Role of infectious agents in chronic disease

Half day in person workshop to launch a new doctoral studentship programme that will explore the role of infectious agents in chronic disease.

Programme

3:15-3:25: Introduction by David Argyle - Head of College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine

3:25-4:05: Session one on pathogen associated with infectious diseases.

3:25-3:35: David Hunt (Institute of Genetics and Cancer) - Is multiple sclerosis a late complication of EBV infection?

3:35-3:45: Paul Digard (the Roslin Institute) - TBC

3:45-3:55: Ting Shi (Usher Institute) - Untangling early-life respiratory viruses and childhood lung disease using national health data

3:55-4:05: Andrew Macdonald (School of Biological Sciences) - Inflammation, immunopathology and immunoregulation during chronic helminth infection

4:05-4:10: Break time.

4:10-4:50: Session two on genetics, bioinformatics in disease and aging.

4:10-4:20: Sara Clohisey Hendry (Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies) - Pathogens and the preterm lung

4:20-4:30: Jenny Regan (School of Biological Sciences) - Harnessing genetic variation in Drosophila to model infection susceptibility over age and sex-specific connection with lifespan

4:30-4:40: Ian Simpson (School of Informatics) - Harnessing AI for Better Health

4:40-4:50: Chris Ponting (Institute of Genetics and Cancer) - The genetics of ME/CFS

4:50-5:00: Introduction of the list of projects from CMVM Future Medicine PhD Fellowship and closing remarks