MBLA Conference
Experts from around the world are gathered in St Andrews to learn how to dramatically cut the time needed to diagnose tuberculosis to save hundreds of thousands of lives.
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Keystone Symposia on Translating tuberculosis research findings into policy and practice
Dr. Wilber Sabiiti recently presented a paper at the Keystone Symposia on Translation of tuberculosis research into policy and practice.
The Union Africa Regional Conference on Tuberculosis and Lung diseases
Dr. Wilber Sabiiti recently presented some of his work at the UARC-TLD.
Getting innovative diagnostic and treatment tools into policy and practice
Dr Wilber Sabiiti has recently given a series of talks and training in different African countries showcasing the advantages of the molecular bacterial load assay (MBLA) and TWENDE work on developing model for rapid…
Elected to The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Congratulations go to Professor Stephen Gillespie who has been elected to The Royal Society of Edinburgh.
British Thoracic Society Winter Conference
Professor Stephen Gillespie recently attended the British Thoracic Winter Conference in London and presented two papers.
New trials offer hope for TB treatment
Researchers at the School of Medicine are one step closer to finding a shorter, more effective treatment for TB, according to a new paper published by The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
Completion of the evaluation of the OMNIgene.SPUTUM
The study was conducted as a partnership between the University of St. Andrews and Mozambique’s Natonal Institute of Health in Maputo.
Pan-African biomarker study
Dr Wilber Sabiiti recently represented the University of St. Andrews at the 2016 European Respiratory Society (ERS) Conference in London
Tuberculosis: Working to Empower Nations’ Diagnostic Effort (TWENDE)
Researchers from the School of Medicine launch TWENDE, a project which aims to overcome the barriers to the implementation of better tuberculosis diagnostic