[webinar]
Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Time: 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Pacific Time. (All of our virtual trainings are in Pacific Time. If you are unsure about the time zone differences, please use the Time Converter)
Cost: There is no fee for this webinar.
Credit: CMEs and CEUs are not available for this webinar.
Target Audience: This webinar is intended for all members of the tuberculosis community including healthcare professionals, researchers, and advocates.
Description: This 3-session webinar series will highlight lectures from The Union-North American Region (NAR) 2025 Annual TB Conference. This webinar will focus on the following two lectures presented during the What is Hot in Treatment Differentiation and Individualization session:
- Individual Risk Stratification and Predictors of TB Treatment Outcome - Dr. Rada Savic
- What is a TB Endotype and How Can This Guide Treatment Decisions? - Dr. Andrew DiNardo
Webinar Objectives:
By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to:
- Understand how host and pathogen characteristics influence treatment outcomes and can guide regimen composition and duration
- Learn about emerging prognostic tools and adjunctive treatment advances that can predict and improve treatment outcomes
Webinar Format: lecture and Q&A
Presenter:
Andrew DiNardo, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Infectious Disease; Global and Immigrant Health
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Rada Savic, PhD
Associate Director, UCSF Center for Tuberculosis
Co-Vice Dean, Graduate Pharmacy Education Programs
Professor, Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Moderators:
Jonathon Campbell, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
McGill University
Montreal, QB, Canada
Rachel Dwilow, MD
2025 Program Chair/ Vice-President, The Union-North America Region
Investigator, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Ruvandhi Nathavitharana, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
United States