News

2024 TRAC Developmental Awardees Announced

We are delighted to announce our 2024 TRAC Developmental Awardees! 

Theodoros Karantanos, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Oncology, SOM
Project Title: Investigating the role of CCRL2 as an adjunctive host-directed therapeutic target in TB

Parastu Kasaie, PhD
Associate Scientist, Epidemiology, BSPH
Project Title: Characterizing the impact and strategies to optimize the effectiveness of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis preventive therapy among household contacts: a case study from Vietnam

Elizabeth Tucker, MD
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, SOM
Project Title: Brain-derived Extracellular Vesicles’ Participation in Tuberculous Meningitis Pathogenesis

Evan Shirey, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Pediatrics, SOM
Project Title: Evaluation of Risk Factors for Tuberculosis Infection Among Household Child and Adolescent Contacts in South Africa