8:00 AM – Doors Open for Registration at Freetown City Council Auditorium
9:00 AM – Welcome Remarks by:
9:15 AM – Charles Senessie, Ministry of Health & Sanitation, Sierra Leone | Opening Speech
10:00 AM – Nevan Krogan, Quantitative Biosciences Institute, UC San Francisco, United States
"Breaking Down Barriers to Facilitate Collaborations in Science"
10:25 AM – Onikepe Folarin, African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID), Redeemer's University, Nigeria
"Genomics Surveillance for Pathogen Discovery and Characterization in Africa by Africans"
10:50 AM – Greg Towers, University College London, England
"Does Innate Immune Evasion Define Pandemic Viruses?"
11:15 AM – Break
11:45 AM – Mohamed Samai, joined by Augustine Fomba & Kwabena Owusu, University of Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone
"Improving Early Childhood Survival: Update From the Icaria and Multiple Malaria Studies"
12:10 PM – Joia Mukherjee, Harvard Medical School / PIH, United States
"Universal Health Coverage and Infectious Disease"
12:35 PM – Soka Moses, Partnership for Research on Vaccines and Infectious Diseases in Liberia (PREVAIL), Liberia
"Enhancing Collaborative Clinical Research on Infectious Diseases in the Mano River Subregion: The PREVAIL Experience"
1:00 PM – Lunch
2:30 PM – Regis Grailhe, Smart-MD / Institut Pasteur, Korea
"Infectious Disease Diagnostics and Research Tools For All"
2:55 PM – Stephen B. Kennedy, UL-PIRE Africa Center, University of Liberia, Liberia
"Sub-Regional Collaboration: A Strategic Approach to Mitigate Infectious Diseases"
3:20 PM – Priya Shah, UC Davis, United States
"Integrating Virology and Engineering to Drive Flavivirus Discovery"
3:45 PM – Jacqueline Fabius, Quantitative Biosciences Institute, UC San Francisco, United States
"Empowering Scientific Collaborations Through Operations and Communications"
4:10 PM – Break
4:40 PM – Panel Discussion | "Addressing Maternal & Child Health Alongside Infectious Disease"
Moderated by Mary Fullah, Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, Ministry of Health & Sanitation, Sierra Leone featuring:
5:25 PM – Closing Remarks by Organizers
8:00 AM – Doors Open for Registration at Freetown City Council Auditorium
9:00 AM – Mustapha Kabba, Ministry of Health, Sierra Leone
"Improving Health Outcomes in Sierra Leone by Enhancing Research Capabilities"
9:25 AM – Jacqueline Kyosiimire-Lugemwa, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Uganda
"Invitro Studies on Safety and Efficacy of Natural Therapeutic Products Against SARS-COV-2 from Innovators in Uganda"
9:50 AM – Dan Kelly, UC San Francisco, USA / Wellbody Clinic, Sierra Leone
"Leveraging 'Big Data' and 'Modern Epidemiology Methods' to Move from COVID Vaccine Trials and Learn Lessons from Effectiveness Studies"
10:15 AM – Break
10:45 AM – Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai, United States
"A New Vaccine Platform Against Emerging Diseases: Towards a Universal Influenza Virus Vaccine"
11:10 AM – Mariama Mahmoud, Ministry of Health, Sierra Leone
"Implementation of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) Program in Sierra Leone"
11:35 AM – Emma Yee, Cell, United States | Keynote Address
"Publishing at Cell and Cell Press Journals"
12:20 PM – Lunch & Learn Session | "Career Paths in Science", moderated by Jacqueline Fabius & featuring:
2:20 PM – Sulaiman Lakoh, University of Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone
"Trends in Antimicrobial Resistance and Antibiotic Consumption in Sierra Leone"
2:45 PM – Nolwenn Jouvenet, Institut Pasteur, France
"Clash of the Titans: Flaviviruses and Interferons"
3:10 PM – Krystal Fontaine, Rezo Therapeutics, United States
"To Academia and Beyond: An Unexpected Journey in the Life Sciences"
3:35 PM – Break
4:30 PM – Isatta Wurie, University of Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone
"Quality Assurance of Test Detection Assays"
4:55 PM – Mohamed Bailor Barrie, Wellbody Alliance, Sierra Leone / UC San Francisco, United States
"Rethinking Global Health: Equity, Representation and Inclusion in Conferences, Education, Funding and Authorship"
5:20 PM – Closing Remarks by Organizers
5:30 PM – Poster & Reception
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