Conference Programme




Date

Time

Session

Title

Speaker

Monday
27 March

09:00-09:10

Welcome to the Conference

Prof Lionel Tarassenko

09:10-09:30

1

Why this conference is important

Dr Ken Fleming

09:30-10:00

2:
The opportunities and challenges of engineering and implementing point of care tests in LMICs

Going viral: Harnessing data science, diagnostics and nanomaterials for early detection of infectious diseases in LMICs.

Prof Rachel McKendry
(Session C0-Chair)

10:00-10:30

Acceptability and feasibility of implementing digitally connected tests in rural South Africa, insights from formative work.

Prof Maryam Shahmanesh

10:30-11:00

Feasibility, acceptability and impact of HIV and COVID-19 self-testing: lessons learned from implementation research projects in Southern African countries

Dr Euphemia Sibanda

11:00-11:30

Break

11:30-12:00

New frontiers in point-of-care diagnostics

Prof Molly Stevens

12:00-12:30

Accelerating access to point of care tests in LMICs: Our experience exploring a new regulatory policy framework in Africa, Latin America and Asia.

Dr Noah Fongwen
(Session Co-Chair)

12:30-13:00

Panel - All Speakers

13:00-13:45

Lunch

13:45-14:15

3:
Apps and health informatics

Co-designing and Co-owning Innovation - Pathways to Acceptance of New Diagnostic Technologies

Dr Gari Clifford

14:15-14:45

Artificial Intelligence based Assessment oF health sYmptoms in TAnzania (AFYA Health Study): Its potential for Clinical Decision Support in Sub Saharan Africa

Dr Nahya Salim

14:45-15:15

Product-driven innovation for the management of digital technology in global health

Dr Melek Somai

15:15-15:45

Design and Implementation of Healthcare Diagnostics Systems for TB Control in Hard-to-Reach Communities

Dr Alastair Van Heerden

15:45-16:15

Break

16:15-16:45

4:
Industrial Perspectives

The SAMBA journey

Dr Helen Lee

16:45-17:15

Engineering Point-of-care Diagnostics in LMICs; Opportunities and challenges

Dr Laud Anthony Basing

17:15-17:45

Overview of the Nanapore portfolio in diagnostics + deep dive into the work on TB

Prof Justin O'Grady
& Dr Emma Stanton

18:30-21:00

Conference Dinner at the Oxford Museum of Natural History

Dr Gordon Sanghera

         

Tuesday
28 March

09:00-09:30

5 & 6:
Clinical Perspectives

Overview of the Session

Prof Chrystalina Antoniades

09:30-10:00

Development of Highly Reliable Point of Care Diagnostics for Africa

Dr Jesse Gitaka

10:00-10:30

Enhancing Patient Care through Pathology Lead Strategic Activation of Point-of-Care Testing 

Dr Daniel Maina

10:30-11:00

Malaria diagnostic resistance in routine case detection in a primary healthcare facility in Kenya

Dr Isabella Oyier

11:00-11:30

Break

11:30-12:00

Using Self-Supervised Feature Learning to improve the use of Pulse Oximeter Signals to Predict Paediatric Hospitalization

Mr Paul Mwaniki

12:00-12:30

Scaling Digital Transformation: The eyeSmart EMR experience at LVPEI

Dr Vipin Das

12:30-13:00

Determining optimal ways to monitor and detect diabetes in low-resource settings: Locally-relevant evidence from Uganda

Dr Anxious Niwaha

13:00-13:45

Lunch

13:45-14:15

AHOMKA:  Advancing Hypertension Health Outcomes in LMICs with culturally-adapted Mobile Technology

Dr Jacques Kpodonu

14:15-14:45

Scaling up of a primary care intervention for cardiovascular risk management in Indonesia

Dr Praveen Devarsetty

14:45-15:15

Using low-cost digital technologies to deliver novel clinical solutions

Prof Andrew Farmer

15:15-15:45

Break

15:45-16:15

7:
Challenges of scaling up resources in LMIC settings

Sustainable POC Diagnostics Services for LMICs- Focus on Blind Spots

Prof Tivani Mashamba-Thompson

16:15-1645

Social Entrepreneurship

Mr Philip Wilson

16:45-17:15

Leveraging Electronic Medical Records for Diagnostics in LMICs

Dr Stephen Senkomago Musoke

17:15-17:45

EHRs in LMICs

Dr Hamish Fraser

17:45-18:00

8

What have we learnt?

Prof. Lionel Tarassenko