Chris Fiske and Spyros Kalams present ID Grand Rounds on Immunology of TB
Chris Fiske, MD, MPH and Spyros Kalams, MD, presented at ID Grand Rounds on Thursday, September 7th. Dr. Fiske presented her work on the host immune response to M.tuberculosis, including a focus on patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Dr. Kalams presented on the immunology of tuberculosis and an ongoing study funded by the NIH and CNPq in Brazil which is attempting to identify an immune signature that predicts active TB disease.
Vanderbilt TB Center hosts Dr. Jyothi Rengarajan from the Emory Vaccine Center
Jyothi Rengarajan, Ph.D., visited the Vanderbilt TB Center on August 17th to engage in collaborative discussions about her work at the Emory Vaccine Center. Dr. Rengarajan is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Emory University and is an Emory Global Health Institute Distinguished Faculty awardee. Her research program centers on understanding the mechanisms of Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenesis and host immunity to infection.