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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!
Updated schedule for fall 2025 TBIG
TBIG Schedule for Fall 2025:
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- 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 Sinha - Internal
- November 13, 2025: Dr. Igor Kramnik - Internal
- December 4, 2025: Dr. Jerry Ellner - External
- December 18, 2025: Genevieve Dupuis & Dr. Jackie Dinh - Internal
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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
Submissions for the 2026 END TB Conference are open!
Submissions for the 2026 END TB Conference are open!
The 2026 END TB Conference is now accepting abstracts, challenging cases, and travel grant applications for this year's conference held in Philadelphia, USA. The deadline for submission of abstracts, challenging cases, and travel grants is September 30, 2025.
See more information about the conference here.
RESIST-TB Webinar: Everything is Tuberculosis with John Green
John Green will join the RESIST-TB community to discuss his 2025 NYT bestselling book, "Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection" Sep 11, 2025 08:00 AM.
Hardcover copies are available at your local independent bookstore, hardcover and digital editions through this link.
Register for the webinar here.
Schedule for TBIG Fall 2025
TBIG Schedule for Fall 2025:
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- 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 Amy Zheng- Internal
- November 13, 2025: Dr. Igor Kramnik - Internal
- December 4, 2025: TBD - External
- December 18, 2025: Genevieve Dupuis & Dr. Jackie Dinh - Internal
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PUBLICATION ALERT: Impact of pharmacogenetics on pharmacokinetics of first-line anti-tuberculosis drugs in the HIRIF trial
Congrats Dr. Brooks and others!
Dr. Brooke Nichols featured in Salon: From dread to action: Tracking the Trump-Musk death toll from cuts to USAID
From dread to action: Tracking the Trump-Musk death toll from cuts to USAID | Salon.com
PUBLICATION ALERT: Impact of US Government funding cessation on TB care and prevention: a multicountry survey in Africa
Koura KG, Soe AN, Dlodlo RA, Lin Y, Sinha P, Badoum G, Dogo MF, Horsburgh CR, Harries AD. Impact of US Government funding cessation on TB care and prevention: a multicountry survey in Africa. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2025 May 25;29(5):239-241. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.24.0215. PMID: 40281676.