News
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