About the Conference

KSHV 2020 will mark the beginning of a new quarter century since the discovery of this cancer virus. The organizing committee and the participants felt that this should mark a new era in inclusiveness and global outreach such that the numerous groundbreaking discoveries about the virus can be more quickly translated to preventing the disease and treating the affected patients. This has provided a strong rationale to bringing the conference for the first time to Africa, for the developed countries researchers to engage African researchers, clinician and trainees, to foster collaborations in basic, translational and clinical research.

KSHV 2020 International Organizing Committee:

Dr. Charles Wood, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA (Co-Chair)
Dr. Dirk Dittmer, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA (Co-Chair)
Dr. Julius Mwaiselage, Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Local Host)
Dr. Owen Ngalamika, Head of the Skin and STI Clinic at the University Teaching Hospital/University of Zambia School of Medicine
Dr. Tamiwe Tomoka, Head of pathology of Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe Malawi and a member of UNC Project Malawi
  • Dr. Charles Wood, Lewis/Lehr 3M University Professor of Biology and Biochemistry at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Co-Chair)
  • Dr. Dirk P. Dittmer, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center member and Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at UNC-Chapel Hill (Co-Chair)
  • Dr. Julius Mwaiselage, the Executive Director of the Ocean Road Cancer Institute (Local Host)
  • Dr. Owen Ngalamika, Head of the Skin and STI Clinic at the University Teaching Hospital/University of Zambia School of Medicine
  • Dr. Tamiwe Tomoka, Head of pathology of Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe Malawi and a member of UNC Project Malawi

Click here for Online Interactive Program from KSHV 2019 in New York City


    COVID-19 Update >

    KSHV 2020 has been postponed to 2021

    Location

    Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Tanzania is a beautiful country with friendly people. It has a tropical climate that varies in the different regions of the country. It is the land of Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar, the Serengeti, and the great migration of the wildebeests and zebra. More information about Tanzania can be found at:
    https://www.tanzaniatourism.go.tz/en
    https://www.lonelyplanet.com/tanzania/dar-es-salaam

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