UCL-TB WORLD TB DAY MEETING

25 March 2013

The Atrium (grd flr), UCL, Royal Free Campus, Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 2PF

Targeting zero deaths from TB: progress, reality and hope

09.00 – 09.30      Registration

09.30 – 09.40      Prof Tim McHugh (UCL)

                            Welcome to World TB Day at UCL

09.40 – 10.00      Prof Malcolm Grant (UCL President and Provost)

                            Welcome to UCL

10.00 – 11.00      Session 1: Dr Andrew Hayward (UCL)

10.00 – 10.30      Dr Marc Lipman (UCL)

                            TB in the UK:

                            Practical challenges of effective TB clinical s service delivery

10.30 – 11.00      Dr Gill Craig (City University, London)

                            Bio-social determinants of TB in the UK & Europe

11.00 – 11.30      Coffee

11.30 – 12.00      Dr David Moore (LSHTM)

                            Interrupting MDRTB transmission – turning off the tap in Peru

12.00 – 13.15      Session 2: LID TB series. Chair Prof Ali Zumla (UCL)

12.00 – 12.15      Dr John McConnell (Editor LID)

                            World TB Day 2013: Launch & summary of the LID TB series

12.15 – 12.45      Dr Marco Schito (Henry Jackson Foundation and NIH, USA)

                            Targeting zero deaths from TB: progress, reality and hope

12.45 – 13.15      Dr Stephen Lawn (LSHTM/University of Cape Town, South Africa)

                            The Xpert MTB/RIF assay and future prospects for a point-of-care test

13.15 – 14.00      Lunch

14.00 – 15.30      Session 3: LID TB Series. Chair Dr Marco Schito

                           (Henry Jackson Foundation and NIH, USA)

14.00 – 14.30      Prof Robert Wallis (Pfizer / Case Western University)

                            Tuberculosis biomarkers discovery:

                            Recent developments, needs and challenges

14.30 – 15.00      Baroness Susan Masham, Mr Simon Logan

                            (All Parliamentary Group  on Global TB)

    The rising tide of drug resistant tuberculosis –

    time for a visionary  political leadership

15.00 – 15.30      Dr William Wells (Global Alliance for TB Drug Development)

    Alignment of new tuberculosis drug regimens and

    drug susceptibility testing: a framework for action

15.30 – 16.00      Tea

16.00 – 17.30      Session 4: Chair Dr Marc Lipman

16.00 – 16.30      Prof Ben Marais (University of Sydney)

    TB co-morbidity with communicable and non-communicable diseases:     

    integrating health services and control efforts

16.30 – 17.00      Prof Andrew Nunn (MRC-CTU/UCL)

                            The RIFAQUIN Trial

17.00 – 17.30      Prof Tim McHugh & Prof Ali Zumla

                            Closing Remarks

17.30 – 18.30      Wine reception