Symposium on TB Research
Programme
Date: Thursday 23 March 2017 / Time: 17h30 for 18h00 / Venue: The Adler Museum
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Speaker |
Topic |
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Prof. Zeblon Vilakazi DVC : Research & Maria Papathanasopoulos, Assistant Dean: Research and Postgraduate Affairs |
Symposium opening |
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Prof. Lesley Scott in the Department of Molecular Medicine and Haematology |
TB and Big Data Analysis |
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Dr Neil Martinson, Deputy Executive Director of Perinatal HIV Research Unit |
HIV and TB |
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Prof. Bavesh Kana Co-Director DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical TB Research |
Can we find all the bacteria? |
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Puleng Marokane , Program Manager at NHLS |
Implementation of GeneXpert |
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Dr Nokuphiwa Mvuna; Sub-investigator at Clinical HIV Research Unit(Wits Health Consortium). |
Drug resistant TB: NIX and STREAM trials. |
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Salome Charalambous , Research Director Aurum Institute(tbc) |
TB in congregate settings |
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Prof. Claire Penn, Professor of Speech Pathology & Audiology |
Communication and TB: The missing link in the chain of care. |