The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene 2023 Annual Meeting will bring together members, Fellows and supporters from around the world to share knowledge, hear about the latest research and ideas, and encourage new collaborations. Attendees will learn about and discuss the priorities for the next 5 years for topics which include malaria, NTDs, outbreaks and AMR, humanitarian health and refugees, climate change and AI.
Panel discussion
Translating research to implementation and policy
Date: Thursday, 28 September 2023
Time: 14:15 BST
Keynote: Bern-Thomas Nyang’wa, Medical Director, Amsterdam Operational Centre, Médecins Sans
Frontières (MSF)
Chair: Luis Pizarro, Executive Director, DNDi
Speakers:
- John Amuasi, Executive Director, African Research Network for NTDs
- Aparna Barua Adams, Project Manager, International Coalition for Trachoma Control (ICTC)
- Abu Conteh, Senior Researcher, Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre
- Fidel Strub, Director, Elysium Noma Survivors Association
Artificial intelligence in global health
Date: Friday, 29 September 2023
Time: 11:10 BST
Keynote: Charles Mowbray, Discovery Director, DNDi
Chair: Craig Tipple, Medical Director, DNDi
Speakers:
- Philippe Guérin, Director, Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO)
- Gita Khalili Moghaddam, UKRI Innovation Scholar Secondment, GSK and University of Cambridge
- Rohit Malpani, Independent Consultant, formerly with UNITAID, Oxfam, and WHO
- Charles Mowbray, Discovery Director, DNDi
- Arjun Panesar, Founding CEO and Head of AI & Ethics, DDM Health
