Interdisciplinary Summer School on Snakebite Envenoming

Snakebite envenoming is a highly neglected disease of poverty that is of great public health importance. Among neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), it is the deadliest disease. In addition, it causes more than 400,000 permanent disabilities annually. As snakebite envenoming is a very complex One Health issue, an interdisciplinary approach is needed to address this problem and contribute to the WHO goal to achieve a 50% reduction of snakebite deaths and disabilities by 2030.

Therefore, this hybrid summer school aims to bring together young researchers from different disciplines and countries who are working on/interested in NTDs and snakebite envenoming to foster interdisciplinary and cross-cultural exchange.

Format

The summer school will take place over five days with arrival and departure on the first and last day at the Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg. It will be a mixture of lectures by experts from different fields and disciplines and presentations of the participants' own work (from selected abstracts), with plenty of time for discussion, feedback and exchange.

Programme and Speakers

All times are indicated in CEST.

 

Day and time Title Speaker   Location
Monday        
12:30-14:00 Registration      
14:00-15:30 Welcome and introduction to Snakebite Envenoming Dr Bernadette Abela, Dr David Williams, Julien Potet   Lecture hall & Online
15:30-16:00 Coffee break     Messe hall
16:00-17:30 Why is this all so complicated? Causes and consequences of venom variation in snakes Prof Dr Wolfgang Wüster, Prof Dr Stephen P. Mackessy   Lecture hall & Online
         
Tuesday        
08:30-09:00 Registration      
09:00-10:30 Analytical Principles and Applied Research of Modern Venomics I Dr Maik Damm, Dr Cassandra Modahl   Lecture hall & Online
10:30-11:00 Coffee break     Messe hall
11:00-12:30 Analytical Principles and Applied Research of Modern Venomics II Dr Tim Lüddecke, Dr Cecilie Knudsen   Lecture hall & Online
12:30-14:00 Lunch break     Messe hall
14:00-15:30 Abstract Presentations and Discussions I     Seminar Room & Online
15:30-16:00 Coffee break     Messe hall
16:00-17:30 Abstract Presentations and Discussions II     Seminar Room & Online
         
Wednesday        
08:30-09:00 Registration      
09:00-10:30 Clinical Management of Snakebite Envenoming in Asia Dr Jörg Blessmann, Dr Ahmad Khaldun Ismail, Prof Dr Ariaranee Gnanathasan   Lecture hall & Online
10:30-11:00 Coffee break     Messe hall
11:00-12:30 Clinical Management of Snakebite Envenoming in Africa Prof Dr Abdulrazaq Habib   Lecture hall & Online
12:30-14:00 Lunch break     Messe hall
14:00-15:30 Community Engagement for Snakebite Prevention and Pre-Hospital Treatment Thea Litschka-Koen, Dr Isabella C. Bassignana Khadka, Prof Dr Sanjib Kumar Sharma   Lecture hall & Online
15:30-16:00 Coffee break     Messe hall
16:00-17:30 Integrating Snakebite Research in the Broader NTD and One Health Agendas Dr George Omondi Oluoch, Prof Dr Ymkje Stienstra   Lecture hall & Online
         
Thursday        
08:30-09:00 Registration      
09:00-10:30 Abstract Presentations and Discussions III     Seminar Room & Online
10:30-11:00 Coffee break     Messe hall
11:00-12:30 Abstract Presentations and Discussions IV     Seminar Room & Online
12:30-14:00 Lunch break     Messe hall
14:00-15:30 Methods of Social Sciences in Public Health and their application to NTDs I Dr Aurélia Souares, Dr Sung-Joon Park   Lecture hall & Online
15:30-16:00 Coffee break     Messe hall
16:00-17:30 Methods of Social Sciences in Public Health and their application to NTDs II Parbati Phuyal   Lecture hall & Online
         
Friday        
08:30-09:00 Registration      
09:00-10:30 What's in the (Research) Pipeline for Snakebite Envenoming Therapy? Juliette Borri, Dr Cecilie Knudsen, Dr Charlotte Dawson   Lecture hall & Online
10:30-11:00 Coffee break     Messe hall
11:00-12:30 Public (Health) Policy and Snakebite Envenoming Prof Dr John Amuasi, Prof Dr Md. Abul Faiz   Lecture hall & Online
End of summer school        

 

Application & Abstract Submission

The deadline for applications was 11 June 2023.

No fee is required to attend the summer school. Accommodation must be arranged and paid for by the participants themselves. Lunch and coffee breaks are included in the summer school.

 

Organisational Committee

  • Benno Kreuels, Research Group Snakebite Envenoming, BNITM
  • Ulrich Kuch, Department of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Goethe-University Frankfurt
  • Maik Damm, Independent Researcher, Germany
  • Jörg Blessmann, Research Group Snakebite Envenoming, BNITM
  • Deborah Hosemann, Research Group Snakebite Envenoming, BNITM

 

Accomodations nearby

 

Arrival

You will find the directions to BNITM on our website.

 

Financed by

This summer school is supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as part of the German Alliance for Global Health Research (GLOHRA).

Partner

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Key facts

(Hybrid) Interdisciplinary Summer School on Snakebite Envenoming
25.09.2023 - 29.09.2023

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