2019 HIGHLIGHTS | 23rd ANNUAL CONFERENCE Vancouver, Canada, February 21 to 23, 2019
- 300 international participants from various disciplines
- 128 abstracts submitted. 123 accepted for poster presentation (Download abstract book)
- 6 abstracts were chosen for oral presentation
- 14 delegates received travel grant support, 3 of which are based outside North America.
- 2019 George Comstock Lecture presenter: Dr. Eric Goosby, UN Special Envoy on Tuberculosis "Next steps following the UN High Level Meeting on TB"
- 2019 Beyond TB Lecture presenter: Dr. Patricia Daly, Chief Medical Health Officer and VP, Public Health, Vancouver Coastal Health "The Opioid Crisis"
- 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient: Dr. Andrew A. Vernon, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Noteworthy 2019 conference features: 1) The post-graduate lab course facilitated by Dr. Max Salfinger, 2) The learning circle facilitated by indigenous leaders and elders
2019 CONFERENCE PRESENTATION SLIDES
FEBRUARY 20, 2019
Post-Graduate Course
DR. DAVID LEWINSOHN
Oregon Health & Science University
DR. CHARLES PELOQUIN
University of Florida
DR. JENNIFER R. HONDA
National Jewish Health
DR. SEBASTIEN GAGNEUX
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Insitute
FEBRUARY 21, 2019
Stop TB
PRESIDENT NATAN OBED
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
DR. JENNIFER FLOOD
California Department of Public Health
Can We End Tuberculosis? - Dr. Jennifer Flood, California Department of Public Health
Nursing-Sponsored Session
MS. MISHAEL GORDON & MRS. DAISY ARNAQUQ
Government of Nunavut/Municipality of Qikiqtarjuaq
MR. CALEB KLIPOWICZ
University of Iowa
DR. LAURA NYBLADE
RTI International
FEBRUARY 22, 2019
Top 10 Updates in TB from 2018
DR. KELLY DOOLEY
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
DR. MAX SALFINGER
University of South Florida
DR. NICK DeLUCA
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Beyond TB Lecture
DR. PATRICIA DALY
Vancouver Coastal Health
LTBI Treatment in Special Populations
DR. KEVIN SCHWARTZMAN
McGill University
DR. SYLVIA LaCOURSE
University of Washington
DR. RICHARD ZUCKERMAN
Darthmouth-Hitchcock/Darmouth Geisel School of Medicine
DR. COURTNEY YUEN
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School
FEBRUARY 23, 2019
TB Drug Development and Regimens: A Clinical Trials Update
DR. PATRICK PHILLIPS
University of California, San Francisco
DR. C. ROBERT HORSBURGH, JR.
Boston University School of Public Health
DR. KELLY DOOLEY
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
TB and Human Rights: The Pathways for Health Equity for Aboriginal Peoples
DR. RICHARD LONG, COURTNEY HEFFERNAN, MELISSA CARDINAL-GRANT, BARBARA GEORGE, DIANE JANVIER
University of Alberta
The Latest in TB Prevention
DR. DAVID LEWINSOHN
Oregon Health & Science University
TB Vaccines: The Glass Half Full - Dr. David Lewinsohn, Oregon Health & Science University
DR. BOB BELKNAP
Denver Public Health