Dr. Javid is a physician-scientist, Wellcome Trust Investigator and Associate Professor in the Division of Experimental Medicine at UCSF.  His research focuses on fundamental mycobacterial pathophysiology, regulation of adaptive protein synthesis, molecular mechanisms of antibiotic tolerance and human humoral immunity to tuberculosis.  He went to medical school at the University of Cambridge, and after residency in general (internal) medicine returned to Cambridge to study for a PhD in immunobiology as an MRC training fellow. Following fellowship in infectious diseases, Dr.

With an emphasis on TB therapeutics, my research uses computational methods to study the dynamic interplay between disease progression, drug and biomarker response across relevant scales (molecule, cell, tissue, organ & whole body) in order to determine causal links underlying variability in (safety and efficacy) clinical outcomes.

Dr. Nahid is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. His research includes the conduct of clinical trials and translational research in TB with the goal of improving the care of patients with TB and HIV/TB worldwide.  Dr. Nahid’s research focuses on clinical trials, epidemiological and translational TB research in international settings. He is leads a Vietnam National Tuberculosis Programme-partnered Clinical Trials Unit (CTU) in Hanoi, Vietnam.