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Overview:
This conference, hosted by Public Health England, will provide an update on the global and UK local situation on Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), including:
?clinical, virological and epidemiological features
?investigation and research
?public health response
The conference brings together local, national and international perspectives on this disease, to consider its potential future course and to agree research priorities.
Speakers both from the UK, involved the UK?s response, and international experts, will present their findings to date.
Book your place www.phe-events.org.uk/CoV
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PHE Coronavirus Conference
https://www.phe-events.org.uk/hpa/frontend/reg/thome.csp?pageID=88746&eventID=203&eventID=203...
Venue
Greenwood Theatre
55 Weston St
London SE1 3RA
The venue is part of Guy's Hospital campus - the Greenwood Theatre is next to Wolfson House.
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Programme
Registration will be open from 09.00 to 09.45 and the conference will run from 09.50 to 17.45, followed by some time for networking and informal discussion. All times subject to change.
09.50 Welcome - Professor John Watson and Professor Maria Zambon, Public Health England
10.00-11.00 Setting the scene
Chair: Professor David Heymann, Chairman, Public Health England
10.00 Cases and clusters in the Middle East - Dr Ziad Memish, Deputy Minister of Health, Saudi Arabia
10.20 The chronology and investigation of a global outbreak - Dr Tony Mounts, Team Lead, Epidemiology and Surveillance, Global Influenza Programme, World Health
Organization
10.40 The UK epidemiology and public health response - Dr Richard Pebody, Respiratory Diseases Department, Public Health England
11.00 Coffee
11.20-12.50 Clinical and local public health response
Chair: Professor John Watson, Head - Respiratory Diseases Department, Public Health England
11.30 Responding to a cluster of cases in the West Midlands - Dr David Kirrage and Dr Mamoona Tahir, Public Health England
11.50 Clinical features and management of UK cases - Speaker to be confirmed, St Thomas' Hospital, London
12.10 Clinical virology and infection control - Dr Kenneth Mutton, Public Health England
12.30 Clinical interventions - Professor Jeremy Farrar, Chairman, International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC)
12.50 Lunch
14.00-15.30 Developing the laboratory science
Chair: Professor Maria Zambon, Director of Reference Microbiology Services, Public Health England
14.00 Characteristics of emerging virus infections, and the role of animal reservoirs - Professor Ab Osterhaus, Head of Virology Department, Erasmus MC,
Netherlands
14.20 Pathology of novel coronavirus infection - Professor Thiys Kuiken, Erasmus MC, Netherlands
14.40 UK laboratory response
- Developing serological tests - Dr Robin Gopal, Virus Culture Lead, Public Health England
- Making therapeutic monoclonal antibodies for MERs CoV - Dr Davide Corti, Insituto Immunologica, Switzerland
- Application of genomics - Monica Galiano, Clinical Scientist, Virus Reference Department, Public Health England
15.30 Tea
16.00-17.30 Next steps: panel discussions
Chair: Dr Paul Cosford, Director of Health Protection, Public Health England
Panel to include international speakers, session chairs, and topic discussants. Speakers to introduce topics briefly then discussion opened
out to the panel:
16.00 Assessing the risk - Dr Brian McCloskey, Director of Global Health, Public Health England
16.30 Research priorities - Speaker to be confirmed
17.00 Lessons learnt - Speaker to be confirmed, Public Health England
17.30 Concluding remarks - Dr Paul Cosford
17.45-18.30 Networking
This conference, hosted by Public Health England, will provide an update on the global and UK local situation on Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), including:
?clinical, virological and epidemiological features
?investigation and research
?public health response
The conference brings together local, national and international perspectives on this disease, to consider its potential future course and to agree research priorities.
Speakers both from the UK, involved the UK?s response, and international experts, will present their findings to date.
Book your place www.phe-events.org.uk/CoV
-----
PHE Coronavirus Conference
https://www.phe-events.org.uk/hpa/frontend/reg/thome.csp?pageID=88746&eventID=203&eventID=203...
Venue
Greenwood Theatre
55 Weston St
London SE1 3RA
The venue is part of Guy's Hospital campus - the Greenwood Theatre is next to Wolfson House.
...
Programme
Registration will be open from 09.00 to 09.45 and the conference will run from 09.50 to 17.45, followed by some time for networking and informal discussion. All times subject to change.
09.50 Welcome - Professor John Watson and Professor Maria Zambon, Public Health England
10.00-11.00 Setting the scene
Chair: Professor David Heymann, Chairman, Public Health England
10.00 Cases and clusters in the Middle East - Dr Ziad Memish, Deputy Minister of Health, Saudi Arabia
10.20 The chronology and investigation of a global outbreak - Dr Tony Mounts, Team Lead, Epidemiology and Surveillance, Global Influenza Programme, World Health
Organization
10.40 The UK epidemiology and public health response - Dr Richard Pebody, Respiratory Diseases Department, Public Health England
11.00 Coffee
11.20-12.50 Clinical and local public health response
Chair: Professor John Watson, Head - Respiratory Diseases Department, Public Health England
11.30 Responding to a cluster of cases in the West Midlands - Dr David Kirrage and Dr Mamoona Tahir, Public Health England
11.50 Clinical features and management of UK cases - Speaker to be confirmed, St Thomas' Hospital, London
12.10 Clinical virology and infection control - Dr Kenneth Mutton, Public Health England
12.30 Clinical interventions - Professor Jeremy Farrar, Chairman, International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC)
12.50 Lunch
14.00-15.30 Developing the laboratory science
Chair: Professor Maria Zambon, Director of Reference Microbiology Services, Public Health England
14.00 Characteristics of emerging virus infections, and the role of animal reservoirs - Professor Ab Osterhaus, Head of Virology Department, Erasmus MC,
Netherlands
14.20 Pathology of novel coronavirus infection - Professor Thiys Kuiken, Erasmus MC, Netherlands
14.40 UK laboratory response
- Developing serological tests - Dr Robin Gopal, Virus Culture Lead, Public Health England
- Making therapeutic monoclonal antibodies for MERs CoV - Dr Davide Corti, Insituto Immunologica, Switzerland
- Application of genomics - Monica Galiano, Clinical Scientist, Virus Reference Department, Public Health England
15.30 Tea
16.00-17.30 Next steps: panel discussions
Chair: Dr Paul Cosford, Director of Health Protection, Public Health England
Panel to include international speakers, session chairs, and topic discussants. Speakers to introduce topics briefly then discussion opened
out to the panel:
16.00 Assessing the risk - Dr Brian McCloskey, Director of Global Health, Public Health England
16.30 Research priorities - Speaker to be confirmed
17.00 Lessons learnt - Speaker to be confirmed, Public Health England
17.30 Concluding remarks - Dr Paul Cosford
17.45-18.30 Networking