Bay Area TB Science Meeting
September 9 | 9am - 5pm | Mission Bay UCSF
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The Bay Area TB Meeting announces its inaugural annual in-person meeting, the Bay Area TB Science (BATS) Meeting to be held Friday, September 9, 2022, at Mission Bay. The schedule will run from 9am-5pm, with lunch provided to guests who RSVP by August 26.
A call for posters and short talks will be announced in the coming weeks via the Bay Area TB Meeting listserv. Please email Barbara Alonso if you wish to be added to the listserv.
The Bay Area TB Meeting is hosted by The Center for Tuberculosis at UCSF and the Center's Associate Director, Babak Javid, MB BChir, Phd. The BATS planning committee is co-chaired by Babak Javid and Sarah Stanley, PhD of UC Berkeley. The planning committee includes Adithya Cattamanchi, MD, MAS and Gustavo Velásquez, MD, MPH of UCSF, Bennett Penn, MD, PhD of UC Davis, and Jason Andrews, MD, MPH of Stanford University.
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Alina Nalyvayko
Lab of Babak Javid, MB BChir, PhD, and John Metcalfe, MD, PhD, MPH
What recent project have you been working on that you’d like to share with us?
I currently split my efforts between Javid and Metcalfe laboratories. I am working on generating four M. tuberculosis mutant strains lacking genes involved in translation or heat shock response in my capacity in the Javid lab. At the same time, I am helping develop a novel sequencing platform for the timely identification of drug resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) variants as a part of Metcalfe lab.
Did anything surprise you while conducting your research?
This is unrelated to the research itself, but I was genuinely appalled at the amount of injustice TB patients face. For example, qualified TB patients in India rarely have access to bedaquiline, even though this life-saving medication is manufactured there.
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Updates from Center Faculty | |
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UCSF Mid-Career Development Program for Research Faculty
Carina Marquez, MD
Dr. Carina Marquez has been selected as a 2022 recipient of the Mid-Career Development Program, which includes funding, sponsorship, and Change-Maker Circle mentorship for the next two years.
Learn more about this opportunity here.
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Mentorship Recognition by Harvard Medical School
Gustavo Velásquez, MD, MPH
Dr. Gustavo Velásquez is recognized by Harvard Medical School for his four years of mentorship to 2022 graduate with honors, cum laude, Rifat Rahman on: Respiratory, Cardiac, and Neuropsychiatric Manifestations of Post-Acute Sequelae of Covid-19 in Lima, Peru.
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WHO Rapid Communication
Key Changes to the Treatment of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
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The World Health Organization released a Rapid Communication on updated guidance for the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis. Full guidance to be released later this year, and will provide details about the studies, analyses, and review of data underpinning the recommendations which are critical to programmatic and clinical decision-making.
The endTB Consortium team shared likely implications of the expected guidance, highlighting four key points, linked below. Congratulations to Marjorie Imperial, PhD for her contribution to this research. Marjorie is a postdoc in Rada Savic's Lab, and is a TB RAMP Scholar.
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The Stop TB Partnership launched an updated edition of its Language Guide, entitled "Words Matter", which reflects new approaches, tools, drugs, diagnostics, and innovations to combat TB. The update includes social shifts in thinking and evidence around human rights and gender.
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UNITE4TB Webinar
with Dr. Patrick Phillips
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July 7 | 4am PT | Virtual
Patrick Phillips, PhD, MS, MA leads the third UNITE4TB webinar, to outline the recent changes in the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for the treatment of Tuberculosis (TB) and evaluate the evidence underpinning the shortening of TB treatment. It will also address gaps in the evidence and questions regarding further shortening of TB treatment.
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Cindy Merrifield and Sharon Hutchinson are retiring June 30. Thank you for your years of service toward the mission of improving the lives of those impacted by TB through your efforts to coordinate studies and funds, respectively, with care and compassion for those you've served.
You will be missed!
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