NYC Tri-Institutional TB Research Advancement Center (NYC TRAC)

Events

Jul
12
12:00pm - 1:00pm

Dr. Laura Kirkman, Associate Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, will give us a talk. This will be an in-person meeting, and lunch will be provided.

Title: TBD
Speaker: Dr. Laura Kirkman, Associate Professor of Medicine, Weill Conrll Medicine
Time: 12pm - 1pm (EST)
Place: Weill Cornell Belfer Research Building BB-1101

dr kirkman
Jun
28
12:00pm - 1:00pm

Mr. Mike Frick, TB Project Co-Director, Treatment Action Group (TAG), will give us a talk. This will be an in-person meeting, and lunch will be provided.

Title: Why don’t we have an effective TB vaccine? And what’s on the horizon?
Speaker: Mr. Mike Frick, TB Project Co-Director, Treatment Action Group (TAG)
Time: 12pm - 1pm (EST)
Place: Weill Cornell Belfer Research Building BB-1101

mike f
May
24
12:00pm - 1:00pm

Drs. Christophe Perrin & Stijn Deborggraev from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Access Campaign will give us a talk. This will be an in-person meeting, and lunch will be provided.

Title: TBD
Speaker: Dr. Christophe Perrin & Dr. Stijn Deborggraev
Time: 12pm - 1pm (EST)
Place: Weill Cornell Belfer Research Building BB-1101

MSF AC logo
May
15
12:00pm - 1:00pm

Dr. Mel Spigelman, President and Chief Executive Officer, TB Alliance, will give us a talk. This will be an in-person meeting, and lunch will be provided.

Title: TB Eradication - Realistic? How? When?
Speaker: Dr. Mel Spigelman, President and Chief Executive Officer, TB Alliance
Time: 12pm - 1pm (EST)
Place: Weill Cornell Belfer Research Building BB-1101

dr spigelman
May
03
12:00pm - 1:00pm

Dr. David Alland, Chief of Division of Infectious Disease, Director of The Public Health Research Institute (PHRI), Rutgers, will give us a talk. This will be an in-person meeting, and lunch will be provided.

Title: The long and winding road to develop a suite of TB diagnostics – a personal story
Speaker: Dr. David Alland, Chief of Division of Infectious Disease, Director of The Public Health Research Institute (PHRI), Rutgers
Time: 12pm - 1pm (EST)
Place: Weill Cornell Belfer Research Building BB-1101

dr.alland
Apr
30
12:00pm - 1:00pm

Dr. Susan Dorman, Professor of Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, will give us a talk. This will be an in-person meeting.

Title: The TB Treatment Landscape: 2024
Speaker: Dr. Susan Dorman, Professor of Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston
Time: 12pm - 1pm (EST)
Place: Weill Cornell Belfer Research Building BB 302-A&B

If you have any questions about this event, please reach out to Dr. Nao Haba (nah7023@med.cornell.edu) or Dr. Kyu Rhee (kyr9001@med.cornell.edu). 

dr dorman
Apr
25
9:00am - 10:00am

Dr. Morten Ruhwald, TB program director of FIND (Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics), will give us a talk. This will be an in-person meeting. 

Title: TBD
Speaker: Dr. Morten Ruhwald, TB program director of FIND (Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics)
Time: 9am - 10am (EST)
Place: Weill Cornell Belfer Research Building BB 11th floor

dr ruhwald
Apr
19
12:00pm - 1:00pm

Dr. William Jacobs, Professor, Dept of Microbiology & Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, will give us a talk. This will be an in-person meeting, and lunch will be provided.

Title: What Can Auxotrophic Mutants of Mycobacterium tuberculosis teach us about Persistence and Immune Evasion?
Speaker: Dr. William Jacobs, Professor, Dept of Microbiology & Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Time: 12pm - 1pm (EST)
Place: Weill Cornell Belfer Research Building BB-1101

dr jacobs
Apr
05
12:00pm - 1:00pm

Dr. Anna UptonSenior Vice President, Infectious Diseases, Evotec, will give us a talk. This will be an in-person meeting, and lunch will be provided.

Title: Using animal models to predict performance of new TB drugs – promises and pitfalls
Speaker: Dr. Anna Upton, Senior Vice President, Infectious Diseases, Evotec
Time: 12pm - 1pm (EST)
Place: Weill Cornell Belfer Research Building BB-1101

dr upton
Apr
01
12:00pm - 1:00pm

We are inviting Maria Smilios, an author of the book titled "The Black Angels - THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE NURSES WHO HELPED CURE TUBERCULOSIS" on April 1st. 

This is the story of black nurses in Staten Island, New York, from the early 1900s through World War II until the 1960s. Despite the discrimination they faced at that time, they provided compassionate care to thousands of people with TB over decades and participated in drug trials that ultimately led to the successful treatment and cure of TB.

The details of the book is here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722957/the-black-angels-by-mari...

Time: 12pm - 1pm (EST)
Place: Weill Cornell Belfer Research Buidling BB-302 C&D

maria smilios

black angels

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