IGHI’s monthly Global Health Forums provide a platform to bring together Imperial researchers, students, and staff from across all of Imperial’s Faculties to highlight, discuss and disseminate findings on current research and innovations on relevant global health topics. The Forums encourage interdisciplinary discussions with the intention that they will foster inter-Faculty research initiatives and leverage the immense strengths of Imperial College to resolve global health priorities of the early 21st Century.
Diabetes mellitus affects nearly 400 million people worldwide and can lead to a number of long-term complications, including cardiovascular disease, stroke, chronic kidney failure, foot ulcers, and damage to the eyes. Diabetes also weakens the immune system, leading to a greater frequency of infections among patients. The Global Health Forum this month will focus on the impact infectious diseases have on diabetes patients from a global context.
Agenda
15.00: Professor Danny Altmann, Professor of Immunology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London; ‘Diabetes and Infection’
15.15: Dr Susie Dunachie, Medawar Institute, Oxford University and Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; ‘Diabetes as a Melioidosis Risk Factor’
15.30: Dr Tony Harries, The International Union Against TB and Lung Disease; ‘Diabetes and Tuberculosis in India’
15.45: Bin Zhou, Environment and Global Health Research Group, Imperial College London; ‘The Where and When of the Global Epidemic of Diabetes’
16.00: Panel discussion and Q&A
16.30: Tea/Coffee
17.00: Close