Dr. Meredith Brooks and Dr. Lindsey Locks win 2026 Human Capital Initiative Collaborative Grant Award
The Human Capital Initiative Announces the Winners of the 2026 Collaborative Grant Award: Lindsey M. Locks and Meredith Brooks – “Integrating Nutrition into Pediatric Tuberculosis Prevention in Ghana: A Policy-Oriented Implementation Readiness Assessment” See more information and a link to their project description here!
PUBLICATION ALERT: Adaptive bandit algorithms increase efficiency of mobile tuberculosis screening programs
Congrats to Jiujia, Dr. Meredith Brooks and others! https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-31829-x
PUBLICATION ALERT: Uncovering household tuberculosis infection testing and care patterns using a novel bioinformatics linkage strategy
Congrats to Dr. Jeff Campbell and others: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/boston-medical-center_uncovering-household-tuberculosis-infection-activity-7428112479689502720-5Z2m?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAACA0_UAB153puAtRpfjE6nbfKy59ZOoV8uM
TIARA TBIG Schedule for spring 2026
TBIG Schedule for spring 2026: January 22 | Internal | Dr. Akshay Gupte + Dr. Bob Horsburgh February 5 | External | Dr. Ben Lopman March 5 | External | Dr. Jonathan Campbell March 19 | 11:30-2:30pm **Mini-Symposium* Dr. Sarah Fortune & Others April 2 |Internal | Dr. Rachel Yorlets + Dr. Hemant Shewade April […]
TB UNMASKED – presentation by Dr. Jerry Ellner
Please skip forward to 6:40 — we had some technical difficulties up until then!
BUMC TIARA AT UNION 2025!
Highlights from the Union World Conference on Lung Health 2025 Conference in Copenhagen (November 18–21, 2025) Across four days of sessions and posters, researchers shared new insights advancing tuberculosis (TB) prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and post-TB care. Faculty from Boston University and Boston Medical Center had many presentations throughout the conference. Tuesday, November 18, 2025 Using […]
PUBLICATION ALERT: Tuberculosis Disease Prevalence Among People Who Smoke Illicit Drugs: A Respondent- Driven Sampling Study in the Western Cape, South Africa
Congrats Dr. Malatesta, Dr. Jacobson and team! Tuberculosis Disease Prevalence Among People Who Smoke Illicit Drugs: A Respondent- Driven Sampling Study in the Western Cape, South Africa | The Journal of Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic
Updated schedule for fall 2025 TBIG
TBIG Schedule for Fall 2025: September 4, 2025: Intro Session (goals for upcoming year) – Internal September 18, 2025: Dr. Cynthia Tschampl, Brandeis University – External October 16, 2025: Lauren Linde and Rachel Yorlets – Internal October 23, 2025: David Gillerman and Sophie Reilly – Internal November 6, 2025: Dr. Allison Portnoy and Dr. Pranay […]
Updated WHO TB Guidelines
See updated WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis here!
TB Tracking App Earns Top Honors in Dean’s Innovation Challenge
Doctoral students Jiujia Zhang (ENG) and Lauren Linde (SPH) and SPH faculty members Leonardo Martinez and Meredith Brooks won the challenge with a scalable web-based app designed to optimize the placement of community-based TB screening units to maximize detection effectiveness. See more here: Tuberculosis Tracking App Earns Top Honors in Dean’s Innovation Challenge | SPH