Oxford Tropical Medicine Day
These presentations from our overseas researchers were shared with Medical Students at Oxford University
Oxford Tropical Medicine Day 2023
Oxford Tropical Medicine Day 2023 was another great success with >110 attendees in person at the John Radcliffe Hospital and online from around the world.
The morning opened with an introduction from Dr Xin Hui Chan highlighting how the careers of all at the podium underscored how gender equity as well as multicultural and multidisciplinary working are essential in global health and to provide compassionate care for our patients.
Prof Rose McGready presented decades of data on severe malaria in pregnancy in the Thai-Burmese border cohort, highlighting how subgroups with anaemia or hyperparasitaemia alone had a more benign course with appropriate treatment than those with other organ dysfunction. She was joined by Dr Makoto Saito online from Tokyo.
Prof Tim Walker’s virtual ward round from the Vietnam Hospital of Tropical Diseases had all at the edge of seats guessing the pathogens behind perplexing neurological presentations ranging from rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) to Japanese encephalitis, Streptococcus suis, and tetanus, among others.
Prof Philip Bejon then gave an expert overview of the Kenyan experience of COVID, contrasting the extensive transmission of mostly asymptomatic infection and relatively low excess mortality with the overwhelmed health systems of Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
Annelies Gillesen shared her field experience as a research nurse on 11 clinical studies of high consequence infectious diseases on three continents in the last eight years typically in extreme environments such as conflict zones. These included multiple outbreaks of viral haemorrhagic fevers (Ebola, Lassa), mpox, plague, and acute respiratory infections (influenza, COVID).
Dr Mehreen Datoo spoke on the clinical development of the R21 malaria vaccine from early phase to licensure. R21 is the second malaria vaccine recommended by the World Health Organization. Its cost-effectiveness and ease of deployment will help make access to a malaria vaccine a reality for even more children in Africa.
Dr Meg Vicentine gave an enthusiastic overview of the history and clinical impact of enteric fever, shortfalls in vaccination against typhoid fever and the current progress towards developing more comprehensive vaccines against Salmonella enterica serovars typhi and paratyphi.
Dr Maria Dudareva brought the event to a close with warm congratulations to the speakers on their achievements and contributions to global health.
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These presentations were recorded on Teams, which provide an automatic transcript. This transcript is accessible on Stream using an Oxford Single Sign On.
- Guy Thwaites - Clinical trials in life threatening infectious diseases - starts at 00:02:37
- Sophie Yacoub - Dengue - starts at 00:34:43
- Paul Newton - Laos, fevers, fakes & fish, public health research in Laos - starts at 01:02:12
- Ivo Elliott - Scrub & murine, a beginners guide - starts at 01:3131
- Kevin Marsh - COVID-19, why are Africa's rates low? - starts at 02:01:55
- Diana Lockwood - Leprosy - Do not neglect this ancient disease - starts at 02:31:55