Congress 2022 Speakers

Philip Abdelmalik

World Health Organization (WHO), Berlin, Germany

Talk Title: Getting to Better Pandemic and Epidemic Preparedness and Response
Talk Title: Policy Discussions – Pandemic Centers

Ifedayo Adetifa

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Abuja, Nigeria

Plenary Talk Title: Monkeypox

Sitara Ajjampur

Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Talk Title: Early Childhood Diarrheal Disease: Causes, Consequences, and Control Strategies

Chanaki Amaratunga

Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Bangkok, Thailand

Plenary Talk Title: The Threat of Multidrug Resistant Falciparum Malaria
Co-Chair: Oral Abstracts – Parasitology and Parasitic Infections

Rahela Ambaras Khan

Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Workshop Lead Facilitator: Role of AMS pharmacist in Malaysia

Afreenish Amir

National Institute of Health, Islamabad, Pakistan

Talk Title: Challenges And Solutions Towards Antimicrobial Stewardship Implementation

Anucha Apisarnthanarak

Pratum Thani, Thailand

Talk Title: Issues to Consider for MDR-Acinetobacter Baumannii Treatment
Workshop Lead Facilitator: Fungal Outbreaks: Implications for IPC
Talk Title: The Integration of IPC and Stewardship: Key Strategies

Iskandar Azwa

University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Talk Title: HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Updates for the Infectious Disease Physician

Manica Balasegaram

Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP), Geneva, Switzerland

Talk Title: Equitable Access

Gonzalo Bearman

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA

Talk Title: Digital Publishing- Preprints and Open Access Publishing: What Happens Next?
Workshop Lead Facilitator: The Guide – Last Two Years in Review
Talk Title: HAIs – How Much Can We Prevent and How to Manage Expectations

Pablo Beldomenico

CONICET – Argentina, Santa Fe, Argentina

Talk Title: COVID-19: A Multi-Host Pandemic
Talk Title: Meet the ProMED Moderators
Co-Chair: Rabies – Key Areas of Focus for Successful Elimination

Lucille Blumberg

National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa

Meet-the-Expert: IJID One Health
Talk Title: Zoonoses at a One Health Interface in South Africa – it’s the Little Five, Not the Big Five!
Workshop Lead Facilitator: IJID One Health Journal

Lulu Bravo

University of the Philippines Manila, Manila, Philippines

Talk Title: Childhood Vaccines and the Pandemic
Chair: Pediatric Infectious Diseases – Challenges and Opportunities
Talk Title: Re-emergence of Measles

Paul Brown

University of the West Indies (The UWI), Mona, Jamaica

Talk Title: Policy Discussion – Pandemic Centers

Enrique Castro-Sanchez

Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Workshop Lead Facilitator: Misinformation: Responding to Social Media with Science
Talk Title: Social Media, Misinformation, and Health Literacy

Louis Chai

National University Health System, Singapore

Talk Title: Candida Auris and Other Emerging Fungal Infections

Esmita Charani

Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Workshop Lead Facilitator: What Does Antimicrobial Stewardship look like Where You Are? Narratives on Pharmacist and Nurse Roles from Around the World
Chair: Perspectives from Emerging Leaders Session
Moderator: Panel Discussion: Antimicrobials and Vaccines – Equitable Global Access
Co-Chair: Oral Abstracts – Hot Topics

Leong Chee Loon

Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Co-Chair: Fungal Resistance, Diagnostics, and Therapy Updates

Lin Chen

Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Meet-the-Expert: Travel Medicine Updates

Chien-Jen Chen

Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Plenary Moderator: Overcoming the Pandemic: National COVID-19 Responses
Plenary Talk Title: Stopping the Next Pandemic Before it Strikes

Suresh Kumar Chidambaram

Hospital Sungai Buloh, Shah Alam, Malaysia

Talk Title: Debate: Antibiotics for Diarrheal Disease

Justin Chu

National University of Singapore, Singapore

Talk Title: Antiviral Strategies for Human Enteroviruses

William Davis

Thailand MOPH-US CDC Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Co-Chair: Respiratory Infections
Talk Title: Pan-Respiratory Disease Surveillance

