45th Topics in Infection

Great Hall, Barts Hospital, West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE

January 2020 marked the 45th year of Topics in Infection.

In partnership with Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry and Public Health England, RSTMH was honoured to host this important event, which has brought together microbiologists, consultants in infectious disease, infection control nurses, and biomedical and clinical scientists for over four decades.

Attendees heard updates on recent “hot topics” in all aspects of infectious disease and had the opportunity to network with colleagues at a drinks reception.

Speakers included:

• Jonathan Van-Tam, Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England – Pandemic flu
• Tim Brooks, Public Health England – Lyme Disease and other tick-borne encephalitis
• Colin Brown, Public Health England – Streptococcus pyogenes outbreaks in community settings
• Kirsty Dodgson, Manchester University – Listeria in hospital sandwiches
• David Elliman, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital – The changing epidemiology of measles in the UK
• Simon Goldenberg, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust – The role of faecal transplantation
• William Hope, University of Liverpool – How should new antibiotics be used?
• Peter Horby, University of Oxford – Conducting useful clinical research in outbreak settings

“A broad and engaging programme of talks prompting some interesting discussion. One of the best one-day programmes I’ve been to.”