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2013 HepNet Meeting

Africa Collaborative Hepatitis Network Inaugural Meeting took place in the Conference room at the Grand Tulip Hotel in Kumasi, Ghana on August 12th and 13th of 2013.

At this inaugural meeting we set forth to bring together a complementary panel of world-wide experts and clinicians vested in addressing the over-riding objective on HepNet:

The establishment of a multidisciplinary structured “hepatitis network” that will enhance our collective ability to address the fundamental questions surrounding the hepatitis epidemics in West Africa.

During those 2 days the topics discussed were general information about Hepatitis, Hepatitis B and C and Hepatocarcinoma primarily in Africa up to date, it was enriched by some of the ongoing research projects of colleagues and experience in the field involving topics in epidemiology, genomics, molecular virology, and epidemiology strategies for collaborative partnership studies. The agenda topics included were:

  • /media/stritchschoolofmedicine/hepnet/documents/hepnet_dr_jlayden.1.pptx
  • /media/stritchschoolofmedicine/hepnet/documents/hepnet_jpr_al.pptx
  • /media/stritchschoolofmedicine/hepnet/documents/hcvpresentation hepnet_sarfo.pptx
  • /media/stritchschoolofmedicine/hepnet/documents/hepnet ghana programme_dr_akere.ppt
  • /media/stritchschoolofmedicine/hepnet/documents/hep_net_pilot_dr layden.2.pptx
  • HCV Outcomes: Race based differences in the US. T Layden, MD.
  • /media/stritchschoolofmedicine/hepnet/documents/uprichard ghana 2013.2.ppt
  • /media/stritchschoolofmedicine/hepnet/documents/host genetics of hcv_turban.pptx
  • /media/stritchschoolofmedicine/hepnet/documents/hcv assays and blood bank protocol.dorcasowusu.pptx
  • Viral Evolution of HCV. Joseph Forbi, PhD.
  • /media/stritchschoolofmedicine/hepnet/documents/state of hepatitis b_the kumasi exp_etannor.pptx
  • HBV in Africa: Review of Molecular Epidemiology. JP Allain, MD, PhD
  • /media/stritchschoolofmedicine/hepnet/documents/hbv_vertical transmission_ehrhardt_final.ppt
  • /media/stritchschoolofmedicine/hepnet/documents/hepatoma presentation.dr_phillips.pptx
  • Hepatitis E in Africa. K Nelson, MD, MPH.
  • Panel Discussion: a) Critical questions of HCV in Africa b) Merging Epidemiology with host genetic and virologic studies. J Layden, MD, PhD, R Phillips, MD, PhD,JP Allain, MD, PhD, and K Nelson, MD, MPH.
  • Panel Discussion: Critical Questions surrounding HBV and HEV epidemics in Africa. R Phillips, MD, PhD, S Scaglione, MD, Prof BL Salako, MD, and K Nelson, MD, MPH.
  • NIH R01 Grant Application: Review of Aims / Protocol / Study Design.
  • HepNet: Steps and Challenges to Moving Forward.

 

 

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