Seminar Series:

“Tracking emerging pathogens in Southeast Asia”

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Tuesday, February 11^th, 2014
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Cal-IT2 Auditorium

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Speaker: Dr. Stephen Baker, MPH, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, England, Head of Enteric Infections, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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Abstract:
The Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Viet Nam (OUCRU) is based at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City, the referral hospital for infectious diseases throughout southern Viet Nam, under the direction of the Health Service of Ho Chi Minh City and the Ministry of Health. The OUCRU also has a base in Hanoi at the National Institute of Infectious & Tropical Diseases. The OUCRU is a Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Program. The OUCRU clinical and scientific research program focuses on the most significant infectious diseases in Viet Nam. Many of these are also among the greatest threats to global health in the 21st century. Based at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City, the referral hospital for infectious diseases throughout southern Viet Nam, under the direction of the Health Service of Ho Chi Minh City and the Ministry of Health. The OUCRU also has a base in Hanoi at the National Institute of Infectious & Tropic! al Diseases. The OUCRU is a Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Program. The work of the unit covers clinical research and aspects of immunology, host genetics, molecular biology, virology and epidemiology. It concentrates on the following core areas: Central nervous system infections; Dengue; Influenza; Malaria; Tetanus and Typhoid.

Biography:
Dr. Stephen Baker is a Wellcome Trust/Royal Society funded molecular microbiologist based at the Wellcome Trust Major overseas program (WT-MOP) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He has been at the WT-MOP since November 2007 and is the head of the enteric infections research group. He holds an Oxford University research lecturer's position. His group studies the microbiology, genetics, epidemiology and treatment of enteric infections in developing countries. Focal pathogens include Norovirus, Shigella spp. and Salmonella typhi, the causative agents of diarrhea, dysentery and typhoid fever, respectively.