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Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research Awarded $9.2 Million NIH Renewal
The Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research (Prov/Bos CFAR) has received a five-year $9.2 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to further its work promoting multi-disciplinary clinical, behavioral, translation, and basic science HIV research. Their research is particularly focused on marginalized populations including men who have sex with men (MSM), people who use substances, justice-involved persons, women, gender minorities, and at-risk youth. To achieve this goal, the Prov/Bos CFAR is committed to fostering emerging HIV investigators, expanding collaborative research, and promoting outreach dissemination and education domestically and within other resource-limited settings.
Portnoy et al. (2023) shows promise of novel TB vaccines for health equity in low-income and middle-income countries
Introducing a recently published paper in BMJ Global Health by Assistant Professor Allison Portnoy titled "The Potential Impact of Novel Tuberculosis Vaccines on Health Equity and Financial Protection in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries."
The study reveals that these vaccines can significantly reduce financial vulnerability and improve health outcomes, particularly for lower-income groups.
Read more about the groundbreaking findings and recommendations here: https://gh.bmj.com/content/8/7/e012466.full
Fall TBIG Schedule
Please find the Fall TBIG Schedule Below. All meetings will be held on Thursdays from 1-2pm in Crosstown Center (801 Mass Ave.) Conference Room 2020 (2nd Floor) as well as on Zoom at the following meeting ID:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/91665772569?pwd=NXFsTjBTN0szaEtFTXRHLzlBVk15QT09
Meeting ID: 916 6577 2569
Passcode: tbig
Schedule/Presenters:
- Sept 7 (open to public): Dr. Katherine Horton, PhD
- Sept 21 (internal to BU/BMC): Dr. Karen Jacobson, MD MPH
- Oct 5 (open to public): Dr. Linda Harrison, PhD
- Nov 2 (internal to BU/BMC): Dr. Kayoko Shioda, PhD, DVM
- Nov 9 (open to public): Dr. Galit Alter, PhD
- Nov 30 (internal to BU/BMC): Dr. Akshay Gupte, PhD
- Dec 7 (open to public): Dr. Tania Thomas, MD
- Dec 14 (internal to BU/BMC): Dr. Tara Bouton, MD, MPH
BU/BMC TIARA ARC Kick Off Meeting 7/17/23
- LOCATION:
- Hybrid - Crosstown Center Conference Room 2128, 801 Mass Ave.
- REGISTRATION LINK:
- https://bostonmedicalcenter.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Xd6qiti9RDGZGw73ioUT3w#/registration
Interdisciplinary Approach to Tuberculosis Research Receives Funding for 2023-2024
We are thrilled to announce that our application to become an ARC was officially accepted and we received a funds to formalize ourselves as a TB group and fund a few potential pilot projects. We plan to hold a “TIARA Kickoff Meeting” sometime in mid-July to which we will invite groups from across BU’s campuses, try to get others excited and involved, and discuss aims for the year. Please stay tuned for a date/time for that meeting! See photo for celebratory "ARC" cake!
See the official announcement here: https://www.bumc.bu.edu/evanscenteribr/2023/05/18/arcs-receiving-funding-for-2023-2024/
Second high-level meeting on the fight against tuberculosis announced for September 2023
Preparing for the UN High-level Meeting on the fight against tuberculosis, 2023
The United Nations General Assembly will hold the second high-level meeting on the fight against tuberculosis on 22 September 2023. The theme of the meeting is: “Advancing science, finance and innovation, and their benefits, to urgently end the global tuberculosis epidemic, in particular, by ensuring equitable access to prevention, testing, treatment and care.”
Learn more here: https://www.who.int/teams/global-tuberculosis-programme/unga-high-level-meeting-on-the-fight-against-tb/second-high-level-meeting
Submissions for #UnionConf2023 Now Open
We are excited to share that The Union World Conference on Lung Health 2023 will take place in-person from 15-18 November in Paris (Venue: Palais de Congress). The theme for this year’s conference is ‘Transforming Evidence into Practice’. The Union is now accepting submissions for Abstracts, Symposia, Satellite Sessions, Post-Graduate Courses and Workshops for the upcoming Union World Conference on Lung Health 2023. Submissions will be open until 6 April.
Read more here