Research In Progress SEminar Series
Due to UW Medicine's Financial Stability Measures, lunch will no longer be served to in person attendees.
Recurring meeting link: https://bit.ly/4fl35Fa
CANCELLED: Friday, April 18, 2025
750 Republican St
SLU Building F, 106
12:00-1:00pm
Moderator: Dr. Shuyi Ma

Post-TB lung disease in among children and adolescents with HIV
Engi Attia, PhD, Assistant Professor, UW

Using kinome regression to identify novel host kinases that impact tuberculosis infection outcome
Braden Carroll, Graduate Student, Ma Lab, SCRI
Friday, May 16, 2025
750 Republican St
SLU Building F, 106
12:00-1:00pm
Moderator: Dr. Rhea Coler

Talk Title TBD
Coler Lab, SCRI

The role of inherited maternal cells in infant BCG-specific T cell responses
Blair Armistead, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, SCRI
Friday, June 6, 2025
750 Republican St
SLU Building F, 106
12:00-1:00pm
Moderator: Dr. Heather Jaspan

Improving diagnosis of tuberculosis in children
Mark Fajans, PhD Candidate, Drain Lab, UW

Talk title TBD
Melanie Gasper, Research Scientist, Jaspan Lab, SCRI
Special Guests
Check back soon for special guests in 2025!
Faculty Talks
*POSTPONED DUE TO UW TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS*
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
South Lake Union, 750 Republican St, F-106
12:00 - 1:00pm PT
Register for Early Career Scientist Lunch from 11:00 -12:00

Tony Hu, PhD, Tulane University
Transforming TB Detection with Intelligent Nanomedicine

Monday, June 16, 2025
Seattle Children's Research Institute, Building Cure
11:00-12:00pm PT
Presented with CGIDR (Center for Global Infectious Disease Research at Seattle Children's)

Talk Title TBD
Bonnie Gunn, PhD, Assistant Professor WSU College of Veterinary Medicine