DEIA Initiative

Center for Tuberculosis

Gustavo Velásquez, MD, MPH directs the Center's newly formed Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Belonging Initiative, formally launched at the Center Business Meeting in May.

The aims of the DEIA Initiative include: TB RAMP RAP awards for under-represented ESI investigators, TB Research Boost Awards for under-represented investigators, and developing a DEIA strategic plan for the Center.

Childhood TB

Center for Tuberculosis

Devan Jaganath, MD, MPH will launch the Center's Maternal & Childhood TB Initiative in the Fall 2023, which was announced at the Center Business Meeting in May.

The overall goal of this initiative is to promote UCSF Center for Tuberculosis and UC TRAC expertise as a key institution advancing childhood TB research, education, and clinical care. ​

TB RAMP's inaugural cohort (2021) graduated June 8, 2023. Thank you to our graduates, current Scholars, TB RAMP Executive Committee, Program Co-Directors, and TB RAMP Coordinators for a successful first two years of TB Research and Mentorship Program!

Dr. Sara Suliman

Congrats to Dr. Suliman and team for receiving an NIH/NIAID R01 grant of $2.5M over 5 years for a project entitled, “The role of tyrosine metabolism in tuberculosis pathogenesis.” 

Dr. Mike Reid

Dr. Reid received the Thomas Hall-Nelson Sewankambo Mid-Career Leadership Award for excellence in global health education, research, advocacy, service and leadership. Read more here about Dr. Reid's contribution.

Dr. Suzanne Dufault

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Dufault!

Suzanne Dufault received her doctorate in biostatistics from UC Berkeley. She was most recently a postdoctoral scholar in UCSF’s Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine with Patrick Phillips, PhD and is a current TB RAMP Scholar. Her primary research addresses the barriers to generating high-quality evidence in complicated trial settings by improving experimental trial design and introducing novel statistical techniques that directly target motivating research questions, primarily in TB and infectious diseases. She joined the Division of Experimental Medicine this month!

UCSF World TB Day Planning Committee Member Search

The UCSF World TB Day Planning Committee is led by early career investigators and is searching for two members to join Drs. Sophie Huddart and Paul Ogongo for WTBD 2024.

Contact Barbara Alonso to join!

DEIA Committee

Center for Tuberculosis

Join us to draft the Center's strategic plan to invest in a culture and practice of diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and belonging for TB investigators and staff affiliated with the Center and UC TRAC.

Chaired by Dr. Gustavo Velásquez

Advised by Dr. Midori Kato-Maeda

Committee Members include:

Drs. Paul Ogongo, Jon Budzik, Mohamad Dandan, Chris Berger, with Ariana Austin and Thea Sigerman.

Contact Thea Sigerman to join!

Promising TB vaccine gets $550-million investment for Phase III Trial

The labs of Drs. Joel Ernst and Babak Javid are currently studying samples from the earlier stage trial to understand the immune responses generated by the M72/AS01E vaccine.

This new investment comes from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Wellcome.

Read more here.

WHO launches TB research tracker

an online platform to track progress in TB research. Bookmark the page, and find it on the UC TRAC website.

RFI: Updating the NIAID Strategic Plan for Tuberculosis Research 

The UCSF Center for Tuberculosis is collecting comments for a letter submission to NIAID. Comments will be accepted from UCSF and UC Berkeley (UC TRAC) personnel involved with TB research. Internal deadline: July 31, 2023.

JOB: Postdoctoral Position - TB

Location: Stanford University

With Dr. Jason Andrews

JOB: Program Manager - HIV/Malaria

Locatation: Malawi

With Cooper/Smith

World Health Summit

October 15-17 | Berlin, Germany

World Health Summit

The Union + TB Science

November 15-18 | Paris

The Union

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.

If you have news to share, please contact the Center for Tuberculosis Manager, Sarah K Hutch.