ebola Virus
Barbara J. Sina, Fogarty International Center
Building Research Capacity in Africa
Monday, May 19
7:30 - 8:30 AM Breakfast Nyanja Restaurant
8:30 - 11:30 AM Operational Issues Regarding Integration of Control Strategies to Reduce the Morbidity and Mortality of the Neglected Diseases
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 04/15/2008 		Victoria Ballroom
Amadou Garba, Niger Ministry of Public Health
Progress of Schistosomiasis Control in West Africa
* John Gyapong, Ghana Health Service
Controlling Parasite Induced Blindness
James L. Bennett, Keystone Symposia
Concluding Remarks
9:20 - 9:40 AM Coffee Break Victoria Ballroom Foyer
11:00 AM- On Own for Lunch
3:30 - 4:00 PM Coffee Available Victoria Ballroom Foyer
4:00 - 6:00 PM Challenges of Enhancing Biomedical Infrastructure in Africa
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 04/15/2008 		Victoria Ballroom
Mamoun Homeida, University of Medical Sciences and Technology
Self Sustaining Biomedical Institute in Sudan: A Private Initiative
Julia Royall, National Library of Medicine
The Change Challenge of Information Technology Infrastructure in Research: Are there Positive Outcomes or is Everything Just Louder and Faster?
* Kelly Chibale, University of Cape Town
Unique Models for Collaborative Drug Discovery Networks and Partnerships in Africa
6:00 - 7:00 PM Social Hour w/ Lite Bites Poolside
7:00 - 10:00 PM Entertainment Poolside
Tuesday, May 20
Departure
      *=Session Chair     †=Speaker invited, not yet responded.


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The question of how to employ new technologies that have evolved out of the various genome/proteome projects and apply them to the neglected diseases within a clinical or research setting in Africa, or any other part of the developing world, will be the focus of this meeting. The organizers of this meeting have brought together a group of internationally recognized investigators who will provide practical insights for taking cutting edge concepts in the biosciences and applying them towards a better understanding of these diseases and/or the design of better strategies for controlling them. This meeting will also address operational issues such as the better integration of the various disease-specific control strategies and the need for capacity building especially as it relates to the issues surrounding clinical trials.