Speakers International Speakers Local Speakers International Speakers International Speakers Prof. Duane. J. Gubler Professor and Founding Director, Signature Research Programme in Emerging Infectious Disease, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore Prof. Annelies Wilder-Smith Professor of Infectious Diseases, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Prof. Sazaly Abu Bakar Head – Dengue Virology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur Prof. Scott O’Neill Professor and Dean of Science Monash University, Australia Dr. Yesim Tozan Associate Profession, Department of Public Health, New York University Dr. Joacim Rocklov Associate Professor, Department of Public Health, University of Umea, Sweden Prof. Paul Reiter Professor of Medical Entomology, Institute Pasteur, France Prof. Bridget Wills Director, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Dr. Kevin Gorman Field Manager, Oxitec Ltd. UK Dr. Alessandro Sette Professor and Head, Centre for Infectious Diseases, Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, USA Dr.In –Kyu Yoon Director, Dengue Vaccine Initiative, International Vaccine Institute, Korea Dr. Kirsten Vannice Scientist, World Health Organization, Geneva Dr. Alexander Schmidt Director, Clinical Research and Translational Science at GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals Ashly Lauren St John Assistant Professor, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke -NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore Dr. October Sessions Assistant Professor, Infectious Disease Programme, Duke -NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore Prof. Suchitra Nimmanitya Senior Consultant - Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health, Thailand Dr. Aravinda De Silva Professor of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina, School of Medicine Prof. Dr. Waseem Akram Head of Research and Development Program on Dengue Punjab, Chief Minister, Secretariat Lahore, Pakistan Wilson Tan Cheong Huat Programme Head, Vector-borne disease research, Environmental Health Institute, NEA, Singapore Professor Leo Yee Sin Director, Institute of Infectious Disease and Epidemiology & Clinical Director, Communicable Disease Centre Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore. Dr. Rushika Perera Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Pathology, Colorado State University, USA Dr. Yie Hou LEE Principal Scientist KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital Adjunct Assistant Professor at Duke-NUS, Singapore . . . . Local Speakers Local Speakers Dr. Palitha Mahipala Director General of Health Services,Ministry of Health, Nutrition & Indigenous Sri Lanka Dr. Paba Palihawadana Chief Epidemiologist,Ministry of Health, Nutrition & Indigenous Sri Lanka Dr. Hasitha Tissera Consultant Epidemiologist / National Coordinator for Dengue, Sri Lanka Prof. Asitha De Silva Head Clinical Trials Unit Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka Prof. W. Abeyewickreme Professor, Medical Parasitology and Entomology, Department of Parasitology, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka Dr. Neelika Malavige Professor and Immunologist, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka Dr. Lak Kumar Fernando Consultant Paediatrician, District General Hospital Gampaha, Sri Lanka Dr.Ananda Wijewickrama Consultant Physician, Infectious Disease Hospital, Colombo Sri Lanka Dr. Deepthi Perera Consultant Community Physician/ Provincial Director of Health, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Programme Tentative programme for the International Conference on Dengue/DHF: 24-26, February 2016, BMICH, Colombo, Sri Lanka DENGUE: TO STEM THE TIDE Organized and facilitated by Further information from www.conference.epid.gov.lk | www.epid.gov.lk