The conference will showcase the most exciting elements in infectious disease research from UNSW Medicine, including the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, The Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, The Kirby Institute and The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre.
The invited keynote speaker is international malaria expert Professor Graham Brown, Foundation Director of the Nossal Institute for International Health. He is currently Chair of the Malaria Vaccine Advisory Committee for the World Health Organisation. He also serves on the beard of Roll Back Malaria, representing the Research and Academia constituency, and is Chair of the Scientific Consultants Group of the USAID Malaria Vaccine Development Program. He has served on various other national and international review committees and was a member of the Strategic Advisory Council for The Bill and Melinda Gates Children’s Vaccine Program. Professor Brown will provide an overview of malaria control globally, including new developments and ongoing challenges.
The program includes a focus on vulnerable populations, translation and policy, epidemiology and modelling, global infectious disease, risk behaviours and infections including presentations (poster and talks) by academics and postgraduate research students from the School and Centres.
The day will end with a lively debate featuring UNSW academics on ‘Planning for emerging epidemics is a waste of time' and an afternoon methods sessions featuring brief presentations on cutting edge data linkage studies followed by an interactive Q&A session . After this there will be an awards ceremony.
