Summer 2024
First-author manuscript publication
Khai Tram, MD, Ross Lab, UW
Submitted to Nature Communications Medicine, PLOS ONE, CID, Lancet Global Health
A Phase I Single Site Open Label Clinical Trial for the Development of a Human BCG Challenge Model to Assess TB Drugs and Vaccines
E. Chandler Church, MD, MSc, Kublin Lab, Fred Hutch
7th Global Forum on TB vaccines
Contamination effects in cluster randomized trials of tuberculosis interventions: A review of methods and reporting
Kate LeGrand, MPH, UW
The Union World Conference on Lung Health
Prior Mycobacterium tuberculosis Exposure Enhances the Efficacy of Subunit Vaccination
Sara Cohen, PhD, Urdahl Lab, SCRI
7th Global Forum on TB Vaccines conference in Rio de Janeiro
Summer Practicum
Julian Salim, MPH, Drain Lab, UW
Harry Gwala Regional Hospital (HGRH) and Umkhuseli Innovation and Research Management (UIRM) in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Winter 2024
Identifying novel host regulators of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection using kinome regression
Braden Carroll, graduate student, Ma Lab, SCRI
2024 Keystone Symposia, Tuberculosis: The Host-Pathogen Interface (C4) conference
Synergy of Bedaquiline and Capreomycin Against Tuberculosis: In Vitro and In Vivo Efficacy Across Mycobacterium tuberculosis Lineages
Hazem Abdelaal, PhD, SCRI
2024 Keystone Symposia, Tuberculosis: The Host-Pathogen Interface (C4) conference
Impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Peripartum Period on Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection Detection
Jaclyn Escudero, MPH, UW
Publication, Journal of Infectious Diseases
Evaluating vaccine-mediated cellular immunogenicity of M72 paired with clinical adjuvants against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a mouse model
Rakhi Harne, MSc, PhD, SCRI
2024 Keystone Symposia, Tuberculosis: The Host-Pathogen Interface (C4) conference
Assessing vaccine-mediated protection in an ultra-low dose Mycobacterium tuberculosis murine model
Courtney Plumlee, PhD, SCRI
2024 Keystone Symposia, Tuberculosis: The Host-Pathogen Interface (C4) conference
Preventing tuberculosis with community-based care in an HIV-endemic setting: a modeling analysis
Jennifer Ross, MD, MPH, UW
Union World Conference on Lung Health, 2023
Previous Awardees
Josepha Klas
PacTB, 2023
John Kearney
South Africa based study
Aditi Deshpande, PhD
Gordon Research Conference (Tuberculosis Drug Discovery and Development) at Barcelona, Spain
Danae Black, MPH, UW
Mentor: Dr. LaCourse
Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections
Tuberculosis Incidence among Adolescents and Young Adults with HIV in Kenya
Amanda Brumwell MAS, UW
Mentor: Dr. Shapiro
Scoping research on the best practices in clinical care and programmatic management of tuberculosis (TB) and diabetes
Maham Rais, PhD, SCRI
Mentor: Dr. Coler
Keynote Symposia conference, Innate Immunity: From Innate Sensing to Adaptive Responses
Characterizing TLR4 agonist EmT4 as an anti-Mycobacterium tuberculosis vaccine
Steven Makatsa, PhD, UW
Mentor: Dr. Seshadri
Poster Presentation: Keystone Symposia
Mass cytometry reveals diverse cellular and functional phenotypes in broncho alveolar lavage after intravenous BCG vaccination
Hassan Eldesouky, PhD, UW
Mentor: Dr. Sherman
Poster Presentation: Gordon Research Conference
Repurposing FDA-Approved Drugs to Define New Mechanisms of Drug Tolerance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Fernanda Rodrigues-Costa, PhD, SCRI
Mentor: Dr. Parish
Poster Presentation: EMBO Workshop on Tuberculosis
Novel Series Kills Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a pH-Dependent Manner