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‘Everything you always wanted to know about diagnostics’

 

Symposium on the occasion of the inauguration of Paul Klatser as Professor of ‘Development and evaluation of diagnostic tests in developing countries’.

Hosted by: AMC, Department of GlobaL Health, Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD) and KIT Biomedical Research.

 

When: Wednesday January 25, 2012, 13.00 hrs
Where: Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam
Auditorium 1 (Collegezaal 1), AMC, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam

Programme symposium*

 

13.00 – 13.30 Registration
13.30 – 13.45 Introduction AIGHD
Joep Lange (AIGHD, Amsterdam)
13.45 – 14.10 Essential Diagnostics, dream or reality?
Rosanna Peeling (LSHTM, London)
14.10 – 14.35 What do future diagnostics look like?
Hans Hofstraat (Philips, Eindhoven)
14.35 – 15.00 What do we need to make diagnostic testing in LMIC
evidence-based?
Patrick Bossuyt (AMC, Amsterdam)
15.00 – 15.30 Coffee/tea break
15.30 – 15.55 What is happening to TB diagnostics?
Andy Ramsay (WHO, Geneva)
15.55 – 16.20 The need of developing countries
Salim Abdulla (Ifakara, Tanzania)
16.20 – 16.50 Summing up
Paul Klatser (KIT,AIGHD/AMC, Amsterdam)
16.50 – 17.00 Closing remarks
Joep Lange
17.00 – 18.00 Drinks and snacks

* All talks include 5 minutes discussion

 

The inaugural ceremony itself will be held a day later on 26 January 2012 at 16.00 hrs (exactly)
Location: Aula of the University of Amsterdam, Singel 411, on the corner of Spui, Amsterdam
The inaugural lecture will be in Dutch: De diagnostische test gediagnosticeerd
You are welcome to attend without further notice.