RSTMH Annual Meeting 19-20 September 2018 Royal College of Physicians, London Day One: 19 September 9:00 Morning refreshments and registration Session 1 Chair: Simon Cathcart 9:20 Welcome, Dr Simon Cathcart, President RSTMH Introduction to day, Tamar Ghosh, CEO RSTMH 9:40 Introduction by Dr Gordon Manson-Bahr Manson Lecture Sir Brian Greenwood, former Manson Medal Winner and Manson Professor of Clinical Tropical Medicine, LSHTM 10:10 Panel 1 conflict and NTDs title tbc Moderator Dr Bhargavi Rao, MSF Jeremy Astill-Brown, Acacia Developments Paul Emerson, ITI 11:20 Coffee break Richard Allan, MENTOR Initiative Session 2 Chair: Tamar Ghosh 11:45 Plenary session 1 Showcasing 4 NTDs with their intersections title tbc Professor David Warrell, Oxford: Snakebite: The most neglected of all the NTDs Richard Allan, MENTOR Initiative: Visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Middle East (title tbc)
Professor Diana Lockwood, LSHTM: Leprosy (title tbc) Professor Ahmed Hassan Fahal, Mycetoma Research Centre: Mycetoma (title tbc) 13:20 Lunch including a poster tour 14:20 Session 3 Chair: tbc Abstract presentation 1 - tbc 14:40 Panel 2 NTDs and disability Moderator Professor Gail Davey, Brighton and Sussex Medical School Professor Hannah Kuper, LSHTM Rajni Kant Singh, Lepra India Dom Haslam, Sightsavers Dr Asrat Mengiste, National Podoconiosis Action Network 15:50 Coffee break 16:15 Session 4 Chair: Wendy Harrison Turbo talks patient stories Stephen Lindsay, BOVA network Helen Hamilton, Wateraid 16:40 Summary of findings so far Dr Adrian Hopkins, Chair of Scientific Committee, ECTMIH 2019 17.10 Introduction speaker tbc Announcement of Robert Cochrane Fund for Leprosy final award by Professor Diana Lockwood Page 2
17.20 Announcing Chalmers Medal and Donald Mackay Medal winners 2018 Presenter names tbc 17.30 Announcing Donald Mackay Medal winner 2018 17.50 AGM for RSTMH members and fellows, followed by Presidents Reception, RCP Presidents Reception for RSTMH non-members, RCP 20.00 Dinner for speakers and travel scholarship awardees, RCP Day Two: 20 September 9:15 Welcome and housekeeping, Simon Cathcart, Past President RSTMH Session 5 Chair: Dr Simon Cathcart 9:20 Snakebite film screening, introduced by Dr Nicholas Casewell, LSTM 9:25 Presidential address, Professor Sarah Rowland Jones, incoming President 9:45 Panel 3 the built environment and NTDs title tbc Moderator Professor Chris Whitty Professor Steve Lindsay, Durham University / BOVA Network Olaf Horstick, University of Heidelberg Mike Turner, Wellcome Trust Romulus Whitaker, Madras Snake Park Sarah Ruel-Bergeron (ARCHIVE Global) 11:05 Coffee break Session 6 Chair: Tamar Ghosh 11:30 Turbo talk patient voices Sunita, Lepra India Page 3
11:40 Plenary session 2 Showcasing 4 NTDs with their intersections title tbc Dr Amaya Bustinduy, LSHTM: Female genital schistosomiasis, HIV and infertility title tbc Dr Ulrike Filinger, International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology: Ectoparasites: tungiasis Dr Mohd Syis Bin Zulkipli, University of Malaya: Obesity as a risk factor for dengue Dr Ferdinand Mou,Fair Med, Yaounde : Buruli Ulcer 13:00 Lunch including a poster tour Session 7 Chair: Professor Sarah Rowland Jones, University of Oxford 14:00 Abstract presentation 2 14:20 Turbo talks Patients viewpoints Mohammed Jidda (pre-recorded video) Mila Mendonca and Joana Passos, Projeto Abraco 14:40 Panel 4 NTDs and mental health Moderator Professor Don Bundy, LSHTM (tbc) Freddie Bailey, Edinburgh Medical School Alvaro Acosta Serrano, LSTM Dr Julian Eaton, LSHTM and CBM Dorcas Gwata, NHS 16:00 Coffee break Page 4
Session 8 Chair: Dr Marta Tufet, UKCDR 16:25 16.45 Turbo talks Romulus Whitaker, Madras Snake Park Wendy Harrison, SCI Abstract presentation 3 17.05 Announcing Sir Rickard Christophers medal and Emerging Leaders Award winners 2018 17:10 Closing panel to sum-up and discuss role for RSTMH in this area of work Professor Sir Brian Greenwood and Dr Adrian Hopkins. 17.30 Close Page 5