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Registration now open for the McGill Summer Institute in Infectious Diseases and Global Health 2016!
We are excited to announce that registration for the Summer Institute in Infectious Diseases and Global Health is now open. The 2016 edition of the Summer Institute features two new courses with an expanded group of internationally renowned faculty.
Week 1 (June 13-17, 2016)
- TB Research Methods Course
- Global Health Diagnostics Course
Week 2 (June 20-24, 2016)
- Advanced TB Diagnostic Methods Course
- Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology Course
- Tropical and Parasitic Diseases Course
The Institute's website gives you all the details for each course in addition to information about McGill University and traveling to Montreal.
DEADLINE TO APPLY: FEBRUARY 7, 2016
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Course Director:
Dick Menzies, MD, MSc
Director, Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit
Associate Director, McGill International TB Centre
www.mcgill.ca/tb
Course Description:
An intensive course on methods of operational research, molecular epidemiology, randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, qualitative/community based research, decision analyses and modelling. Format will include lectures and small groups to develop and present study protocols.
Previous course materials are available at: www.mcgill.ca/tb/courses/tb-research-methods-2015
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Course Directors:
Cédric Yansouni, MD, FRCPC, DTM&H
Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical Microbiology, McGill University
Associate Director, J.D. MacLean Centre for Tropical Diseases
Nitika Pant Pai, MD, MPH, PhD
Associate Professor, Division of Clinical Epidemiology & Infectious Diseases, McGill University
Madhukar Pai, MD, PhD
Professor of Epidemiology, McGill University
Director, McGill Global Health Programs
Associate Director, McGill International TB Centre
Course Description:
This course will convene key stakeholder groups on global health diagnostics--focusing on TB, HIV, malaria, HIV co-infections, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and selected neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Issues covered include value chains for diagnostics development, current pipeline of diagnostics, unmet needs, market size and dynamics, policies on diagnostics, barriers for scale-up, regulation, supply chain, and quality assurance. Participants will include product manufacturers, donors, product development partnerships, policy makers, academics, clinicians, community advocates, public health implementers and leaders from ministries of health in priority countries. This course is taught by a diverse group of 27 renowned faculty.
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Course Directors:
Madhukar Pai, MD, PhD
Professor of Epidemiology, McGill University
Director, McGill Global Health Programs
Associate Director, McGill International TB Centre
Course Description:
This advanced course will cover advanced topics in TB diagnostics research and implementation, including incremental value of new tests, impact of new tests on clinical decision-making and therapeutic choices, cost-effectiveness in routine programmatic settings, and impact on patient-important outcomes. The course will introduce multivariable approaches to diagnostic research, and cover alternative designs which evaluate patient outcomes, including the diagnostic RCT, and implementation research. The course will also cover meta-analysis, mathematical modeling, and cost-effectiveness studies. Panel discussions will cover topics such as value chain for TB diagnostics development, market analyses, market dynamics, target product profiles, and barriers to scale-up of new diagnostics. Participants will include product manufacturers, donors, product development partnerships, policy makers, academics, clinicians, community advocates, public health implementers and National TB Program managers.
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Course Directors:
Marcel Behr, MD, MSc
Director, McGill International TB Centre
Professor of Medicine, McGill University
Microbiologist-in-Chief, McGill University Health Centre
www.mcgill.ca/tb
Erwin Schurr, PhD
Professor, McGill University
Leader, Infectious Diseases and Immunity in Global Health,
McGill University Health Centre
www.idigh.ca
Course Description:
An intensive course on methods of molecular and genetic epidemiology. The topics covered will include population genetics of pathogens and their hosts, host-pathogen co-evolution and epigenetics of host and pathogen. Examples will be focused on tuberculosis to provide an introduction to the analyses of next generation sequencing (DNA and RNA), epigenetic modification, genotype-phenotype association and evolutionary selection. Format will include lectures, panel discussions and small groups to practice the use of commonly employed computer programs in the field.
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Course Directors:
Michael Libman, MD
Director, J.D. MacLean Centre for Tropical Medicine
Department of Microbiology & Division of Infectious Diseases, McGill University Health Centre
Cédric Yansouni, MD, FRCPC, DTM&H
Associate Director, J.D. MacLean Centre for Tropical Diseases at McGill University
Department of Microbiology & Division of Infectious Diseases, McGill University Health Centre
Course Description:
The J. D. MacLean Centre for Tropical Disease at McGill University has trained generations of doctors and nurses who have provided clinical care to travelers, immigrants, and indigenous populations around the world for over 30 years. This course focuses on linking laboratory diagnostics and research to the clinical treatment of patients.
Tropical Medicine Clinical Review – 3 days
These presentations cover the latest health issues and treatments for travelers and indigenous populations. Presentations include the latest research and diagnostics in tropical and parasitic diseases and preventative medicine for travelers.
Laboratory Course: Malaria and Parasitic Zoonoses – one day
Laboratory workshop overview of blood borne and intestinal parasites and hands on teaching of microscopy for medical laboratory technologists, microbiologists, clinicians, nurses, and other industry personnel.
Clinical Ultrasound in tropical medicine: Practical Training for the Clinician – one day
Hands-on instruction in the use of diagnostic ultrasonography, with emphasis on tropical and parasitic diseases.
You may register for one, two, or all of these course components; however the laboratory and ultrasound sections are limited to 40 participants.
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