World TB Day Symposium 2021
Wednesday 24th March 2021
Our annual joint LSHTM-UCL-TB World TB Day Symposium took place this year on Zoom, and was open to all.
Welcome by Dr Michael Spence, President & Provost of UCL, and Dame Anne Mills, Deputy Director & Provost of LSHTM
Session 1: Voices from the Front Line: Patient, Healthcare Provider, and Policy Maker Perspectives
Chair: Dr Toyin Togun (LSHTM)
- Dr Virginia Bond (LSHTM)
- Dr Olumuyiwa Owolabi (MRC-LSHTM unit The Gambia)
- Dr Amy Clarke (UCL)
10.00 - 10.45 AM
Session 2: How to Find the Missing Millions?
Chair: Dr Katharina Kranzer (LSHTM)
- Dr Lara Goscè (UCL)
- Dr Palwasha Khan (LSHTM)
- Professor Helen Ayles (ZAMBART)
11.00 - 11.55 AM
Session 3: Redefining the Mtb infection and TB disease paradigms
Chair: Professor Mahdad Noursadeghi (UCL)
- Dr Hanif Esmail (UCL) [recording not uploaded at request]
- Dr Jon Emery (LSHTM)
- Dr Emily Wong (AHRI)
- Professor Helen Fletcher (LSHTM)
13.15 - 14.05 PM
Session 4: Accelerating Drug Discovery & Development
Chair: Dr Dimitrios Evangelopoulos (UCL)
- Dr Dana Klug (UCL)
- Professor Anil Koul (LSHTM)
- Dr Angela Crook (UCL)
We also supporting:
- the UCSF World TB webinar that followed later in the day (watch it here)
- The AHRI/IIDMM World TB Day mini-symposium from South Africa (read more here; watch it here)