PROGRAM

Diagnostic Symposium: New Technology in the Diagnosis of Poverty-related Parasitic Infections

Date:

Time:

13:00-15:30 hrs

Location:

Online – Zoom (link will be sentat later stage)

 

Please join us on January 13, 2021 for an online Diagnostics Symposium organized by TU Delft | Global Initiative in collaboration with Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) Global Initiative. The symposium will showcase and discuss new technologies in the diagnosis of poverty-related parasitic infections and follows the PhD defence of Michel Bengtson, who has done research towards the development of a rapid diagnostic test for visceral leishmaniasis.  

 

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Program

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15:15

 

 

Log-in

 

Opening by Prof. Cees Dekker (TU Delft)

 

Session 1 – Leishmaniasis – Chaired by Dr Jan-Carel Diehl (TU Delft)

 

Dr Koert Ritmeijer (Doctors Without Borders, Amsterdam)

Overcoming diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in management of Leishmaniasis: a history of operational research and innovation

 

Dr Michel Bengtson (TU Delft / LUMC)

Developing DNA-Based Diagnostics for Leishmaniasis and Other NTDs

 

Break

 

Session 2 – Schistosomiasis, Malaria & Hookworm – Chaired by Dr Lisette van Lieshout (LUMC) 

 

Dr Tope Agbana (TU Delft)

Smart Diagnostics for Smart Parasites: An update from the INSPiRED project

 

Prof. Akim Adegnika (CERMEL, Gabon)

The Need for New Diagnostic Devices for Schistosomiasis, Malaria, and Hookworm – Implementation and Future Perspectives

 

Reflection and Closing by Dr Jan-Carel Diehl (TU Delft) & Dr Lisette van Lieshout (LUMC)