MTBC Seminar Series

The MTBC Seminar Series in 2021 will focus on three facets of early detection: 1) Diagnostics, 2) Active case finding, 3) Treatment. Talks will cover TB-related science and practice spanning research, public health, clinical care and community involvement. This Seminar Series is a mechanism to share and connect through our work on TB.

Seminar 2: Early TB Detection - Active Case Finding

Where: Online ZOOM

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Program

Welcome to the MTBC Seminar Series

3:00pm – 3:05pm Anna Coussens, WEHI and Suman Majumdar, Burnet Institute

Presentations

3:05pm - 3:25pm Active Case Finding in the Zero Initiative, Yogyakarta Indonesia

Geoffrey Chan, Burnet Institute

3:25pm - 3:45pm Characterising M.tuberculosis transmission in Victoira using whole genome sequencing (2017-2020)

Katie Dale, Victorian TB Program, Royal Melbourne Hospital at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity

3:45pm - 4:05pm The natural history of LTBI and TB - and their effect on the effectiveness of Active Case Finding interventions

James Trauer, Epidemiological Modelling School of Public Health and Preventative Medicine, Monash University

Panel and Audience Discussion

4:05pm - 4:30pm

Moderator: Justin Denholm, Victorian TB Program, Doherty Institute Panel: Speakers and Helen Cox, University of Cape Town