Events

UPCOMING EVENTS

Can Access Be Built into Pharmaceutical R&D?: Evidence from Alternative Innovation Models for Global Health (5 March 2025)
Duke-NUS Medical School Amphitheatre

Scientific advances and new medicines offer hope for reducing human suffering, but access remains uneven. The current R&D model drives high prices, limiting access and straining health budgets, while less profitable health issues receive little investment. Can alternative R&D approaches improve global public health? Professor Suerie Moon will share insights from a 5-year study on alternative innovation models, covering pandemic preparedness, neglected diseases, rare diseases, and antibiotics.

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Genomic Epidemiology of Viral Pathogens (24 - 27 February 2025)

The Asia Pathogen Genomics Initiative (Asia PGI) together with the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub is organising a bioinformatics and genomic epidemiology training course on implementing genomic epidemiology during viral outbreaks. The workshop will also include hands-on training on easy-to-use genomic epidemiology tools.

Please note the workshop is only open to selected participants. For more information, email cop@duke-nus.edu.sg.

Webinars

MPOX Genomic Surveillance: Regional Updates and Insights
12 December 2024
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Data Sharing in Pathogen Genomics – What’s the Way Forward?
13 November 2024
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Translation of Pathogen Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) from bench to bedside
6 September 2024
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Wastewater Surveillance for Pandemic Preparedness in Low-resource Settings
26 August 2024
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Pathogen genomic surveillance in Asia: Findings from a 13 country assessment
23 August 2023
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Monkeypox Webinar 2022

Global Status of Monkeypox Outbreak & How Asia Can Be Prepared
15 September 2022
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PAST EVENTS

Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing: Global and Regional Legal Perspectives
January 2025

Over 50 participants in Singapore spanning government ministries, academia, and the legal sector convened for a high-level event on Pathogen Access and Benefit-sharing, co-hosted by the Centre for Outbreak Preparedness and the Centre for International Law.

The event saw renowned experts in global health law and governance engage in discussions that highlighted critical themes, including equitable frameworks for data sharing, the challenges of implementing international treaties, and what it takes to bring the draft Pandemic Treaty into fruition. Health law experts from India and Indonesia provided insight on their legal landscaping research in these countries and explored the role of a potential regional legal framework for data sharing.

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Arboviral Genomic Surveillance: A Crucial Step in Preparing the Region Against Climate-Driven Vector-Borne Diseases
July 2024

A recent workshop organized by the Asia Pathogen Genomics Initiative brought together scientists from 13 countries to enhance genomic surveillance capabilities for dengue and other arboviruses, emphasizing the importance of prevention and control in the absence of effective treatments.

Participants engaged in hands-on training and discussions on integrating advanced sequencing technologies — reflecting the need for collaboration and innovation to tackle emerging infectious diseases in a changing climate.

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Developing a Regional Agenda for Wastewater and Environmental Surveillance and Research for Epidemics and Pandemics
June 2024

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Over 300 experts from 40+ countries gathered in Singapore to establish a collaborative agenda for enhancing wastewater and environmental surveillance in the context of epidemics and pandemics.

Three key themes emerged from the five-day workshop — the importance of harmonised testing, trained personnel, and community engagement.

The workshop was jointly organised by institutions from Singapore, including PREPARE, NEA, Temasek Foundation and the Asia PGI; the European Union, through the Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA); and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Viral Whole Genome and Metagenomic Sequencing Training
September 2023

The first Asia PGI Academy training workshop took place from 20^th-27^th Sept 2023. It was a close collaboration with trainers from the ARTIC Network in the UK.

Participants were exposed to the use of the portable sequencing technology, Oxford Nanopore. The workshop included both wet and dry lab training on Influenza amplicon-based and metagenomics workflows.

The workshop also offered a unique opportunity for regional participants to interact and build a close professional network with pathogen genomics experts and participants from across the Asian region and world.

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Asia PGI partners during the World One Health Congress (Nov 2022)

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First batch of Asia PGI Academy’s trainers being trained by Oxford Nanopore Technologies

Training of Asia PGI Academy’s trainers at the Illumina Solutions Center

Sydney University Training
Expert meeting at University of Sydney to discuss and develop pathogen-specific strategies for genomic surveillance to maximize public health impact

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