World TB Day Symposium

Venue: John Snow, LSHTM, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
Type of event: Symposium

To mark World TB Day 2012, the TB Centre is organising a half-day symposium at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

Programme:

0900  Welcome and introduction to TB centre, Dave Moore
0920  Biomarkers of protection and of response to therapy, Hazel Dockrell
0950  Karonga Prevention Study: molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis, Judith Glynn
1020  M. tuberculosis genomics, Taane Clark
1050  Coffee break
1120  Can community-wide isoniazid preventive therapy control TB in   the South African goldmines? Experience from Thibela TB study, Katherine Fielding
1150  Modelling TB, Richard White
1220  Ethics, policy and social determinants of TB, John Porter
1250  Closing remarks

Admission: Free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis.

Contact: Joseph Fitchett