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

Events

Nov
29
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Monthly journal club to read articles on clinical TB trials is organized by the investogators in NYC TRAC. In today's journal club, Dr. Christopher Brown will lead the discussion on the article, "Biomarker-guided tuberculosis preventive therapy (CORTIS): a randomised controlled trial" by Scriba et al.

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Oct
18
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Monthly journal club to read articles on clinical TB trials is organized by the investogators in NYC TRAC. In today's journal club, Dr. Daniel Fitzgerald will lead the discussion on the article, "Four-Month Rifapentine Regimens with or without Moxifloxacin for Tuberculosis" by Dorman et al.

Next journal club will be on Nvember 29th, 2023 at Belfer Building Room B-1122. 

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Oct
13
12:00pm - 1:00pm

Dr. Kathryn Dupnik, Assistant Professor of Medicine in Infectious Diseases, who has been studing differential human immune responses to the mycobacterial pathogens, M. tuberculosis and M. leprae, will present "What can M. leprae teach us about M. tuberculosis?"

Dr. Dupnik
Sep
27
9:00am - 4:00pm

At the symposium, our guest speakers, leaders of the program, awarded researchers and various collaborators will give talks and discuss updated topics of TB research.

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Sep
20
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Monthly journal club to read articles on clinical TB trials is organized by the investogators in NYC TRAC. In today's journal club, Dr. Katey Walsh will lead the discussion on the article, "A 24-Week, All-Oral Regimen for Rifampin-Resistant Tuberculosis" by Nyang’wa et al.

Next journal club will be on October 18th, 2023 at Belfer Building Room B-1122. 

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Aug
30
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Dr. Carl Nathan, Chair of Microbiology and Immunology at Weill Cornell Medicine will give us a talk. This will be an in-person meeting, and lunch will be provided.

Title: Bringing new TB drugs to the clinic: Challenges beyond the bench
Speaker: Dr. Carl Nathan, Chair of Microbiology and Immunology at Weill Cornell Medicine
Time: 12pm - 1pm (EST)
Place: Weill Cornell Belfer Research Buidling BB-1101

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Aug
17
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Dr. Carl Nathan, Chair of Microbiology and Immunology at Weill Cornell Medicine will give us a talk. This will be an in-person meeting, and lunch will be provided.

Title: Rise of the Superbugs 
Speaker: Dr. Carl Nathan, Chair of Microbiology and Immunology at Weill Cornell Medicine
Time: 12pm - 1pm (EST)
Place: Weill Cornell Belfer Research Buidling BB-1101

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Aug
16
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Monthly journal club to read articles on clinical TB trials is organized by the investogators in NYC TRAC. In this journal club, Dr. Nao Haba will lead the discussion on the article, "Shorter Treatment for Nonsevere Tuberculosis in African and Indian Children " by Turkova et al.
Time: August 16, 2pm - 3pm
Place: Belfer Research Building, BB-1122
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Aug
10
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Dr. Alfred Sommer, dean emeritus of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health will give us a talk. This will be an in-person meeting, and lunch will be provided.

Title: Back to the Basics
Speaker: Dr. Alfred Sommer, dean emeritus of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Time: 12pm - 1pm (EST)
Place: Weill Cornell Belfer Research Buidling BB-1101

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Aug
03
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Dr. Peter Wright, Professor of Pediatrics, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth will give us a talk. This will be an in-person meeting, and lunch will be provided.

Title: The Disease Warriors
Speaker: Dr. Vincent Escuyer, Professor of Pediatrics, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth
Time: 12pm - 1pm (EST)
Place: Weill Cornell Belfer Research Buidling BB-1101

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