Department of Paediatrics Annual Research Symposium
General Research
Thursday, 05 June 2014
St. Catherine's College, Oxford
The 2013 Annual Departmental Research Symposium was held at St. Catherine's College, Oxford.
University Department of Paediatrics Research Symposium
Thursday 5th June 2014
St Catherine’s College, Oxford
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Time |
Title |
Student |
Speaker |
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8.30 – 9.00 |
Refreshments |
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9.00 - 9.05 |
Welcome and Introduction
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Professor Peter Sullivan |
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9.05 – 9.25 |
Paediatric Gastroenterology Research Group update I |
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Professor Peter Sullivan and team |
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9.25 – 10.45 |
DPhil in Paediatrics |
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9.25-9.30 |
DPhil in Paediatrics overview and introduction to the “confirmation talks” |
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Professor Andrew Pollard |
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9.30-9.40 |
Determinants of Slow Progression in Paediatric HIV-1 Infection |
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Emily Adland |
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9.45 -9.55 |
Body composition and Brain Maturation |
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Anil Kopuri |
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10.00-10.10 |
Translational applications for a human typhoid challenge model |
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Thomas Darton |
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10.15-10.25 |
Next Generation Sequencing for Investigating HIV Viral Evolution and HLA-B*27:05/B*57:01-mediated Immune Control |
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Jacqui Brenner |
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10.30-10.40 |
RSV epidemiology and vaccines |
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Christopher Green |
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10.45 – 11.15 |
Refreshments |
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11.15 – 11.35 |
Update on Departmental Research Strategy
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Professor Georg Hollander |
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11.35-13.00 |
Research Group Progress reports I |
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11.35 – 12.15 |
Developmental Haematology Research Group Irene Roberts – title TBC Binbin Liu – title TBC |
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Professor Irene Roberts and Dr Binbin Liu |
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12.15 – 12.55 |
HIV Research Group Philip Goulder – Mechanisms of HIV Cure and HIV Pathogenesis taught by paediatric infection Masa Mori – Sex and ART and Paediatric HIV Infection Allison Hempenstall – Evolution of the adult HIV epidemic in Durban, South Africa |
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Professor Philip Goulder and team |
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12.55 – 13.15 |
Oxford Vaccine Group I Andrew Pollard – Update on OVG activities Daniel O’Connor – genetic control of immune response |
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Professor Andrew Pollard and team |
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13.15 – 14.05 |
Lunch |
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14.05 – 14.20 |
Undergraduate and Postgraduate Teaching
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14.05 – 14.15 |
Development of the undergraduate curriculum in Paediatrics |
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Professor Philip Goulder
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14.15 – 14.20 |
Postgraduate Diploma and Masters in Paediatric Infectious Disease
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Dr Dominic Kelly |
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14.20 – 14.50 |
ACF and ACL Programme |
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14.20-14.25 |
Programme overview |
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Matthew Snape |
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14.25 -14.40 |
A/CL talk - UK-ChiMES: The UK Childhood Meningitis and Encephalitis Study’ |
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Manish Sadarangani |
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14.40 – 14.50 |
ACF talk – Gut pathogens and malnutrition in Kilifi, Kenya |
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Rosie Crane |
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14.50-17.10 |
Research Group Progress reports II |
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14.50 – 15.10 |
Paediatric Gastroenterology Research Group II |
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Professor Peter Sullivan and team |
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15.10 – 15.30 |
Refreshments |
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15.30 – 16.00 |
Neuroimaging Research Group Rebeccah Slater – title tbc Caroline Hartley – title tbc |
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Dr Rebeccah Slater and team |
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16.00 – 16.20 |
Oxford Vaccine Group II Christine Rollier – viral vectors for delivery of bacterial vaccines Johannes Truck - Studying B cell responses – antibody, cells and genes |
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Professor Andrew Pollard and team |
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16.20 – 16.55 |
Developmental Immunology Research Group Georg Holländer: Overview: Research in Developmental Immunology" Eleni Adamopoulou: "Exploring the basis of central tolerance in the human thymus: natural MHC class I and II peptides presented by dendritic cells." Nicolas Prevot: " The role of the mTOR pathway in iNKT cell biology" |
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Professor Georg Hollander and team |
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16.55-17.00 |
Closing remarks and Refreshments |
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Professor Georg Hollander |
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17.00-18.00 |
Department Social with Drinks |
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