Veasna Duong

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Talk Title: Insight of Zoonotic Viruses at Human-animal Interfaces in Cambodia

Mohamed El-Kassas

Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt

Talk Title: Egypt’s Experience in the Elimination of Hepatitis C

Nicholas Feasey

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Co-Chair: Respiratory Infections
Talk Title: Learning from COVID-19 to Tackle Antibiotic Resistance

Zakuan Zainy Deris

Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, Malaysia

Co-Chair: Hospital-Acquired Infections – How Much Can We Prevent?

Corey Forde

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Bridgetown, Barbados

Plenary Talk Title: Barbado’s COVID-19 Response
Policy Discussion: Health Systems Resilience

Jorge Estanislao Gonzalez-Mendoza

Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Meet-the-Expert: Meet the ProMED Moderators
Talk Title: Updates on HIV and Tuberculosis Co-Infection

Azra Ghani

Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Plenary Talk Title: Getting Back on Track: the Tools and Strategies Needed to Achieve Malaria Elimination and Eradication

Rosaida Hj Md Said

Hospital Serdang, Kajang, Malaysia

Talk Title: Malaysia’s Hepatitis C Elimination Journey – Global Implications and Opportunities

Latiffah Hassan

Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia

Chair: One Health Session – Surveillance of High Consequence Zoonotic Viruses at the Human-Animal Interface

Alison Holmes

Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Plenary Moderator: Overcoming the Pandemic: National COVID-19 Responses
Plenary Chair: Stopping the Next Pandemic Before it Strikes
Co-Chair: Panel Discussion: Antimicrobials and Vaccines – Equitable Global Access
Chair: Personalized/Integrated Approaches Across Infectious Disease Therapy and Prevention
Plenary Chair: Dengue

Mary Horgan

Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Plenary Talk Title: Ireland’s COVID-19 Response
Moderator: Policy Discussions – Pandemic Centers

Adeeba Kamarulzaman

University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Co-Chair: HIV – Hot Topics
Talk Title: Updates on ART
Chair: Innovation in Infectious Diseases – Adoption and Implementation

Gagandeep Kang

Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Co-Chair: Oral Abstracts – Vaccines Developments
Talk Title: Global Vaccine Equity
Meet-the-Expert: Early Childhood Diarrheal Disease: Causes, Consequences, and Control Strategies

Evelyne Kestelyn

Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Talk Title: Policy Discussion – Advancing Clinical Trials
Plenary Talk Title: Dengue

Krista Kniss

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Talk Title: USA H5N1 HPAI Response

Eric Laing

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, United States

Talk Title: Bat Antibody Dynamics in Time: What Can We Learn About Pathogen Dynamics From Multiplexed Luminex Serological Assays

Jeffrey Lazarus

Barcelona Institute for Global Health Hospital Clínic – University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Talk Title: A People Centered Health Systems Approach to Living Long with HIV
Plenary Talk Title: Stopping the Next Pandemic Before it Strikes

Shui Shan Lee

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong

Meet-the-Expert: The International Journal of Infectious Diseases (IJID)
Workshop Lead Facilitator: IJID Editors

Edmund Lee

Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Workshop Lead Facilitator: Misinformation: Responding to Social Media with Science

Min-Shi Lee

National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan

Talk Title: Asia-Pacific Network for Enterovirus Surveillance Overview and Development of Enterovirus A71 Vaccines

Kansuda Leelahapongsathon

Kasetsart University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

Talk Title: Feasibility and Effectiveness Studies of Oral Rabies Vaccination

David Lewis

Western Sydney Local Health District, Parramatta, Australia

Talk Title: Resurgence of Syphilis

Yvonne Lim

University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Talk Title: Helminth Infections

