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Previous IDRN Events
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The EU Directive on Clinical Trials, its interpretation in UK
Law and its impact on non-commercial Trials. Understand the law
and safeguard your research.
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Tuberculosis workshops
- Epidemiological and programmatic research in tuberculosis
- New vaccines and childhood TB, latent infection diagnosis,
rapid diagnostic tests and TB/HIV
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- Antibiotic resistance and public health
- Antibiotic resistance: food, resistance genes and risk assessment
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- HBV, HCV and HCV/HIV co-infection
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- Early Detection & Response
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- Health research needs of prisoners both in and outside prisons
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Methods in Molecular Microbiology
- 5 day training course, a joint venture between the IDRN and
the UCL Centre for Medical Microbiology.
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- Food Safety Research Strategy Workshop
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Sexual health workshop
- Sexual Health Research Strategy Workshop
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Acinetobacter / ESBL-producing microorganisms
- Research Strategy Workshop
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Grant writing workshop
- one day grantsmanship workshop, jointly organised by the MRC,
HPA and the IDRN
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Human Tissue Act training event
- A one day event to provide information on the Human Tissue
Act
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Challenge workshop
- A one day workshop to discuss research priorities in the areas
of healthcare-associated infections, and antimicrobial resistance.
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Developing cluster randomised controlled trials in the areas of
infectious disease and health protection
- A one day
workshop, organised jointly with HPA Local & Regional Services,
to discuss specified research topics that encompassed both infectious
disease and health protection issues
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Behavioural sciences workshop
- A one day workshop looking at promoting behavioural sciences
amongst the HPA and academic partners
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EU
Directive on Clinical Trials, its interpretation in UK Law and its
impact on non-commercial Trials. Understand the law and safeguard
your research
4 May 2004
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| Tuberculosis
workshops |
Epidemiological
and programmatic research in tuberculosis, 4 July 2002
Programme
New vaccines & childhood
tuberculosis, latent infection diagnosis, rapid diagnostic
tests and TB/HIV, 24 September 2002
Programme
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| Antibiotic
resistance workshop |
Antibiotic resistance
and public health, 20 June 2002
Programme
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Antibiotic resistance:
food, resistance genes and risk assessment, 20 November
2002
Programme
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| Hepatitis
workshop |
HBV,
HCV and HCV/HIV co-infection, 14 October 2002
Programme
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| Bioterrorism
workshop |
Early Detection
& Response, 22 September 2003
Programme
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| Prison
health workshop report |
Health research
needs of prisoners both in and outside prisons, 28 June
2004
Programme
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| Methods
in molecular microbiology, 5 day training course |
This 5 day training event was
held from 24 - 28 January 2005, and was a joint venture
between the IDRN and the UCL Centre for Medical Microbiology,
Royal Free Campus.
Click
here to see a flyer from the event
Click
here to see a brief report.
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| Food
Infection Workshop |
Food Safety Research
Strategy Workshop, co-hosted with the Health Protection
Agency, 12 July 2005.
Programme
Event speakers:
The public health
perspective on food-borne infection
- Professor Sarah O'Brien
Molecular
epidemiology and discovery of new pathogens – gastroenterology
of unknown aetiology - Dr.
Jim McLauchlin
Mouse
Model of A/E pathogen transmission - Dr
Siouxsie Wiles
Immunological
perspectives including whether there is a case for vaccines
-Dr.
David Lewis
Summary of key research questions
generated in the break out groups - Dr Andrew Hayward
All presentations from the speakers are in the members only
section.
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| Sexual
Health Research Strategy Workshop |
Monday 31 October 2005,
held at the Institute of Physics
Programme
A sexual health
workshop was held on Monday 31 October,
at the Institute of Physics, 76 Portland Place, London,
W1B 1NT. The workshop will concentrated on the role of Mycoplasma
genitalium in sexual health; identifying markers of
high risk behaviours in HIV
positive gay men to enable targeting of behavioural
interventions; new developments in near patient testing
for chlamydia – applicability in a UK clinical setting;
a final topic area concerned vaginal microflora, and the
role of probiotics, to promote reproductive health.
The
report of the workshop and the presentations from the speakers
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| Acinetobacter/ESBLs
Research Strategy Workshop |
Friday
2 December 2005, held at the Institute of Physics
Programme
The workshop included presentations by invited speakers
on Acinetobacter and ESBL issues, from both the
laboratory/scientific and clinical point of view. The break
out groups generated key research questions in these areas.
The presentations from the speakers
are available on the members only section of this site.
