Annual Meeting of the Coalition for Operational Research on Neglected Tropical Diseases November 10-11, 2016, Atlanta Marriott Marquis Thursday, November 10, 2016 Day 1 7:30am-9:00am 9:00am-10:30am Breakfast Opening Plenary Session Welcome for Participants Pat Lammie Principal Investigator, Neglected Tropical Diseases Support Center Keynote Address To Be Announced Opening Remarks Pat Lammie Panel: Women and Girls in Focus Mwele Malecela Panel Chair Director General National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania Julie Jacobson Senior Program Officer, Global Health Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Thomson Lakwo Program Manager, National Onchocerciasis Control Program, Vector Control Division Ministry of Health Uganda 10:30am-11:00am Pamela Mbabazi Medical Officer World Health Organization Thoko Elphick-Pooley Director Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases Support Centre Anna Wickenden Director AIM Initiative Coffee Break Foyer 1
11:00am-12:00pm Plenary Session Panel: Integrating PC-NTD and IDM Disease Programs: Benefits and Unintended Consequences David Addiss Panel Chair Director, Children Without Worms Daniel Argaw Dagne Coordinator, Innovative and Intensified Disease Management Unit, Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases World Health Organization Suma Krishnasastry Professor of Medicine, Medical Superintendent Government TD Medical College, India Edridah Muheki Tukahebwa National NTD Coordinator Ministry of Health Uganda Matthew Steele Senior Program Officer, Neglected Tropical Diseases Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Wim van Brakel Head, Technical Department Netherlands Leprosy Relief Announcements of New Opportunities Leprosy Research Initiative Wim van Brakel Tamara Prinsenberg Policy Officer, Leprosy Research Initiative 12:00pm-1:15pm R2STOP Tom Gillis Research Chair of R2STOP (Research to Stop Transmission of Neglected Tropical Diseases) effect:hope Lunch Preview of the Innovation Lab Katie Gass Epidemiologist, Neglected Tropical Diseases Support Center Nils Pilotte University of Massachusetts Amherst Uzoma Nwankwo Health Economist and System Strengthening Specialist Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria Steve Williams Gates Professor of Biological Sciences and Biochemistry Smith College 2
1:30pm-4:30pm Breakout 1 Coffee and snacks will be provided outside the meeting rooms from 3:00pm to 3:30pm. 1A. The Potential Value of a Triple Drug Regimen (IDA) to Accelerate Global Elimination of LF Taniawati Supali Professor, Department of Parasitology, School of Medicine Universitas Indonesia 1B. Schistosomiasis Elimination: Where are we? (and) Where do we go from here? Dan Colley Director, Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases University of Georgia Room 508 Gary J. Weil Principal Investigator, Death to Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis (DOLF) Washington University School of Medicine Lorenzo Savioli Chair Global Schistosomiasis Alliance Room 504 & 505 1C. Strategies to Combat Drug Resistance in STH Room M105 Marquis Level Tim Geary Canada Research Chair in Parasite Biotechnology McGill University Leda Hernandez Division Chief, Infectious Disease Office National Center for Disease Prevention & Control Philippines Department of Health 1D. Moving Towards the End Game for Intensified Disease Management Diseases Epco Hasker Epidemiologist Institute Of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen 1E. Building a Future with Accessible Treatment for All Affected by Chagas Marcelo Abril Director of Programs and Projects Fundación Mundo Sano Room 506 Karsor Kollie Director, Non-Communicable and Neglected Tropical Disease Program Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Liberia Eileen Stillwaggon Professor of Economics Gettysburg College Room 507 3
1F. Maximizing the Number of Districts with Good Treatment Coverage Room 503 Margaret Baker Director, Knowledge Management ENVISION, RTI International Lynsey Blair Program Manager Schistosomiasis Control Initiative 4:45pm-6:00pm Innovation Lab Moderator Katie Gass Following a brief introduction of the innovations in, participants are invited to interact with presenters in the exhibition space in Marquis Ballroom A. 4
