Tuberculosis (TB) is a global pandemic affecting more than 10 million people annually and a leading cause of long-term morbidity and mortality from infectious disease in all ages. The CRE in TB elimination on both sides of the border (TB-CRE), will focus on three research themes: detect, treat, and prevent.

While based at the University of Sydney, the CRE includes investigators with a diverse range of expertise and experience from multiple research institutions across Australia and within the Asia-Pacific region.  The collaboration will facilitate research excellence across high-incidence TB populations in Australia and internationally, including Indonesia, Timor Leste, PNG, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Mongolia, China, and the Pacific (Fiji and Kiribati). Communities affected by TB will be engaged by the CRE through Community Advisory Boards (CABs). These CABs will ensure patients remain at the heart of programs, policies, and strategies in TB control.

TB-CRE investigators include Profs Greg Fox, Ben Marais, Guy Marks, Emma McBryde, Steve Graham, Jamie Triccas, Justin Denholm Thu-Anh Nguyen and A/Profs Bernadette Saunders and Sarah Bernays, and senior advisors Profs Warwick Britton and Vitali Sintchenko. We wish the team the very best in their work towards the goal of global TB elimination.