Past symposiums
| Title | Name | Institution | Talk Title | File Name |
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Session: Foodborne and Enteric Disease |
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| Prof | Martyn Kirk | Australian National University | The Global Burden of Foodborne Disease |  Kirk_M_ANU_OHA2016.pdf (5.95MB) |
| Prof | Nigel French | Massey University | The emergence of Campylobacter jejuni ST-6964 in poultry and humans in New Zealand: a new twist in the campy story | French_N_MAU_OHA2016.pdf (2.50MB) |
| Prof | John Crump | University of Otago | Invasive Salmonella infections in Africa | Crump_J_UoO_OHA2016.pdf (1.11MB) |
| Prof | Adrian Cookson | AgResearch | Escherichia coli community diversity – hitch-hiking for the solution. | Cookson_A_AgR_OHA2016.pdf (1.59MB) |
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Session: Pathogen Evolution |
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| Dr | Patrick Biggs | Massey University | The core genome and beyond: comparative bacterial pathogenomics and functional gene analysis in foodborne pathogens | Biggs_P_MAU_OHA2016.pdf (1.76MB) |
| Dr | Paul Gardner | University of Canterbury | A profile-based method for identifying functional divergence of orthologous genes in bacterial genomes | Gardner_P_UoC_OHA2016.pdf (1.02MB) |
| Dr | Tim Vaughan | University of Auckland | Exploring the Phylodynamics of seasonal influenze in New Zealand | tgvaughan.github.io/talks/OneHealthIDReC_220316. |
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Session: Prevention, Policy, Social responsibility and Communication |
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| Peter Griffin | Science Media Centre | Effective communication by scientists - what should society expect? | ||
| Dr | Siouxsie Wiles | University of Auckland | Effective engagement: what makes infectious diseases different? | Wiles_S_UoA_OHA2016.pdf (3.24MB) |
| Dr | Scott Gallacher | MPI | Preventing Food-Borne Disease | Gallacher_S_MPI_OHA2016.pdf (1.45MB) |
| Dr | John Potter | MoH | Preventing infectious diseases - What do regulators and policy makers expect fron scientists? | |
| Dr | Susan Jack | University of Otago | Evaluating a national prevention programme for Rheumatic Fever | |
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Open Session |
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| Prof | Patricia Priest | University of Otago | Taking care in the garden. Risk factors for Legionella longbeachae Legionnaires’ disease: case control study | |
| Dr | Richard Hall | ESR | MinION nanopore sequencing for the detection of pathogens | |
| Dr | Xochitl Morgan | University of Otago | Biogeographic relationships in the gut microbiome: lessons from Macaca mulatta | |
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Profered Papers Session |
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| Dr | Matloob Husain | University of Otago | Histone deacetylase 1: a newly identified antiviral host factor of influenze A virus | |
| Dr | Sofia Khanum | Massey University | Large outer membrane channels - chink in the armour of Gram-negative bacteria? | |
| Dr | Samuel Bloomfield | Massey University | Evolution of Campylobacter in a ‘persistently’ colonised human host | Bloomfield_S_MAU_OHA2016.pdf (1.24MB) |
| Dr | David Welch | University of Auckland | Directly estimating epidemic curves from genomic data | Welch_D_UoA_OHA2016.pdf (2.24MB) |
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Session: Modelling transmission dynamics |
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| Dr | Carolyn Gates | Massey University | Controlling infectious disease through the targeted manipulation of contact network structure. | |
| Prof | Mick Roberts | Massey University | How mathematical epidemiology became a field of Biology | Roberts_M_MAU_OHA2016.pdf (21.57MB) |
| Dr | Julia Gog | University of Cambridge | Spatial transmission of 2009 pandemic influenza in the US | |
| Session: Responding to emerging infectious diseases | ||||
| Dr | Michael Baker | University of Otago | Pandemics: Would a typology improve out ability to prepare and respond? | Baker_M_UoO_OHA2016.pdf (2.17MB) |
| Dr | David Hayman | Massey University | Policy and Science for Global Health Security: Lessons from the West African Ebola Outbreak | Hayman_D_MAU_OHA2016.pdf (2.85MB) |
| Prof | John Mackenzie | Curtin University and Pathwest | Emerging and re-emerging viral diseases: what are the threats and challenges | Mackenzie_J_CUPP_OHA2016.pdf (2.43MB) |
| Prof | Paul Klenerman | University of Oxford | New vaccine approaches for infectious diseases | Klenerman_P_UoO_OHA2016.pdf (1.18MB) |
