We welcome you to the TBnet monthly webinar titled “TB infection: test and treat approach in the context of End TB Strategy” on Thursday, 26th of May.
Join us on Zoom!
Time: 26 May 2022 at 16:00-17:00 (CEST)
Meeting ID: 813 1215 1226
Passcode: 123065
Our speaker is:
Dr. Vladyslav Nikolayevskyy, QIAGEN, Manchester, United Kingdom
Vladyslav is a clinical microbiologist with an extensive experience in infectious diseases epidemiology and laboratory diagnosis. Upon completion of >15 years of service in the UK National TB service, he recently moved to industry currently holding a position of a Director in Medical Affairs, TB and Infectious diseases at QIAGEN. Vlad focuses on evaluation and implementation of novel immunological assays for latent TB diagnosis, COVID-19 assays and immune monitoring working closely with stakeholders globally also holding honorary positions at Imperial College and Queen Mary University in London, UK.
Our panelist experts are:
Marcellus Korompis MD, Jenner Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Marcellus is a PhD student at the Jenner institute, University of Oxford that is now working on tuberculosis vaccine which aim to explore immune correlates of protection in mice with promising vaccination regimens, including recombinant viral vectors, protein/adjuvant combinations, and other antigen delivery systems. He was a medical doctor from Indonesia that was working at a couple of TB wards.
Revaz Kokhodze MD, Tashkent Pediatric Medical Institute, Tashkent Institute of Advanced Medical Doctors, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Revaz is a phthisiatrician working in the TB-PRACTECAL clinical trial at the Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Center of Phthisiology and Pulmonology. Within this trial, his responsibilities include monitoring the condition of patients, prescribing and correction of treatment, daily inspection and supervision, documentation of patient condition data, participation in medical consultations and consultation sessions.
Chair:
Dr. Irina Kontsevaya, Postdoctoral Researcher at Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany
