| Thursday, May 15 |
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3:00 - 7:30 PM
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Registration
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Victoria Ballroom
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6:30 - 7:30 PM
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Refreshments
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Poolside Garden
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7:30 - 8:30 PM
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Keynote Session: Engineering Solutions for the Neglected Diseases
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Victoria Ballroom
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Steve Quake,
Stanford University
Low Cost Diagnostic Tools for the Developing World
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| Friday, May 16 |
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7:30 - 8:30 AM
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Breakfast
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Nyanja Restaurant
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7:30 - 8:30 AM
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Poster Setup
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Victoria Ballroom
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8:30 - 11:30 AM
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The Current Status or Overview of the Major Infectious Diseases of Africa
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Victoria Ballroom
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Terrie E. Taylor,
Michigan State University
Malaria: A Cunning Adversary
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Charles H. King,
Case Western Reserve University
Helminths-A Reassessment of their Impact and the Need for New Approaches to Control
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Elizabeth L. Corbett,
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine/Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme
Current Status of TB in Africa
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Gary J. Nabel,
National Institutes of Health
Rational Vaccine Design and the Development of an AIDS Vaccine
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9:20 - 9:40 AM
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Coffee Break
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Victoria Ballroom Foyer
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11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
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Lunch
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Stables Restaurant
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12:00 - 2:30 PM
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Poster Session 1
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Victoria Ballroom
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2:30 - 4:45 PM
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Mining Genomic, Proteomic and Structural Information from Infectious Agents
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Victoria Ballroom
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David S. Roos,
University of Pennsylvania
Designing and Mining Pathogen Genome Databases: Genes to Drugs, Vaccines and Diagnostics
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Philip L. Felgner,
University of California
Profiling the Immune Response to Infections on a Whole Microorganism Proteome Scale
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Wim G.J. Hol,
University of Washington
Structure-Based Design of Anti-Protozoals
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4:30 - 5:00 PM
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Coffee Break
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Victoria Ballroom Foyer
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5:00 - 7:00 PM
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Workshop 1: Panel on Biomedical Capacity Building in Africa
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.
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Victoria Ballroom
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Terrie E. Taylor,
Michigan State University
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Barbara J. Sina,
Fogarty International Center
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Kelly Chibale,
University of Cape Town
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Mamoun Homeida,
University of Medical Sciences and Technology
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Julia Royall,
National Library of Medicine
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Amadou Garba,
Niger Ministry of Public Health
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| Saturday, May 17 |
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7:30 - 8:30 AM
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Breakfast
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Nyanja Restaurant
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8:30 - 11:30 AM
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Research in Support of Developing Better Strategies to Control Malaria
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Victoria Ballroom
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Janet Hemingway,
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Innovative Disease Vector Control
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Ian C. Bathurst,
Medicine for Malaria Ventures
Discovering, Developing and Delivering a New Generation of Antimalarial Drugs
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Sebastian A. Mikolajczak,
Seattle Biomedical Research Institute
Live Attenuated Pre-Erythrocytic Malaria Parasite Vaccines
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9:20 - 9:40 AM
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Coffee Break
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Victoria Ballroom Foyer
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11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
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Lunch
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Stables Restaurant
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12:00 - 2:30 PM
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Poster Session 2
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Victoria Ballroom
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2:30 - 4:30 PM
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Research in Support of Developing Better Strategies to Control Tuberculosis
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Victoria Ballroom
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Mark Perkins,
Foundation for New Diagnostics
Developing New Technologies for Diagnosis of TB and Drug Susceptibility Testing
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Anthony J. Hawkridge,
Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation
Developing New Vaccines Against Tuberculosis
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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
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4:30 - 5:00 PM
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Coffee Break
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Victoria Ballroom Foyer
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5:00 - 7:00 PM
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Workshop 2: Respiratory Tract Infection / Diarrheal Disease and Nutrition
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Victoria Ballroom
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Serap Aksoy,
Deputy Editor, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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Gagandeep Kang,
Christian Medical College
Diarrheal Disease
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Mike English,
KEMRI / Wellcome Trust Research Programme
The Challenge of Childhood Pneumonia in Africa
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Jeff Williams,
Halosource Inc.
Emerging Technologies for Point-of-Use Treatment and Storage of Household Drinking Water
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| Sunday, May 18 |
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7:30 - 8:30 AM
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Breakfast
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Nyanja Restaurant
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8:30 - 11:30 AM
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Research in Support of Developing Better Strategies to Control the Helminths
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Victoria Ballroom
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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
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James H. McKerrow,
University of California, San Francisco
Developing Drugs for Parasitic Diseases in an Academic Incubator
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Christopher D. Earl,
BIO Ventures for Global Health
Expanding Biotechnology Industry Initiatives in R&D for Neglected Diseases
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9:20 - 9:40 AM
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Coffee Break
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Victoria Ballroom Foyer
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11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
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Lunch
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Stables Restaurant
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12:30 - 2:30 PM
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Workshop 3: How to Write Your Paper and Get it Published
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.
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Victoria Ballroom
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Serap Aksoy,
Deputy Editor, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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2:30 - 3:00 PM
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Coffee Break
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Victoria Ballroom Foyer
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3:00 - 5:00 PM
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Research in Support of Developing Better Strategies to Control HIV Infections
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Victoria Ballroom
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Jordan Tappero,
U.S. Public Health Service
Evaluating the Population Incidence Impact of High Coverage HIV Prevention Interventions
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Gary J. Nabel,
National Institutes of Health
Ebola Virus
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Barbara J. Sina,
Fogarty International Center
Building Research Capacity in Africa
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| Monday, May 19 |
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7:30 - 8:30 AM
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Breakfast
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Nyanja Restaurant
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8:30 - 11:30 AM
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Operational Issues Regarding Integration of Control Strategies to Reduce the Morbidity and Mortality of the Neglected Diseases
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Victoria Ballroom
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Amadou Garba,
Niger Ministry of Public Health
Progress of Schistosomiasis Control in West Africa
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John Gyapong,
Ghana Health Service
Controlling Parasite Induced Blindness
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James L. Bennett,
Concluding Remarks
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9:20 - 9:40 AM
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Coffee Break
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Victoria Ballroom Foyer
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11:00 AM -
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On Own for Lunch
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3:30 - 4:00 PM
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Coffee Available
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Victoria Ballroom Foyer
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4:00 - 6:00 PM
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Challenges of Enhancing Biomedical Infrastructure in Africa
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Victoria Ballroom
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Mamoun Homeida,
University of Medical Sciences and Technology
Self Sustaining Biomedical Institute in Sudan: A Private Initiative
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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?
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Kelly Chibale,
University of Cape Town
Unique Models for Collaborative Drug Discovery Networks and Partnerships in Africa
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6:00 - 7:00 PM
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Social Hour w/ Lite Bites
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Poolside
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7:00 - 10:00 PM
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Entertainment
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Poolside
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| Tuesday, May 20 |
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Departure
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