Antimicrobial Resistance and Diagnostics Panel Discussion

Antimicrobial Resistance and Diagnostics Panel Discussion

By Edinburgh Infectious Diseases

Date and time

Thu, 19 Nov 2015 14:00 - 16:30 GMT

Location

Edinburgh College of Art

74 Lauriston Place Lecture Theatre E22 Edinburgh EH3 9DF United Kingdom

Description

Please join with our panel of international experts to discuss "The Challenges of Antimicrobial Resistance and the Opportunities in Diagnostics".

Hear from

  • Prof Gyorgy Abel (Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington, MA, USA)
  • Dr Abdul Ghafur (Apollo Hospital, Chennai, India)
  • Prof Ramanan Laxminarayan (Centre for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy, Washington DC, USA)
  • Prof Rosanna Peeling (LSHTM, UK)
  • Dr Penny Wilson (Innovate UK / Precision Medicine Catapult, UK)

Refreshments will be available after the discussion.

The event will be followed by the Edinburgh Infectious Diseases Winter Lecture, which will be given by Dr Ramanan Laxminarayan on "Meeting the Challenges of Antimicrobial Resistance" at 5.30 pm in the Playfair Library.


Organised by

University of Edinburgh

Ashworth Laboratories

Charlotte Auerbach Road

Edinburgh EH9 3FL

email:  eid@ed.ac.uk, phone:  0131 651 3688

website:  http://www.ed.ac.uk/edinburgh-infectious-diseases

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