Vanderbilt TB Center News

Dr. Berhanu is an infectious diseases physician and clinical researcher. She is originally from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She completed her undergraduate degree at Stanford University and her medical degree at the Baylor College of Medicine. Ribka did her clinical training in internal medicine at the University of Chicago and her fellowship in infectious diseases at the University of North Carolina. She subsequently completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Boston University School of Public Health. 

The University of Washington's Department of Global Health and the Tuberculosis Research and Training Center (TRTC) are accepting applications for the 4th Annual Advanced TB Research Training Course. The course will be held as a Virtual Only course September 13 - 17, 2021.  

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Lauren Peetluk has joined the Department of Infectious Diseases as an Instructor in Medicine!

“Data quality assessment of a South African electronic registry for drug-resistant TB, 2015-2016”

Dr. Yuri F. van der Heijden has just received a 5-year R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) entitled, “Poor Treatment Response and Outcomes in Bedaquiline-Based Treatment Regimens for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in South Africa” (R01AI158605-01). This was in response to PA-20-185.

The Metro Public Health Department (MPHD) is marking World TB Day on March 24 by lighting the Korean War Veterans Memorial Bridge RED, highlighting identification and treatment efforts to end Tuberculosis. Don't forget to drive by the bridge on March 24! See The Press Release here!

The TB Center Annual Report from FY 2020 has now been published, detailing Center activities, research, and funding for the 2020 fiscal year. See the link below to download the full report. We look forward to continued progress toward our research goals in the current year.