The report has also been uploaded there. |
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| Methods
in molecular microbiology, three-part training course |
Held between 16 and 26
June 2006, at UCL Medical School
Click
here to see a flyer of all three parts
This training course was a joint
venture between the IDRN and the UCL Centre for Medical
Microbiology, Royal Free Campus. |
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| Grant-writing
workshop |
Held on 7 November 2006,
at the Institute of Physics
This grantsmanship workshop was held for newly-established
group leaders working in the area of bacteriology.
Click
here for a flyer of the event. The presentations are
available in the members-only area of the website.
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| Human
Tissue Act training event |
Held on 9 March 2007,
at the Institute of Physics
This training event provided information on the Human Tissue
Act
The presentations will be available to the attendees and
within the members only area of the IDRN website. Click
here for the flyer and programme.
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| Challenge
workshop on HAI and AMR |
Held on 2 May 2007, at
the Congress Centre, London.
This event was a joint initiative between the UK Clinical
Research Collaboration, Medical Research Council, Department
of Health and the IDRN.
Attendance at the workshop was by invite only. Click
here for more information about the remit of the workshop.
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| Developing
cluster randomised controlled trials in the area of infectious
disease & health protection – a research strategy
workshop |
Held on 8 October 2007,
at the Royal Institute of British Architects, London.
This event was a joint initiative between the IDRN and
the Health Protection Agency Local & Regional Services.
Click here
for more information about the the workshop, including a
programme of the day.
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| Behavioural
sciences workshop |
Held on 8 February 2008,
at the Institute of Materials, London
This event was a joint initiative between the IDRN and
the Health Protection Agency R & D department.
Click here
for more information about the the workshop, including a
programme of the day.
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Forthcoming
Non-IDRN Events
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of events, postgraduate training and relevant short courses
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| Infection
prevention in hospitals
16 May 2008
BioPark Hertfordshire , Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
The Department of Health has set out a
strategy called “Towards cleaner hospitals and lower
rates of infection programme”. This programme “sets
out a strategy to improve hospital cleanliness and tackle
healthcare associated infections. Key elements include empowering
patients and the public, the matron's charter, independent
inspection and learning from the best. In this forum infection
prevention, control and research into this within hospitals
will be discussed.”
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here for more information on the event website. |
Association
of Clinical Microbiologists Scientific Meeting Spring 2008
– held within the Association for Clinical Biochemistry
Focus 2008
20 May 2008
International Convention Centre,
Birmingham
This spring meeting covers a morning session of 'Key diagnostic
markers for infection', with the afternoon session focused
on interactive case studies in infection. The morning and
afternoon plenary sessions include talks from Professor
Jocelyn Hicks, USA and Professor James Neuberger, Birmingham.
Click here for more
information and online registration on the event website. |
| Infectious
Diseases: Problems and Challenges
18 June 2008
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
This symposium has been designed to provide
informed, contemporary and relevant information on some
areas of current interest in infectious diseases.
Zoonoses continue to be a very important
and often misunderstood area of infection. The morning sessions
will cover topical issues and recent developments in both
the challenges of diagnosis and management of three important
zoonoses; Q fever, lyme borreliosis and rabies.
The afternoon session provides a forum
to continue the discussion and debate on areas of infection
management that are of high prominence both politically
and in the public arena. We are delighted to welcome world
renowned experts in the management of serious sepsis and
fungal infection and will have the opportunity to discuss
these subjects alongside the challenges of healthcare acquired
infection, particularly MRSA, and antimicrobial resistance.
The session is designed to allow audience participation
with interactive discussion of relevant case studies, calling
upon the expert advice available.
Click
here for more information and a registration form. |
13th
International Conference of Infectious Diseases
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
19-22 June 2008
Our meeting in Kuala Lumpur hosted by the
Ministry of Health, Malaysia will again welcome delegates
from over 100 countries. The program will include plenary
talks by world renowned experts in the science of infectious
diseases and important topics critically presented by international
luminaries in our field. Moreover, there will be great opportunities
to spend time with leaders in the field, exchange ideas
and develop collaborations with scientists from distinguished
Medical Centers around the globe.
For more information, click
here. |
| SfAM summer conference
- The microbiology of water in work, rest and play
Wellington Park Hotel, Belfast
Monday 7 - Thursday 10 July 2008
This conference will include the Lewis
B Perry Memorial Lecture, presented by Dr Bernard Dixon
OBE, as well as sessions on recreational waters, waters
in aquaculture and industry, management of contaminated
water, and portable water.
