BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:tzone://Microsoft/Utc BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:16010101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:16010101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT ORGANIZER;CN=Kate Boehner:mailto:kate.b@jhu.edu DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the weekly Tuberculosis Research Advancement Center (TRAC) Seminar Series from 12:00 – 1:00 PM ET in CRB-2\, 1M.13 o r via Zoom.\n\nRSVP for lunch by Wedn esday\, 5/17 at 12pm.\n\nVisiting Faculty Seminar: Thursday\, May 18th\n\nModulation of matrix metalloprotei nases to improve patient outcomes\n\n\nDr Catherine ONG PhD FAMS FRCP\nAss istant Professor\, Department of Medicine\, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicin e\, NUS\nPrincipal Investigator\, Institute for Health Innovation & Techno logy (iHealthtech)\nPrincipal Investigator and Primary Member\, Infectious Diseases Translational Research Programme\nSenior Consultant\, Division o f Infectious Diseases\, National University Hospital\nVisiting Consultant\ , Tuberculosis Control Unit\n\nDr Catherine W.M. ONG MBBS MRCP(UK) MMed (I nt Med) PhD FAMS FRCP is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Med icine at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine\, Principal Investigator in i Healthtech NUS\, Senior Consultant with the Division of Infectious Disease s in the National University Hospital and Visiting Consultant at the Singa pore Tuberculosis Control Unit with both research and clinical interests i n Tuberculosis. She serves in international journal editorial boards\; as Associate Editor of the leading European Respiratory Journal\, and Deputy Editor of the flagship International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Dise ases. Her other portfolios include: Secretary to the ESCMID Study Group fo r Mycobacterial Infections (ESGMYC) and Vice-President of the Society of I nfectious Disease (Singapore) in service of national and international soc ieties.\n\nCatherine graduated in medicine from NUS and during Infectious Diseases specialist training completed a full-time PhD at Imperial College London funded by the National Medical Research Council (NMRC) on the comp etitive National Research Foundation – Ministry of Health Scholarship. H er laboratory focuses on Tuberculosis host-pathogen interactions and TB ho st-directed therapies in multi-national clinical trials. Her works are pub lished in top journals such as the Lancet Infectious Diseases\, ERJ and th e Journal of Clinical Investigation. Work is funded by the NMRC\, Institut -Merieux\, National Centre for Infectious Diseases and NUS with grant inco me as sole-PI of over SGD $10 million. Her students and research staff hav e won multiple national/international-level awards.\n\nOn clinical aspects of TB\, Catherine serves the Ministry of Health Singapore\, and works wit h WHO Coordinating Centres and WHO itself. For her work in tuberculosis\, she received multiple national and international accolades. They include a Presidential Award prize at the American Society for Leukocyte Biology 20 11\, Keystone Symposia Global Health Travel Award by Bill and Melinda Gate s Foundation 2012\, International Investigator Award by the Infectious Dis eases Society of America 2013\, NMRC Transition Award 2015\, Institut Meri eux-SIDS Young Investigator Award 2018 and NMRC Clinician Scientist Award 2018 with successful renewal in 2022.\n\nThe TRAC MIAMI Core is pleased to host Dr. Ong for a sp ecial Visiting Faculty Seminar during the TRAC Seminar Series.\n\nJoin via Zoom:\n\nTopic: TRAC Seminar Series\n\nTime: Every week on Thursday at 12 :00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)\n\nJoin Zoom Meeting: https://jhjhm.zo om.us/j/92237457953\n\nMeeting ID: 922 3745 7953\n\n\n\n UID:040000008200E00074C5B7101A82E0080000000079B534C4CA7DD901000000000000000 010000000CC0FCC5F5FDDB34BB888B599C12440DB SUMMARY:TRAC Visiting Faculty Seminar | Modulation of matrix metalloprotein ases to improve patient outcomes - Catherine Ong\, PhD\, FAMS\, FRCP DTSTART:20230518T160000Z DTEND:20230518T170000Z CLASS:PUBLIC PRIORITY:5 DTSTAMP:20230503T142501Z TRANSP:OPAQUE STATUS:CONFIRMED LOCATION:Hybrid: Zoom & CRB-2\, 1M.13 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-BUSYSTATUS:BUSY X-MICROSOFT-CDO-INTENDEDSTATUS:BUSY X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE X-MICROSOFT-CDO-IMPORTANCE:1 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-INSTTYPE:0 X-MICROSOFT-DONOTFORWARDMEETING:FALSE X-MICROSOFT-DISALLOW-COUNTER:FALSE X-MICROSOFT-LOCATIONDISPLAYNAME:Hybrid: Zoom & CRB-2\, 1M.13 BEGIN:VALARM DESCRIPTION:REMINDER TRIGGER;RELATED=START:-PT15M ACTION:DISPLAY END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR