Events – H3Africa

OVERVIEW

We welcome you to the H3Africa Genomics & HIV Infection: Predictors of Disease and Outcomes Workshop to be held in Nairobi, Kenya at the Emara Ole Sereni Hotel.

Organizing Team

Michelle Skelton

Project Manager

Rolanda Julius

Travel Fellowship submissions/Speed Presentations/Workshops

Tino Muzambi

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Tanian Natus

Venue/Accommodation/Exhibition Booths/Industry Sponsorships/Guests/Covid Travel Updates

Francis Agamah

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AGENDA

HIV/AIDS and Infectious Diseases Genomics Workshop Non-communicable Diseases and HIV Monday 24 July 2023

Venue:	Meeting Hall: Mara Ballroom (Loita & Siana)
Facilitator(s):	Mogomotsi Matshaba & Simone Richardson
07:00 - 08:15	Registration (Mara Ballroom Foyer)
	Speaker(s)	Title
	H3Africa Speaker: Thomas Kariuki (Science for Africa (SFA) Foundation)	Welcome and Opening
	Catalyst Session
	Speaker(s)	Title
08:50 - 09:10	Guest Speaker: Mosepele Mosepele (UB)	HIV Comorbidities
09:10 - 09:30	H3Africa Speaker: Jibreel Jumare (IHVN)	Metabolic disorders among PLHIV in Nigeria
	Reaction Session
	Speaker(s)
09:30 - 10:00	Mosepele Mosepele Jibreel Jumare
10:00 - 10:30	Refreshment Break & Poster Session (Mara Ballroom Foyer)
	Catalyst Session
	Speaker(s)	Title
10:40 - 11:00	H3Africa Speaker: Elizabeth Mayne (UCT/NHLS)	HIV-associated immunothrombosis and cardiovascular disease
11:00 - 11:20	George Githingi	Best Practices: Navigating Data Repositories
	Reaction Session
	Speaker(s)
11:20 - 11:50	Elizabeth Mayne George Githingi (KEMRI)
12:00 - 13:00	Lunch & Minute to Mentor: ECR's & PI's (ACACIA Restaurant)
	Catalyst Session
	Speaker(s)	Duration	Title
13:00 - 13:15	H3Africa Speaker: Judith Omumbo (Science for Africa (SFA) Foundation)	15 min	Strategic planning of Science for Africa (SFA) Foundation
13:15 - 14:15	H3Africa Speaker: Judith Omumbo	15 min	Grant writing tips/experiences
	H3Africa Speaker: Mogomotsi Matshaba	15 min
	H3Africa Speaker: Anita Ghansah	15 min
	Reaction Session
	Speaker(s)
14:15 - 14:30	Mogomotsi Matshaba Anita Ghansah Judith Omumbo
14:30 - 15:00	Refreshment Break & Poster Session (Mara Ballroom Foyer)
15:00 - 17:00	Catalyst Session 1	Catalyst Session 2
	Title	Title
	Funding & Grant Writing Workshop	PI Networking (Match made in Science: PI-PI Speed Networking)
	Facilitator(s): Sudha Srinivasan (NIH), Stacy Carrington-Lawrence (NIH), Bri Foster (NIH)	Facilitator(s): Mogomotsi Matshaba
17:00 - 17:30	Closing Summary Session	Facilitator(s): Mogomotsi Matshaba & Simone Richardson
18:00	Cocktail Dinner at the Sky Lounge

HIV/AIDS and Infectious Diseases Genomics Workship HIV and Co-Infections Tuesday 25 July 2023

