The McGill International TB Centre/Global Health Travel Awards are intended to support trainees (graduate students and postdoctoral fellows) in the fields of tuberculosis and other mycobacterial research. These awards up to $1,500 each are for conference travel to national and international scientific meetings to present the trainee’s own research. Apply online; the deadline is April 6th.
Latest blog post from Madhukar Pai: Polio
Madhu’s latest blog post in Nature Research Microbiology deals with polio, which hasn’t been eradicated: “‘Terry Fox on Wheels’ Reminds us that Polio is Still Around“.
Paper from Giorgia Sulis on Xpert
Read Giorgia’s latest paper on “Xpert MTB/RIF as add-on test to microscopy in a low tuberculosis incidence setting” published in the European Respiratory Journal.
Welcome to Mikashmi Kohli
Dr. Mikashmi Kohli joined the Pai Global TB Group February 1st, as a postdoctoral fellow. You can find out more about her background on our team page. Welcome Mikashmi!
New systematic review and meta-analysis from Madlen Nash and Sophie Huddart
Maddee and Sophie, along with the rest of their co-authors, recently published “Performance of the Xpert® HIV-1 Viral Load assay: A systematic review and meta-analysis” in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Congratulations!
Opinion piece from Giorgia Sulis
Read Giorgia’s latest blog post “Delamanid—a broken dream for patients with MDR-TB?” published on BMJ.
Honors for Madhukar Pai from UC Berkeley
Congratulations to Madhu for being selected by the UC Berkeley School of Public Health to be honored as one of their 75 most influential public health alumni over their entire 75 year history! The Pai Global TB Group team is extremely proud, and honored, to be working with him!
New paper from Sophie Huddart, Vaidehi Nafade and Madhukar Pai
Read the latest paper from Sophie, Vaidehi and Madhu “Tuberculosis: a Persistent Health Challenge for India” published in Current Epidemiology Reports. Congratulations to the team!
New global health book reviewed by Madhukar Pai
Read Madhu’s latest blog post “A Global Health Book that Provokes, Instructs and Inspires” in Nature Microbiology, about Joia Mukherjee’s book “An Introduction to Global Health Delivery”.
New paper from Giorgia Sulis
Congratulations to Giorgia for her recent paper “Policies and practices on the programmatic management of LTBI: a survey in the African Region” published in The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.