UCSF World TB Day Symposium

Date: Thursday, March 24, 2022 [virtual event offered via Zoom]

Time: 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time

Description: Curry International Tuberculosis Center (CITC) will co-host the World TB Day Symposium with the UCSF Center for Tuberculosis. This virtual event will feature keynote talks and panel discussions by international leaders in TB research, policy, clinical and programmatic practice, and advocacy. This virtual event will connect with World TB Day events in London. 

Application Deadline: March 23, 2022 at 5:00 pm Pacific Daylight Time or until event is full. 

Enrollment is limited and pre-registration is required. To register, please click the Apply button at the bottom of this screen. Applicants will recieve a separate confirmation of enrollment email. Note that you will be asked to log in if you haven't already done so.

Cost: There is no fee for this event.

Credit: CME and Nursing CEU credits are not available for this event.

Target Audience: This event is intended for healthcare professionals who work with tuberculosis. 

Presenters (partial list):

Payam Nahid, MD, MPH
  Professor, School of Medicine
  Director, UCSF Center for Tuberculosis
  University of California, San Francisco
  San Francisco, CA

Patrick Phillips, PhD
  Associate Professor, School of Medicine
  University of California, San Francisco
  San Francisco, CA

Annabelle South, MPhil, MSc
  Policy, Communications & Research Impact Coordinator
  MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, UCL
  London, UK

Marjorie Imperial, PhD 
  Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutics Sciences
  University of California, San Francisco
  San Francisco, CA

Jennifer Flood, MD, MPH
  Chief, California Tuberculosis Control Branch
  Center for Infectious Diseases
  California Department of Public Health
  Richmond, CA

Adithya Cattamanchi, MD

  Professor, School of Medicine
  University of California, San Francisco
  San Francisco, CA

Sachin Silva, DrPH

  Institute for Global Health Diplomacy and Delivery
  University of California, San Francisco
  San Francisco, CA

Paul Ogongo, PhD
  Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Medicine
  University of California, San Francisco
  San Francisco, CA

Sarah Stanley, PhD
  Associate Professor
  School of Public Health
  University of California, Berkeley
  Berkeley, CA

Matthew Kutys, PhD
  Assistant Professor, Department of Cell and Tissue Biology
  University of California, San Francisco
  San Francisco, CA

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The Curry International Tuberculosis Center is designated as a Tuberculosis Center of Excellence for Training, Education, and Medical Consultation (TB COE) via a funded cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Curry International Tuberculosis Center prioritizes learners from the western region of the United States which consists of seventeen jurisdictions: Alaska, Arizona, California (including Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco), Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, and the U.S. Pacific Island Territories.