The HKU-Pasteur Research Pole is delighted to announce the return of its renowned Croucher Summer courses with a new edition on emerging viral infections: “Outbreak investigation and pandemic preparedness” from June 18 to 23 2023.
Tentative Program:
Over the years, HKU-Pasteur has built a strong partnership with the Croucher Foundation, which has provided considerable financial support to our course series and programs to promote scientific exchanges with the Institut Pasteur. We share the common goal to educate and inspire postgraduate students and early career researchers from Hong Kong and the wider region with a global vision of health problems and unmet patients’ needs.
With an emphasis on SARS-CoV-2, understanding of its biology and countermeasures developed to mitigate the pandemic, this new Croucher Summer Course will address the grand challenges of outbreak investigation and pandemic preparedness with an inclusive One-Health approach.
The Faculty will introduce participants to innovative concepts in epidemiology, molecular diagnostic, serology, host-pathogen interaction, pathogenesis, immunology, surveillance and nonpharmaceutical interventions.
- Open to postgraduate students, MD, DVM, postdoctoral fellows and young scientists from Hong Kong and overseas.
- Registration fee is HKD3,000 (refundable in case of course cancellation) and includes accommodation (on sharing twin basis) and lunch.
- Fellowships covering registration and travel expenses are available.
- For more information please contact hku-pasteur@hku.hk
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Deadline for applications: 10 March 2023
Directors:
Roberto Bruzzone Hong Kong SAR
Christian Drosten Germany
Chris Mok Hong Kong SAR
Malik Peiris Hong Kong SAR
Leo Poon Hong Kong SAR
Noёl Tordo Guinea
Faculty:
Marcel Bokelmann Germany
Simon Cauchemez France
Ben Cowling Hong Kong SAR
Vijay Dhanasekaran Hong Kong SAR
Darragh Duffy France
Jaime Duque Hong Kong SAR
David Hui Hong Kong SAR
Nolwenn Jouvenet France
Mart Lamers The Netherlands
Kathy Leung Hong Kong SAR
Tomas Lyu USA
Jean Millet France
Hein Min Tun Hong Kong SAR
Sophie Valkenburg Australia
Jessica Vanhomwegen France (TBC)
Marco Vignuzzi Singapore
Hui-Ling Yen Hong Kong SAR