Opening Remarks

Greetings/Opening Remarks

Update on Infectious Disease Program Implementation in Georgia

Iagor Kalandadze, PhD
Georgian National Center for TB and Lung Diseases (TB + MDR/XDR)

Tengiz Tsertsvadze, MD, PhD
Infectious Diseases, AIDS & Clinical Immunology Research Center  (HIV)

Moderator:
Carlos del Rio, MD

Address by First Lady of Georgia

Ms. Sandra E. Roelofs
First Lady of Georgia

HCV Surveillance in Georgia

Nata Avaliani, MD, MPH
Georgian National Center for Disease Control and Public Health

New Developments in Infectious Disease:
Updates on HIV, HCV, and TB Treatment

Carlos Del Rio, MD
Emory University

Henry Blumberg, MD / Russell Kempker, MD
Emory University

Report of a Successful HIV Control in IDUs in Taiwan: A Model Approach

Kenrad Nelson, MD
Johns Hopkins University

WHO Strategy on Research for Health:
What Could Be Considered for Georgia?

Amiran Gamkrelidze, MD, PhD
Country Programme Coordinator for STIs/HIV/AIDS
World Health Organization, Georgia

Roundtable:
Selected Healthcare Research Priorities in Georgia

Mikheil Dolidze, MD
Deputy Minister of Health

Nona Tadumadze, PhD
Georgian National Center for TB and Lung Diseases

Nikoloz Chkhartishvili, MD, MS
Infectious Diseases, AIDS & Clinical Immunology Research Center

George Kandelaki, MD
Georgian National Center for Disease Control and Public Health

Moderator:
Jack DeHovitz, MD, MPH

Update:
US CDC / NCDC FELTP Research, Lab, and Training Activities

• Public Health Laboratory Network in Georgia
• FETLP Update
• MDR-TB Surveillance in Georgia

Maia Butsashvili, MD, MS
Georgian National Center for Disease Control and Public Health

Edmond Maes, PhD
Thomas Rush, PhD
US CDC - FELTP 

Tamar Togonidze, MD
FELTP Fellow

Moderator:
Dale Morse, MD, MS

Ethical Frameworks and Human Subjects Research: From Principles to Policies

Sean Philpott, PhD, MSBioethics
Union Graduate College

US-Georgia IRB Relationships:
10 Years of Experience

Louise-Anne McNutt, PhD
SUNY Albany School of Public Health

Panel: 
Developing Research Ethics Capacity in Georgia: Strengthening of Georgian IRBs

Givi Javashvili, MD, PhD
National Bioethics Council of Georgia
Tbilisi State Medical University

Sean Philpott, PhD, MSBioethics
Union Graduate College

Fogarty Trainee Research Project Update:
TB, HIV, and Hepatitis

• Sergo Vashikidze, MD
• Medea Gegia, MD, MSc
• Nestani Tukvadze, MD
• Giorgi Kuchukhidze, MD
• Nika Chkhartishvili, MD, MS
  
  

Moderators:
Henry Blumberg, MD,
Carlos del Rio, MD and
Louise-Anne McNutt, PhD