World TB Day Events March 22-28, 2024

Schedule of events

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March 22-28

Emory University will display works from the CDC Global Division of HIV/TB photography exhibit "Faces From the Frontlines" on the RSPH CNR bridge and on the digital displays in the lobby of the RSPH RRR building.

Friday March 22

12-3:30pm  (hybrid from San Francisco) UCSF World TB Day Symposium  "Lessons from the past and the way forward - Perspectives from early-stage investigators, patients, and communities." Register here!

  • 12-1pm  Keynote Address: Ending TB Requires Optimal use of Existing Tools, Research & Innovation Kenneth Castro, MD, PhD, 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. (Flyer)
  • 1:15-2:15pm TB Research Advancement Center Early-Stage Investigators (TRAC ESIs) Panel
  • 2:30-3:30pm Patient Advocacy Panel

2:30-3:30pm (hybrid from Baltimore) Johns Hopkins TB Center for TB Research - 15th Annual George W. Comstock Lecture and World TB Day Presentation. Neel R. Gandhi, MD,Professor, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health and School of Medicine. Register here!  (Flyer)

Monday March 25

Rollins School of Public Health, CNR lobby will be lit up red in support of the Stop TB Partnership's "Light up for TB Campaign" to sound the alarm that the low levels of funding for the TB response year after year cannot continue nor be accepted anymore. See the 2024 Light Up For TB map  here.

Tuesday March 26

All day stop by the CNR bridge at Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, and take a picture in the Stop TB photo booth! Post to Instagram/Twitter/Facebook and help us bring awareness to what is needed for TB elimination and tell people that  Yes! We Can End TB! (Flyer)

12pm (in-person) TB Themed Trivia! You do not need to be a TB expert to be able to win! Gather some friends and join us in RSPH RRR Plaza level Ballroom.  Pizza will be provided and LEAD point eligible! [Save to Calendar] (Flyer)

Wednesday March 27

12pm (hybrid) HDGH Noon Seminar Series: "Global Public Health Advocacy: United Nations High Level meeting on Tuberculosis (TB) – what does it mean for ending TB?" Sarita Shah, MD, MPH and Samhita Kumar, MPH. Location: RSPH, RRR 809 & Zoom [Save to Calendar] (Flyer)

Thursday March 28

8-9am (hyrbid) Infectious Diseases Weekly Seminar: "TB Special Seminar - Human immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis throughout life: from infancy to adulthood", Cheryl Day, PhD, RSPH CNR 1000 & via Zoom [Save to Calendar] (Flyer)

12-1pm (hybrid) Careers in TB lunchtime panel is an opportunity for students to meet with a variety of TB focused professionals to learn about opprotunities in the field. Lunch will be provided LEAD point eligible! RSPH RRR Plaza level Ballroom & Zoom [Save to Calendar] (Flyer)

Maria Smilios, author book The Black Angels; The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis. Learn about the remarkable true story of the Black nurses who helped cure one of the world's deadliest plagues: TUBERCULOSIS. LEAD point eligible. (Flyer)