Mission

Improving the lives of TB patients worldwide through the training of the next generation of scientists and the acceleration of advances in tuberculosis research, practice, and policy.

About the UCSF Center for Tuberculosis

The UCSF Center for Tuberculosis brings expertise across a range of disciplines to solve the problems that have historically impeded global TB elimination efforts. Launched in 2019, the UCSF Center for Tuberculosis has world class experts spanning TB bench to clinical sciences, global health delivery, economics and diplomacy. Directed by Payam Nahid, MD, MPH, the Executive Director of the UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences, the mission of the Center for Tuberculosis is to improve the lives of TB patients worldwide through the training of the next generation of scientists and the acceleration of advances in tuberculosis research, practice, and policy. The Center for Tuberculosis hosts 45 affiliated and multidisciplinary faculty across the University and is the operational hub of the UCSF-UC Berkeley Tuberculosis Research Advancement Center (UC TRAC). Through the Center for Tuberculosis affiliation, our faculty investigators enjoy a co-operative and creative academic environment with collegial, administrative, and logistical support, providing a singular and unified scientific home for the TB research enterprise at UCSF. The Center's mission aligns with that of the University of California, San Francisco in advancing health worldwide. The UCSF Center for TB faculty, fellows and staff are dedicated to improving the care of TB patients worldwide through biomedical research, education in the life sciences and health professions, technical assistance and training, clinical consultation, advocacy, diplomacy and excellence in patient care.