SCYPHeR Grand Round with Professor Mimoun Azzouz and Professor Thushan de Silva: Rare Diseases
Event details
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Thursday 16 January 2025 - 1:00pm to 1:00pm
Description
We are happy to invite you to the next session in our SCYPHeR Grand Round series. The Education and Skills Centre at 91Ö±²¥ Children's Hospital is accessible via the Damer Street entrance. You can also join on Microsoft Teams.
Refreshments will be provided to attendees.
Our speakers will present their research on Rare Diseases. Please see below for more details.
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Professor Thushan de Silva: Collaborative Infection and Immunity research at the University of 91Ö±²¥
Abstract: Thushan will describe ongoing infection and immunity research within the Florey Institute of Infection and the 91Ö±²¥ NIHR Biomedical Research Centre. He will highlight areas for future collaboration with paediatric research, including BRC work on immune responses in immunodeficiency, sequence-based infection diagnostics, and the active programme of work on Group A Streptococcus across the UK and The Gambia.
Bio: Thushan is a Professor and honorary consultant physician in Infectious Diseases at the University of 91Ö±²¥ and STH. He is co-director of The Florey Institute of Infection and Deputy theme lead for Infection and Immunity, 91Ö±²¥ NIHR BRC. Thushan's group applies a broad range of methods including human immunology, epidemiology, molecular diagnostics and genomics, to establish how pathogens interact with human hosts at population and individual levels. They work primarily on respiratory viruses and Group A Streptococcus, investigating the natural history of infection and immunity to inform the design of diagnostic tools, vaccines, and other preventative measures.
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