BSP Autumn Symposium 2023 - Emerging Human Parasites and One Health

Discussion

Mon 4 December

5 December

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Main room

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DAY 1

Main room

DAY 2

9:00

Welcome address

Chairs: Jo Hamilton, Aberystwyth University

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Plenary

Chairs: Jo Hamilton, Aberystwyth University

Global One Health and the WHO NTD 2030 Targets
09:05 (30 mins)
Keynote Speaker: Joanne Webster, Royal Veterinary College

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One Health: Helminths

Chairs: James LaCourse, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

The “OneHealth” of helminthiases in context of neglected tropical disease (NTD) control in sub-Saharan Africa
09:45 (15 mins)
Keynote Speaker: Russell Stothard, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Hybridization of UroGenital Schistosomiasis (HUGS): Developing a New One Health Approach in Malawi
10:00 (15 mins)
Janelisa Musaya , Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust clinical research program

A public health study of gastrointestinal parasites in contaminating stool on vehicles from captive olive baboons at Knowsley Safari, UK
10:15 (15 mins)
Alexandra Juhász, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Development of short-course azaquinazoline anti-Wolbachia drugs for veterinary zoonotic filariasis
10:30 (15 mins)
Joseph Turner, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

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One Health: Protists

Chairs: Martin Llewellyn, University of Glasgow

Toxoplasma gondii epidemiology through a One Health approach
11:00 (30 mins)
Keynote Speaker: Ana Montoya, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Observations on the life cycle and transmission of Dientamoeba fragilis.
11:30 (15 mins)
Luke Hall , University of Technology Sydney

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One Health: Control Strategies

Recent advances and strategies to formulate novel drugs to tackle emerging human parasites
11:45 (30 mins)
Keynote Speaker: Maria de los Ángeles Peña, Universidad de Alcalá

Enhancement of solar disinfection of drinking water against the waterborne enteroparasite Cryptosporidium by addition of peroxymonosulfate
12:15 (15 mins)
Sandra Martín-García, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

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One Health: Education

Chairs: James LaCourse, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Recent developments in animal and medical parasitology education.
13:00 (30 mins)
Keynote Speaker: Antonio Peña-Fernández, De Montfort University

OneZoo Centre for Doctoral Training: Developing future leaders in zoonoses
13:30 (15 mins)
Jo Cable, Cardiff University

Blood, sweat, and faeces: a guide to rearing medically important insects
13:45 (15 mins)
Luke brandner-garrod, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Introduction of a monitoring training programme for the detection of emerging human microsporidian parasites in farms’ pigs from Makeni, Sierra Leone
14:00 (15 mins)
Ethel Ukaegbu, Department of Public Health, University of Makeni, Makeni

Empowering Youth to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases: Strategies and Success Stories
14:15 (15 mins)
Yona Yangaza, One Health Society-Tanzania

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Speed talks

Chairs: Jo Hamilton, Aberystwyth University

Assessing Dose-Exposure-Response Relationships of Miltefosine in Adults and Children Using Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling Approach
14:30 (5 mins)
Shadrack Madu, De Montfort University

Molecular identification of Acanthamoeba, Naegleria fowleri from various water sources, Egypt
14:35 (5 mins)
rana Elsedawy , Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Assessment of Use of Anthelmintic Drugs in Livestock in Bureti Sub County, Kericho County in Kenya.
14:40 (5 mins)
Nathan Kosgei, Gene plus, Veterinary science research institute

Exploring the Dual Role of Dihydroorotate Dehydrogenase in Toxoplasma gondii: Beyond Pyrimidine Biosynthesis.
14:45 (5 mins)
Carolina Urbina Camacho, Universidad de los Andes

New models of heartworm and their application in preventative drug research
14:50 (5 mins)
Jessica Dagley, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

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Posters
15:00 (45 mins)

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Workshop

Practical guidance, tools and experience from the field to respond to biological incidents
15:45 (60 mins)
Keynote Speaker: Antonio Peña-Fernández, De Montfort University

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