Climate change, infectious diseases and encephalitis webinar

Health professional FREE event (online)

If you are a health professional please join us on the 29 April 2025, at 2pm (BST) to find out more about the impact of climate change on infectious diseases and encephalitis. If you are not able to join 'live', please register and a link to the recordings will be sent to you after the event.

Topics to be covered:

• West-Nile encephalitis
• Japanese encephalitis
• Chikungunya virus encephalitis
• Dengue encephalitis
• Oropouche encephalitis

The webinar will be chaired by: Dr James Sejvar: Neuroepidemiologist, Department of Neurology , University of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Consultant Neuroepidemiologist, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore.

Dr Sejvar is a member of Encephalitis International Scientific Advisory Panel.

Confirmed speakers

• Assoc. Professor Kiran Thakur: Herbert Irving Associate Professor of Neurology at Columbia University Medical Center - New York Presbyterian Hospital, USA ;
• Professor Lance Turtle PhD FRCP DTMH: Chair in Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Honorary Consultant Physician in Infectious Diseases, Deputy Head of Department, Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Liverpool, UK;
• Dr Netravathi M, MBBS, DM Neuro, MBA(HHSM); Professor, Department of Neurology, Neuroimmunology & Neuroinfections, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (NIMHANS), India
• Professor Saraji Wijesekara (MBBS/DCH/MD(PAEDIATRICS),FRCPCH); Professor in Paediatrics and Honorary Consultant Paediatric Neurologist University of Sri Jayewardenepura/Teaching Hospital Colombo South, Sri Lanka

Download the programme here

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(If you unable to join the webinar 'live', but you would like to be sent the recordings, you will still need to register to receive the recording).