The ASTMH Annual Meeting draws tropical medicine and global health professionals representing academia, foundations, government, not for profit organizations, non-governmental organizations, the private sector, military and private practice.
Symposia
From a single dataset to a million patients: Solutions to pool and harmonize IPD for effective and equitable reuse of data to generate new evidence in an open science framework
Date: Friday, 20 October 2023
Time: 16:00-17:45
Symposium organizer: Philippe Guérin, Professor of Epidemiology and Global Health, University of Oxford
Co-chair: Manju Rahi, Deputy Director General (SG), Division of Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases, Indian Council of Medical Research
| Solutions to open science and data reuse Kalynn Kennon, Head of Data Engineering, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health |
| Governance of data reuse Robert Terry, Manager of Research Policy, WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases |
| The impact of data reuse in malaria Robert Commons, Senior Research Fellow, Menzies School of Health Research |
| Impact of data reuse in NTDs María Jésus Pinazo, Head of Chagas disease, DNDi |
| Applications and next steps in new environments Phaik Yeong Cheah, Head of Bioethics and Engagement, Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit |
| Panel discussion Moderator: Philippe Guérin, Professor of Epidemiology and Global Health, University of Oxford |
Drug development in filarial infections: Current achievements and challenges
Date: Saturday, 21 October 2023
Time: 15:00-16:45
Symposium organizer: Sabine Specht, Head of Filarial Disease, DNDi
| Update ABBV-4083/flubentylosin development Sabine Specht, Head of Filarial Disease, DNDi |
| Update emodepside Jennifer Keiser, Associate Professor, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute |
| Update moxidectin Sally Kinrade, Vice President, Medicines Development for Global Health |
| Modelling to help decision making Martin Walker, Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology, Royal Veterinary College |
| Elimination programs onchocerciasis: current progress and future needs Didier Bakajika, Technical Officer Oncho & LF, WHO / ESPEN |
Posters
| Date: Thursday, 19 October 2023 Time: 12:00 |
| Dengue Alliance; Advancing dengue antivirals from in vitro to clinical efficacy studies of concept studies Sjö P*, Auewarakul P, Avirutnan P, Syed Mohamed A, Ridzuan M, Thayan R, Mahajan D, Medigeshi G, Samal S, Souza T, Teixeira M, Vasconcelos Costa V, Ribeiro I, Malavige N |
| Date: Friday, 20 October 2023 Time: 12:00 |
| Ophthalmological complications in visceral leishmaniasis and post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis Singh-Phulgenda S, Dahal P*, Kumar R, Munir A, Naylor C, Rahi M, Harriss E, Siddiqui NA, Alves F, Musa A, Stepniewska K, Sundar S, Guerin P, Pandey K |
| Innovative finance for NTDs Aïssatou D*, Goldman-Van Nostrand L, Bland S, Sullivan M, Roth B, Rugarabamu G, Brock W, Bertholet A, Saran K, Hammami M, B-Lajoie MR, Anderson M, Teo M, Antrobus K, Cao TH, McCarthy N, Chikwanha I, Rahman F, Lee N, Mayer S, Power J, Hughes B, Taylor R, Grecko B, Erondu N |
| Host, parasite and drug determinants of treatment outcomes in visceral leishmaniasis: an individual patient data meta-analysis using the Infectious Diseases Data Observatory data platform Dahal P*, Kumar R, Singh-Phulgenda S, Munir A, Siddiqui NA, Buck G, Naylor C, Brack M, Rahi M, Malaviya P, Wasunna M, Chappuis F, Ritmeijer K, Costa C, Romero G, Syriopoulou V, Musa A, Alves F, Stepniewska K, Sundar S, Guerin P, Pandey K |
| A simulation-based method to inform serosurvey design to estimate dengue force of infection using existing blood samples Vicco A*, McCormack C, Pedrique B, Amuasi J, Awuah A, Obirikorang C, Gilberger N, Lorenz E, May J, Ribeiro I, Malavige N, Donnelly C, Dorigatti I |
| Date: Saturday, 21 October 2023 Time: 11:00 |
| Haemoglobin dynamics following treatment of visceral leishmaniasis: an individual patient data meta-analysis using the Infectious Diseases Data Observatory data platform Dahal P*, Munir A, Kumar R, Singh-Phulgenda S, Siddiqui NA, Buck G, Naylor C, Brack M, Rahi M, Malaviya P, Wasunna M, Chappuis F, Ritmeijer K, Costa C, Romero G, Syriopoulou, Alves F, Stepniewska K, Sundar S, Pandey K, Musa A, Guerin P |
| Results from patient insights research exploring disease awareness, patient journey, and current management of visceral leishmaniasis in Bihar, India Carter K*, Sundar S, Ritmeijer K, den Boer M, Zamble C, Forsyth C, Alves F, Angyalosi G |
| A scoping literature review of global dengue age-stratified seroprevalence: estimating dengue force of infection in endemic countries Vicca A*, McCormack C, Pedrique B, Ribeiro I, Malavige N, Dorigatti I |
