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Register for your free place at this conference online.

This two day meeting will include talks from many senior Imperial academics as well as prominent academics from partner institutions in South Africa, The Gambia, Kenya, Thailand, Peru, Kenya and Uganda. Themes will include HIV and TB, malaria, neglected tropical diseases and non-communicable diseases, child health, and viral diseases among others.

As well as opening the new Centre for Global Health Research, the event will also serve as a final meeting for the Wellcome Centre for Clinical Tropical Medicine, and will feature talks from our current and recent fellows.

Speakers include:

  • Professor Mike Levin (Centre Director, Centre for Global Health Research, Imperial)
  • Lord Ara Darzi (Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial)
  • Professor Dermot Kelleher (Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial)
  • Professor Jimmy Whitworth (Head of International Activities, Wellcome Trust)
  • Professor Simon Taylor-Robinson (Imperial)
  • Professor Tumani Corrah (MRC, The Gambia)
  • Professor Jonathan Weber (Imperial)
  • Professor Tom Williams (Imperial)
  • Professor Robert Wilkinson (Imperial)
  • Professor George Christophides (Imperial)
  • Dr Carlton Evans (Imperial)
  • Professor Beate Kampmann (Imperial, MRC, The Gambia)
  • Professor Kath Maitland (Imperial)
  • Professor Majid Ezzati (Imperial)
  • Dr Jill Gilmour (Imperial)
  • Professor Bongani Mayosi (University of Cape Town)
  • Professor Maria-Gloria Basanez (Imperial)
  • Professor Peter Burney (Imperial)
  • Professor Charles Bangham (Imperial)
  • Dr Graham Taylor (Imperial)