goa conference 2023 

6-8 sept 2023

LISBOA BALL ROOM, Radisson Blu Resort, Goa

6 sept – day 1

8:00-8:20

am

Registration

Outside LISBOA Ball Room

8:20-8:35

am

Welcome & Introduction

Sudha Srinivasan, National Institutes of Health, USA, Jyoti Logani, Department of Biotechnology, India, Jerry Ellner, RePORT International

8:35-8:50

am

Overview of RePORT India & RePORT International 

Sonali Sarkar, RePORT India & Jerry Ellner, RePORT International

8:50-9:00

am

Role of RePORT International in NIAID TB Programs

Peter Kim/Fatima Jones, National Institutes of Health, USA

9:00-9:30

am

Keynote Address

Rajesh Gokhale, Secretary for Department of Biotechnology & Department of Science & Technology, Government of India

Basic Research – MTb Survival

Dhiraj Kumar & Padmini Salgame

9:30-9:55

am

Delineating Survival Strategies Employed by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

Vinay Nandicoori, CSIR-Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology

9:55-10:20

am

Targeting Host-Pathogen Heterogenous Interactions to Counteract Drug Tolerance in M. Tuberculosis

Amit Singh, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore

10:20-10:45

am

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Biofilms: Their Role in Drug Tolerance & Immune Evasion

Ashwani Kumar, CSIR – Institute of Microbial Technology

10:45-11:00 AM

Coffee & Tea Break

Vaccines

Amit Singh & Mark Hatherill

11:00-11:25

am

Vaccines to Prevent TB Infection & Immunology

Mark Hatherill & Tom Scriba, RePORT South Africa

11:25-11:50

am

Vaccines: VPM

Umesh Shaligram, Serum Institute

11:50-12:15

am-pm

VPM1002 Overview & Immunology

Vidya Mave & Padmini Salgame, RePORT India

12:15-12:40

pm

VPM1002 ICMR Trial in Close Contacts

Manjula Singh, ICMR

12:40-1:00

pm

IeDEA Tuberculosis Sentinel Research Network (TB-SRN)

Jeremy Ross, IeDEA

1:00 – 1:20

pm

Innovation in AI Based TB Case Finding

Shibu Vijayan, Qure.ai

1:20 PM

Group Photo & Lunch

operational agenda

Break Out Session, Members Only

2:30-4:00

pm

Bylaws Committee

Stephany Duda

4:00-4:15 PM

Coffee & Tea Break

4:15-5:45

pm

Scientific Review Committee

Tim Sterling & Mark Hatherill

6:30 PM

Networking Dinner

7 sept – day 2

8:00-8:15

am

Introduction & Overview of TB Survivors Program in India 

Amita Gupta, RePORT India & Chapal Mehra, TB Survivors

8:15-8:30

am

A TB Survivor’s Journey

Dipti Chavan, TB Survivors Program

8:30-8:50

am

Lung Health Study Updates

Hardy Kornfeld, UMass Chan Medical School – Worcester

Early TB

Vijaya Valluri & Bruno Andrade

8:50-9:15

am

Subclinical TB: What we have Learned from a Community-Based Study in KwaZulu-Natal

Emily Wong, AHRI

9:15-9:40

am

PET-CT & Biomarkers in Subclinical TB

Anna Coussens, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI)

9:40-10:05

am

Modeling Sub Clinical TB

Tess Rykman, Johns Hopkins University

10:05-10:20

am

Incidence & Determinants of Subclinical & Clinical Recurrence of Tuberculosis among Cured Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in India

Mandar Paradkar, RePORT India (Junior Investigator)

10:20-10:35

am-pm

A Comprehensive Multiomic Analysis of the Tuberculosis & Diabetes Interaction

Mariana Araújo Pereira, RePORT Brazil (Junior Investigator)

10:35-10:50 AM

Coffee & Tea Break

Sub Clinical TB

DJ Christopher & Tim Sterling

10:50-11:05

am

Gene Signatures for Monitoring Treatment
Response & Predicting Cure Among TB
Patients in Brazil

Simon C Mendelsohn, RePORT South Africa (Junior Investigator)

11:05-11:20

am

Impact of Premorbid Nutritional Status on
Tuberculosis Severity in India: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Analysis

Komal Jain (on behalf of Xinyi Du), RePORT India (Junior Investigator)

11:20-11:35

am

The Sound of Silent RNA: The Role of Long Non-Coding RNA on Tuberculosis in 4 Different Populations

Artur Trancoso Lopo de Queiroz, RePORT Brazil (Junior Investigator)

11:35-11:50

am

Population Pharmacokinetics of Moxifloxacin in Indian Patients with Multidrug-Resistance Tuberculosis

Prerna Arora, RePORT India (Junior Investigator)

11:50-12:15

am-pm

IGRA Conversion/Reversion

Sheetal Verma, Rutgers University

12:15-12:40

pm

Immune Biomarkers for TB Progression in a Cohort Study of Household Contact

Prudhula Kamakshi, Bhagwan Mahavir Medical Research Centre

12:40-1:05

pm

Urine & Serum Biomarker Analyses in Cohort B samples from RePORT South Africa

Karen Dobos & John Belisle, Colorado State University

1:05-1:25

pm

Towards a Systems Pharmacology Mathematical Model for EPTB

Chetan Gadgil, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune

1:25-1:40

pm

Introduction to SMART4TB

Bob Bollinger, Johns Hopkins University

1:40-2:00

pm

Closing of Scientific Sessions

DJ Christopher & Mark Hatherill

2:00 PM

Poster Session & Lunch Break

operational agenda

Break Out Session, Members Only

2:45 – 4:15

pm

Common Protocol

Stephany Duda & Ann Tufariello

4:15-4:30 PM

Coffee & Tea Break

4:30-6:00

pm

Capacity Strengthening

Bob Bollinger & Valeria Rolla

FREE Evening

 

8 sept – day 3

l

Scientific Country Updates

Stephany Duda & Marissa Alejandria

8:00-8:20

am

RePORT Brazil

Country Representative

8:20-8:40

am

RePORT India

Country Representative

8:40-9:00

am

RePORT Indonesia

Country Representative

9:00-9:15

am

RePORT Korea

Country Representative

9:15-9:35

am

RePORT Philippines

Country Representative

9:35-9:55

am

RePORT South Africa

Country Representative

9:55-10:10

am

RePORT Uganda

Country Representative

10:10-10:30 AM

Coffee & Tea Break

Working Group & Protocol

Action Items & Approvals

10:35-10:55

am

Biomarker Protocol

Padmini Salgame

10:55-11:15

am

Data Harmonization

Stephany Duda & Sri Ram Pentakota

11:15-11:35

am

Scientific Review Committee

Tim Sterling & Mark Hatherill

11:35-12:00

am-pm

Capacity Strengthening

Bob Bollinger

12:00-12:30

pm

Bylaws Committee

Stephany Duda

12:30-1:00

pm

Common Protocol

Stephany Duda & Ann Tufariello

1:30 PM

Closing & Lunch, Meeting Co-Chairs

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