Centre Of Research Excellence in Tuberculosis Control Both sides of the border
What's NEW
Evelyn Lavu Travel Scholarship are now open
Applications for the second round of the Evelyn Lavu Travel Scholarship are now open!
The $5000 travel scholarship is open to PNG citizens and permanent residents to travel to Australia to participate in training or collaborative research activities with tuberculosis researchers. Applications close Thursday 5 December 2024 and recipients will be announced by the end of January 2025.
More information on the scholarship and application requirements can be found on the Evelyn Lavu Scholarship Webpage.
The scholarship is offered by the Burnet Institute in partnership with the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Tuberculosis Control (TB-CRE).
Centre of Research Excellence Award
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.
Resources
CXR is a major tool to support diagnosis of TB in children. The Diagnostic CXR Atlas for Tuberculosis in Children is a Union initiative which has been translated into the following languages: Bahasa Indonesia, Chinese, Mongolian and Vietnamese. Learn more...
Meetings
The 51st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology (ASI) was held in Auckland, New Zealand in December 2023. Bringing together immunologists with the aim of advancing the science and education of Immunology in the Australasian region.
Projects
The PEARL study is a non-randomised whole-of-population implementation study to screen and treat all residents of South Tarawa aged 3 and above (or younger if recent TB/leprosy contacts) for TB and leprosy disease and infection.
A collaborative network comprising clinicians and researchers passionately committed to propelling scientific, clinical, and public health research on tuberculosis in Australia and New Zealand.
Thousands of lung health experts, including researchers, scientists, health professionals, doctors, civil society, affected communities, government officials, nurses and students from around the world will attend #UnionConf2024, and we hope you will be one of them.
We look forward to sharing knowledge and learning from each other at this Conference where EVERYONE comes together, as we strive for a healthier world for all, free from Tuberculosis and lung diseases.