Dear Colleagues,
We are excited to announce our upcoming TBnet webinar titled "TB biomarkers: host vs. pathogen" on 28 November at 17:00 CET.
We look forward to your participation!
To join the webinar, please register in advance using the link below:
After registering, you will receive a confirmation e-mail containing information about joining the webinar.
Contact information: liga.r@tbnet.eu
Speakers:
Norbert Heinrich, LMU University Hospital Munich, Germany
Norbert Heinrich, MD is a paediatrician and a unit head for TB treatment and diagnostic trials at LMU University Hospital, Munich, and the German Center for Infection Research.
He led the PanACEA MAMS multi-arm multi-stage trial and now the oxazolidinone trials of the consortium. In addition, he is participating in paediatric and adult diagnostic trials RaPaed and ERASE. Leader of the Biomarkers work package in UNITE4TB.
Daniela Maria Cirillo, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Italy
Daniela Maria Cirillo MD, PhD is a board-certified clinical microbiologist, Head of the EBPU, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy. Head of the Milan TB Supranational reference laboratory and WHO collaborating Centre for TB Laboratory Strengthening.
Director of the ESCMID Collaborating Centre. Co-Chair of the New Diagnostic Working Group of the StopTB partnership, PI of European Laboratory Initiative. Elected member of the Disease Network Coordination Committee for Tuberculosis at ECDC. Awardee of G Middlebrook prize in 2017. Leader of the Microbiology work package in UNITE4TB.
Chairs:
Irina Kontsevaya, Otsuka Novel Products, Germany
Irina Kontsevaya, PhD is a Senior Manager, Clinical Sciences at Otsuka Novel Products, Munich, Germany and an honorary postdoctoral researcher at Imperial College London, London, UK. Irina holds a PhD in Genetics and MSc in Global Health. Her research focuses on TB diagnostics, drug development, novel biomarkers, and treatment monitoring tools. As a member of the TBnet Steering Committee, she is responsible for Diagnostics.
Francesca Saluzzo, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Italy
Francesca Saluzzo, MD is a physician specialized in Microbiology and Virology with an MSc in International Health. Currently she is working at IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy. Her research focuses on the validation and implementation of new diagnostic tools and frameworks for drug resistant tuberculosis and respiratory infectious diseases opting for a participatory and people centred approach. Within TBnet she is responsible for Microbiology.
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