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MBI Colloquium 2020

28 July 2020
Join us online on 7 and 8 October for our annual colloquium
The MBI annual colloquium is open to anyone with an interest in the areas of emerging/re-emerging infectious diseases and biosecurity, with a particular emphasis on the Asia-Pacific region.

This colloquium is a great opportunity for academics, health professionals and students to be updated on current developments. 

Session 1: Wednesday, 7 October

COVID-19: Viral evolution/genomics/serology

  • 1:45pm: Welcome (Mark Rees)
  • 1:50pm: MBI Update (Tania Sorrell)
  • 2:00pm: SARS CoV-2 global origin, spread and ongoing evolution (Eddie Holmes)
  • 2:30pm: SARS CoV-2 importation and spread in NSW (Rebecca Rockett)
  • 2:45pm: Serological surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 infection (Kristine Macartney)

Session 2: Wednesday, 7 October

COVID-19: Social aspects

  • 3:00pm: The challenge of health literacy for COVID-19 health communication (Kirsten McCaffery)
  • 3:15pm: Communication in times of uncertainty (Julie Leask)
  • 3:30pm: COVID policy dilemmas (Marc Stears)
  • 3:45pm: Infection control and prevention (Trish Ferguson, Mary Wyer and Ruth Barratt)

Session 3: Thursday, 8 October

One / Planetary Health

  • 2:00pm: Forgotten risk: disease emergence at the animal-human interface in India (Mike Walsh)
  • 2:15pm: A holistic approach to reduce waterborne disease in Fiji (WISH Fiji) (Aaron Jenkins)
  • 2:30pm: Transdisciplinary approaches to improve livelihoods and food security in Bougainville and Sulawesi (Merrilyn Walton)
  • 2:30pm: Transdisciplinary approaches to improve livelihoods and food security in Bougainville and Sulawesi (David Guest)
  • 2:45pm: Comprehensive approaches to address the AMR challenge (Ruth Zadoks)

Session 4: Thursday, 8 October

AMR / New Rx

  • 3:00pm Rediscovering the social in our AMR solutions (Alex Broom)
  • 3:15pm: The appeal of antibiotics in Vietnam (VRESIST) (Sarah Bernays)
  • 3:30pm: Drug resistance in Aspergillus in Vietnam (Justin Beardsley)
  • 3:45pm: The origin and rise of totally drug resistant (TDR) Shigella in Australia (Jon Iredell)

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