World TB Day Symposium

2026 UCSF World TB Day Symposium

This Symposium is co-hosted by the UCSF Center for Tuberculosis and the Curry International Tuberculosis Center. The theme for this event is: Strengthening Community Partnerships in TB Research and Care. The program will include a keynote address, a panel led by Early-Stage Investigators from the TB Research Advancement Center (TRAC ESIs), discussions on the socioeconomic aspects of TB, personal stories from TB survivors, and recognition of the vital roles played by community health workers and patient advocates.

Presenters (partial list) 

Payam Nahid, MD, MPH
Executive Director
Institute for Global Health Sciences
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Lisa Chen, MD
Professor, School of Medicine
Medical Director/Principal Investigator
Curry International Tuberculosis Center
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

 

2026 Planning Committee:
Barbara Alonso
Jonathan Budzik, MD, PhD
Jeannie Fong
Celeste Garza, BS
Susannah Graves, MD, MPH
Sarah Hutchinson
Kelly Musoke, MPH
Kinari Shah, MSc
 

Last year's symposium can be viewed below: