Annual Student Symposium on Global Health

1st July 2010

A global perspective to public health is a key priority for the entire international community; there is increasing recognition that the aetiology and impact of health concerns is linked across populations. Interdisciplinary collaboration is essential to improve basic health for all.
Organised by LSHTM students, this symposium offers an opportunity for students involved in all aspects of global health research, including clinical, population, laboratory and social sciences, to present their work in a relaxed and informal environment.
The symposium will conclude with a plenary lecture given by Prof. David Heymann (Chairman of the Health Protection Agency Board and former Assistant Director General of the World Health Organisation). Prizes for the best presentations will be awarded, kindly sponsored by the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene.

The event is hosted by LSHTM

Date: 1st July 2010, 10am-17.45pm
Location: Manson lecture theatre, Keppel Street, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Directions to LSHTM may be found here: http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/location/
Please note that this event is for oral presentations only. We are not able to accept poster presentations.

Registration

Non-LSHTM students will need to register in advance for security purposes. Please e-mail GHS@lshtm.ac.uk
Spaces are limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

Programme

10:00-10:15	Welcome
10:15-11:15	Session 1 Peripheral healthcare worker training to enhance passive case-detection for human African trypanosomiasis in Southern Sudan Jennifer Palmer, LSHTM Modelling the global evolution of virulence in HIV infection George Shirreff, Imperial College London Lymphatic Filariasis mapping using Bayesian spatial techniques Hannah Slater, Imperial College London The use of serological methods for evaluation of malaria transmission dynamics Jackie Cook, LSHTM
11:15-11:45	Break
11:45-12:45	Session 2 Chagas disease serology: identifying infecting Trypanosoma cruzi lineages Tapan Bhattacharyya, LSHTM Whole Blood Cytokine Responses in Urinary Schistosomiasis: from pathway immunology to human disease Claire Bourke, University of Edinburgh Efficacy Model for Antibody-mediated Pre-erythrocytic Malaria Vaccines Michael White, Imperial College London The role of public and private water sources in lymphatic filariasis among the favelas of Recife, Brazil Anita Ramesh, LSHTM
12:45-13:45	Lunch
13:45-14:45	Session 3 Investigating factors affecting the success of Community-based Health Volunteers in reducing the unmet need for family planning, through the CHPS programme in Birim North District, Ghana Jessica Rush, University of Leeds Modelling the impact of fertility changes on maternal mortality indicators Wei Huang, LSHTM Perinatal health in rural Burkina Faso - a study of 452 births in the regional hospital in Dori, Burkina Faso Judith Lindert, University of Heidelberg Key Household and Community Practices for Child Health: Assessment of the Community-Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness Program in Bure District, Ethiopia Rishi P. Mediratta, Johns Hopkins University
14:45-15:15	Break
15:15-16:15	Session 4 Foetal genotype and prenatal exposure interact to affect offspring birthweight Laura Lysenko, King’s College London Do integrated services perform better than stand-alone sites at meeting the needs of people living with HIV? A mixed methods study on integration between sexual and reproductive health and HIV services in Swaziland Kathryn Church, LSHTM Community Development for HIV prevention or vice versa? Experience of a community based organization for male who have sex with male (MSM) in Bangladesh Mohammad Bellal Hossain, LSHTM Innovative Ways to Finance Global Health: How to foster private pharmaceutical R&D into vaccines against Neglected Diseases Fiona Bannert, University of Nottingham
16:15-16:45	Break
16:45	Presentation of Prizes Kindly sponsored by the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene
17:00	Plenary Lecture: "The importance of diplomacy in global health” Professor David Heymann Chairman of the Health Protection Agency Board and former Assistant Director General of the World Health Organisation
17:45	Reception

For further information please contact GHS@lshtm.ac.uk
Thank you to LIDC for their support in promoting the event.