TB Center welcomes 1st Cohort of RePORT-Brazil Advanced Career Training (ReACT) Fellows

September 20, 2023
The Regional Prospective Observational Research in Tuberculosis - Brazil (RePORT-Brazil) network is pleased to announce its 1st Cohort of Fellows for the RePORT-Brazil Advanced Career Training (ReACT) program. Strategic Aim 3 of the recently renewed RePORT-Brazil Phase 2 grant (NIH U01AI172064-01), focuses on the development of a fellowship program for the advancement of early-career Brazilian scientists. The program provides funding for pilot projects in TB research, mentorship, and access to data and specimens collected throughout Phase 1 of the project.

Aurum Leadership Visit VUMC

September 8, 2023
Prof. Gavin Churchyard, CEO; Mr. Arshad Hassim, CFO; and Dr. Violet Chihota, Chief Specialist Scientist of the Aurum Institute, visited VUMC from August 21st to August 25th. Their visit strengthens the ongoing collaborative partnership between the two institutions, which is focused on research and global health. Included in the visit were a variety of strategic planning meetings, programmatic evaluations, and a presentation at ID Grand Rounds by Dr. Violet Chihota.

Dr. María Belen Arriaga Gutiérrez receives 2023 CAPES Thesis Award

September 8, 2023
Dr. María Belen Arriaga Gutiérrez, post-doctoral scholar at the Vanderbilt Tuberculosis Center, recently received commendations for her doctoral thesis "Clinical and Epidemiologic Determinants of Susceptibility to Infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the Therapeutic Responses in Patients with Tuberculosis” from the Brazilian Department of Education and CAPES, Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education.

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Advancing Biomedical Research in Pulmonary Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterial (NTM) Infections

Open Date (Earliest Submission Date): October 05, 2023 Expiration Date: July 17, 2026 This Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) encourages applications that seek to better understand Pulmonary Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections and inform development of medical countermeasures. This NOSI aims to stimulate advances in diagnosis and treatment of NTM infections that cause or exacerbate pulmonary disease such as Mycobacterium abscessus, Mycobacterium avium complex, and Mycobacterium kansasii.
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