Check out Anita’s blog post in Nature Microbiology, published as World TB Day gets closer.
3 New Papers from the Team
The team has 3 new papers in the recent “Special Issue: Commemorating World Tuberculosis Day 2017” of the International Journal of Infectious Diseases.
- Congratulations to Emily (and Madhu) for “A tuberculosis biomarker database: the key to novel TB diagnostics” in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases!
- Congratulations as well to Danielle, Amrita (and Srinath and Madhu) for “Quality of tuberculosis care in high burden countries: the urgent need to address gaps in the care cascade” published in the same journal!
- And finally, congratulations to Amrita for “Tuberculosis stigma as a social determinant of health: a systematic mapping review of research in low incidence countries” in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases!
New Students Joining our Team in the Fall of 2017
Congratulations to Anita Svadzian and Giorgia Sulis who will start their PhD in Epidemiology at McGill University in the Fall of 2017, with Prof. Madhukar Pai as their supervisor. Anita completed her MPH at Boston University earlier this year, and is currently a Project Manager in the Pai TB Research Group for the UNOPS – Stop TB Partnership – TB REACH funded project “Knowledge Management Support for TB REACH 2016-2020/21”. Giorgia is currently finishing her fellowship in Infectious and Diseases at the University of Brescia, Italy.
IDIGH Research Day Deadline – Extended
The deadline to submit abstracts for the 2017 IDIGH Research Day has been extended to March 10th 2017.
To submit an abstract: https://goo.gl/forms/7X9illiJVYARQew13
To register for the event: https://goo.gl/forms/sDRYYrkfSayDdceH3
New Paper Published by Toyin Togun
Congratulations to Toyin and Madhu for their recent comment published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine!
McGill Faculty of Medicine Studentship and Fellowship – Competition Opened
The deadline to submit an application is May 2, 2017, at 4pm.
For graduate students: http://www.mcgill.ca/medresearch/students-postdocs/graduate/funding/studentships
For postdoctoral fellows: http://www.mcgill.ca/medresearch/students-postdocs/graduate/funding/postdoc