17th International Congress on Infectious Diseases

<strong>17th</strong> INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Plenary Lectures
SOUMYA SWAMINATHAN
Tuberculosis: Challenges and Solutions in the 21st Century
Friday, March 4, 2016 • 14:30–15:15hrs
Soumya Swaminathan is a pediatrician by training, having completed her medical education at the Armed
Forces Medical College and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences followed by a fellowship in pediatric
pulmonology at the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. She has spent over 24 years at the Tuberculosis
Research Centre in Chennai, (now renamed the National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis), where she
is currently the Director. She has over 200 peer-reviewed publications and serves on many national and
international committees. Her major research interests are in pediatric and adult TB, their interaction with
HIV and nutrition and the management of co-infections as well as pharmacokinetics and pharmacogenetics.
She is an elected Fellow of three of India’s Science Academies and chaired the HIV section of the <strong>International</strong>
Union against TB and Lung Diseases 2011–2013. She also served as Coordinator for Neglected Priorities Research
at WHO/TDR, Geneva 2009–2011. She is the recipient of several awards for excellence in biomedical
sciences. Dr. Swaminathan was appointed as Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research
(ICMR) and Secretary, Department of Health Research (Ministry of Health & Family Welfare) in August 2015.
She will head a network of 32 research centres under ICMR, the apex body for coordination and promotion
of biomedical research in India.
SALLY C. DAVIES
Antimicrobial Resistance: From Problem to Policy to Action
Saturday, March 5, 2016 • 09:00–09:45hrs
Dame Sally Davies is England’s Chief Medical Officer (CMO), and the Chief Scientific Adviser for the
Department of Health. As CMO she is the independent advisor to the Government on all medical matters,
particularly Public Health. The CMO also advises the Health Secretary on medical matters and promoting
the health and well being of the people of England. She carries the rank of Permanent Secretary and is the
professional head of the Department’s medical staff and head of the Medical Civil Service. Prof. Davies
has been actively involved in NHS R&D from its establishment. As Director-General she established the
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) with a budget of £1 billion. Her own research interests
focused on Sickle Cell disease.
Long an active participant in WHO, Prof. Davies led the UK delegation to the Ministerial Summit in November
2004 and the Forum on Health Research in November 2008. She spoke on R&D at the World
Health Assembly in May 2005 and serves the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Health Research.
She also chaired the Expert Advisory Committee for the development of the WHO research strategy. She
is a member of the <strong>International</strong> Advisory Committee for A*STAR, Singapore and has advised many other
organizations on research strategy and evaluation. Prof. Davies was awarded a DBE (Dame Commander
of the British Empire) in the New Year Honours 2009 for services to medicine. In September 2011 she was
conferred as Emeritus Professor at Imperial College London.
PAUL ANANTHARAJAH TAMBYAH
Zika, MERS, Ebola, SARS and H1N1: Local and Global Responses to Viral Threats
Saturday, March 5 2016 • 14:30–15:15hrs
Paul Anantharajah Tambyah is currently Professor of Medicine at the National University of Singapore and
Senior Consultant Infectious Diseases Physician at the National University Hospital. He is also Research
Director in the Division of Infectious Diseases of the National University Health System. After graduating
from the National University of Singapore, he did his postgraduate training at the University of Wisconsin
under Dr. Dennis Maki and since returning to Singapore in 1999 he has held a number of academic,
professional and advisory appointments including Assistant Dean of the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.
He is immediate past President of the Society of Infectious Diseases (Singapore) and Secretary-General of
the Asia Pacific Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infection.
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