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Session: Antimicrobial resistance - New research, strategies for management and control |
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| Prof | Greg Cook | University of Otago | New TB drugs work by a common mechanism | |
| Prof | Mark Thomas | University of Auckland | Antimicrobial Stewardship: how to prolong the utility of available antibiotics | Thomas_M_UoA_OHA2016.pdf (0.07MB) |
| Dr | Shirley Crawshaw | MoH | Development of a national antimicrobial resistance strategy | Crawshaw_S_MoH__OHA2016.pdf (1.52MB) |
| Dr | Mark Bryan | NZVA | My family and other animals: AMR and the role of veterinarians in global health | Bryan_M_NZVA_OHA2016.pdf (1.74MB) |
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Session: Interfaces in epidemiology 2 |
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| Prof | Andrea 't Mannetje | Massey University | Antibiotics and chronic conditions in childhood: is there a link? | |
| Dr | David Wilkinson | Massey University | Wild animals as reservoirs of novel and emerging paramyxoviruses. | Wilkinson_DA_MAU_OHA2016.pdf (2.15MB) |
| Dr | Jackie Benschop | Massey University | Leptospirosis - a global disease but a local phenomenon | Benschop_J_MAU_OHA2016.pdf (2.26MB) |
| Dr | Simon Kingham | University of Canterbury | What can geohealth add to infectious disease research? | |
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Session: One Health, The Big Picture |
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| Dr | Pete Jolly | Massey University | Strengthening Epidemiology Capacity Using a One Health Framework in South Asia | Jolly_P_MAU_OHA2016.pdf (1.92MB) |
| Dr | David Murdoch | University of Otago, Canterbury District Health Board | OHA: opportunities and aspirations. | Murdoch_D_CDHB_OHA2016.pdf (1.42MB) |
| Prof | John Mackenzie | Curtin University and Pathwest | One Health EcoHealth 2016 | JM_OHA2016.pdf (1.90MB) |
IDReC-University of Otago-ESR Mini-Symposium 2014
The symposium was co-hosted by Massey University (IDReC), the University of Otago (The Infection Group) and the Institute of Environmental Science and Research LtD.
Day 1
Session 1 Antimicrobial resistance in humans and other animals
- Game of clones: S. aureus infections in New Zealand: Dr Debbie Williamson DebbieWilliamson
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Discovery of inhibitors of energy generation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a game changer in the fight against MDR/XDR TB: Prof Greg Cook GregCook
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What do we know about multidrug-resistant bacteria in New Zealand pets?: Dr Eve Pleydell EvePleydell
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Contemporary epidemiology of Gram-negative resistance in New Zealand: Helen Heffernan HelenHeffernan
Session 2 New research on infectious disease
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MAIT cells - a new player in innate immunity to bacterial infection: Dr James Ussher JamesUssher
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Fever aetiology: bacterial zoonoses and global health: Prof John Crump JohnCrump
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Investigations on the use of BCG vaccine and DIVA tests for control of Mycobacterium bovis infection in cattle in New Zealand: Prof Bryce Buddle BryceBuddle
Session 3 The role of microbiomes and pathogens in both communicable and non-communicable diseases
- Microbial community analysis of the ruminant gut and potential impact on pathogen colonisation and ex Murdoch_D_CDHB_OHA2016.pdf (1.42MB)
cretion: A/Prof Adrian Cookson AdrianCookson - Dysbiosis - what are you going to do about it?: Prof Gerald Tannock GeraldTannock
- Microbial diversity and non-communicable diseases: Prof Jeroen Douwes JeroenDouwes
- We don't know why you're sick, it must be a virus. Metagenomics may provide the answer: Dr Richard Hall RichardHall
Session 4 Dealing with emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases in New Zealand
- Can comparing models of measles introductions into New Zealand and Ebola virus outbreaks in West Africa lead to better control of both?: Dr David Hayman DavidHayman
- Epidemics models with uncertainty - application to influenza: Prof Mick Roberts MickRoberts
- Bayesian data assimilation for Theileriosis in New Zealand - has anyone seen the vector?: Dr Chris Jewell ChrisJewell
Day 2
Session 1 New research on infectious disease
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A new concept in Immunodiagnosis that discriminates between Infection, Disease, Protective immunity, Heritability Resilience and Susceptibility: Prof Frank Griffin
- Pneumonia aetiology: why is it so difficult to distinguish pathogens from innocent bystanders?: Prof David Murdoch DavidMurdoch
