Notice of Awards for the Center for Tuberculosis | |
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UCSF Joins $200
Million Global TB Consortium SMART4TB
The consortium will leverage diverse fields of TB research and leadership, and will prioritize studies to improve TB detection methods, treatments, containment and control strategies, and prevention with vaccines. UCSF joins Johns Hopkins Medicine with KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, and Treatment Action Group.
UCSF Key Personnel: Payam Nahid, MD, MPH
with UCSF Technical Leads: Eric Goosby, MD; Mike Reid, MBBS, MPH; Phil Hopewell, MD; Adithya Cattamanchi, MD; Lisa Chen, MD; Patrick Phillips, PhD; Rada Savić, PhD; Gabriel Chamie, MD; Gustavo Velásquez, MD, MPH; Devan Jaganath, MD, MPH; Priya Shete, MD, MPH; Carina Marquez, MD, MPH; Andrew Kerkhoff, MD, PhD; Claudia Denkinger, MD, PhD of Heidelberg University.
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UCSF-UCB TRAC Funded
With funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), UCSF partners with UC Berkeley to join the inaugural cohort of TRAC to support the development of the next generation of tuberculosis researchers.
PIs: Payam Nahid and Jeff Cox (UCB)
with TRAC Core Co-Directors: Babak Javid, MB BChir, PhD; Sarah Stanley, PhD (UCB); Elizabeth Fair, PhD, MPH; Art Reingold, MD (UCB); Priya Shete, MD; Rada Savić, PhD
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TB RAMP R25 DEIA Supplement
The TB RAMP DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Ability) Supplement will increase the diversity of the Center's TB RAMP cohorts and ensure that this program is inclusive and accessible for underrepresented minority Early State Investigators. The program will support training in mentorship techniques specifically designed for trainees and ESIs from diverse backgrounds, and fund new project-based research awards coupled with grant preparation and writing support for underrepresented minority ESI's.
PIs: Elizabeth Fair, PhD, Payam Nahid, MD, MPH, Gustavo Velásquez, MD, MPH
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Team Science Award in TB
TB RAP Award for $80,000
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The UCSF Center for Tuberculosis will provide funds for a “Team Science” grant for innovative research on tuberculosis. The goal of this award is to stimulate new collaborations of UCSF scientists from diverse fields, including social, basic, clinical and translational research that requires an innovative, multidisciplinary approach.
The goal is for team diversity to be reflected in both scientific discipline and the under-represented minority status of team members. Scientific discipline diversity is required, and diversity in terms of gender and race/ethnicity of scientists on the team is preferred. At least one PI must be an Early Stage Investigator (ESI) defined as postdoctoral fellow, clinical fellow, or faculty at the Instructor and/or Assistant Professor level.
For more information, please contact Elizabeth Fair.
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CTB Hiring: Mentorship + Training Development Coordinator | |
Our TB RAMP Coordinator, Mariana Velleca, moved on to an exciting opportunity outside UCSF. With the addition of the TB RAMP DEIA Supplement and UCSF-UCB TRAC augmenting our career development program, the Center for Tuberculosis is hiring a Mentorship + Training Development Coordinator to support TB RAMP and the UCSF-UCB TRAC Developmental Core. The Coordinator will also support building out DEI initiatives for trainees and faculty.
Forward to interested and eligible colleagues.
Questions about the position can be directed to Sarah Hutch.
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TAG Hiring: SMART4TB
Project Associate
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SMART4TB Consortium partner, Treatment Action Group, is hiring a Senior TB Project Associate to work on TAG's deliverables for SMART4TB. The Project Associate will ensure research priorities of the consortium reflects the needs, priorities, and viewpoints of TB-affected communities.
Forward to interested and eligible colleagues.
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Nominations for Center for Tuberculosis Researcher Spotlight | |
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If you would like to nominate a member of your lab who works in tuberculosis,
please fill out the Researcher Spotlight nomination form below. Research Spotlights occur quarterly and are archived on the Center for Tuberculosis Researcher Spotlight webpage. The next Researcher Spotlight will run in September 2022.
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The Center for Tuberculosis at UCSF wants to capture every success, funded project, and publication by its faculty. If you have news to share, please contact the Center's manager, Sarah K. Hutch. | | | | |
