Weekly Meeting Archives - Johns Hopkins University Center for Tuberculosis Research

TRAC Seminar Series

The Tuberculosis Research Advancement Center (TRAC) Seminar will be held on Wednesday, March 19, 2025 from 12:00 – 1:00 PM ET in CRB-2, 1M.13 or via Zoom. Add to Calendar.

“Evaluation of the Role of Tongue Swabs to Optimize TUTT Implementation – an Observational Study (TUTTPlus)”

B. Aletta Nonyane, PhD, MSc
Research Professor of Global Disease and Epidemiology Control
Division of International Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

B. Aletta Nonyane, PhD, MSc, applies statistical design and analysis methods to investigate the effect of interventions for improving access to HIV and TB healthcare services.

This Seminar is presented by the Bioinformatics, Modeling & Biostatistics Core

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Time: Every week on Wednesday at 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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TRAC Visiting Faculty Seminar: Lung-specific mechanisms of TB progression

The Tuberculosis Research Advancement Center (TRAC) Visiting Faculty Seminar will be held on Wednesday, January 9th from 12:00 – 1:00 PM ET in CRB-2, 1M.13 or via Zoom. Add to Calendar.

“Lung-specific mechanisms of TB progression”

Igor Kramnik, M.D, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine and Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine,

Investigator, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston, MA

Dr. Igor Kramnik received his MD and PhD degrees from the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences with subsequent training at McGill and Albert Einstein. He joined the faculty at the Harvard School of Public Health in 1999, and subsequently the Boston University School of Medicine in 2009 where he serves as Associate Professor of Medicine and Microbiology. He is internationally recognized for his discoveries on the genetics, immunology, and cell biology of resistance to M. tuberculosis infection as revealed through murine models

This Visiting Faculty Seminar is presented by the Microbiology, Immunology, Animal Modeling & Imaging Core

TRAC Seminar Series

The Tuberculosis Research Advancement Center (TRAC) Seminar will be held on Wednesday, March 12 2025 from 12:00 – 1:00 PM ET in Carnegie 328 or via Zoom. Add to Calender

“A multi-country evaluation of swab-based molecular tests for tuberculosis using novel near point-of-care platforms”

Kinari Shah, MSPH

Kinari Shah, MSPH, is a Research Data Analyst working in Dr Cattamanchi’s group at the University of California, San Francisco. She received her BS from the University of Michigan and her MSPH from the GDEC program at the JHSPH. She works on evaluations of novel diagnostics for tuberculosis, and patient preference studies utilizing discrete choice experiments.

Tessa Mochizuki, MPH

Tessa Mochizuki, MPH is a research scientist at the University of California San Francisco Center for Tuberculosis. With over a decade of experience as a public health epidemiologist, she specializes in infectious disease research and data analysis. Her work includes contributions to studies on novel tuberculosis diagnostics in Africa and Asia, currently through the R2D2 TB Network. Prior to this role, she also spent several years working on TB prevention in California.

This Seminar is presented by the Bioinformatics, Modeling & Biostatistics Core

TRAC Seminar Series: A Systematic Review of Tuberculosis-Associated Respiratory Impairment and Disability in Children and Adolescents | Kamila Romanowsk, PhD

The Tuberculosis Research Advancement Center (TRAC) Seminar will be held on Wednesday, March 5 2025 from 12:00 – 1:00 PM ET in Carnegie 328 or via Zoom. Add to Calender

“A Systematic Review of Tuberculosis-Associated Respiratory Impairment and Disability in Children and Adolescents”

Kamila Romanowsk, PhD

Epidemiologist and Postdoctoral fellow

BC Centre for Disease Control, McGill University,

Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia.

Dr. Kamila Romanowski is an epidemiologist and postdoctoral fellow within McGill’s Department of Global and Public Health. Her research focuses on the intersection of epidemiology and implementation science, with a specific focus on the long-term impacts of tuberculosis.

This Seminar is presented by the Bioinformatics, Modeling & Biostatistics Core

TRAC Seminar Series: Towards a Definition of Post-TB Lung Disease for Research Studies | Gregory Bisson, MD, MSCE

The Tuberculosis Research Advancement Center (TRAC) Seminar will be held on Wednesday, February 26 2025 from 12:00 – 1:00 PM ET in CRB-2, 1M.13 or via Zoom. Add to Calender

“Towards a Definition of Post-TB Lung Disease for Research Studies”

Gregory Bisson, MD, MSCE

Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology

Perelman School of Medicine

University of Pennsylvania

Gregory Bisson is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also the Medical Director of Tuberculosis Control for the City of Philadelphia. His TB clinical research focuses on the pathophysiology of post-TB lung disease and TB-associated inflammation.

This Seminar is presented by the Administrative Core and Developmental Core

TRAC Seminar Series: Long-term oxygen therapy and Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Post-TB Lung Disease | Neelima Navuluri, MD, MPH

The Tuberculosis Research Advancement Center (TRAC) Seminar will be held on Wednesday, February 19, 2025 from 12:00 – 1:00 PM ET in CRB-2, 1M.13 or via Zoom. Add to Calender

“Long-term oxygen therapy and Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Post-TB Lung Disease“

Neelima Navuluri, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Global Health
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care
Duke Global Health Institute
Duke University

Dr. Neelima Navuluri is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Global Health in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care at Duke University School of Medicine and the Duke Global Health Institute. Her research focuses on the epidemiology of chronic lung diseases in resource-limited settings and the implementation of evidence-based interventions to improve respiratory health outcomes. She currently conducts studies on PTLD in Kenya and Uganda through the AMPATH Consortium and International Epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA).

This Seminar is presented by the Administrative Core and Developmental Core

TRAC Seminar Series: Socio-economic impacts of TB – updates from the TB Sequel multi-country prospective observational cohort study | Denise Evans, MD, MS

The Tuberculosis Research Advancement Center (TRAC) Seminar will be held on Wednesday, February 12, 2025 from 12:00 – 1:00 PM ET in CRB-2, 1M.13 or via Zoom. Add to Calender

“Socio-economic impacts of TB – updates from the TB Sequel multi-country prospective observational cohort study“

Denise Evans, PhD (Biomed)

Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg South Africa.

Denise Evans is a Principal Researcher at the Health of Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, a Division of the Wits Health Consortium at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. She has a joint appointment as an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand. She has been at HE2RO for over 15 years and currently leads the TB Research portfolio at HE2RO. She has published over 140 peer-reviewed papers (Google Scholar H-index as of 35) and is an NRF C-rated scientist. She has been the PI on multiple large grants, several cluster randomized trials, and health economic evaluations for TB in South Africa and other countries. She has been leading the socio-economic research task of TB Sequel since 2016. Much of her research focuses on the bi-directional relationship between post-TB lung disease and economic, social, and psychological outcomes associated with TB.

This Seminar is presented by the Administrative Core and Developmental Core

TRAC Seminar Series: Post-TB Lung Disease: Survivor Experiences | Goodman Makanda, TB Advocate & Survivor

The Tuberculosis Research Advancement Center (TRAC) Seminar will be held on Wednesday, February 5th from 12:00 – 1:00 PM ET in CRB-2, 1M.13 or via Zoom. Add to Calender

“Post-TB Lung Disease: Survivor Experiences”

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Goodman Makanda, TB Advocate & Survivor

Goodman Makanda is a TB survivor and Advocacy Officer at TB Proof, a non-profit organization dedicated to ending the TB pandemic through advocacy, stigma reduction, and health equity. A passionate activist, author, and speaker, he champions advocacy around person-centered TB care, mental health support, and survivor-led solutions to ensure those affected play a central role in driving change. He also serves on the Ethics Committee of the South African Medical Research Council.

This Seminar is presented by the Administrative Core and Developmental Core

TRAC Seminar Series: Post-TB Lung Disease: From Burden to Pathogenesis, Sara Auld, MD, MS

The Tuberculosis Research Advancement Center (TRAC) Visiting Faculty Seminar will be held on Wednesday, January 29th from 12:00 – 1:00 PM ET in CRB-2, 1M.13 or via Zoom. Add to Calender

“Post-TB Lung Disease: From Burden to Pathogenesis”

Sara Auld, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Global Health at Emory University.

Dr. Sara Auld is an Associate Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Global Health at Emory University. Before coming to Emory, she worked at the US CDC as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer in the International TB Branch. In addition to her clinical work in pulmonary and critical care medicine, she conducts clinical and translational studies focused on the intersections between TB, HIV, and lung health, including post-TB lung disease.

This Seminar is presented by the Administrative Core

TRAC Seminar Series: Akshay Gupte, PhD MBBS MPH | TB-associated lung injury and post-TB lung disease: Clinical phenotypes and immunological endotypes

The weekly Tuberculosis Research Advancement Center (TRAC) Seminar Series is held on Wednesdays from 12:00 – 1:00 PM ET in-person or via Zoom. Add to Calendar

“TB-associated lung injury and post-TB lung disease: Clinical phenotypes and immunological endotypes”

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Akshay Gupte, PhD MBBS MPH

Assistant Professor of Global Health
Boston University School of Public Health

Dr. Gupte is Assistant Professor of Global Health at Boston University. His research is focused on the intersection of infectious and chronic lung diseases in low- and middle-income settings. Dr. Gupte leads several NIH funded studies to describe the epidemiology and pathogenesis of lung injury in TB/HIV, measure its impact on poor clinical outcomes, and identify therapeutic and programmatic interventions to improve post-TB lung health and longevity.

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Meeting ID: 924 3105 2728
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