HPRU GI Annual Scientific Conference 2023

Thank you to those who attended the HPRU GI Annual Scientific Conference 2023 on the 28th and 29th March held at The Slate, Warwick Conferences. We were so pleased to see so many people join us in person and hear of the great research that members of the HPRU GI are doing. A big thank-you also goes to our external speakers, Esther Mukuka and David Allen!

 


Please see below the Posters presented at the conference. Please click the abstract title to view the poster. 

 


Poster Number Name Email Abstract Title
1 Hannah Charles Hannah.charles@ukhsa.gov.uk Descriptive epidemiological study of an outbreak of sexually transmitted, extensively-drug resistant Shigella sonnei, first detected in the United Kingdom, 2021-22
2 Ella Rodwell Ella.rodwell@ukhsa.gov.uk The epidemiological insight into the different non-O157 STEC serotypes
3 Emily Fotopoulou Emily.fotopoulou@ukhsa.gov.uk Comparative description of incidence demographics and genetic composition of CC1 and CC8 L. monocytogenes clones.
4 Derryk Schieck Derryk.schieck@warwick.ac.uk Models for transmission of antimicrobial resistance genes
5 Amoolya Vusirikala
Amoolya.vusirikala@ukhsa.gov.uk
Estimating STEC clearance times in young children
6 Ching-Ying Poh chingying.poh@ukhsa.gov.uk Genotypic analysis of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli clonal complex 17 in England and Wales, 2014-2022.
7 Matthew bird Matthew.bird@ukhsa.gov.uk Detection and characterisation of Salmonella enterica serovar Infantis (eBG31) harbouring blaCTX-M-1 causing clinical disease in humans in England.
8 Romeo Toriro Romeo.Toriro@lstmed.ac.uk An unusual cryptosporidiosis outbreak during a British military exercise in Kenya, February-May 2022
9 Lauren Murrell l.murrell@liverpool.ac.uk Understanding the impact of local funding cuts to environmental health and regulatory services on food safety services and gastrointestinal infections in England, a longitudinal ecological study
10 Riinu Pae & Dr. Charlotte Robin Riinu.Pae@ukhsa.gov.uk; Charlotte.Robin@ukhsa.gov.uk  “A qualitative evaluation of the management of a Shigella sonnei outbreak: lessons for improving ways of working and communication with the public.”
11 Paolo Ribeca paolo.ribeca@ukhsa.gov.uk Presence of phage-plasmids in multiple serovars of Salmonella
12 Toyin Ejidokun  Toyin.ejidokun@ukhsa.gov.uk Improving staff confidence to manage the increase in STEC cases during enhanced incident in the SouthWest
13 Nicola Love Nicola.love@liverpool.ac.uk Are tourists bringing back more than souvenirs? International travel as a risk factor for gastrointestinal illness in North East England. 
14 George Stenhouse  G.E.Stenhouse@liverpool.ac.uk An infectious, genetically diverse Typhi carrier: A case study
15 Hannah Trivett hlhtrive@liverpool.ac.uk Metagenomics for pathogen diagnostics: Problems solved by long read data
16 David Greig david.greig@ukhsa.gov.uk What the phage? A genomic map of the prophage content of domestic UK Shiga-toxin producing E. coli (STEC) O157:H7 genomes.
17 David Greig david.greig@ukhsa.gov.uk Cóimeáil: A bioinformatics pipeline for the typing and characterisation of Shiga-toxin producing E. coli genomes sequenced via Oxford Nanopore Technologies.
18 Henna Irshad Henna.irshad@ukhsa.gov.uk The Benefits of Global Genomic analysis of sporadic Salmonellosis – A case study with Salmonella Cotham associated with Salmonellosis in Children 
19 George E. Stenhouse G.E.Stenhouse@liverpool.ac.uk Genomic epidemiology of shigellosis in South Africa
20 Blanca Perez-Sepulveda blancaps@liverpool.ac.uk An integrated approach for determination of clade-specific signatures of invasive Salmonella Enteritidis
21 David Inglis d.m.inglis@live.com Epidemiology of Diarrheal illness in exercising UK service personnel deploying to Central America, SE Asia and East Africa 
22 Amy Douglas Amy.Douglas@ukhsa.gov.uk Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on national laboratory and outbreak surveillance of norovirus in England 
23 Ellen Porter ellen.porter@bath.edu Piecing together plasmids: using short reads to contextualise drug resistance on the IncFII plasmids of Shigella sonnei clinical isolates from England in 2019
24 Richard Elson Richard.elson@ukhsa.gov.uk Using spatial relative risk to identify modifiable risk factors for STEC O157 infection in England.
25 Dana Sumilo dana.sumilo@warwick.ac.uk Cost-effectiveness of excluding children with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) from childcare settings until microbiological clearance compared to return to childcare settings before microbiological clearance
26 Georgina Fox Georgina.Fox@ukhsa.gov.uk Use of surveillance data to inform operational decisions during the management of enhanced STEC incident in the Southwest HPT
27 Lewis Mason L.C.E.Mason@liverpool.ac.uk The evolution and international spread of extensively drug-resistant Shigella sonnei
28 Marie Anne Chattaway Marie.Chattaway@ukhsa.gov.uk Utility of a routine one health approach in enhancing national genomic Salmonella surveillance 
29 Katie Thorley Katie.thorley@ukhsa.gov.uk Descriptive epidemiology of an emergence of extensively drug-resistant Shigella flexneri serotype 2a associated with sexual transmission among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men, in England.
30 Ella Rodwell Ella.rodwell@ukhsa.gov.uk The association between STEC O26:H11 stx subtype and patient epidemiology and outcome
31 Suzie Rotheram  Suzanne.rotheram@liverpool.ac.uk Challenges recruiting to a study to understand inequalities in the impact of exclusion due to Shiga-toxin producing E.coli (STEC) infection for families with young children in England.
32 Karen Fuentes-Cabrejo karen.fuentes@ukhsa.gov.uk Establishing most suitable NGS approach for EV Surveillance
33 Amy Gentle amy.gentle@ukhsa.gov.uk Surveillance of Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Resistance in Salmonella in England, 2014-2022
34 Israel Olonade  Israel.Olonade@ukhsa.gov.uk Evaluating a method for metagenomic sequencing of faecal specimens referred to the Gastrointestinal Bacteria Reference Unit
35 Nadiifo Adde  nadiifo.adde@ukhsa.gov.uk Comparison of in-house Real-time PCR verses commercial assay for the detection of gastrointestinal genes in stool samples.
36 Alice Wynne alice.x.wynne@ukhsa.gov.uk Review of testing and reporting practices of diagnostic laboratories for non-O157 STEC in England
37 Anaïs Painset Anais.Painset@ukhsa.gov.uk  Impact of Whole Genome Sequencing in Listeria Routine Surveillance for Public Health
38 Frances Colles frances.colles@biology.ox.ac.uk A One Health perspective for reducing antimicrobial resistant Campylobacter in the food chain.
39 Richard Elson Richard.elson@ukhsa.gov.uk Does the spatial distribution of supermarket stores in England reflect market share?
40 Jade Jordan Jade.jordan@warwick.ac.uk Perspectives on Evaluating the Impact of Patient and Public Involvement
41 Iram Zahair  Izahair@liverpool.ac.uk Relationship between gastrointestinal infections and ethnicity in the UK: a systematic review of quantitative studies.`