Global Challenges in Infectious Disease: Showcasing social science research

Global Challenges in Infectious Disease: Showcasing social science research in Edinburgh

This one day symposium has been organised by the Edinburgh Centre for Medical Anthropology and Edinburgh Infectious Diseases to bring together a wide spectrum of expertise in social sciences with relevance to infectious diseases research.

The day has been devised to facilitate discussion and interaction, and to seed ideas for future research collaborations. To this end, we very much encourage poster presentations.

The day will conclude with a drinks reception to which all are most welcome.

Provisional programme (subject to change)

Session 1 – Disease Control Tools

• Ian Harper, School of Social and Political Science, UoE - New diagnostics and TB control: Beyond the technology
• Jennifer Palmer, Centre of African Studies, UoE - Including refugees in disease elimination: challenges observed from a sleeping sickness programme in Uganda
• Alex Nading, School of Social and Political Science, UoE - Mosquito control to combat Dengue

Session 2 – One Health

• Rebekah Thompson, School of Social and Political Science, UoE - One Health, helminth infection and pig farming in Uganda
• Rebecca Marsland, School of Social and Political Science, UoE - Veterinary Anthropology
  

Session 3 – Funding, Regulation and Partnership

• Geoffrey Banda, Innogen Institute, UoE - Financing antiretroviral drugs in Zimbabwe and local production in Africa
• Janelle Winters, Usher Institute, UoE - World Bank Onchocerciasis control programmes from the 1970s to today
• Anuj Kapilashrami, School of Social and Political Science, UoE - Global health 'partnerships' & HIV Management
  

Session 4 – Global Challenges and Opportunities at Edinburgh

• Catherine Burns, Research Support Office for the GCRF, UoE - International Partnerships at the University of Edinburgh

Keynote Lecture

• Vinh Kim Nguyen, School of Public Health, Université de Montréal - Addressing the challenges of infectious diseases in the 21st century: anthropological contributions