The Liverpool Neurological Infectious Diseases Course (or NeuroID) is an annual two-day course aimed at medical professionals and students with an interest in neurological infectious diseases.
A variety of both national and international speakers contribute to a programme which covers clinical aspects of common central nervous system infections such as meningitis and encephalitis, as well as rarer neurological infections and talks on recent advances in related research.
[2][3] The course is accredited by the UK Royal College of Physicians, and attracts delegates from many countries worldwide.
Previous speakers include:[5] 2015: Professor Avindra Nath, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, USA – Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in neurological infections 2014: Professor Israel Steiner, Rabin Medical Center, Pentah Tikva, Israel – Para-infectious disorders of the nervous system 2013: Professor Elizabeth Molyneux, OBE and Professor Malcolm Molyneux, OBE, Malawi-Liverpool Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme– CNS infections in Malawian children 2012: Professor Scott Letendre, University of California, San Diego, USA – Neurocognitive complications of HIV 2011: Professor Angela Vincent, University of Oxford, UK – Antibody-mediated encephalitis 2010: Professor Richard Whitley, University of Alabama, USA – Viral encephalitis; advances and new frontiers 2009: Professor Mike Levin, Imperial College, London – Can better understanding of inflammatory mechanisms lead to improved outcome in bacterial meningitis?
2008: Dr Susan O’Connell, Southampton General Hospital, UK – Lyme neuroborreliosis – the greatest controversy of the day 2007: Professor Peter Kennedy, University of Glasgow, UK – Varicella Zoster Virus infections of the nervous system The course has been reviewed positively by the British Medical Journal[4] and in Advances in Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation [3]