{"id":3355,"date":"2017-01-08T13:13:58","date_gmt":"2017-01-08T12:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/?p=3355"},"modified":"2018-05-29T10:36:10","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T09:36:10","slug":"identifying-priorities-and-filling-the-gaps-whats-next-for-ntds-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/2017\/01\/08\/identifying-priorities-and-filling-the-gaps-whats-next-for-ntds-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Identifying priorities and filling the gaps: What\u2019s next for NTDs research?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3356 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/files\/2017\/01\/https_cdn.evbuc_.com_images_25798150_118940645943_1_original.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Timed to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the London Declaration on NTDs, this event will provide a broad overview of the latest scientific research for NTD control and elimination.<\/p>\n<p>Through a series of rapid fire presentations it aims to provide a short sharp introduction to a wide range of new and cutting-edge research covering different diseases, specialities, countries, institutions, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the rapid fire session, presentations will also be made by Sir Michael Dixon (Director of NHM) and\u00a0 Prof Sir Roy Anderson (Director of LCNTDR) .<\/p>\n<p>The evening event will be followed by a drinks reception.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nFor those interested in NTDs and public health research,\u00a0 this evening provides a comprehensive and compact showcase of the most cutting edge research being conducted to enable the global community to tackle diseases which effect over 1.6 billion people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tickets are now sold out<\/strong>, but you can join the waiting list at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/identifying-priorities-filling-the-gaps-whats-next-for-ntd-research-tickets-29299208722?aff=mcivte\">https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/identifying-priorities-filling-the-gaps-whats-next-for-ntd-research-tickets-29299208722?aff=mcivte <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The London Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease Research (LCNTDR), a joint initiative of the Natural History Museum, the London School of Hygiene &amp; Tropical Medicine, the Royal Veterinary College and Imperial College London, undertakes cutting-edge research to build the evidence base around the design, implementation and evaluation of NTD control and elimination programmes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Timed to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the London Declaration on NTDs, this event will provide a broad overview of the latest scientific research for NTD control and elimination. Through a series of rapid fire presentations it aims to provide a short sharp introduction to a wide range of new and cutting-edge research covering different [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":692,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/692"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3355"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3359,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3355\/revisions\/3359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}