There is accommodation available, a social
programme, and a call for abstracts. Click
here for more information and online registration. |
| Introduction
to Infectious Disease Modelling and its Applications 2008
London School of Hygiene &
Tropical Medicine
14-25th July 2008
This two-week intensive course is intended
to introduce professionals working on infectious diseases
in either developing or developed countries to this exciting
and expanding area. The emphasis will be on developing a
conceptual understanding of the basic methods and on their
practical application, rather than the manipulation of mathematical
equations. The methods will be illustrated by "hands-on"
experience of setting up models in spreadsheets as well
as other specialist modelling packages, small group work,
and seminars in which the applications of modelling will
be discussed. By the end of the course participants will
have gained an understanding and practical experience of
the basics of infections disease modelling which will be
useful in their future work.
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here for more information. |
| Introduction
to Mathematical Models of the Epidemiology & Control
of Infectious Diseases
1-12 September 2008
Imperial College London
Since 1990, this short course has 'demystified'
mathematical modelling, and kept public-health professionals,
policy makers, and medical and veterinary researchers, up-to-date
with what they need to know about this fast-moving field.
It is taught by active researchers in the world-leading
Department
of Infectious Disease Epidemiology , which advises public
health agencies, governments, international organisations,
and pharmaceutical companies, and hosts the MRC Centre for
Outbreak Analysis & Modelling, UNAIDS Epidemiology Reference
Group secretariat, Partnership for Child Development, and
the Gates Foundation-funded Schistosomiasis Control Initiative
that has treated over 12 million children to date in six
countries in Africa.
Participants need only a very basic mathematical
ability (high school level is more than sufficient): most
course participants do not use maths regularly, and calculation
is done using Excel and the user-friendly modelling package,
Berkeley Madonna; hence manipulation of equations is not
required. We offer an optional 'maths refresher' day on
Sunday 31 August, free of charge.
This programme will be of interest worldwide to public
health professionals, policy makers, health economists,
commissioning agencies, immunologists, medical, veterinary,
biological and pharmaceutical scientists.
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here for more information on the event webpage. |
13th International
Symposium on Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections
(ISSSI)
Cairns, Australia
7-10 September 2008
The meeting's programme will cover a diverse
range of subjects on staphylococcal research including pathogenesis,
genome and gene regulation, drug resistance, molecular epidemiology,
clinical and infection control issues, and therapeutics.
The plenary and symposium sessions will be presented by
the world's leading experts in each of these fields. In
addition, proffered oral and poster sessions will be an
integral part of the programme and all delegates are invited
to submit abstracts. Workshops and Industry breakfast and
lunch symposia are also planned.
For more information, click
here. |
| Brucellosis 2008
International Research Conference
10 - 13 September 2008
Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
The conference is aimed at scientists,
government and international regulators, veterinarians,
and clinicians with an interest in brucellosis. We hope
that the meeting will encourage the interface between these
groups essential in the ongoing struggle against this global
zoonosis.
The scientific programme will include a
blend of fundamental and applied research as well providing
a forum for discussion of tools and procedures relevant
to the control of brucellosis. The programme will include
reviews by eminent scientists within the brucellosis field
covering current understanding, and future prospective developments,
in their areas of interest.
Click
here for more information from the event website. |
| Health Protection
2008
University of Warwick
15-17 September 2008
This years event will focus on the latest scientific research
and its practical application to key areas of health protection
within:
- Preventing and controlling infectious diseases
- Protecting against radiation, chemical and environmental
hazards
- Preparing for potential or emerging threats to health
This conference will be attended by well
over 1000 participants working across the breadth of health
protection - from public health services and hospitals,
environmental health, emergency planning, laboratories and
research institutions.
For the latest on this years conference,
click
here.
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Infection Prevention
2008: Inform, Promote and Sustain
22nd - 24th September 2008
Harrogate International Centre
The inaugural Infection Prevention Society (incorporating
the ICNA) Conference & Exhibition will take place from
the 22nd-24th September 2008 at the Harrogate International
Centre. This key Infection Prevention and Control Conference
is an essential event for anyone who has the challenge of
preventing and controlling infections that occur through
the provision of care or in the wider community.
Leading keynote speakers already confirmed
include:
Prof. Stephan Harbarth (Attending Physician, Infectious
Diseases, University of Geneva Hospitals)
Prof. Dinah Gould (Professor of Healthcare Research, City
University, London)
Dr. Stephanie Dancer (Consultant Microbiologist, NHS Lanarkshire)
The themes for each day are:
Monday 22nd September - Informing infection prevention practice
Tuesday 23rd September - Promoting patient and public safety
through control of infection
Wednesday 24th September - Sustaining quality improvement
for infection prevention
Click
here for more information from the event website.
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