'The TB Treatment Landscape: 2024' – by Dr. Susan Dorman
May 2, 2024
On April 30, The NYC-TRAC hosted Dr. Susan Dorman, Professor of Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, who has co-authored national guidelines for management of TB and leads a research team that focuses on development of new TB diagnostics and treatments. Dr. Dorman gave a talk entitled "The TB Treatment Landscape: 2024," which provided a comprehensive update on TB research and its promising future.
The Black Angels - The Untold Story of The Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis
April 1, 2024
On April 1, we had the pleasure of hosting Maria Smilios, author of the book titled "The Black Angels: The Untold Story of The Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis." This book sheds light on the contributions of Black nurses at Sea View Hospital in Staten Island, New York, from the early 1900s through World War II until the 1960s. Despite facing discrimination, these nurses provided compassionate care to thousands of people with tuberculosis (TB) over decades and participated in drug trials that ultimately led to the successful treatment and cure of the disease.
New Publication - Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Responds Rapidly to Bedaquiline-based Second-Line Therapy
March 19, 2024
The study, published Dec. 7 in The Journal of Infectious Disease, “is thought to be the first to address the knowledge gap surrounding the microbiological response of patients receiving these two therapies,” said the paper’s lead author Dr. Kayvan Zainabadi, assistant professor of molecular microbiology at Weill Cornell Medicine.
TBRU Myco3V Scientific Advisory Board in South Africa
March 1, 2024
Report by Dr. Andrea Doltrario, a Postdoctoral Associate in Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine about participation in the Tuberculosis Research Units (TBRU) Myco3V Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) meeting
TB Clinical Case Conference with NYC Department of Health
February 2, 2024
On January 30th, NYC-TRAC organized the Tuberculosis (TB) Clinical Case Conference in collaboration with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMN). The conference focused on the epidemiology and control of TB in New York City and was marked by two case presentations which involved both Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) and NYC DOHMN for their care.
Tuberculosis Trials Consortium, Winter Meeting 2023
January 2, 2024
From December 13th to 15th, our faculty had the privilege of participating in the Tuberculosis Trials Consortium (TBTC) Winter Meeting 2023, hosted at Emory University. TBTC is a unique collaboration of researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), domestic and international public health departments and academic medical centers, and selected Veterans Administration medical centers. TBTC’s mission is to conduct programmatically relevant research concerning the diagnosis, clinical management, and prevention of tuberculosis (TB) infection and disease.
Five new projects were awarded Developmental Awards 2023
October 26, 2023
We are excited to announce that five projects of six investigators were awarded NYC TRAC Developmental Awards in August 2023. They are our second cohort of awardees. The list of awardees are below.
- Shuibing Chen, Ph.D.
- Nate Cira, Ph.D.
- Jiankun Lyu, Ph.D.
- Saurabh Mishra, Ph.D.
- Erik Thiede, Ph.D & Amrita Singh, Ph.D.
NYC TRAC Annual Symposium - Future of TB Research
September 28, 2023
We are pleased to announce the successful conclusion of the NYC TRAC Annual Symposium on September 27th, 2023, which was held at the Weill Cornell Medicine in New York. The meeting provided a platform for experts and researchers to discuss groundbreaking advancements and findings related to tuberculosis research. Here's the recap of the symposium.
In the morning, Drs. Daniel Fitzgerald and Kyu Rhee started the day with an enlightening introduction of today's challenges in TB research and NYC TRAC's mission to contribute to those problems.
Six investigators were awarded Developmental Awards in 2022
November 30, 2022
We are excited to announce that our first six investigators were awarded NYC TRAC Developmental Awards in November 2022. The list of awardees are below.
- Christopher Brown, M.D., Ph.D.
- Andrea Doltrario, M.D.
- Alexandre Gouzy. Ph.D.
- Kohta Saito, M.D., MPH
- Kathleen Walsh, M.D., MPH
- Kayvan Zainabadi, Ph.D.
Please find their research summaries here.