07/03/2019 Scottish HPV Investigators Network Spring Meeting

Programme

Coffee: from 10:00

10:30-13:00:  Chair: Kate Cuschieri

Maggie Cruickshank and Heather Cubie, Universities of Aberdeen and Edinburgh: Overview of International Papillomavirus meeting 2018, Sydney, Australia

Kate Cuschieri, NHS Lothian and Universityof Edinburgh: Prevalence of HPV in Scottish Penile cancers and clinical implications

Tim Palmer, NHS Highland and University of Edinburgh: Effect of bivalent immunisation on cytological and histological findings at second and subsequent screens; a longitudinal study

Nicola Steedman, Scottish Government and Health Protection Scotland: HPV Immunisation of Men who have sex with men in Scotland – an update

Kevin Pollock, Glasgow Caledonian University: HPV vaccine uptake disparities within Scotland -complacency or confidence?

Lunch: 13.00 to 14.00

14:00-15:40:  Chair: Sheila Graham

Sheila Graham and Tim Palmer, Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh: Overview of European Organisation of Genital Infections and Neoplasia 2018 Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal

Daniel Guerendiain, University of St Andrews and NHS Lothian: The use of next generation sequencing for HPV based service and research

Andrew Stevenson, University of Glasgow: Is viral load relevant for the prognosis of oropharyngeal cancer?

S. James Brown, NHS Lothian: HPV in carcinomas of the sinonasal tract: A metaanalysis of overall survival and presentation of a novel cohort

Christine Campbell, University of Edinburgh: Cervical cancer screening in Malawi – expanding and strengthening current provision

15:40- 16:00 General discussion

Meeting close: 16:00