The Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland presents a discussion with key world leading experts in Malaria vaccines from the World Health Organisation and Oxford. Focusing on how vaccines are transforming Malaria prevention globally. Specifically, looking at the development and implementation of malaria vaccines.

Speakers:

1. Malaria vaccine pilot implementation and results (Mary Hamel, WHO)
2. Malaria vaccine introduction - demand, status, challenges and opportunities (Eliane Pellaux-Furrer, WHO)
3. Next-generation vaccine strategies (Simon Draper, Oxford)

The opinions of our host and guests are their own; AoP does not endorse any individual viewpoints, given products or companies.

Immune Mediated Inflammatory Diseases (IMIDs) are a common and growing problem. Traditional models of research and service delivery silo their management within specific specialities and within adult or paediatric settings. Very often patients with disease in one organ have co-morbid involvement in another, suggesting shared pathogenic pathways. Moreover, IMIDs are often treated in very similar ways (combination therapy) with very similar drugs (steroids and anti TNF biologics). In this seminar we will explore how investigating these diseases in a common manner has led to some startling findings that not only unlock the cellular basis of these diseases but have implications for the rapid assessment of the efficacy of new therapeutic targets in cross-disease translational research studies. 

Speakers: 

Professor Christopher Buckley - Director of Clinical Research, Kennedy Institute, Oxford

Professor Calliope Dendrou - Associate Professor in Clinical Pathology and Inflammation, Kennedy Institute, Oxford

Professor Holm Uhlig - Director, Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford

Convenor:

Professor Paul Klenerman - Truelove chair in the Department of Medicine at Oxford

Professor Paul Klenerman
Sidney Truelove Professorship of Gastroenterology, Nuffield Department of Medicine; Fellow of Green Templeton College, University of Oxford

Professor Sir Munir Pirmohamed, MB ChB (Hons), PhD, FRCP, FRCP(E), FFPM, FRSB, FBPhS, FMedSci: Linking genes and drugs. 

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The Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland presents a comprehensive exploration of diabetes complications, hosted by Dr Uazman Alam, Reader at the University of Liverpool and Honorary Consultant Physician in Internal Medicine, Diabetes and Endocrinology. Professor Gregory Lip examines the critical relationship between atrial fibrillation and diabetes, highlighting SGLT2 inhibitors' impact on cardiovascular outcomes, whilst Professor Solomon Tesfaye shares groundbreaking insights into painful diabetic neuropathy management, including results from the Option DM trial and innovative screening approaches through the Sheffield One-Stop Shop programme.

Dr Anupam Garrib provides the final presentation with a global health perspective, addressing the challenges of diabetes care in developing nations and exploring potential solutions through integration with existing healthcare systems. This webinar concludes with an informative Q&A session covering practical applications from smartwatch monitoring to treatment considerations across different healthcare settings. 

Resources Mentioned:

• SGLT2 inhibitor studies
• Option DM trial (The Lancet)
• IDF Diabetes Atlas
• Sheffield One-Stop Shop diabetes screening programme

Welcome to our first episode of AoPcasts: Bringing you the latest in medical research. The AoP membership is now open to all interested in the translational research effort; with AoPcasts we aim to extend this ethos by sharing insights, experience and guidance from the experts from our field to our community. 

In this episode, hosted by Vivienne Parry OBE,  Dr. Rino Rappuoli and Professor Ellie Barnes discuss the COVID pandemic and how it might have prepared us for future such outbreaks.

This wide-ranging discussion covers what they were doing prior to the pandemic, COVID vaccines, what the pandemic has taught us, and what it means for the future's global preparedness and vaccines. Thank you for listening. 

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Welcome to the Association of  Physicians (AoP) podcast series AoPcasts: Bringing you the latest in medical research.

The AoPcasts is a fascinating series of podcasts bringing cutting edge medical research to new audiences.  Produced by the AoP and hosted by science broadcaster Vivienne Parry, the series will explore some of the major themes debated at the annual AoP meeting.  

The first AoPcast brings together Rino Rappuoli, Chief Scientist of the vaccines division of GSK and Fellow both of the Royal Society and the US National Academy of Sciences, and Ellie Barnes, Professor of Experimental Medicine at the University of Oxford, globally celebrated for her work on hepatitis vaccines.

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