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1 Scottish Health Protection Symposium Tuesday 29 th November 2016 Golden Jubilee Conference Hotel (previously Beardmore Hotel) Beardmore Street, Clydebank G81 4SA CHAIR Professor Sir Lewis Ritchie Chair of SHPN Oversight Group Time Topic Speaker/Organisation 09:15 09:45 Registration & Coffee 09:45 09:50 Welcome and Introduction Professor Sir Lewis Ritchie James Mackenzie Professor of General Practice, University of Aberdeen 09:50-10:05 Health Protection in the 21 st Century Professor Mahmood Adil Medical Director NHS National Services Scotland 10:05 10:20 Health Protection Gareth Brown A perspective Head of Health Protection Division Dr Nicola Steedman Senior Medical Officer 10:20 11:00 The WHO Elimination Strategy for HIV, Dr Stefan Wiktor Hep B and C Team Lead, Global Hepatitis Programme World Health Organization 11:00 11:20 TEA/COFFEE

2 Scottish Health Protection Symposium Tuesday 29 th November 2016 Golden Jubilee Conference Hotel (previously Beardmore Hotel) Beardmore Street, Clydebank G81 4SA CHAIR Phillip Couser, MBE Director Public Health and Intelligence NHS National Services Scotland Time Topic Speaker/Organisation 11:20 12:00 Unconventional Oil and Gas development Dr Colin Ramsay Consultant Epidemiologist 12:00-12:45 One Health in action Professor Dilys Morgan Consultant Epidemiologist Public Health England Professor Dominic Mellor Veterinary Specialist 12:45 13:45 LUNCH

3 Scottish Health Protection Symposium Tuesday 29 th November 2016 Golden Jubilee Conference Hotel (previously Beardmore Hotel) Beardmore Street, Clydebank G81 4SA Parallel Sessions 13:45 16:30 15:00 15:15 TEA/COFFEE Session Topic Speaker/Organisation Blood Borne Prevention of BBV among PWID Andy McAuley Viruses (BBV) Dr Norah Palmateer Glasgow Caledonian University Dr Catriona Milosevic NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Prevention of STI among MSM/Heterosexual Men and Women (Also HIV Treatment) Case Finding (HIV/HCV/HBV/Chlamydia) Treatment (HBV and HCV) Healthcare Associated Infection (HIV, HBV, HCV) Dr Lesley Wallace Nicky Coia NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Dr Rak Nadwani NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Dr Esther Aspinall NHS Ayrshire & Arran Dr Lesley Wallace Dr Sarah Allstaff NHS Tayside Hamish Innes Glasgow Caledonian University Dr Peter Bramley NHS Forth Valley Dr Kirsty Roy Dr John Logan NHS Lanarkshire

4 Session Topic Speaker/Organisation Environmental Biomass Public Health (EPH) Gorebridge CO2 Incident Lead in drinking water reduction strategy Heavy metals in contaminated land Risk assessment involving radiation and food source contamination Regulation of Cosmetic Interventions Implementation Group: Phase 2 Dr Geeta Puri Environmental Protection Scotland (EPS) Andrew Taylor Dr Richard Othieno NHS Lothian Bill Byers Drinking Water Quality Regulator (DWQR) Fiona Fordyce British Geological Survey (BGS) Dr Will Munro Food Standards Scotland Dr Sara Davies Gastrointestinal Zoonotic disease - How animal health Colin Macaldowie Infections & professionals can help. Deputy Chief Vetrinary Officer Zoonoses (GIZ) Cameron Stewart Animal & Plant Health Agency (APHA) ***** Molecular detection and typing of VTEC Protozoan parasites; The new and old A new Foodborne Illness Strategy for Scotland Reducing the risks of contaminants throughout the Scottish food chain Dr Mary Hanson Scottish E-coli Reference Laboratory Dr Claire Alexander Scottish Parasite Diagnostic and Reference Laboratory Dr Gill Hawkins Dr Jacqui McElhiney Food Standards Scotland Dr Jane Horne Food Standards Scotland. Hepatitis E : An emerging issue Dr Kenneth Simpson and its clinical importance. NHS Lothian Dr Alison Smith-Palmer Lyme disease Professor Dominic Mellor & University of Glasgow

5 Session Topic Speaker/Organisation Healthcare Overview of current epidemiology of HAI in Professor Jacqui Reilly Associated Scotland Infection (HAI) Learning Lessons from HAI Outbreaks Lisa Ritchie BBV evidence of person to person transmission in Healthcare settings The Emerging Threat of CPE VIM A Board and National Perspective Annette Rankin Dr Kirsty Roy Dr Berit Muller-Pebody Public Health England Dr Ben Cooke NHS Forth Valley Dr Michael Lockart ***** Immunisation HPV evidence of impact and opportunities for further prevention Whole genome sequencing new Intelligence for meningococcal disease Control Babies born to HepB positive women follow-up and vaccination UNITING study - Understanding uptake of Immunisations in Travelling and Gypsy communities Measles outbreak including transmission between two fully vaccinated individuals MenACWY vaccine uptake, barriers and motivations in 1st year undergraduates Dr Kevin Pollock Dr Kevin Scott Scottish Haemophilus, Legionella Meningococcus and Pneumococcus Reference Laboratory Lynn Byers NHS Grampian Dr Susan Kerr Glasgow Caledonian University Colin Sumpter NHS Forth Valley Kirsten Trayner /University of Edinburgh

6 Session Topic Speaker/Organisation Respiratory Has the LAIV programme had an impact of Dr Jim McMenamin Infections flu morbidity (RIGS) Flu hospitalisation trends - is this a good indicator of pressures in secondary care Dr Arlene Reynolds Jen Bishop igas Overview TB guidance & annual TB incidence update Management of a respiratory outbreak from an infection control perspective Dr Arlene Reynolds Dr Nicholas Kennedy NHS Lanarkshire Lisa Ritchie RSV disease is there a vaccination/ new antiviral on the horizon? Dr Kate Templeton Scottish Microbiology Reference Laboratory ***** Travel & International Context Dr Christopher Redman International Health Examples in action (Scottish focus): Malaria Schistosomiasis James Munro Dr Kali Perrow Port Health Zika Viral Haemorrhagic Fever Dr Christopher Redman Dr Kali Perrow Dr Christopher Redman 16:40 16:50 Closing Remarks Phillip Couser, MBE Director Public Health and Intelligence NHS National Services Scotland

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