Edinburgh World Pneumonia Day Symposium Pneumonia is one of the most solvable problems in global health and yet a child dies from the infection every 20 seconds. This year we are hosting the Edinburgh World Pneumonia Day Symposium to both highlight the ongoing work in Edinburgh that is seeking new ways to combat the disease, and to place these studies in their global context. Inaugural Lecture The Symposium will be followed by the Inaugural lecture by Prof Debby Bogaert from the MRC Centre for Inflammation Research. Born in a microbial cloud: Gatekeepers of a healthy life University of Edinburgh Inaugural Lectures This lecture will be held in the Chancellor’s Building, Little France at 5.30 pm. Programme Programme Session One: 9.15 – 11 am Debby Bogaert (University of Edinburgh) – Welcome and Introduction Harry Campbell (University of Edinburgh) – Current Understanding of the Global Burden of Pneumonia in young children Harish Nair (University of Edinburgh) – Child pneumonia epidemiology research - Edinburgh in the MDG and SDG era Thushan De Silva (MRC Unit Gambia) – The potential for Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine use in LMICs: insights in to vaccine immunogenicity in Gambian children Stefan Unger (University of Edinburgh) – The conundrum of undernutrition and pneumonia COFFEE Session Two: 11.30 – 1.10 pm Lidwien Smit (Utrecht University) – Environmental risk factors for pneumonia Kenneth Baillie (University of Edinburgh) – Host genetics of susceptibility to pneumonia David Dockrell (University of Edinburgh) – Re-engaging host microbicidal responses to prevent pneumonia – Kev Dhaliwal (University of Edinburgh) – “Better Together” to Understand Pneumonia LUNCH AND POSTERS Session Three: 2 – 3.30 pm David Goldblatt (University College London) – Parenteral Glycoconjugate vaccines and protection at mucosal surfaces Rick Malley (Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School) – Trials and tribulations of a universal pneumococcal vaccine Wouter de Steenhuijsen (University Medical Center Utrecht) – The local microbiota in respiratory infection Steve Cunningham (University of Edinburgh) – Mind the Gap - building the bridge to recovery COFFEE Session Four: 4 – 5 pm Lieke Sanders (Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital/Utrecht University Medical Centre) – Serendipity and science; the respiratory microbiome Charade Musicals – Specially shortened version of the Edinburgh Fringe 2018 sell-out show "The Mould that Changed the World" Public Engagment events From 3 - 4.30 pm there will be a range of fun activities for children and families to which you are also invited. Count the microbiome candies Where did that bacteria come from? How well did you wash your hands? The strongest "army" for your body Supercytes card game Diagnose Kev! Registration Register now on Eventbrite. Support We are very grateful to both Curetis and the British Society of Immunology for their generous support. Curetis specialises in simple and rapid solutions for the diagnosis of severe infectious diseases in hospitalized patients. For more information about the company please visit their website. Curetis website Image Nov 12 2018 09.15 - 17.00 Edinburgh World Pneumonia Day Symposium You are warmly invited to the Edinburgh World Pneumonia Day Symposium 2018 - please save the date - Monday 12 November 2018. Wellcome Trust Auditorium Queen's Medical Research Institute Little France Edinburgh Eh16 4TJ Venue Registration
Edinburgh World Pneumonia Day Symposium Pneumonia is one of the most solvable problems in global health and yet a child dies from the infection every 20 seconds. This year we are hosting the Edinburgh World Pneumonia Day Symposium to both highlight the ongoing work in Edinburgh that is seeking new ways to combat the disease, and to place these studies in their global context. Inaugural Lecture The Symposium will be followed by the Inaugural lecture by Prof Debby Bogaert from the MRC Centre for Inflammation Research. Born in a microbial cloud: Gatekeepers of a healthy life University of Edinburgh Inaugural Lectures This lecture will be held in the Chancellor’s Building, Little France at 5.30 pm. Programme Programme Session One: 9.15 – 11 am Debby Bogaert (University of Edinburgh) – Welcome and Introduction Harry Campbell (University of Edinburgh) – Current Understanding of the Global Burden of Pneumonia in young children Harish Nair (University of Edinburgh) – Child pneumonia epidemiology research - Edinburgh in the MDG and SDG era Thushan De Silva (MRC Unit Gambia) – The potential for Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine use in LMICs: insights in to vaccine immunogenicity in Gambian children Stefan Unger (University of Edinburgh) – The conundrum of undernutrition and pneumonia COFFEE Session Two: 11.30 – 1.10 pm Lidwien Smit (Utrecht University) – Environmental risk factors for pneumonia Kenneth Baillie (University of Edinburgh) – Host genetics of susceptibility to pneumonia David Dockrell (University of Edinburgh) – Re-engaging host microbicidal responses to prevent pneumonia – Kev Dhaliwal (University of Edinburgh) – “Better Together” to Understand Pneumonia LUNCH AND POSTERS Session Three: 2 – 3.30 pm David Goldblatt (University College London) – Parenteral Glycoconjugate vaccines and protection at mucosal surfaces Rick Malley (Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School) – Trials and tribulations of a universal pneumococcal vaccine Wouter de Steenhuijsen (University Medical Center Utrecht) – The local microbiota in respiratory infection Steve Cunningham (University of Edinburgh) – Mind the Gap - building the bridge to recovery COFFEE Session Four: 4 – 5 pm Lieke Sanders (Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital/Utrecht University Medical Centre) – Serendipity and science; the respiratory microbiome Charade Musicals – Specially shortened version of the Edinburgh Fringe 2018 sell-out show "The Mould that Changed the World" Public Engagment events From 3 - 4.30 pm there will be a range of fun activities for children and families to which you are also invited. Count the microbiome candies Where did that bacteria come from? How well did you wash your hands? The strongest "army" for your body Supercytes card game Diagnose Kev! Registration Register now on Eventbrite. Support We are very grateful to both Curetis and the British Society of Immunology for their generous support. Curetis specialises in simple and rapid solutions for the diagnosis of severe infectious diseases in hospitalized patients. For more information about the company please visit their website. Curetis website Image Nov 12 2018 09.15 - 17.00 Edinburgh World Pneumonia Day Symposium You are warmly invited to the Edinburgh World Pneumonia Day Symposium 2018 - please save the date - Monday 12 November 2018. Wellcome Trust Auditorium Queen's Medical Research Institute Little France Edinburgh Eh16 4TJ Venue Registration
Nov 12 2018 09.15 - 17.00 Edinburgh World Pneumonia Day Symposium You are warmly invited to the Edinburgh World Pneumonia Day Symposium 2018 - please save the date - Monday 12 November 2018.
