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2009 Scientific Program
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Thursday 7 May 2009 10.30am - 5.00pm |
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Principles of Clinical Virology |
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9.00am - 10.30am Registration |
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Conference Registration Desk - The Carrington Hotel Collect name badge, conference materials and delegate satchel |
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Sessions Start |
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10.30am - 10.45am Conference Opening |
Emeritus Professor Yvonne Cossart Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine University of Sydney |
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10.45am - 11.30am Principles of Virology |
Professor William Rawlinson Department of Virology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick NSW |
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11.30am - 12.15pm Molecular Diagnosis |
Mr Philip Cunningham Department of Molecular Diagnosis, NSW State Reference Laboratory for HIV/AIDS, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney NSW |
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12.15pm - 12.30pm Clinical Case Discussion |
Mr Philip Cunningham Department of Molecular Diagnosis, NSW State Reference Laboratory for HIV/AIDS, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney NSW Professor William Rawlinson Department of Virology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick NSW |
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12.30pm - 1.30pm Lunch |
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1.30pm - 2.00pm Serology - New Tests for Recent Infection |
Dr Peter Robertson Department of Microbiology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick NSW |
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2.00pm - 2.30pm Predictive Values, Sensitivity & Specificity in Clinical Virology |
Associate Professor Alison Kesson Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, The Children's Hospital, Westmead NSW |
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2.30pm - 3.00pm Viral Culture |
Associate Professor David Smith Department of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Pathwest Laboratory Medicine, Nedlands WA |
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3.00pm - 3.30pm Future Therapeutics: RNA Interference |
Dr Nham Tram Centenary Institute of Cancer, Medicine and Cell Biology University of Sydney, NSW |
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3.30pm - 4.00pm Afternoon Tea |
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4.00pm - 5.00pm History of Viral Hepatitis and what comes after E? |
Associate Professor Stephen Riordan Gastrointestinal & Liver Unit, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick NSW |
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6.00pm Welcome Reception - All Welcome (incl with registration) |
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8.30pm Dinner - Own Arrangements |
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Friday 8 May 2009 8.00am - 5.00pm |
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Congenital Infection, Paediatric Infection & Vaccination |
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8.00am - 9.00am Clinical Conundrums: Diagnostics MasterClass |
Dr Greg Maine Research & Development, Abbott Laboratories, Illinois, USA Associate Professor Cheryl Jones Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, The Children's Hospital, Westmead NSW Dr David Smith Department of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Pathwest Laboratory Medicine, Nedlands WA Dr Mike Catton Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne VIC Dr Monica Lahra Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine University of Sydney Professor William Rawlinson Department of Virology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick NSW |
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9.00am - 9.30am Pathogenesis of Intrauterine & Perinatal Infection |
Dr Monica Lahra Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine University of Sydney |
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9.30am - 10.00am Emerging and Exotic Viruses in the Blood Supply - WNV, CMV, HFLU-1 and Arboviruses |
Dr Mike Catton Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne VIC |
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10.00am - 10.30am Morning Tea |
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10.30am - 11.15am Diagnosis and Treatment of Neurological Disease from Herpesvirus in Neonates and Children |
Associate Professor Cheryl Jones Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, The Children's Hospital, Westmead NSW |
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11.15am - 11.45am Adenoviruses - The Unsuspected Menace |
Dr Tony Walls Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick |
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11.45am - 12.30pm Principles of Vaccine Design |
Professor Richard Strugnell Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville VIC |
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12.30pm - 1.30pm Lunch |
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1.30pm - 2.00pm Paediatric Gastroenteritis |
Dr Carl Kirkwood Department of Paediatric Gastroenteritis, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville VIC |
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2.00pm - 2.30pm Vaccination for Viral Paediatric Diseases |
Associate Professor Alison Kesson Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, The Children's Hospital, Westmead NSW |
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2.30pm - 3.00pm Influenza Vaccine in Childhood |
Professor Robert Booy National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, The Children's Hospital, Westmead |
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3.00pm - 3.30pm Neonatal HBV Vaccination |
Dr Nicholas Wood National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, The Children's Hospital, Westmead |
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3.30pm - 4.00pm Afternoon Tea |
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4.00pm - 5.00pm The Grumpy Old Virologists' Quiz |
Dr David Smith Department of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Pathwest Laboratory Medicine, Nedlands WA Dr Mike Catton Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne VIC |
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6.00pm Conference Dinner & Movie |
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Saturday 9 May 2009 9.00am - 12.30pm |
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Blood Borne Viruses & Hepatitis |
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9.00am - 9.30am Virus in the Pancreas, Sugar in the Blood? |
Associate Professor Maria Craig Department of Paediatrics, St George Hospital, Kogarah NSW |
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9.30am - 10.00am Blood Product Screening 2009 - Current Tests & Risks |
Dr Patrick Coghlan National Transplantation Services Manager, Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Melbourne VIC |
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10.00am - 10.30am Morning Tea |
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10.30am - 11.15am Hepatitis B and C - Clinical Disease and Diagnosis in 2009 |
Dr Jeffrey Post Infectious Diseases Physician, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney NSW |
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11.15am - 11.45am Viral Hepatitis in Pregnancy |
Emeritus Professor Yvonne Cossart Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine University of Sydney |
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11.45am - 12.30pm Travellers' Tales - Prevention of Hepatitis A and E |
Professor Andrew Lloyd
Centre for Infection and
Inflammation Research, University of New South Wales,
Sydney |
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12.30pm - 1.30pm Farewell Lunch |
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End of Meeting |
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