Annual Scientific Meeting 2023 was held from Tuesday 14 to Thursday 16 November 2023 in Singapore at the voco Orchard Hotel. To access the Singapore travel guide for delegates, click here.
The programme
The programme was developed, drawing on feedback from the ASM 2022 and other GACD events, informal discussions with Research Network members, and input from the GACD Programme Subcommittee.
View the ASM 2023 programme.
📑 Access the resources
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Orientation and networking session: Download the slide set (4 MB). Speakers: Margaret Bee and Izzy Bandurek (GACD).
Working group updates: Download the slide set (5 MB). Speakers: Jennifer Alison (Indigenous populations working group), Rajesh Vedanthan (Diabetes data standardisation working group), Mehreen Faisal (COSMOS subgroup), Anusha Ramani Chander (Systems approach to upscaling working group)
Formal opening of the Annual Scientific Meeting: Download the slide set (<1 MB). Speakers: Morven Roberts (GACD) and Barbara Kerstiëns (European Commission)
Collaboration and connection across Research Programmes: Download the slide set (2.7 MB). Speakers: Mental health – Bernd Puschner (Ulm University), Thilini Rajapakse (University of Peradeniya) // Scale up – Josephine Birungi (La Trobe University), Marshall Tulloch-Reid (University of the West Indies) // Cancer – Lana Ray (Lakehead University) // Life course: Jill Murphy (University of British Columbia)
Decolonisation, equity, and implementation research: Download the slide set (1.9 MB). Speakers: Neo Tapela (International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement), Rajesh Vedanthan (NYU Langone Health), Sue Crengle (University of Otago), Willie Pomat (Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research)
Effective engagement with policymakers: Download the slide set (<1 MB). Speakers: Margaret Bee (GACD), Josephine Birungi (LaTrobe University), Nong Thi Thu Trang (HelpAge International in Vietnam), Vanessa Alfa (University of Abuja)
Connecting the dots across the Research Network: No slide sets available for this session. Speakers: Thilini Rajapakse (University of Peradeniya), Jill Murphy (University of British Columbia), Lana Ray (Lakehead University), Marshall Tulloch-Reid (University of the West Indies)
GACD Short Film Festival: Download the slide set (<1 MB). Film uploads coming soon.
Welcome to Day 3 and Innovative health system strategies: Download the slide set (3.1 MB). Speakers: Morven Roberts (GACD) and Tazeen H Jafar (Duke-NUS Medical School Singapore)
The power of co-creation: Download the slide set (10.3 MB): Speakers: Pallab Maulik and Sandhya Yatirajula (The George Institute for Global Health India), Sue Crengle (University of Otago), Anna Kone and Lana Ray (Lakehead University), Marilyn Clarke (Southern Cross University/La Trobe University), Rajesh Vedanthan (NYU Langone Health), Abhijit Nadkarni (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), Anu Mary Oommen (Christian Medical College Vellore)
Scaling up, out, and into the future: Download the slide set (4.5 MB). Speakers: Gina Agarwal (McMaster University), Brian Oldenburg (Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute), Puhong Zhang (The George Institute for Global Health China)
Formal close of the Annual Scientific Meeting: No slide sets available for this session. Speaker: Morven Roberts (GACD)
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Sustaining research consortia: Download the slide set (<1 MB). Speakers: Jaap Koot (University Medical Center Gronigen), Carolyn Johnson (GACD), Marshall Tulloch-Reid (University of the West Indies), Bindu Patel (The George Institute for Global Health Australia), Zila Van Der Meer-Sanchez (Universidade Federal de São Paulo)
A new nutrition special interest group: Download the slide set (<1 MB): Speakers: Izzy Bandurek and Sheree Folkes (GACD)
AI, big data, and implementation: Download the slide set (<1 MB). Speakers: Manuela Gonzalez Gonzalez (Concordia University) and Carolyn Johnson (GACD)
Research capacity development at GACD: Download the slide set (<1 MB): Speakers: Izzy Bandurek (GACD) and Brian Oldenburg (Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute)
Funding tips and tricks: Download the slide set (<1 MB): Speakers: Carolyn Johnson (GACD), Brad Newsome (US National Institutes of Health), Aaron Holliday (UK Medical Research Council), Grzegorz Owsianik (European Commission), Johan Louw (South African Medical Research Council)
Knowledge Sharing Competition
The annual GACD Knowledge Sharing Competition is an opportunity to get creative and showcase a project or working group. The output goes on display during the Annual Scientific Meeting for the GACD community to browse, discuss, and feedback.
Judges Choice Award
A cost saving option for chronic care in Africa: Integrated HIV and NCD services (GACD project SU05) Congratulations to the INTE-AFRICA team!
Community Choice Award
Scaling up the CHAP-P: A Journey of learning (GACD project SU11). Congratulations to the CHAP-P team!
All other entries
In or Out? An Intervention Development Game! (GACD project MH33)
Process Evaluation on School-based Education Programme to Reduce Salt (GACD project SU14)
Helicobacter Pylori Eradication: A Cancer Control Strategy in Bhutan (GACD project CP08)
Walk and Rooll: Active School Adventure (GACD project LC22)
IMPACT: Implementation of a multisectoral programme to improve indigenous adolescent mental health in Brazil and Dominica (GACD project LC20)
Community mobilisation for cervical cancer screening (GACD project CP10)
Navigate your high blood pressure care in the Peruvian A.N.D.E.S. (GACD project SU27)
Comic developed by local artists (GACD project CP01)
iSISTAQUIT NJURRAJILI – expanding and giving (GACD project CP07)
Barriers and facilitators to cervical screening access in Tribal, rural, and urban India (GACD project CP06)
Film Festival
Community Choice Award ('the Audience Oscar')
iSISTAQUIT Ngurrajili – GACD project CP07. Congratulations to the iSISTAQUIT team!
Judges Choice Award ('the Judges Oscar')
EVO+ Colombia – GACD project LC14. Congratulations to the EVO+ team!
All other entries
How do we engage with workplaces – GACD project CP16
Small Hand Lead Big Hands for Salt Reduction – GACD project SU14
Tea Time – GACD project SU18
Strengthening Partnerships for Lasting Impact – GACD project SU02
Contributing to the elimination of cervical cancer in resource-poor or hard-to-reach settings – GACD project CP10
IMPACT – Implementation of a multisectoral programme to improve Indigenous adolescent mental health in Dominica and Brazil – GACD project LC20
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