World TB Day Symposium

UCSF World TB Day Symposium & CITC 30th Anniversary

This Symposium was co-hosted by the UCSF Center for Tuberculosis and the Curry International Tuberculosis Center. The theme for this event was: 
Lessons from the past and the way forward - Perspectives from early-stage investigators, patients, and communities. The program features the keynote talk and discussions by TB Research Advancement Center's Early-Stage Investigators (TRAC ESIs), patient advocates and panel discussions by leaders in TB research, policy, clinical and programmatic practice, and advocacy.  

 Presenters (partial list):

Kenneth Castro, MD
Professor, Global Health, Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases
Former Director, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of        
Tuberculosis Elimination
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Atlanta, GA   

Philip C. Hopewell, MD
Professor of Medicine Emeritus
Department of Medicine
Co-founder of Curry International Tuberculosis Center
University of California, San Francisco
Santa Fe, NM

Payam Nahid, MD, MPH
Professor, School of Medicine
Director, UCSF Center for Tuberculosis
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

Congresswoman Barbara Lee
12th Congressional District of California
Oakland, CA

Chibo Ahrum Shinagawa, MS, PMP
Senior Program Manager, Infectious Diseases
Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations
San Francisco, CA

Vivian Liang 
Government & Community Relations Representative
North East Medical Services, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Cynthia A. Tschampl, PhD
Chair, Stop TB USA
Waltham, Massachusetts

Susannah Graves, MD, MPH
Director,  Tuberculosis Prevention and Control at the County of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA