Archived News

Congratulations to Alexandra Zimmer

Congratulations to Alexandra Zimmer who successfully defended her PhD thesis! Alex is Madhukar Pai’s 11th PhD graduate! She is set to start a postdoctoral fellowship with Claudia Denkinger (another one of our alumni).

Congratulations to Toyin Togun

Congratulations to Toyin, one of our alumni, who has been appointed Professor of Global Health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)!

Advanced TB Diagnostics course in South Africa

A 5-day intensive workshop on advanced TB diagnostics was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from December 9 to 13. Wits University, along with NHLS and the South African National TB Program (NDOH), hosted the course, with help from the McGill International TB Centre and McGill Global Health Programs. The event was a huge success, thanks to its 138 participants, and its stellar faculty presenters.

Union conference

This year, the Union conference was held in Bali, Indonesia, November 12-16. Our TBPPM team had a booth on-site that welcomed many visitors, and allowed for multiple side-meetings and information-sharing between members in the Community Connect area. It was also a fantastic opportunity to catch up with friends and alumni from the Pai Global TB Group.

Welcome to Shashika Bandara

We’d like to welcome Dr. Shashika Bandara, who is joining our team as a Postdoctoral Fellow. Shashika’s PhD was focused on global health governance, and he will work on our project commissioned by the O’Neill-Lancet Commission on Racism, Structural Discrimination and Global Health. Find out more about Shashika on our team’s page.

Good luck to Joel Klinton

The entire team wishes all the best to Joel, who is taking a new position at the Ottawa Public Health department! We’re all grateful for his instrumental contributions to the TBPPM Learning Network.

Welcome to new team members, and alumni news

A warm welcome to Jeyashree Kathiresan, a physician from India who is starting an MSc in epidemiology! We are also welcoming Jacquelyn Yushkov, who is joining the team working on a series of systematic reviews on sputum expectoration, Samantha Ayoub, joining the TBPPM project, and Esme Longley, who will be working on TB global health projects. Welcome!

Many alumni are also starting new degrees:

  • Maddee Nash: medical school at Queen’s University
  • Jacob Bigio: PhD in epidemiology at McGill University
  • Rishav Das: PhD in health policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Angie Sassi: PhD in global health implementation science at UW
  • Tripti Pande: DrPH at UNC Chapel Hill

Congratulations!