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Using Evolution as a Roadmap to Identify Determinants of TB Treatment and Infection Outcomes

April 12th, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Virtual
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Department of Epidemiology Seminar Series

Open to the public

Speaker:

Sarah Fortune, MD
John LaPorte Given Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Chair, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Abstract: The TB field has a rudimentary understanding of the bacterial features that may contribute to differences in clinically and epidemiologically relevant outcomes. Here we describe the use of population genomics and high throughput phenogenomic profiling to define novel drivers of TB treatment failure and transmission.
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Date: April 12th, 2023
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Calendars: Public Events, School-wide Events, University-wide Events
Event types: Lectures / Seminars / Forums

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