Read Madhukar Pai and colleagues’ new paper “Diagnostic yield as an important metric for the evaluation of novel tuberculosis tests: rationale and guidance for future research” published in The Lancet Global Health.
TB care cascade in India – new paper
Read Madhukar Pai and colleagues’ new paper “Barriers to engagement in the care cascade for tuberculosis disease in India: A systematic review of quantitative studies” published in PLoS Medicine.
Welcome to Zarin Abdullah
A warm welcome to Zarin Abdullah, who is joining Surbhi on the exemplars and innovations in global health diagnostics project, and Ashlyn on the series of systematic reviews on sputum expectoration proportion project!
Communications training for public health professionals – post
Read Madhukar Pai’s piece “Public Health Professionals Must Engage The Public. Communications Training Is Key” in Forbes.
Congratulations to Jacob Bigio and Poshan Thapa
Jacob was awarded a CIHR doctoral fellowship, and Poshan won a FRQS postdoctoral fellowship – congratulations to both!
New book from Andy McDowell
Congratulations to alumni Andy McDowell on publishing his book “Breathless – Tuberculosis, Inequality, and Care in Rural India“!
Congratulations to Luz Villa Castillo!
Congratulations to Luz on winning a 2024 Global Health Scholars Graduate award!
New paper from Lena Faust
You can read Lena Faust and colleagues’ new paper “Tuberculosis case notifications and outcomes in Peruvian prisons prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national-level interrupted time series analysis” published in The Lancet Regional Health – Americas, which was part of her PhD thesis.
A report from the 1/4/6×24 campaign
Congratulations to Madlen Nash and Petra Heitkamp for working on the 1/4/6×24 campaign report “Getting Better Faster: Delivering on the Promise of New TB Treatments“!
Congratulations to Anita Svadzian!
Congratulations to Anita for winning the Jonathan Meakins Prize for best paper in clinical and outcomes research, as part of the McGill International TB Centre Research Day! Read her winning paper here.