Joint training courses
Training Workshop on “Improving the Capacity of RSM and HPV Screening in the Republic of Uzbekistan” training and hands-on training
The training workshop was supported by KOFIH (Korea Foundation for International Health) and GC LA program of Dr. Lee Jong-wook at the Research Institute of Virology within the framework of cooperation on the project “Improvement of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) research and diagnostics in the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Training Objective: To expand HPV research and provide capacity building of medical institutions in Uzbekistan for HPV laboratory testing.
Training organizers:
Lee Gyutaek Director of GC LAB's External Affairs Department
Che Dongyul Head of Cytopathology Department, GC LAB
No Won Park Senior Cytopathology Teacher GC LAB
Kim Heeun Representative of KOFIH in Uzbekistan
Akhmedova Shakhnoza, doctoral student of Research Institute of Virology training assistant
Turabova Nozimakhon, employee of Research Institute of Virology training assistant.
Organization of the training workshop
From March 6, 2023 to April 28, 2023 at the Research Institute of Virology in the lecture hall was held a training workshop on training and practical training on early diagnosis of HPV infection among laboratory technicians by liquid cytology method according to the WHO program.
To achieve this goal, a special training program was developed - 72 credits on “Odam papilloma virusi diagnostikasida citologic usul asoslarining jahon tajribasi” and 144 credits on “Tibbiyotda ananaviy va suyuklik cytologic va ahamiyati”.
Training course
Early diagnosis of HCC within the framework of the project “Prevention of virus-induced liver cancer in Uzbekistan”
Institute of Virology in cooperation with Hannover Medical School has planned 4 training courses on early diagnosis of HCC within the project “Prevention of virus-induced liver cancer in Uzbekistan: Tashkent-Hanover Liver Network (PLUTHO)” for ultrasonographers.
The first training course started on May 20, 2024.
The German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) supports the PLUTHO project (Prevention of virus-induced liver cancer in Uzbekistan.
The Hannover Medical School (HMS) enters into a clinical partnership with Uzbekistan and supports a training program on sonographic diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
The goal of the partnership between GMSH and the Institute of Virology is to conduct collaborative research on viral hepatitis and simultaneously improve public health in the partner country.
One of the project directions is to create a structured training program on ultrasound diagnosis of early detection of liver cancer for doctors in the Republic of Uzbekistan. In addition, both partner clinics want to improve early diagnosis of HCC associated with hepatitis viruses.
Hannover Medical School is represented by the following scientists: Prof. Michael Gebel, Prof. Heiner Wedemeyer, Dr. Lisa Sandmann.
Hannover Medical School is represented by the following scientists: Prof. Michael Gebel, Prof. Heiner Wedemeyer, Dr. Lisa Sandmann. Prof. Michael Gebel from 2000-2006. Board of Directors of the German Society of Ultrasound Diagnostics (DEGUM). 2002-2004 President of the German Society of Ultrasound Diagnostics (DEGUM). President of the annual joint congress of the German, Austrian and Swiss Society for Ultrasound in Medicine in Hannover (DEGUM, ÖGUM, SGUM). 2005 DEGUM delegate to AWMF (Association of German scientific medical societies). 2013 - 2019 Member of the Good Scientific Practice (GWP) commission at the IHS. Since 2019 deputy ombudsman of the IHS. Member of the German Ultrasound Society (DEGUM), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), German Digestive Diseases Society (DGVS), American Gastroenterological Association. (AGA). Honorary member of the Polish Society of Ultrasound in Medicine (PTU). Honorary member of the German Society of Ultrasound (DEGUM). Honorary Professor of Abu Ali ibn Sina (Avicenna) University of Bukhara (2018) Uzbekistan.
Prof. Heiner Wedemeyer has been Head of the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Infectious Diseases and Endocrinology at Hannover Medical School since 2020. He has been involved in the scientific coordination of the German Network of Viral Hepatitis Specialists (Hep-Net) and the German Liver Foundation for more than 15 years. He is currently the managing director of the German Hepatitis C Registry. Heiner Wedemeyer is a member of several scientific organizations and Secretary General of the European Association for the Study of the Liver from 2009 to 2011. In addition, he is a representative of the consortium “D-SOLVE”, funded by the European Union, which aims to find new strategies. for personalized treatment of hepatitis D. Prof. Heiner Wedemeyer has been President of the German Society for Digestive and Metabolic Diseases (DGVS) since January 2023.
Prof. Heiner Wedemeyer has received numerous awards, including the Hans Popper Award der International Association for the Study of the Liver in 2002, the Innovation Award of the German Medical Faculties (2011) and the dem Rudolph-Schoen-Preis (2011), the EASL Registry Grant (2014) and the Solko W. Schalm Award (2023). His research was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), the German Ministry of Research and Education (BMBF), the European Union, the European Liver Association and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Dr. Lisa Sandmann, MD, PhD. Clinical and Research Fellow, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Germany. Her main research focuses on viral hepatitis, chronic liver diseases and their complications. She graduated in medicine from Hannover Medical School and Harvard University (USA). She completed her PhD within the HBRS structured doctoral training program “StrucMed” in the working group of Prof. Dr. Sandra Zesek and Prof. Dr. Thomas von Hahn in the field of hepatitis C research. This work was deepened during an internship at the Laboratory of Virology and Infectious Diseases at Rockefeller University in New York under the supervision of Prof. Charles M. Rice.
Dr. Lisa Sandmann's research activities are related to chronic liver diseases, primarily chronic viral liver infections. As part of the Clinical Scientist program, she is investigating novel virological biomarkers and immunological parameters of chronic hepatitis D virus infection.