08:30-09:00 |
Registration
Lift Lobby, G/F, William M.W. Mong Block |
Scientific Meetings on INFECTION
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Chairman : Professor KY Yuen, Department of Microbiology, HKU |
09:00-09:25 |
The Transmission of STD from Mother to Child
Dr Joanne Embree [view video by Realplayer]
University of Manitoba |
09:25-09:50 |
Defining Host Immune Responses during Presymptomatic and Asymptomatic Phases of Human Viral Infections
Dr David J. Kelvin
Shantou University |
09:50-10:15 |
How Intracellular Pathogens Manipulate Host Cell Biology and Innate Immunity to Promote Pathogenesis
Professor Daniel Portnoy [view video by Realplayer]
University of California, Berkeley |
10:15-10:40 |
Do Mosquitos Cause SLE?
Professor Ken Smith [view video by Realplayer]
University of Cambridge |
10:40-11:10 |
TEA BREAK |
Chairman : Professor KY Yuen, Department of Microbiology, HKU |
11:10-11:35 |
HIV-1 Trends, Risk Factors and Control in India
Dr. Prabhat Jha
St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto |
11:35-12:00 |
Global Population Mobility and its Role in the International Spread of Infectious Diseases
Dr. Kamran Khan
St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto |
12:00-12:25 |
Confronting the Threat of Avian Flu H5N1
Professor Malik Peiris
Institut Pasteur/ The University of Hong Kong |
12:25-12:50 |
HIV Drug Resistance
Dr. Nancy Shulman
Stanford University
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12:50-14:00 |
LUNCH |
Scientific Meetings on CANCER
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Chairman : Professor SYK Law, Department of Surgery, HKU |
14:00-14:25 |
Dying with Dignity - A Contemporary Challenge in Palliative Cancer Care
Dr Harvey Chochinov [view video by Realplayer]
University of Manitoba |
14:25-14:50 |
Genetic Study of Esophageal Cancer in High Risk Chaoshan Population of China
Professor Min Su
Shantou University |
14:50-15:15 |
Cervical Cancer and Papilloma Virus: Targets for Small Molecule-drug Therapy
Professor Michael Botchan
University of California, Berkeley |
15:15-15:45 |
TEA BREAK |
Chairman : Professor LC Chan, Department of Pathology, HKU |
15:45-16:10 |
Metalloproteinase Inhibitors as Therapeutic Targets in Cancer: Getting it Right
Professor Gillian Murphy [view video by Realplayer]
University of Cambridge |
16:10-16:35 |
Nasopharyngeal Cancer: The Role of Surgeons
Professor William Wei
The University of Hong Kong |
16:35-17:00 |
Plasma Nucleic Acids as a Novel Class of Tumour Markers
Professor Dennis Lo
The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
17:00-17:25 |
Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer in Asian-Americans
Dr. James Ford
Stanford University |