Venue:	Meeting Hall: Mara Ballroom (Loita & Siana)
Facilitator(s)	Michelle Skelton & Elizabeth Mayne
08:30 - 08:40	Recap from previous day and overview of day's activity
	Catalyst Session
	Speaker(s)	Title
08:40 - 09:00	Guest Speaker: Patrick Arbuthnot (Wits University)	A promising African outlook for the WHO-sponsored mRNA vaccine technology platform.
09:00 - 09:20	Guest Speaker: Dr. Eunice Nduati (KEMRI - Wellcome Trust)	Characterization of the B-cell repertoire in African populations to inform HIV vaccine design
09:20 - 09:40	H3Africa Speaker: Mogomotsi Matshaba (Botswana - Baylor Children's Clinical Centre of Excellence)	Epidemics and syndemics in the Genomics Era: understanding the role of co-infections in pediatric HIV management in Africa
	Reaction Session
	Speaker(s)
09:40 - 10:00	Patrick Arbuthnot Eunice Nduati Mogomotsi Matshaba
10:00 - 10:30	Refreshment Break & Poster Session (Mara Ballroom Foyer)
	Catalyst Session
	Speaker(s)	Title
10:30 - 10:50	H3Africa Speaker: Simone Richardson (WITS/NICD)	People living with HIV achieve delayed but equivalent antibody function after SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination
10:50 - 11:10	Guest Speaker: Lenine Liebenberg (CAPRISA Mucosal Immunology Laboratory)	Exploring genetic susceptibility in the context of HIV and coinfections
	Reaction Session
	Speaker(s)
11:10 - 11:30	Simone Richardson Lenine Liebenberg
	Catalyst Session
	Speaker(s)	Title
11:30 - 12:30	Francesc Xavier Gomez-Olive (WITS) & Francis Agamah (UCT/H3ACC)	Best Practices: Data Analysis & Hypothesis
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch & Minute to Mentor: ECR's & PI's (Acacia Restaurant)
	Catalyst Session
	Speaker(s)	Title
13:30 - 16:30	Elizabeth Mayne (UCT/NHLS)	Scientific Manuscript Writing
16:30 - 17:00	Refreshment Break (Mara Ballroom Foyer)
	Facilitator(s)	Title
17:00 - 17:30	Michelle Skelton & Elizabeth Mayne	Closing Summary Session
18:00	Dinner in Almasi Banquet Hall (3rd Floor)

HIV/AIDS and Infectious Diseases Genomics Workshop HIV Across the Lifespan Wednesday 26 July 2023

Venue:	Meeting Hall: Mara Ballroom (Loita & Siana)
Facilitator(s):	Sudha Srinivasan & Stacy Carrington-Lawrence
08:30 - 08:40	Recap from previous day and overview of the day's activity
	Catalyst Session
	Speaker(s)	Title
08:40 - 09:00	H3Africa Speaker: Adeodata Kekitiinwa (Baylor Foundation Uganda)	HIV from conception to adolescence: Challenges, Lessons Learned and Advances
09:00 - 09:20	Guest Speaker: Tendani Gaolathe (University of Botswana)	TBC
09:20 - 09:40	Guest Speaker: Collet Dandara (UCT)	Pharmacogenomics of HIV: current understanding and mapping the future
	Reaction Session
	Speaker(s)
09:40 - 10:00	Adeodata Kekitiinwa Tendani Gaolathe Collet Dandara
	Catalyst Session
10:00 - 10:20	H3Africa Speaker: Mary Kasule	Ethical Research in the Context of Pandemics
10:20 - 10:50	Refreshment Break (Mara Ballroom Foyer)
	Reaction Session
10:50 - 11:10	Mary Kasule Paulina Tindana Synthia Nchwangwi
	Catalyst Session
	Early Career Researcher Poster and flash talk
	Speaker(s)	Title
11:10 - 12:00	Begna Eticha	Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex DNA in CD34-positive peripheral blood mononuclear cells of asymptomatic tuberculosis contacts: an observational study
	Blessing Okonko	Antiretroviral Drug Resistance Mutations and Polymorphism in HIV-1 Infected Individuals in Rivers State, Nigeria
	Darius Riziki Martin	The identification of DNA aptamers for the rapid detection of HIV biomarker protein
	Ester Acen	Vitamin D Binding Protein Gene Polymorphism Of The Rs7041 And Rs 4588 Minor Allele Are Associated With Hiv And Tuberculosis Coinfection
	Karen Kengne Kamga	Fragile X Syndrome: Postproduction Evaluation of a documentary used to share genomic research findings in Cameroon
	Nicholas Ekow Thomford	HIV coinfections and NCDs encountered in the Cape Coast Metropolis of Ghana: Preliminary Observations from the Coinfections in HIV project (CCHIV-PRO)
	Tochi Cookey	Characterization of Co- Receptor Usage in HIV-1 Infected Individuals in Port Harcourt, Nigeria
12:00 - 13:00	Lunch (Acacia Restaurant)
13:00 - 14:00	Strategic Planning Session: Future Directions, Collaborative Brainstorm
18:00	Closing Cocktail Dinner in Talek Banquet Hall (Mara Ballroom)