What is Madhu’s worst career mistake? What does he wear to work every day? What’s his guiltiest pleasure? Find out in his interview in BMJ Confidential!
Op-ed from Madhukar Pai for World TB Day
Read Madhu’s latest opinion piece “Hope rises for a world free of TB” published in The Conversation for World TB Day.
New paper from Amrita Daftary
Read Amrita and her colleagues’ latest paper published in Public Health Action: “Training social workers to enhance patient-centered care for drug-resistant TB-HIV in South Africa“.
The Delhi End TB Summit – blog post from Madhukar Pai
Read Madhu’s latest blog post “India’s tuberculosis research contributions get international recognition” published in Nature Microbiology.
New paper from Madhukar Pai: Surrogate endpoints in global health research
Read Madhu’s latest paper “Surrogate endpoints in global health research: still searching for killer apps and silver bullets?” published in BMJ Global Health.
New paper on a large pediatric Xpert study in PLoS ONE – Sophie Huddart as co-author
Congratulations to Sophie for her contributions to this new pediatric Xpert study published in PLoS One “Accelerating access to quality TB care for pediatric TB cases through better diagnostic strategy in four major cities of India“.
McGill International TB Centre/Global Health travel awards – Spring competition
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!