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Toxoplasma in the marine environment: from cat poo to kai moana: Dr Wendi Roe WendiRoe
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The rising incidence of rheumatic fever in Maori and Pacific children: can it be stopped?: Prof Michael Baker MichaelBaker
Session 2 Genomic epidemiology and pathogen evolution in New Zealand - more data, better tools, greater insight
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From phylogenetic trees to phylodynamic trees: Dr David Welch DavidWelch
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Genomic epidemiology: what is it and how will it influence public health decision making: Prof Nigel French NigelFrench
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Recombination-aware analysis of bacterial sequence data using BEAST 2: Dr Tim Vaughan TimVaughan
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Whole genome sequencing for sourcing Bovine Tuberculosis herd breakdowns in New Zealand: Dr Marian Price-Carter MarianPriceCarter
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Household contact Neisseria meningitidis disease-carriage pairs: a tool to dissect virulence: Dr Una Ren UnaRen
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Paratuberculosis -pathogen typing and modelling to explore transmission and virulence: Prof Cord Heuer CordHeuer
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Disease Ecology and Pathogen Evolution (DEPE) Workshop 2013 Allan wilson centre and co-sponsored by IDReC
Programme Day 1
Disease ecology and pathogen evolution / molecular and genomic epidemiology of shigatoxingenix E.coli infection in humans in New Zealand: case control study. Professor Nigel French and Patricia Jaros.
Water quality, metagenomics and the microbial community in DoC campground water. Ben Phiri. Evolution of Campylobacter jejuni, host association and niche specialism. Anja Friedrich
How research into disease ecology and pathogen evolution influences policy and the management of infection disease. Dr Craig Thornley.
Effects of bottlenecks on immunity genes in NZ’s threatened birds. Dr Catherine Grueber.
The tale of the takahe translocations – from networks to next generation. Zoe Grange.An Australian Abroad – the secret life of the brushtail possum. Kyle Richardson.
Integrating wildlife movement models with infectious disease dynamics. Dr Chris Jewell.
A short speculative history of avipoxvirus in New Zealand birds. Associate Professor Brett Gartrell.
Applying pathogen discovery techniques to wildlife disease issues in New Zealand. Dr Dan Tompkins. Day 2
Campylobacter, compatibility and clonal frames. Dr Barbara Holland.
Source attribution models. Dr Jonathan Marshall.
Modelling the interaction between virus epidemiology and evolution. Professor Mick Roberts
Bayesian phylodynamics for infectious diseases. Dr Tim Vaughan.Whole-genome gene expression in complex multi-species systems. Dr Murray Cox. Host specific virulence in Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae. Dr Honour McCann.
PSA outbreak origins and evolutionary dynamics in the source population. Professor Paul Rainey. |
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IDReC Symposium 2012 Day 1 Session 1:
From takahç and microarrays to the Reverend Bayes - the work of the Molecular Epidemiology and Public Health Laboratory (mEpiLab). Professor Nigel French Session 2:
Infectious disease epidemiology, from microbes to Markov. Professor Tim Carpenter Session 3: Evolutionary process, population structure and opportunistic pathogens. Professor Paul Rainey Comparative genomics of the kiwifruit pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. Actinidiae.
Keynote address:
Standards for design and reporting of validation studies for diagnostic assays used for detection of terrestrial and aquatic pathogens: are they eeded? Professor Ian Gardner
The antibiotic treatment of bacterial infections: Pharmacodynamics, meets population dynamics, meets immunology. Professor Bruce Levin Day 2 Session 4: Infectious agents and non-communicable diseases. Professor Jeroen Douwes FISS_Douwes_CPHR (3.49MB)
Cancer in meat workers: a role for infectious organisms? Dr Dave McLean Session 5:
Statistical modelling and inference for spatio-temporal disease processes. Professor Martin Hazelton.
Livestock and Likelihoods: statistical risk forecasting for epidemic disease outbreaks. Dr Chris Jewell. Session 6:
Epidemic generations and threshold quantities: the use of mathematical models to understand disease dynamics. Professor Mick Roberts.
Infectious diseases and poverty: Still marching on together in New Zealand. Associate Professor Michael Baker. |