Friday, November 11, 2016 Day 2 7:30am-9:00am Breakfast 9:00am-12:00pm Breakout 2 Coffee and snacks will be provided outside the meeting rooms from 10:30am to 11:00am. 2A. Programmatic Decisions in Loa-Endemic Areas Room 508 Adrian Hopkins Former Director, Mectizan Donation Program Task Force for Global Health Joseph Kamgno Director Centre for Research on Filariasis & Other Tropical Diseases (CRFilMT) 2B. WASH on Worms: Integrating and Strengthening Multi-Disciplinary Actions on Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis Nana-Kwadwo Biritwum NTD Program Coordinator Ghana Health Services 2C. Feasibility of Integrated Surveillance for Parasitic and Neglected Tropical Diseases Diana Martin Microbiologist Parasitic Diseases Branch, CDC 2D. Defining Operational Research Needs to Improve Access to Quality MMDP Services for NTDs LeAnne Fox Lead, Elimination and Control Team Parasitic Diseases Branch, CDC Suzy Campbell Research Associate Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Kim Won Health Scientist Parasitic Diseases Branch, CDC Room 504 & 505 Room M105 Marquis Level Room 503 Suma Krishnasastry Professor of Medicine, Medical Superintendent Government TD Medical College, India 5
2E. Field Experience from India, Bangladesh, and Nepal on Visceral Leishmaniasis Will Starbuck Senior Program Officer, Visceral Leishmaniasis Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Janet Hemingway Director Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Room 507 Pradeep Das J.C. Bose National Fellow Director, Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (RMRIMS) Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India 2F. Xenomonitoring Room 506 Chair Daniel Adjei Boakye Professor, Parasitology Department Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) 12:00pm-1:15pm Lunch Announcements of New Opportunities Anne Maurer-Cecchini Award François Chappuis Head, Division of Tropical and Humanitarian Medicine Geneva University Hospitals New Opportunities from USAID Emily Wainwright Chief, Division of NTDs USAID John Amuasi Director, African Research Network on NTDs Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research Agenda continues on the next page. 6
1:30pm-4:30pm Breakout 3 Coffee and snacks will be provided outside the meeting rooms from 3:00pm to 3:30pm. 3A. Ov16 Serology Applying New Tools to Support the Transition from Control to Elimination in Africa Paul Cantey Medical Epidemiologist World Health Organization 3B. Addressing STH in Areas Transitioning to Post- MDA Surveillance Status for LF David Addiss Director, Children Without Worms Room 504 & 505 Thomson Lakwo Program Manager, National Onchocerciasis Control Program, Vector Control Division Ministry of Health Uganda Room M105 Marquis Level Arianna Means Research Scientist DeWorm3 Project, University of Washington 3C. Trachoma Elimination Room 506 Chair Anthony Solomon Medical Officer, Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases World Health Organization 3D. Maps and Models for Program Decision-Making Room 508 Kebede Deribe Wellcome Trust Research Training Fellow Brighton & Sussex Medical School Rachel Pullan Assistant Professor London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 3E. New Tools to Accelerate Elimination of Leprosy Room 507 Wim van Brakel Head, Technical Department Netherlands Leprosy Relief Basu Dev Pandey Director, Leprosy Control Division Ministry of Health Nepal 7
3F. Examining the Demands Placed on Community Drug Distributors Room 503 Chair Theresa Hoke Director, Health Services Research FHI 360 4:45pm-6:00pm Closing Plenary Session Panel: Translating Operational Research into Program Implementation Mark Bradley Panel Chair Director, Global Deworming GlaxoSmithKline John Amuasi Director, African Research Network on NTDs Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research Nana-Kwadwo Biritwum NTD Program Coordinator Ghana Health Services Leda Hernandez Chief, Infectious Diseases Philippines Department of Health Thomas Nutman Head, Clinical Parasitology & Helminth Immunity Sections, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, NIAID Emily Wainwright Chief, Division of NTDs USAID Tribute to Dr. V. Kumaraswami (1950-2016) Eric Ottesen Director, Neglected Tropical Diseases Support Center Summary Remarks Pat Lammie Conferral of the Second Annual Kyelem Prize Julie Jacobson Senior Program Officer, Global Health Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 8