Speakers invited to TriState are recognised for their expertise
and reputation in various fields of microbiology and TriState
2008 will focus on the microbiological interests of South
Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.
(Program may be subject to change)
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Friday 12 September 2008 |
Ballroom AB (Crowne Plaza Hotel) |
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11.30am - 1.30pm
TriState Registration Table | Crowne
Plaza Hotel
Collect name badge, satchel and
other conference material |
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12.15pm - 1.30pm |
Delegate Networking
Lunch
Balloons Restaurant, Crowne Plaza Hotel
(included with registration)
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Parasitology | 1.30pm -
3.00pm |
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Session Chair: Rod Bowman
Principal Scientist, Microbiology,
PathWest Nedlands WA |
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1.30pm - 1.45pm |
Welcome
Rod Bowman - Chair |
TriState 2008
Principal Scientist, Microbiology,
PathWest Nedlands WA |
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1.45pm - 2.15pm |
Complexities
of Entamoeba complex: An update on E. histolytica
diagnosis
Dr Andrew Butcher
Institute of Medical & Veterinary
Sciences, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville SA |
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2.15pm - 3.00pm |
Recent Issues in Clinical
Parasitology
Dr Harsha Sheorey
St Vincent's Hospital, Department
of Microbiology, Fitzroy VIC |
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3.00pm -
3.30pm |
Afternoon
Tea Break |
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Current Viral Issues of the
Top End | 3.30pm -
5.00pm |
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Session Chair: Dr Andrew Butcher
Institute of Medical & Veterinary
Sciences, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville SA |
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3.30pm - 4.00pm |
Arboviruses in Northern Australia: New Issues, New
Threats
Dr David Smith
Clinical Director, Microbiology &
Infectious Diseases, Pathwest Laboratory Medicine,
Nedlands WA |
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4.00pm - 4.30pm |
Viral Gastroenteritis in
Central Australia
Dr Geoff Higgins
Virologist, Institute of Medical &
Veterinary Sciences, Adelaide SA
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4.30pm - 5.00pm |
Point of Care Testing:
Improving Accessibility
Dr David Smith
Clinical Director, Microbiology &
Infectious Diseases, Pathwest Laboratory Medicine,
Nedlands WA |
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5.00pm -
6.00pm |
Welcome Mixer - Happy Hour
Spinifex Room, Crowne Plaza
Hotel | Beverages & canapés served
- Included with registration
for delegates
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Additional tickets for family available (tickets
must be ordered & paid for in advance) |
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Saturday 13 September 2008
| Ballroom AB (Crowne Plaza Hotel) |
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7.30am - 8.00am |
NT sub-branch Meeting
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Update on MRSA | 9.00am -
10.30am |
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Session Chair: Professor Tom Riley
Principal Research Scientist, Microbiology, PathWest Nedlands WA |
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9.00am - 9.30am |
Staphylococcus aureus
Infections, A Persistent Issue of the Silent Minority
Professor Henri Verbrugh
University Medical Centre, Medical
Microbiology & Infectious Disease, Erasmus Mc, Rotterdam
The Netherlands |
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9.30am - 10.00am |
Molecular Diagnosis of MRSA
Geoff Coombs
Principal Scientist, Department of
Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Royal Perth
Hospital, Perth WA |
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10.00am - 10.30am |
Community MRSA: The View from
Queensland
Dr Graeme Nimmo
Director, Queensland Health
Pathology Service, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Herston QLD |
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10.30am -
11.00am |
Morning
Tea Break |
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Streptococcal Disease
| 11.00am -
12.30pm |
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Session Chair: Paul Southwell
Supervising Scientist,
Microbiology, Darwin Hospital NT |
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11.00am - 11.30am |
Pneumococcal Surveillance
Dr Michael Watson
Consultant, Microbiology, PathWest
Laboratory Medicine, Nedlands WA |
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11.30am - 12.00pm |
Pneumococcal Epidemiology in the Conjugate Vaccine Era -
Can Non-Vaccine Serotype Replacement in Carriage Predict
Disease Serotypes
Dr Amanda Leach
Research Officer, Menzies School
of Health Research, Casuarina NT |
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12.00pm - 12.30pm |
Group A Streptococcal Infection in Western Australia -
Severity Amongst Diversity
Dr Duncan McLellan
Clinical Microbiologist &
Infectious Diseases Physician, Western Diagnostic
Pathology, Perth WA |
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12.30pm - 1.30pm |
Delegate Networking
Lunch
Balloons Restaurant, Crowne Plaza Hotel
(included with registration) |
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Re-Emerging Bacterial Pathogens | 1.30pm -
3.00pm |
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Session Chair: Geoff Coombs
Principal Scientist, Department of
Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Royal Perth
Hospital, Perth WA |
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1.30pm - 2.00pm |
The laboratory
diagnosis and changing epidemiology of Clostridium
difficile disease
Professor Tom Riley
Principal Research Scientist, Microbiology, PathWest Nedlands WA |
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2.00pm - 2.30pm |
HTLV/Sepsis Interaction
Dr Lloyd Einsiedel
Infectious Disease Physician,
Alice Springs Hospital, NT |
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2.30pm - 3.00pm |
We've always done it like that!
Paul Southwell
Supervising Scientist,
Microbiology, Darwin Hospital NT |
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3.00pm -
3.30pm |
Afternoon Tea Break |
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Update on STIs | 3.30pm -
5.00pm |
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Session Chair: Dr Duncan McLellan
Clinical Microbiologist &
Infectious Diseases Physician, Western Diagnostic
Pathology, Perth |
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3.30pm - 4.00pm |
HPV (Human Papillomavirus) Genotype Prevalence in
Australian Women Pre-HPV Vaccine Rollout
Dr Suzanne Garland
Director Microbiology, Royal
Women's Hospital, Parkville VIC |
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4.00pm - 4.30pm |
Molecular Diagnosis of STIs
Dr David Whiley
Medical Scientist, Royal
Children's Hospital, Clinical Virology Research Unit,
Herston QLD |
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4.30pm - 5.00pm |
Pregnancy Outcomes
in Women Infected with Chlamydia trachomatis
Professor Henri Verbrugh
University Medical Centre, Medical
Microbiology & Infectious Disease, Erasmus Mc, Rotterdam
The Netherlands |
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5.00pm - 5.10pm |
Conference Close
Rod Bowman - Chair |
TriState 2008
Principal Scientist, Microbiology,
PathWest Nedlands WA |
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7.30pm -
10.30pm |
Territorian BBQ Dinner
Poolside, Crowne Plaza
Hotel
- Included with registration
for delegates
-
Additional tickets for family available (tickets
must be ordered & paid for in advance) |
