| 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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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) |
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Diagnostic Symposium: New Technology in the Diagnosis of Poverty-related Parasitic Infections
Date:
13 January 2021
Time:
13:00-15:30 hrs
Location:
Online – Zoom (link will be sentat later stage)