Endemic and Emerging Viral Diseases of Priority in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) – A Scientific Workshop to Promote Research Collaboration
26th-29th May 2014
The Four Seasons Hotel
Doha, Qatar
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This interdisciplinary research workshop is supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (NIAID/NIH/HHS) in partnership with the National Institute of Health’s Office of Rare Diseases (NIH/ORD/HHS), the U.S. Department of State’s Bio-engagement Program (DOS/BEP), the Weill Cornell Medical College-Qatar (WCMC-Q) with the Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) of the Qatar Foundation, as well as Hamad Medical Corporation, Sidra Medical and Research Center, and Qatar’s Supreme Council of Health. CRDF-Global will administer the seed-grant program. Scientists primarily from the Middle East, North Africa, and the United States will discuss research opportunities related to emerging viral diseases of priority to the MENA region; including HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C, Hepatitis E, MERS-CoV, Influenza, Flaviviruses and other viruses of regional relevance.
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DRAFT WORKSHOP AGENDA
MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
1100-1300 Registration / Poster setup / Luncheon
1300-1350 Welcoming Remarks
1350-1430 Tea/Coffee Break
1430-1700 Opening Plenary
1700-1800 Poster Session
2000 Dinner Hosted by the Qatar Supreme Council of Health
TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
0730-0800 Registration
0800-1000 SESSION 1: Strategies for HIV/AIDS Prevention in the MENA Region
1000-1020 Tea/Coffee Break
1020-1200 SESSION 2: Strategies for HIV/AIDS Prevention in the MENA Region - II
1200-1300 Cross-Regional Collaborators Luncheon
1300-1440 SESSION 3: Advancing Translational Science in HIV/AIDS
1440-1510 Tea/Coffee Break
1510-1710 SESSION 4: Hepatitis E
1710-1800 Poster Session II
1800 Leave Hotel for Dinner hosted by Weill Cornell Medical College-Qatar
WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
0730-0800 Registration
0800-0930 SESSION 1: Hepatitis C
0930-1000 Tea/Coffee Break
1000-1200 SESSION 2: Hepatitis, From Abstracts
1200-1300 Cross-Regional Collaborators Luncheon
1300-1430 SESSION 3: Surveillance, Response and Epidemiologic Investigation of MERS-CoV
1430-1445 Tea/Coffee Break
1445-1615 SESSION 4: Developing better diagnostics and interventions for MERS-CoV
1615-1630 Tea/Coffee Break
1630-1810 SESSION 5: Pandemic and seasonal influenza
2000 Dinner hosted by Sidra Medical and Research Center
THURSDAY, 29 MAY, 2014
0730-0800 Registration
0800-0950 SESSION 1: Other viral pathogens of growing concern
0950-1020 Tea/Coffee Break
1020-1230 SESSION 2: Biosafety and Biosecurity
1230-1400 Luncheon/ Poster Take Down