Dr. Eric Nuermberger presents Medicine Grand Rounds
Eric Nuermberger, M.D., presented the Des Prez Lecture at Medicine Grand Rounds at VUMC on Thursday, October 1st, 2015. Dr. Nuermberger is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Johns Hopkins Medical Center. His primary research interests are in the experimental chemotherapy of tuberculosis. His work uses well-validated murine models of active TB and latent TB infection to evaluate the efficacy of promising new antimicrobials.
Vanderbilt TB Center hosts Dr. Jyothi Rengarajan from the Emory Vaccine Center
Jyothi Rengarajan, Ph.D., visited the Vanderbilt TB Center on August 17th to engage in collaborative discussions about her work at the Emory Vaccine Center. Dr. Rengarajan is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Emory University and is an Emory Global Health Institute Distinguished Faculty awardee. Her research program centers on understanding the mechanisms of Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenesis and host immunity to infection.