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TB RAMP is an integrated program of creative educational, training, and mentoring activities with a focus on research skills development, provision of research opportunities and experiences, and sustained mentoring activities. The program is eligible to advanced doctoral students, fellows, postdocs, and junior faculty from UCSF and UC Berkeley in TB research.
Read more on program components, current TB RAMP Scholars, and updated eligibility to include non-US residents/citizens.
Deadline to Apply:
April 19, 2023
Virtual Flyer Here
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Voucher Award Announcement
Congratulations to Dr. Jon Budzik for being our first UC TRAC funding awardee! Dr. Budzik will receive funding in the form of salary support for a BSL-3 trained research associate to work toward his research.
Accelerating TB Basic Science Vouchers are designed to support early-stage or new-to-TB investigators to test their hypotheses, reagents and models in in vitro and in vivo models of M. tuberculosis infection. UC TRAC aims to support 2-3 vouchers annually. Calls for applications will re-open in summer 2023.
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Consultation Service
UC TRAC is offering consultation services for ESI/NI as well as established researchers in pursuit of both clinical and basic research.
Consultation is provided by a roster of faculty at UCSF and UC Berkeley, as well as external experts.
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Programs offered by UCTRAC are eligible to UCSF and UC Berkeley early-stage and new-to-TB investigators. Clinical consultation service available to established researchers in TB as well. | |
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THANK YOU
World TB Day 2023
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World TB Day 2023 hosted keynote speaker Dr. Achilles Katamba from Makerere University, Uganda, an exchange with London World TB Day, sessions on the experience of established and early-stage investigators, a patient advocate panel, and sessions designed by SF TB Clinic on the challenges and heroes of TB public health in the US (thank you Janice Louie and team). Thank you to those who participated in-person and virtually!
We deeply appreciate the WTBD 2023 Planning Committee members, Drs. Sara Suliman, Devan Jaganath, Sophie Huddart, and Paul Ogongo for your hard work to bring us this event. The event would not have been possible without the coordination of Barbara Alonso and Elisha Couchman, with support from the Curry Center team!
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Thank you to the WTBD Oversight Committee for providing direction and support to the Planning Committee of early-stage investigators. Thank you Drs. Payam Nahid, Lisa Chen, Patrick Phillips, Elizabeth Fair, Susannah Graves, Jenny Flood, and Kelly Musoke, Sarah Hutchinson, Elisha Couchman, and Barbara Alonso. | |
Interested in joining the World TB Day 2024 Planning Committee with Drs. Sophie Huddart and Paul Ogongo? Contact any member of the 2023 Planning Committee to learn more! | |
Donate to the TB Patient Support Fund at SF TB Clinic | |
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The UCSF Center for Tuberculosis is planning deeper collaboration with the SF TB Clinic and announced the launch of its donation drive for the TB Patient Support Fund at World TB Day. All donations made through the Center for Tuberculosis donation link on and after March 24, 2023 will go toward the support fund.
Please contact Sarah Hutchinson if you have any questions.
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Elizabeth Fair
Associate Director,
Center for Tuberculosis
We welcome Dr. Elizabeth Fair to serve as the Associate Director of Mentorship and Training with the UCSF Center for Tuberculosis. Dr. Fair is the Co-Director of the TB RAMP program, Co-Director of the UC TRAC Developmental Core, and Director of the PhD Program with Institute for Global Health Sciences.
Dr. Fair has led the Center's mentorship and training programs through TB RAMP, RAP Awards, and UC TRAC. Dr. Fair will join Drs. Nahid, Savic, and Javid to provide strategic direction of programmatic and administrative initiatives of the Center.
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Babak Javid
American Society for Clinical Investigation
Congratulations to Dr. Babak Javid, for his election to the prestigious American Society for Clinical Investigation (the ASCI). Election to the ASCI is a significant honor that recognizes an investigator’s contributions to biomedical science and human health. The process is rigorous, and each year only a fraction of those that are nominated are elected.
Dr. Javid serves as Center for Tuberculosis Associate Director of Bench Science, as well as the Co-Director of the UC TRAC Basic Core.
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Welcome, Thea!
UC TRAC Coordinator
The Center for Tuberculosis and UC TRAC are excited to announce our newest program coordinator with UC TRAC to support TB RAMP and the initiatives of the UC TRAC Developmental Core, Thea Sigerman.
Thea joins the Center and UC TRAC team from the UCSF Pandemic Initiative for Equity & Action. Thea will work across UC TRAC Cores and work directly with UC TRAC program coordinators for Clinical Science Core (Barbara Alonso), Basic Science Core (formerly Celine Perier), and Administrative Core (Sarah Hutchinson) to provide cross-core program integration.
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Farewell, Celine!
CEND Program Manager
Thank you, Celine Perier for providing programmatic infrastructure and leadership for the UC TRAC Basic Science Core, working alongside UC TRAC Co-Director Dr. Jeff Cox, and UC TRAC Basic Science Core Co-Directors Drs. Sarah Stanley and Babak Javid.
Celine is leaving UC Berkeley's Center for Emerging and Neglected Diseases (and UC TRAC) and will soon be a UCSF colleague, working with Dr. Nevan Krogan and the QBI on the creation of a new center of emerging diseases between UCSF and Institut Pasteur.
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