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Join Professor Alimuddin Zumla, an esteemed expert in Infectious Diseases, as he delivers the Annual Clinical Science Lecture 2012 at Karolinska University Hospital. This insightful session will explore his extensive research contributions that have shaped WHO policy guidelines on tuberculosis and HIV co-infections. The seminar will also feature discussions on HIV-TB co-infection challenges and advancing immune response research. Engage with leading experts as they examine future directions for HIV vaccination and related immune therapies.
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ANNUAL CLINICAL SCIENCE LECTURE 2012 • November 8, 2012, 14:00-16:00 • Birkeaulan, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge • AlimuddinZumla • Professor of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University College London Medical School • Professor Zumla is internationally renowned for outstanding and extensive outputs in infectious diseases. His research findings have contributed to WHO’s policy guidelines on tuberculosis, and on HIV and Mycobacterium co-infections. 14.00 • Questioning dogma in Medicine and Science – a lifetime’s perspective on infectious diseases • AlimuddinZumla, Professor, UCL • Annual Clinical Science Lecturer 2012 • Introduction • Mikael Norman, ChairACSL-committee and Professor, Dept of • Neonatal Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital • Markus Maeurer, Professor, Div. TIM (Therapeutic Immunology), • Dept of Laboratory Medicine and MTC, KarolinskaInstitutet • 15.00 • Seminar: HIV-TB Co-infection – what can go wrong? • Susanna Brighenti, Center for Infectious Medicine. Where should we look for anti-TB immune responses? • Johan Sandberg, Center for Infectious Medicine. MATI cells in HIV infection • Francesca Chiodi, MTC. Impairment of B cells responses in HIV infection • Britta Wahren, MTC. Where is the future: Can we ever vaccinate against HIV?