Conference Programme and Scientific Sessions
Day 2: 25 November 2022
Light breakfast available from 07h15
08:00 – 08:30
Special Conference Session: Announcing the Designation of The Global Health Network as a World Health Organisation (WHO) Collaborating Centre & Inviting Engagement with a New Open-Access Online Tool to Support Health Research
08:30 – 10:00
Session 5: Improving Health Research Methods and Processes
Chair: Professor Hector H. Garcia, Director, Center for Global Health, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia and Head, Cysticercosis Unit, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurologicas, Lima, Peru
Plenary
The Global Health Network: Enabling health research by sharing knowledge to drive equity in where research happens, who leads and who benefits from the evidence
Professor Trudie Lang, Director, The Global Health Network, United Kingdom
Talks
Participatory visual methods and the mobilization of community knowledge: Working towards more equitable research processes Gill Black, Director, Sustainable Livelihoods Foundation, South Africa |
ClinOps clinical research operation training program in LMICs Eyasu Makonnen Eshetu, Deputy Head, Center for Innovative Drug Development & Therapeutic Trials for Africa, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
Effectiveness of a Diabetes Program based on eHealth on capacity building and quality of care in type 2 diabetes: a pragmatic quasi-experimental study Daniela Morelli, Researcher, Instituto de Efectividad Clinica y Sanitaria (IECS), Argentina |
Promoting responsible research processes using digital technology, and its impact on research conduct – an experience from Pakistan Fatima Khurshid, Associate Clinical Research Officer, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre & Research Centre, Pakistan |
A vision to strengthen resources and capacity of the Palestinian health research system: a qualitative assessment Mohammed Alkhaldi, Assistant Prof. in Public Health Systems, Management, and Policies, Canadian University Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Postdoctoral Researcher in Global Health, McGill University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Canada |
"Innovative open source approaches to automating clinical data management for a large multi-centre cohort study." Narshion Ngao, Senior Data Manager, KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme |
10:00 – 10:30
Coffee Break and Posters
10:30 – 12:00
Session 6: Preventing Pandemics with Responsive Research Systems
Chair: Professor Cristiani Vieira Machado, Education, Information and Communication Vice President, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Fiocruz, Brazil
Plenary
Why we need research capabilities in place in every healthcare setting if we are to prevent the next pandemic
Dr John Amuasi, Leader, Global Health and Infectious Diseases Research Group, KCCR-KNUST, Ghana
Talks
Strengthening research ethics governance and regulatory oversight in Central America and the Dominican Republic in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study Julio Canario, Director, Etikos, Dominican Republic |
Research Training Needs in Sub Saharan Africa to Help Ensure Adequate Preparation for Response to Disease Outbreaks Sylvie Kwedi, University of Yaoundé, Cameroon |
Impact of a multicomponent intervention on COVID-19 cases and deaths in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro Fernando Bozza, Senior Scientist, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil |
Using human-centered design approaches to develop innovative models for delivery of essential health services in three Philippine rural communities during the COVID-19 pandemic Marvinson Fajardo, Research Project Manager, Social Innovation |
Developing a Policy Statement and Recommendations for Pakistan’s Ethics Review Framework and IRBs in Support of Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Farah Asif, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Lahore, Pakistan |
The SCORE project: A COVID-19 remote triage, surveillance, and community engagement project in Malawi Melody Sakala, Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Clinical Research Programme (MLW), Malawi |
12:00 – 13:30
Lunch Break and Posters
13:30 – 15.00
Session 7: Generating New Evidence from Data Related to Health
Chair:
Dr Amel Ghouila, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, United States
Opening Remarks:
Dr Bilal Mateen, Senior Manager (Digital Technology), Wellcome, United Kingdom
Plenary:
Fostering Data Science Capacity and Engagement in Africa
Professor Nicola Mulder, Professor and head of the Computational Biology division, University of Cape Town & Leader H3ABioNet, South Africa
Talks:
Real World Data for measuring primary health care and its effects on maternal & child health in Brazil Valentina Martufi, Researcher Cidacs/Fiocruz, Brazil |
Machine-learning prediction of early postpartum glucose intolerance in women with gestational diabetes mellitus Durga Parkhi, Postgraduate Researcher, University of Warwick, United Kingdom |
Socio-economic factors associated with adolescent pregnancy and motherhood: analysis of the 2017 Ghana maternal health survey Ephraim Senkyire, Registered General Nurse, Ga West Municipal Hospital-Ghana Health Service, Ghana |
Equity in reproductive health care using health equity transformation model Christy Martina T, Research Scholar, School of Healthy System Studies, India |
Assessment of the effect of Community Differentiated Service Delivery models on Viral Load Suppression among Children and Adolescents living with HIV in Uganda. Dr Christine Mulowoza, Research Coordinator, Ministry of Health - Uganda |
15.00 – 15.20
Coffee and Posters
15:20 – 16.40
Session 8: Women in Research
Chair: Dr Iris Mwanza, Deputy Director, Women in Leadership, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, United States
Panel
Dr Yewande Alimi, Program Coordinator, Antimicrobial Resistance, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Ethiopia
Professor Thumbi Ndung'u, Director for basic and translational science, Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa
Dr Aliya Naheed, Scientist, Initiative for Non Communicable Diseases, Health System and Population Studies Division, icddr,b and lead for The Global Health Network Asia Regional Coordination Centre, Bangladesh
Katherine Littler, Co-lead, Global Health Ethics Team, World Health Organisation, Switzerland
Professor Cristiani Vieira Machado, Education, Information and Communication Vice President, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Fiocruz, Brazil
Dr Lyda Osorio, Associate Professor, Universidad Del Valle, Colombia
Dr Alice S. Lakati, Director of Research and Community Extension, Amref International University, Kenya
16.40
Conference close: The next 10 years, and beyond!
Dr Raji Tajudeen, Head, Division of Public Health Institutes and Research, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Ethiopia. The Global Health Network AFRICA.
Professor Cristiani Vieira Machado, Education, Information and Communication Vice President, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Fiocruz, Brazil. The Global Health Network Latin America and the Caribbean
Dr Aliya Naheed, Scientist, Initiative for Non Communicable Diseases, Health System and Population Studies Division, icddr,b Bangladesh. The Global Health Network ASIA.
Professor John Reeder, Director, Special Programme for Research
and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) & Director, Department of Research for Health
World Health Organization, Switzerland
Professor Trudie Lang, Director, The Global Health Network, United Kingdom