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. Anna Upton, Senior 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
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
Dr. Barry Kreiswirth, Professor at the Center for Discovery and Innovation, will give us a talk. This will be an in-person meeting, and lunch will be provided.
Title: The molecular epidemiology of TB: lessons learned and neglected
Speaker: Dr. Barry Kreiswirth, Professor at the Center for Discovery and Innovation
Time: 12pm - 1pm (EST)
Place: Weill Cornell Belfer Research Buidling BB-1101
Dr. Max O'Donnell and Dr. Barun Mathema will host a Symposium on Emerging Resistance to New Anti-Tuberculosis Agents on March 20th-21st to bring together a diverse set of experts to define challenges and identify cross-sector recommendations to address emerging resistance to novel anti-TB agents.
Our faculty member, Dr. Katey Walsh will join the symposium as a speaker.
Dr. Vincent Escuyer, Director of the Mycobacteriology Laboratory at New York State Department of Health will give us a talk. This will be an in-person meeting, and lunch will be provided.
Title: The changing landscape of TB treatment: New challenges for the clinical laboratories
Speaker: Dr. Vincent Escuyer, Director of the Mycobacteriology Laboratory at New York State Department of Health
Time: 12pm - 1pm (EST)
Place: Weill Cornell Belfer Research Buidling BB-1101
Dr. Jyoti Mathad, Associate Professor of Medicine will give a talk about tuberculosis in pregnancy. This will be an in-person meeting, and lunch will be provided.
Title: "Into the unknown: Tuberculosis in Prengnancy"
Speaker: Dr. Jyoti Mathad, Associate Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine
Time: 12pm - 1pm (EST)
Place: Weill Cornell Belfer Research Buidling BB-1101
We are having a TB clinical case conference with the NYC Department of Health on Tuesday January 30th at 2pm, at Belfer BB 302-A. The Assistant Commissioner of the NYC Department of Health, Dr. Joseph Burzynski and the city’s TB clinicians will join in person. Dr. Burzynski will give his update on the epidemiology of TB in NYC 2024. Dr. Jyoti Mathad (Adult Medicine) and Dr. Melanie Dubois (Pediatrics) will then discuss a clinical case of TB in a pregnant woman and her infant.
Time: Tuesday January 30th at 2pm- 3:15 pm
Place: The Belfer Research Building, Room BB 302-A
This will be an in-person meeting.
Dr. Christopher Cooper, Senior Director of Chemistry at TB Alliance, will give a talk about TB drug development. This will be an in-person meeting, and lunch will be provided.
Title: "Optimizing a TB-active Lead into a Preclinical Drug Candidate"
Speaker: Dr. Christopher Cooper, Senior Director of Chemistry at TB Alliance
Time: 12pm - 1pm (EST)
Place: Weill Cornell Belfer Research Buidling BB-1101