Jia Ming Low

National University Hospital of Singapore, Singapore

Talk Title: A Multiyear Journey Towards Reduced Water NICU

David Lye

National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore

Talk Title: The Utility of Randomized Controlled Trials in Optimal Treatment of Bacteraemia
Talk Title: Optimising Treatment for Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacterales

Neelika Malavige

University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Talk Title: Immune Responses and Severe Dengue
Co-Chair: Oral Abstracts – Vaccines Developments

Fernando Pascual Martinez

GARDP, Geneva, Switzerland

Talk Title: Ongoing Public Efforts to Develop New Treatments for Gonorrhea

Kalisvar Marimuthu

Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

Co-Chair: Oral Abstracts – Genomics and Infectious Diseases
Talk Title: Spotting Unseen Outbreaks Using WGS

Ghassan Matar

University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Meet-the-Expert: Meet the ProMED Moderators
Talk Title: Global Access to Antimicrobials and the Emergence of AMR in the COVID-19 Era

Marc Mendelson

University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Talk Title: Policy Discussion – Health Systems Resilience
Meet-the-Expert: Surgical Infections and Antibiotic Use

Johanna C. Meyer

Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Pretoria, South Africa

Talk Title: How to Build Confidence in Vaccines

David Moore

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Talk Title: Antimicrobial Prescribing for Hospitalised Children: Prevalence Surveys in Africa

Fong Mun Yik

University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Talk Title: Plasmodium Knowlesi – Malaria at the One Health Interface

Adebola Olayinka

World Health Organization (WHO), Abuja, Nigeria

Talk Title: Debates: Antibiotics for Diarrheal Disease
Talk Title: Policy Discussion – Advancing Clinical Trials

Catherine Ong

National University of Singapore, Singapore

Talk Title: Targeting Tuberculosis and Tissue Destruction

Petrick Periyasamy

Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz UKM (HCTM), Malaysia

Workshop Lead Facilitator: Current Practice in Malaysia and How to Develop a Strategy for Greater Pharmacist Involvement in AMS
Moderator: Policy Discussion – Advancing Clinical Trials

Tatiana Pinto

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Talk Title: Infectious Diseases in the COVID-19 Era
Co-Chair: Oral Abstracts – COVID-19

Sasheela Ponnampalavanar

University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Talk Title: Clinical Evidence for Therapy of Gram-negative Bacterial Infections
Co-Chair: Clinical Management of Hard to Treat Infections
Meet-the-Expert: Surgical Infections and Antibiotic Use

Ruksana Raihan

US Bangla Medical College and Hospital, Narayanganj, Bangladesh

Co-Chair: Hepatitis C Elimination – Global Opportunities

Jason Roberts

The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Talk Title: Precision Antibiotic Dosing for Treatment of Severe GN Infections
Talk Title: Global Burden of Bacterial Antimicrobial Resistance

Sally Roberts

Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai, Auckland, New Zealand

Meet-the-Expert: cUTI and Resistance of Gram Negative Bacteria
Co-Chair: Oral Abstracts – Genomics and Infectious Diseases
Plenary Moderator: Pancoronavirus Vaccines

Jesus Rodriguez-Manzano

Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Workshop Lead Facilitator: Taking an Idea from the Lab to Commercialization
Talk Title: Enhancing Existing Diagnostic Capacity Through AI and Data Driven Approaches

Anna Rozaliyani

Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia

Talk Title: Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Indonesia: An Evolving Challenge

Priscilla Rupali

Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Talk Title: Drug Resistant Enteric Pathogens
Talk Title: Patient-Centered Surveillance of Drug-Resistant Infections
Meet-the-Expert: Travel Medicine Updates

Norhayati Rusli

Ministry of Health (Malaysia), Putrajaya, Malaysia

Plenary Talk Title: Malaysia’s COVID-19 Response

Kiat Ruxrungtham

Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Talk Title: Overview on mRNA Vaccines Beyond COVID-19

Senjuti Saha

Child Health Research Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Talk Title: Towards Building Capacity and Accelerating Genomic Surveillance: Lessons from Bangladesh
Talk Title: The Continuing Crisis of Neonatal Sepsis: Lessons from 19 Years of Surveillance in Bangladesh
Moderator: Debates: Antibiotics for Diarrheal Disease

