The Tuberculosis Research Advancement Center (TRAC) Visiting Faculty Seminar will be held on Wednesday, May 8th from 12:00 – 1:00 PM ET in CRB-2, 1M.13 or via Zoom. RSVP for lunch by Tuesday, 5/7 by 12pm. Add to Calendar

” Prevention of Tuberculosis in Macaques by an Attenuated, Stress-response Deficient Mutant of Mycobacterium tuberculosis via Induction of Classical T cell Immunity”

Deepak Kaushal, PhD
Senior Advisor to the Director
Southwest National Primate Research Center
Director, Center for Biomedical Imaging
Professor of Host Pathogen Interactions
Texas Biomedical Research Institute

Deepak Kaushal, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Southwest National Primate Research Center (SNPRC) at Texas Biomedical Research Institute (Texas Biomed). The SNPRC is one of the seven nationally funded primate research centers. Between 2018-2023, Dr. Kaushal oversaw the SNPRC operations, a ~ $40 million NIH-funded national resource for primate research, as its Director. During this time, the SNPRC added 25% more faculty, 75% more extramural funding, and 25% more research NHP resources.  At this time, Dr. Kaushal serves as the Senior Advisor to the current SNPRC Director.  Dr. Kaushal is principal investigator on multiple NIH-funded grants and is co-investigator of several other NIH grants. He is recognized for having developed the macaque model of TB using the natural inhalation route of infection and a model of Mtb/HIV co-infection.

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

Join via Zoom – **New link w/ Passcode**
https://jhjhm.zoom.us/j/98997765082
Meeting ID: 989 9776 5082

RSVP for lunch by Tuesday, 5/7 by 12pm.