The 5th Annual Medical Research and Mentorship Symposium

Addressing Research Gaps Through Strengthening Mentorship, Health Systems and Capacity in Africa.

23rd-24th November, 2023 - Virtual/Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt.

The 5th Medical Research and Career Mentorship Symposium is an annual event held to promote research among medical students and young doctors who are the future of the health system. This year, this symposium is hosted in collaboration by the following organizations: Pan-African Organization for Health Education and Research (POHER), Copperbelt University School of Medicine (CBUSOM), and South Sudan Medical Students' Association (SSMA).

The symposium also emphasizes the importance of mentorship and provides information on the various career paths in Medicine.

The theme for this year's symposium is: Addressing Research Gaps Through Strengthening Mentorship, Health Systems and Capacity in Africa. It will be held on the 26th-28th of November 2023 as a hybrid event. Physical attendance will be at the Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt.

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Program

Sunday 26th November 2023

7:30 am - Doors open

8:00 am - Welcome Remarks

8:10 – 8:50 am -

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08:50 –10:15 am Oral Abstract Presentations

10:30 – 12:00 pm Oral Abstract Presentations

LUNCH

1:00 – 1:30 pm -

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1:30 – 2:00 pm -

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2:00 – 2:30 pm -

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Break

2:45 – 3:45 pm Oral Abstract Presentations

3:45 – 5:00 pm Closing Remarks. Poster Session and Reception.

Monday 27th November 2023

7:30 am Doors open

8:00 am Welcome Remarks

8:00 – 8:50 am -

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08:50 –10:15 am Oral Abstract Presentations

10:30 – 12:00 pm Oral Abstract Presentations

LUNCH

1:00 – 1:40 pm -

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1:40 – 2:20 pm -

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2:30 – 3:30 pm Oral Abstract Presentations

3:30 – 5:00 pm Award Ceremony and Closing Remarks

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Registration

A paid registration is required to attend the symposium. You can pay by using a credit/debit card, PayPal, or MTN Zambia mobile money. If you are unable to use any of the payment methods, please send an email to:

inquiries@poher-usa.org

After you make a payment, you will receive a confirmation e-mail with links to the Zoom Webinars for the symposium.

(Please check your Spam or Junk folder if you don't see the confirmation email in your Inbox.)

Please note that you will be required to fill out your details on the Zoom Webinar registration pages. This allows you to receive your unique zoom links for the symposium.

If you paid using MTN Zambia mobile money, your registration will only be approved after payment is confirmed. Please visit the Proof of Payment link to upload a screenshot of your payment.

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Early Bird Medical Student (In person) - $5

Late Registration Medical Student (In person) - $10

Virtual Only Medical Student - $3

Early Registration All Other Delegates - $15

Late Registration All Other Delegates - $20

Virtual Only All other Delegates - $10

All medical students, your identification (ID) card is needed.

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Faculty

Dr. Ruanne Barnabas is a South African physician-scientist and the Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).

Over the last 15 years, her research has focused on interventions for HIV and STD treatment and prevention and, more recently, on COVID-19 prevention.

She is particularly interested in novel approaches that increase access to services.

She has led clinical trials with companion health economic modeling to assess interventions' potential health and economic impact. For example, the Delivery Optimization for Antiretroviral therapy (DO ART) Study evaluated the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of decentralized, community-based ART initiation compared to standard clinic-based care. She also leads work assessing innovative strategies to increase access to care, including lottery incentives, home delivery, and ART monitoring. She is the Principal Investigator of the KEN SHE Study to assess the impact of single-dose human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in Kenya. Recently, her work has extended to COVID-19 prevention within households. Her work aims to identify effective and scalable HIV, HPV, and infectious disease treatment and prevention strategies to increase access across diverse communities and promote equity in health.

In addition to leading clinical trials and companion health economic modeling as an independently funded investigator, she also serves as an advisor to the World Health Organization and UNAIDS on cervical cancer elimination and treatment and prevention of HIV. She is on the planning committee for the AIDS 2022 conference. She was honored as a Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America in 2020.

Dr. Barnabas graduated from the University of Cape Town, South Africa, where she received her medical degree. She received her research doctorate in medicine and clinical epidemiology from the University of Oxford, where she was a Rhodes Scholar. She completed her residency in South Africa and her fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the University of Washington, where she joined the faculty and was promoted to Professor of Global Health and Medicine before joining MGH in January 2022.

Abstracts

Call for Abstracts

Submit using this link: https://bit.ly/3bPM8aA

Scientific abstracts and case reports are invited for oral or poster presentation from medical students and recent medical graduates in Africa.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

1. Must be registered for the symposium

2. Must be registered at an African Medical Institution as a medical student

OR must have graduated from an African Medical Institution in 2021 or 2022

(If you do not fall within either category but believe you may be eligible, please fill in the section on the form and your submission will assessed on a case-by-case basis)

3. The PRESENTING AUTHOR needs to be the same as the CORRESPONDING AUTHOR

IMPORTANT DEADLINES

Submission Deadline: 17 September, 2022

Submit for a chance to present in-person or virtually.
Best written submissions eligible for awards and cash prizes.

All authors will be notified by late September 2022 regarding the status of their submitted abstract.

You can find guidelines for submission and apply here: https://bit.ly/3bPM8aA