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Eligibility: Mid-career investigators in low- and middle-income countries.
Award: $10,020 over 3 years
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Applications are open for The Philip Hopewell Prize for Leaders in Global Respiratory Health, an esteemed global research award presented by the American Thoracic Society (ATS) in honor of Dr. Philip Hopewell. The Philip Hopewell Prize for Leaders in Global Respiratory Health is designed to recognize mid-career investigators in low- and middle-income countries who have demonstrated outstanding commitment to clinical and research excellence. | |
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Paul Ogongo, PhD
TBVI Young Scientist Award
Leadership in TB Research
| Dr. Ogongo was selected as a winner by the Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative (TBVI) for the TBVI Young Scientist Award 2023-2024. This award encourages talented young scientists and recognizes their outstanding contributions to TB vaccine research and development. | |
Sarah Hutchinson
Associate Director, UCSF Center for Tuberculosis
Leadership at the Center for Tuberculosis
| The Center's growth in recent years has led to exciting programmatic and initiative launches, spearheaded by the oversight of operations, stewardship of resources, and financial management of Sarah Hutchinson. Sarah's promotion to Associate Director better encapsulates her role, leadership and breadth of work. | |
Priya Shete, MD, MPH
The Mercury News
TB Research in the News
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Ada Kwan, PhD
TBPPM Learning Network Webinar
Leadership in TB Research
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Jonathan Budzik, MD, PhD, Mohamad Dandan, PhD
Suzanne Dufault, PhD, Weihao Zheng, PhD
Mentored Scientist Awards in TB Research
Leadership at the Center for Tuberculosis
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The Center is thrilled to announce Drs. Budzik, Dandan, Dufault, and Zheng are our Fall 2023 Mentored Scientist Awardees in TB Research with TB RAMP and UC TRAC co-funding. All awardees are current TB RAMP Scholars. Dr. Dandan was awarded the Team Science Award with Dr. Babak Javid as mentor, and funded under the Center's DEIAB Initiative for under-represented mentored scientists.
Congratulations!
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Rebecca Crowder, MPH, Patrick Phillips, PhD, Payam Nahid, MD, & Adithya Cattamanchi, MD
The Lancet
Publications in TB Research
| The R2D2 Network, led by Drs. Cattamanchi, Phillips, Nahid, with Ms. Crowder and partners published its first multi-country publication, "Evaluation of the Xpert MTB Host Response assay for the triage of patients with presumed pulmonary tuberculosis: a prospective diagnostic accuracy study in Viet Nam, India, the Philippines, Uganda, and South Africa" in The Lancet, February 2024. | |
Gabe Chamie, MD, Judy Hahn, PhD, Monica Gandhi, MD,
& Diane Havlir, MD
The Lancet
Publications in TB Research
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The UC TRAC Global Fellowship Program provides tailored mentorship, capacity-building, and stipend funding to elevate the research and career path of Early-Stage Investigators engaged in Tuberculosis-focused research who are from and working in LMIC countries with a high burden of TB.
Applicants must be involved in research affiliated with a current UCSF or UCB faculty or research project.
Flyer available here or visit the website for more information.
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UC TRAC is pleased to solicit applications for Accelerator Awards in TB Basic Science. Accelerator Awards will be granted up to three times per year to early-stage and new-to-TB investigators and dispersed as salary support for BSL-3 trained personnel who will perform the necessary experiments of the awardee.
ROLLING DEADLINES: Next Awardees Announced in early March.
Questions? Contact info@uctrac.org
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FEBRUARY 15, 2024
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WHO’s End TB Strategy calls for the early diagnosis of TB and universal drug-susceptibility testing (DST). The WHO assessment process for TB diagnostics currently focuses on evaluating classes of TB diagnostic technologies rather than specific products. Learn more at the link. | |
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The UCSF Center for Tuberculosis initiative on DEIAB aims to provide resources (boost awards and pilots) to under-represented investigators and provide strategic vision to implement DEIAB values within the programs and offerings of the Center and UC TRAC.
Read more about the initiative's offerings on the DEIAB Initiative webpage.
Want to get involved?
The DEIAB Committee is organizing an in-person meeting on February 7, 2024 at Mission Bay. If interested in joining the committee, please email thea.sigerman@ucsf.edu.
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The UCSF Center for Tuberculosis initiative on Maternal and Childhood TB aims to leverage UCSF's research expertise and partnerships to provide educational opportunities, clinical consultation, and mentorship to faculty and trainees of the UC TRAC community.
Read more about the initiative's offerings on the Maternal & Childhood Initiative webpage.
Want to get involved?
The initiative is organizing a committee to guide future maternal and childhood TB programs and activities. If interested, please join by emailing mat.child.tb@ucsf.edu.
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Send recent awards, grants, recognitions, or upcoming programs and events to the Center for Tuberculosis for our monthly CTB/UC TRAC newsletter. The newsletter is released in the last days of each month for 10 months of the year.
Email Sarah Hutch: sarah.hutchinson@ucsf.edu
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If you have news to share, please contact the Center for Tuberculosis Manager, Sarah K Hutch. | | | | |
