| Join us for an afternoon symposium on Bay Area efforts to advance the global fight against Tuberculosis. Featuring presentations and panel discussions from UC Berkeley and UCSF faculty researchers, and special guests, on the latest research on understanding, preventing and treating the disease. How can we leverage cutting-edge insights from the fundamental sciences, bioengineering, public health, as well as clinical and translational research to influence policy and implementation?
Also including an update on the strategic plan to eliminate Tuberculosis in California by 2040, and implications for bridging local, national and global response.
Agenda
1:00-1:10 Opening Remarks
Eric Goosby, M.D., UN Special Envoy for Tuberculosis
Mini Talks: Advances in Basic Science, Treatment, and Trials
1:10-1:20 Utilizing new tools to uncover fundamental mechanisms of TB-host interactions
Jeff Cox, Ph.D., C.H. Li Chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Endocrinology, Professor of Immunology and Pathogenesis, University of California at Berkeley
1:20-1:30 Heteroresistance: Why it matters
Midori Kato-Maeda, M.D., Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, UCSF
1:30-1:40 Getting to shorter, safer, more effective treatments for TB
Payam Nahid, M.D., MPH, Professor, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, UCSF
1:40-1:50 Nimble and efficient trial designs to accelerate regimen development
Patrick Phillips, Ph.D., MSc, Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, UCSF
1:50-2:00 Q&A (time permitting)
Mini Talks: Advances in Bioengineering, Diagnostics, and Public Health
2:00-2:10 Point of care assays for detecting drug resistance to lactam antibiotics
Niren Murthy, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Bioengineering, University of California at Berkeley
2:10-2:20 Enhancing the quality of tuberculosis diagnosis in Uganda: An implementation science case study
Adithya Cattamanchi, M.D., MAS, Associate Professor in Residence, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, UC San Francisco
2:20-2:30 Bridging TB science and public health in low-resource settings: Need for bolder approaches
Lee Riley, M.D., Professor of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases; Division Head, Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley
2:30-2:40 Q&A (time permitting)
Moving science towards policy
2:40-2:50 Path to TB elimination in California
Jennifer Flood, M.D., Chief, Tuberculosis Control Branch, California Department of Public Health
2:50-3:20 Panel: Translating TB science for local, national, and global policy – challenges, setbacks, and ways forward.
Moderator: Philip Hopewell, M.D., Co-founder, Curry International Tuberculosis Center, UCSF
Special Guest: Madhukar Pai, M.D., Ph.D., Canada Research Chair in Translational Epidemiology & Global Health; Director, Global Health Programs, McGill University
Other panelists: Jeff Cox (UC Berkeley), Payam Nahid (UCSF), Jenny Flood (CDPH), Lee Riley (UC Berkeley)
3:20-3:30 Closing remarks
Honorable Minister Aaron Motsoaledi, M.D., Minister of Health of South Africa, and Chair of the Stop TB Partnership Board
Reception to follow (Atrium)
Special thanks to symposium chairs
Chairs: Jeff Cox (UC Berkeley), Payam Nahid (UCSF), Lee Riley (UC Berkeley)
The symposium is organized in Berkeley on the occasion of the first meeting of The Lancet Commission on Tuberculosis, which will present its conclusions to coincide with a United Nations High Level Meeting on TB in 2018. This symposium is made possible by a UC Berkeley/UCSF planning grant from the Koret Foundation.
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