Seminars & Talks

*Early-career investigators and trainee talks on TB basic & clinical sciences
*Faculty presentations
*Special guests promoting TB community awareness

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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/4fl35Fazoom meeting link

Friday, December 6, 2024 

750 Republican St
SLU Building F, 106
12:00-1:00pm
Moderator: Dr. Christoph Grunder

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Talia Himmelfarb, MD, Clinical Researcher, Hawn Lab, UW

Maternal mycobacterial-specific T-cell signatures and infant risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

Friday, January 17, 2025 

850 Republican St
SLU Building C, 123 A&B
12:00-1:00pm
Moderator: Dr. Javeed Shah

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Fernanda Rodrigues da Costa, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Parish Lab, SCRI

Disrupting pH homeostasis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Potential for Novel Therapies

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Khai Tram, MD, Clinician Researcher, Infectious Diseases, UW

Talk Title TBD

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

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Adrienne Shapiro, MD PhD, UW

Talk title TBD

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Chandler Church, MD, Acting Instructor, Kublin Lab, Fred Hutch

BCG challenge models for evaluation of novel vaccines and therapies for MTB

Friday, March 21, 2025  

850 Republican St
SLU Building C, 123 A&B
12:00-1:00pm
Moderator: Dr. David Sherman

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Ben Gern, MD, Assistant Professor, SCRI

Dissecting the determinants of tuberculous lesion structure

Friday, April 18, 2025 

750 Republican St
SLU Building F, 106
12:00-1:00pm
Moderator: Dr. Shuyi Ma

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Engi Attia, PhD, Assistant Professor, UW

Post-TB lung disease in among children and adolescents with HIV

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Braden Carroll, Graduate Student, Ma Lab, SCRI

Using kinome regression to identify novel host kinases that impact tuberculosis infection outcome

Friday, May 16, 2025 

750 Republican St
SLU Building F, 106
12:00-1:00pm
Moderator: Dr. Rhea Coler

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Coler Lab, SCRI

Talk Title TBD

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Blair Armistead, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, SCRI

The role of inherited maternal cells in infant BCG-specific T cell responses

Friday, June 6, 2025 

750 Republican St
SLU Building F, 106
12:00-1:00pm
Moderator: Dr. Heather Jaspan

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Mark Fajans, PhD Candidate, Drain Lab, UW

Improving diagnosis of tuberculosis in children

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Melanie Gasper, Research Scientist, Jaspan Lab, SCRI

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 Special Guests

Check back soon for special guests in 2025!

 

Faculty Talks 

Thursday, December 12, 2024
UW Seattle Campus, Hans Rosling Center, Rm HRC 155
4:00-5:00pm, PT

Register for in-person attendance: in-person registration
Register for virtual attendance: zoom registration

Presented with CFAR (UW/Fred Hutch Center for AIDS Research)

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Richard E. Chaisson, MD

TB Elimination: Aspiration or delusion?


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)

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Bonnie Gunn, PhD, Assistant Professor WSU College of Veterinary Medicine

Talk Title TBD