Rupa Sarkar

The Lancet Digital Health, London, United Kingdom

Meet-the-Expert: The Lancet Digital Health
Co-Chair: Infectious Disease Innovations for a Digital World
Workshop Lead Facilitator: The Lancet Digital Health

Travis Schlappi

Claremont, California, United States

Workshop Lead Facilitator: R&D Challenges and Emerging Diagnostic Technologies
Talk Title: Rapid Diagnostics

Seth Seet

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Workshop Lead Facilitator: Misinformation: Responding to Social Media with Science

XiaoHui Sem

FIND, Geneva, Switzerland

Talk Title: Innovation and Integration of HCV Diagnostics to Facilitate Linkage to Care

Nour Shamas

Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Workshop Lead Facilitator: Pharmacist Led Quality Improvement Initiatives in AMS – Example from Saudi Arabia

Wong Sunny

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Talk Title: Alternatives to Antibiotics – Microbiome Modulation and Others

Nuntra Suwantarat

Chulabhorn International College of Medicine, Thammasat University, PathumThani, Thailand

Co-Chair: Oral Abstracts – IPC/Healthcare Associated Infections & Critical Care
Talk Title: Screening Strategies in Different Resource Settings

Soumya Swaminathan

WHO Chief Scientist, World Health Organization (WHO), Suisse, Geneva

Plenary I: Opening Remarks

Paul Ananth Tambyah

National University of Singapore, Singapore

Co-Chair: Clinical Management of Hard to Treat Infections
Talk Title: Management of Recurrent or Persistent MRSA Infection
Meet-the-Expert: A Career in Global Health and Public Health
Plenary Chair: Monkeypox
Co-Chair: Oral Abstracts – Hot Topics

Soek-Siam Tan

Selayang Hospital, Batu Caves, Malaysia

Talk Title: Enhancing the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of Hepatitis B

Edson Tandoc

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Workshop Lead Facilitator: Misinformation: Responding to Social Media with Science

Kok Keng Tee

University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Talk Title: Translating Genomics into Practice

Thérèse Umuhoza

Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases at University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Co-Chair: Dengue Updates

Rukumani Devi Velayuthan

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

Talk Title: Burden of Serious Human Fungal Infections in Malaysia

Bao Vu Ngoc

PATH, Hanoi, Vietnam

Talk Title: Self Testing in HIV

Indra Vythilingam

Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Talk Title: New Proactive Paradigm for Dengue Surveillance Using GOS Traps and NS1 Kits

Linfa Wang

Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore

Plenary Title: Pancoronavirus Vaccines

Sean Wasserman

University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Co-Chair: Infectious Disease Innovations for a Digital World
Co-Chair: Oral Abstracts – Tuberculosis & Other Mycobacterial Infections
Talk Title: MDR-TB Treatment Update

William Welfare

UKHSA, London, United Kingdom

Plenary Talk Title: Monkeypox

Kum Thong Wong

University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Talk Title: Sarcocystis: From Snakes to Humans

Sophie Yacoub

Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Workshop Lead Facilitator: Integration/Deployment of Diagnostic Tools into the Clinic with Particular Focus in Asian Countries
Co-Chair: Dengue Updates
Talk Title: Innovations in Monitoring Patients with Dengue

Gowri Yale

Mission Rabies India, Goa, India

Talk Title: Do We Need Oral Bait Vaccination to Eliminate Dog Mediated Human Rabies?

Gabriel Yan

National University Health System, Singapore

Talk Title: STI Diagnostics and the Multi-verse

Chan Yoke-Fun

Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Talk Title: Laboratory Diagnosis and Management of Enterovirus Infections

Helmi Zakariah

AI for Medical Epidemiology (AIME), Selangor, Malaysia

Talk Title: Digitization & Health – Reflections from the COVID-19 Pandemic