UCTRAC Launches

NEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES IN TUBERCULOSIS RESEARCH

UCTRAC (UCSF-UCB Tuberculosis Research Advancement Center) announces new funding and resource opportunities for new-to-TB investigators, including:

• Voucher Program for basic science research in TB 
• Consultation Service Request for clinical research in TB 
• RAP Awards for Mentored Scientist and Mentored Under-Represented Scientist in TB Research

Deadline for Voucher and Mentored Scientist Awards: February 27, 2023. 

Consultant Service available on a rolling basis. Applications open to UCSF and UC Berkeley. 

Email info@uctrac.org or find more info at www.uctrac.org

World TB Day 2023

REGISTRATION

Join us in-person or via zoom for our annual World TB Day on March 24, 2023 with our co-host UCSF's Curry International Tuberculosis Center.

Our World TB Day 2023 theme will be The Many Faces of the TB Community: Partnership between patients, researchers, and advocates. The program will feature talks and panel discussions by local and international leaders in TB research, policy, clinical and programmatic practice, and advocacy.

WTBD 2023 Keynote Speaker: Achilles Katamba, PhD, MBChB, MS

Makerere University | Kampala, Uganda

Registration is limited to 100 people - please note confirmation of registration is delivered via email.

Mentored Scientist Awards in TB

Resource Allocation Program Mentored Scientist Awards, co-sponsored by the Center for Tuberculosis TB RAMP and UCTRAC, are mentoring and training grants available to UCSF and UCB early-stage or new-to-TB investigators.

Awardees will receive a $40,000 grant for their project and will automatically be enrolled in the TB Research and Mentoring Program (TB RAMP) as a TB RAMP Scholar.

With funding from an NIH Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Supplement to TB RAMP, we created a mentored research award for investigators from historically disenfranchised racial and ethnic groups that are under-represented in health sciences. More information below.

Mentored Scientist Awards in HIV:

CFAR offers RAP awards, including Pilot Award, Mentored Science Award, and International Mentored Scientist Award due February 27 through the RAP Portal.

Honoring John Murray

March 30, 2023 | 8am - 5pm

Fisher Banquet Room at UCSF Mission Bay Campus

A special symposium will be held to cover the significant contributions of Dr. Murray's career and is open to UCSF faculty and fellows (current and former).

The symposium is co-chaired by Drs. Phil Hopewell and Courtney Broaddus. For more information, including the program, click on the link below.

Congratulations

UCSF's Curry International TB Center

The Curry International Tuberculosis Center (CITC) has been awarded to serve as a TB Center of Excellence for Training, Education, and Medical Consultation (TB COE) for the US Western Region for another 5-year funding cycle through 2027 with the CDC.

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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

NIAID Program Officer: Tuberculosis and other Mycobacterial Section, Respiratory Diseases Branch

See job announcement below and email Dr. Lakshmi Ramachandra with questions.

2023 TB-related Conferences

View the full working draft of 2023 TB-related conferences list. Link only available to UCSF Center for Tuberculosis-affiliated faculty and staff. Please email Barbara Alonso for recommendations or edits.

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