REGISTER NOW: Professor Kathryn Maitland OBE visits Brisbane this November
To celebrate decades of international research collaboration, we are delighted to announce that Professor Kathryn Maitland OBE will visit The Prince Charles Hospital this November.
“As a multidisciplinary group spanning more than 60 countries, we work extensively with scientists, clinicians and researchers in Low and Lower Middle Income countries to further our understanding of critical illness. Our collaborative research projects in North and South Africa have seen many transoceanic exchanges and visits to the region to witness first hand the advancements in critical care led by Professor Maitland, KEMRI-WTRP and my colleagues at CCRG,” said Professor John Fraser, Founder and Director, CCRG.
“We are honoured to be able to return this hospitality and host Professor Maitland and His Excellency here in Brisbane as we celebrate the sharing of knowledge across continents.”
In partnership with the Translational Research Institute, you are invited to a Keynote and Panel Discussion Tuesday, November 15.
“The challenges of conducting controlled trials in critically ill children in low resource settings in Africa”
Professor Kathryn Maitland MBBS, FRCPCH, PhD, FMEDSci, OBE
Professor of Paediatric Tropical Infectious Diseases
Division of Medicine, Imperial College London, Kenya
TIMES
Keynote: 11.30am - 12.15pm AEST
Panel discussion: 12.30pm - 1.30pm AEST
Registrations are essential for the Keynote and Panel Discussion
Guests can choose to attend one or both sessions.
DATE
Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
LOCATION
Seminar Room 2003, Translational Research Institute (TRI)
37 Kent Street, Woolloongabba QLD 4102
And via online. Register now to receive video conferencing link.
Following her keynote, Professor Maitland will be joined by a panel of internationally-acclaimed researchers to discuss the impact of collaborations across countries and continents.
Panel discussion: 12.30pm - 1.30pm AEST
Registrations are essential for the Keynote and Panel Discussion
Guests can choose to attend one or both sessions.
Learn more about Professor Maitland’s ground breaking research here ahead of her visit to CCRG.
Professor Kathryn Maitland MBBS, FRCPCH, PhD, FMEDSci, OBE is Professor of Paediatric Tropical Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, and Director of the International Centre of African Research and Engagement (ICCARE) Institute for Global Health Innovation Division of Medicine, Imperial College London St Mary's Campus, United Kingdom; Principal Investigator, KEMRI Wellcome Trust Programme, Kilifi Campus, Kenya; and Honorary Fellow at MRC Clinical Trials Unit, University College London, United Kingdom.
Based in East Africa, Professor Maitland is largely focused on assessing and improving the techniques used in the emergency care of children in resource-limited hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa. Earlier this year Professor Maitland was recognised in the Queen’s Jubilee Birthday Honours List, awarded an OBE for her work improving the care of critically ill children, including studying the impacts of malaria, bacterial sepsis, and severe malnutrition.
Meet Dr Nchafatso Obonyo
Dr Obonyo joined the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme in 2011 to work alongside Professor Maitland to examine the supporting evidence for the septic shock treatment guidelines. Subsequently in 2013, he was awarded the prestigious Global Health Research Fellowship from the Wellcome Trust’s Centre for Global Health Research at the Imperial College London for his work on the management of septic shock in critically ill children.
Dr Obonyo joined The Prince Charles Hospital’s Critical Care Research Group in 2014 and awarded a Research Fellowship and an Innovation Grant from The Common Good in 2021.
Dr Obonyo was recently invited to a reception to His Excellency Amb. John Tipis, High Commissioner for Kenya (pictured) to discuss his research and future collaborations with his home country. The event was organised by Kenyans in Queensland, a networking group that promotes Kenyan culture and foreign exchanges across the state.