Main Speakers

Delia Goletti MD, PhD
Head of the Translational Research Unit at IRCCS Instituto Nazionale Malattie Infettive "L. Spallanzani". Roma, Italia
Research area of interest: Tuberculosis biomarkers; Impact of M. tuberculosis on autophagy in primary human cells; Tuberculosis and HIV coinfection: Epidemiology, clinical aspects, immune-specific response;  Latent tuberculosis infection: Tools to measures it by commercial and experimental tests in different settings and health systems, such as India, Tanzania, Uganda; Development of immune diagnostic assays for tuberculosis.

Daniela Maria Cirillo PhD
San Raffaele Scientific Institute Milan, Italy
She is a board certified clinical microbiologist, Head of the Emerging Bacterial Pathogens Unit at the San Raffaele Scientific Institute (HSR) in Milan, Italy and Director of the WHO SRL, Collaborating Center ITA98, Italian Reference Centre for Mycobacterial Typing. The main fields of interest are: research on new diagnostic for MDR/XDR-TB, M.tuberculosis pathogenesis, virulence markers, host pathogens interaction, NTMs and nosocomial pathogens. Elected member of the ECDC TB disease Coordinating Committee, CoChair of the New Diagnostic Working Group of the Stop TB partnership, Core Group elected member of the Global Drug Resistance Initiative (GDI) of the Stop TB partnership-WHO, member of Global Laboratory Initiative, member of the Core Group of the ERLN-TB.

Patricia Torres Bozza PhD
Chefe do Laboratório de Imunofarmacologia, IOC, Fiocruz
She is dedicated to the study of the cellular and molecular mechanisms related to inflammatory diseases of infectious, allergic or degenerative character. Among its objects of study are the inflammatory response to infections (such as sepsis, severe dengue, malaria and tuberculosis) and the involvement of the inflammatory process in arteriosclerosis and in different phenomena that characterize tumor transformation, such as differentiation and cell growth.

Baldomero Molina-Flores
Specialist in Diagnosis, Surveillance and Control of Zoonotic Diseases at Pan American Health Organization/PANAFTOSA
ETERINARY & LIVESTOCK RURAL DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST:
- Experience in project formulation and management, budget development and oversight, program monitoring and evaluation on impact and reach of interventions.
- Energetic, problem solving, results-oriented team leader/member (as needed) with strengths in team building, program planning and coordination, project development, grant and report writing, and ability to produce results under pressure.
- Excellent public speaking and writing skills, diplomatic, attentive listener, articulate, good communicator and truly passionate about working for the benefit of others.
- Both, long-term and short term experience, in more than 40 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas.