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TB Laboratory Manager position
Swiss TPH and IHI
The Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) and the Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) are looking for a manager of the TB Research Laboratory at the Bagamoyo
Research and Training Centre (BRTC) in Tanzania. Responsibilities and requirements are described in the advertisement.
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Tuberculosis Diagnostic Research
McGill University & McGill University Health Centre - Montreal, Canada
September 2012
The McGill group has been actively involved in TB diagnostic research, focused mainly on clinical and field evaluation of new or improved tools. The group is also actively working on novel methodological, statistical and modeling approaches to diagnostics research. Ongoing work includes development of rapid tests for EPTB, evaluation of the clinical impact and cost-effectiveness of molecular diagnostics, modeling of TB diagnostics, and assessing barriers to the use of POC tests.
Applications are invited from recent PhD or MD graduates for a one year, full-time fellowship, starting September 2012. The postdoctoral fellow will participate fully in teaching, research and related scholarly activities, and function specifically as a junior investigator on an implementation science project aimed at identifying barriers to POC testing in India and South Africa, and development of target product profiles (TPPs) for point-of-care (POC) TB testing.
The announcement provides more details about requirements, responsibilities and application procedures.
Union Public Health, Young Investigator and Scientific Prizes
Applications and nominations are now being accepted for The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease annual awards. The awards recognize achievements in tuberculosis or another area of lung health and are presented at The Union World Conference on Lung Health which will be held this year in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 13 to 17 November.
The three categories of awards are the Karel Styblo Public Health Prize, which honors physicians, health workers or community organizations for contributions over a period of 10 or more years; The Union Young Investigator Prize, which honors publications in the past five years when the researcher was 35 years old or younger; and The Union Scientific Prize, which honors researchers at any stage of their career. Both nominations and self-nominations are accepted.
Application details
Deadline: 30 June 2012
Grand Challenges Canada - Rising Stars in Global Health
A funding program targeted at innovators in low- and lower-middle-income countries
Grand Challenges Canada seeks proposals for innovative solutions integrated with delivery mechanisms that could be easily implemented in developing countries to improve global health. Grand Challenges Canada is looking for ideas that are bold and creative, and that have the potential to make a substantial impact on a global health problem. Ideas should address complex real-world challenges that involve a scientific or technological solution (new or existing) alone or in combination with social and/or business innovations.
Application deadline: 23 March 2012
NIH/NIAID Grant - Partnerships for Development of Therapeutics and Diagnostics for Biodefense (R01)
This initiative will support development of diagnostics to rapidly identify NIAID Category A, B or C agents and their resistance profiles. Diagnostics are needed to identify infectious agents or toxins in diverse clinical samples (swabs, sputum, blood, serum, cerebrospinal fluid, urine, stool, etc.) from individuals at multiple stages of infection/intoxication. Thus, diagnostics applications must focus on detection and identification of biological threat agents in human clinical samples.
Letter of Intent submission deadline: 24 March 2012
Application deadline: 24 May 2012
Call for Abstracts - 3rd Global Symposium on IGRAs 2012
Abstract submission deadline: 1st September 2011
Call for applications - Global GLC Committee 2011-2013
A global strategic committee (the "gGLC") is being established that will be i. a sub-group of the MDR-TB Working Group of the Stop TB Partnership, and ii. an advisory committee to WHO, with a dual role of advising WHO and partners. Applicants are being sought to serve on the gGLC for the term July 2011 - June 2013.
Deadline for submitting applications: 16 May 2011
Announcement by TB CDRC - Call for concepts
The TB Clinical Diagnostics Research Consortium (TB CDRC) is pleased to join the Stop TB Partnership and the other 420 members of the Working Group on New TB Diagnostics. We have a shared vision of developing more accurate and cost-effective diagnostic tools and strategies for combating TB globally. We applaud the steps outlined in "The Global Plan to Stop TB 2006-2015" and believe that we can positively and significantly impact the TB diagnostic development pipeline.
The TB-CDRC was created through an NIAID contract and has as its mission conducting the initial feasibility studies of new diagnostics at our clinical sites in South Africa, Uganda, Brazil, and South Korea. We encourage anyone with a promising diagnostic ready for its first clinical study to contact us. To begin the dialog with our program please visit our website: http://www.tbcdrc.org, and to join our email list: tbcdrc_helpdesk@westat.com.
Tuberculosis Research and Treatment Special Issue on Detection of Tuberculosis Disease
Authors are invited to submit original research and review articles on novel tools or strategies to assist case finding.
Editors are interested in detection of active disease and/or drug resistant forms of tuberculosis.
Or visit publisher's website at: http://www.hindawi.com/journals/trt/si/dtbd.html
Deadline for submitting manuscripts: March 15, 2011
Building Global Capacity for Diagnostic Testing of Tuberculosis, Malaria, and HIV Through Laboratory Strengthening and Integration of Services under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) (CDC-RFAPS10-10121)
Issuing agency: CDC
Issue date: January 19, 2010
Response date: March 17, 2010
Level of funding: $10 million
Keywords: diagnostic testing, tuberculosis, malaria, HIV, laboratory services, capacity building, integration of services, health systems strengthening
The purpose of this program is to provide technical assistance to build indigenous capacity for:
- Development of QA practices leading to accreditation of Tuberculosis (TB) laboratories;
- Integration of services to assure the strengthening of laboratory diagnosis of TB, malaria, HIV, and other opportunistic infections;
- Implementation of the World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (WHO/CDC) training materials for TB Acid-fast bacillus (AFB) smear microscopy and External Quality Assessments (EQA) at the District level;
- Training and mentoring for implementation of TB culture and molecular testing (lineprobe assay) using standardized training materials developed together with partners for the African Centre for Integrated Laboratory Training (ACILT);
- Expansion of in-country TB diagnostics from AFB smear microscopy to liquid culture;
- In-country validation of new TB and malaria diagnostic procedures; and
- Development of national integrated laboratory policies and strategic plans.
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