2020 Edinburgh Infectious Diseases Winter Lecture: We are delighted to invite you to our Annual Winter Lecture, which this year will be given by Dr Kenneth Baillie on Wednesday 25 November at 5.30 pm. Kenneth is a Principal Investigator in the Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh and an Academic Consultant in Critical Care Medicine at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.On Sunday 2 February 2020 Kenneth and his lab diverted the bulk of their resources towards the research response to Covid-19, and ever since have been involved in several national and global projects tackling the disease:Leading the GenOMICC study in the UK (setting up recruitment in new sites, building and distributing thousands of recruitment packs to hospitals)Leading the ISARIC 4C study (together with co-leads Calum Semple and Peter Openshaw)Leading global harmonisation in observational outbreak research (the ISARIC CCP)Contributing to WHO Panels (Clinical Management; Research Prioritisation)Providing advice on trials and supportive care to UK Government (NERVTAG)Caring for patients in various ICUs and infectious disease units in Edinburgh and Glasgow.Kenneth will talk about some of this crucial and ground-breaking work in his presentation. We very much hope that you will be able to join us.Please register for this lecture on EventbriteMore about Kenneth Image Publication date 13 Nov, 2020
