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1 09:15-09:45 Registration & Coffee CALEDONIAN LOUNGE (Ground Floor) CALEDONIAN SUITE (Ground Floor) 09:45-10:00 Welcome and Introduction Professor Mahmood Adil Medical Director NHS National Services Scotland 10:00-10:25 SHPN Achievements and Challenges Professor Sir Lewis Ritchie James Mackenzie Professor of General Practice, University of Aberdeen 10:25-10:50 Public Health Reform: Professor Marion Bain Some Questions and Some Answers Co-Director of the Executive Delivery Group for Public Health Reform Scottish Government 10:50-11:15 A European Perspective on Health Dr Jim McMenamin Protection Priorities Interim Clinical Director 11:15-11:45 TEA/COFFEE CALEDONIAN LOUNGE (Ground Floor): For those attending parallel sessions 2 and 3 BURNS LOUNGE (First Floor): For those attending parallel session 1 Parallel Session Allocations are on the reverse of your badge

2 11:45-13:00 Parallel Sessions (Part 1) 1. Environmental Public Health BURNS ROOM (1 ST Floor) Chair Dr Colin Ramsay Body Modification Radon Mapping in Scotland Palytoxin Richard Hyde Fife Council Dr Antonio Ferreira British Geological Survey Louise Wellington 11:45-13:00 2. Travel & International Health CALEDONIAN 2 (Ground Floor) Chair Shirley Marshall Malaria pre/post travel advice and Outcomes Yellow Fever Emerging Infections Dr Kali Perrow Shirley Marshall Dr Christopher Redman 11:45-13:00 3. Public Health Microbiology CALEDONIAN 1 (Ground Floor) Chairs Professor Stephen Gillespie / Michael Lockhart Update on PHM Educational Framework Is pathogen genomics worth the cost? Dr Dave Yirrell NHS Tayside Sharif Shaaban Professor Stephen Gillespie St Andrew s University

3 13:00-13:45 LUNCH CALEDONIAN LOUNGE (Ground Floor): For those attending parallel sessions 2 and 3 BURNS LOUNGE (First Floor) For those attending parallel session 1 13:45-15:00 Parallel Sessions (Part 2) 4. Immunisation CALEDONIAN 2 (Ground Floor) Chair Dr Claire Cameron VTP Overview VTP Communication VTP Board implementation HPV Girls HPV MSM Flu Update Nicola Kerr Scottish Government Heather Williams NHS Health Scotland Fiona Duff NHS Fife Ross Cameron Dr Nicola Steedman Information Services Division Dr Jim McMenamin Dr Arlene Reynolds

4 13:45-15:00 5. Gastrointestinal Infections & Zoonoses BURNS ROOM (1 ST Floor) Chair Dr Gill Hawkins Unusual Salmonella Outbreak in a Nursery Corynebacterium ulcerans as an Emerging zoonosis in Scotland and an example of One Health gap Vector-Borne Diseases and Scotland: considering climate change and other risk factors Speed presentations Staphylococcus pseudintermedius infections from dogs to humans Highlights from the first year of Whole Genome Sequencing for gastrointestinal pathogens Hazel Henderson NHS Ayrshire & Arran Dr Dominic Mellor Dr Richard Othieno Dr Christopher Redman Andrew Robb Alison Smith-Palmer 13:45-15:00 6. Antimicrobial Resistance & Healthcare CALEDONIAN 1 (Ground Floor) Associated Infection Chair Laura Imrie Health Protection beyond Traditional Boundaries A world without antibiotics The neglected environmental dimension of AMR The challenges of Health and Social Care Integration William Malcolm Donald Morrison Edinburgh Napier University Katharine Ross NHS National Services Scotland Collaborative Approach Lesley Shepherd

5 15:00-15:30 TEA/COFFEE CALEDONIAN LOUNGE (Ground Floor) For those attending parallel sessions 4 and 6 BURNS LOUNGE (First Floor) For those attending parallel session 5 15:30-16:45 Parallel Sessions (Part 3) 7. Respiratory Infections CALEDONIAN 2 (Ground Floor) Chair Dr Jim McMenamin Flu update i-gas update i-gas presentation TB - Epidemiology overview Care challenges in managing an MDR-TB Patient TB Framework update Dr Arlene Reynolds Dr Arlene Reynolds Lynn Burnett NHS Fife Dr Gillian Penrice Ceri McSparron Dr Gillian Penrice

6 15:30-16:45 8. The VTEC / E.coli 0157 Action Plan for CALEDONIAN 1 (Ground Floor) Scotland Chair Dr Sarah Couper VTEC Action Plan Lessons Learned Alan Morrison Argyll & Bute Council Guidance for the Public Health Management of Escherichia coli 0157 and other Shiga toxin-producing (STEC) infections Communications of Outdoor Health Private Water Supplies Dr Sarah Couper Alex Sanchez-Vivar Dr Dominic Mellor Matt Bower Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland 15:30-16:45 9. Sexual Health & Blood Borne Viruses BURNS ROOM (1 ST Floor) Chair Professor Sharon Hutchinson Hepatitis C Elimination: When and How? Professor Sharon Hutchinson Glasgow Caledonian University/Health Protection Scotland Dr Esther Aspinall NHS Ayrshire & Arran / Senior Clinical Research Fellow Glasgow Caledonian University HIV PrEP Implementation and Early Impact: A Success? Dr Nicola Steedman Information Services Division Dr Lesley Wallace

7 PWID and Infections: Under Control? STIs & Antimicrobial Resistance: How Important? Guidelines for BBV Infected HCWs: Big Changes? Dr Andy McAuley Louise Carroll Jill Shepherd Dr Kirsty Roy 16:45 Close Supported by NHS Education for Scotland

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