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Research In Progress SEminar Series
Light lunch provided for in-person attendees (no registration necessary!)
Recurring meeting link: https://bit.ly/4fl35Fa
Friday, February 14, 2025
Presented with: CERID (Center for Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases)
850 Republican St
SLU Building C, 123 A&B
12:00-1:00pm
Moderator: Dr. Paul Drain
Insights into TB screening and prevention in South Africa
Adrienne Shapiro, MD PhD, UW
BCG challenge models for evaluation of novel vaccines and therapies for MTB
Chandler Church, MD, MSc, Staff Physician, Harborview Medical Center, Fred Hutch
Friday, March 21, 2025
850 Republican St
SLU Building C, 123 A&B
12:00-1:00pm
Moderator: Dr. David Sherman
Dissecting the determinants of tuberculous lesion structure
Ben Gern, MD, Assistant Professor, SCRI
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
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Faculty Talks
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