# Tuberculosis: Science Aimed at Ending the Epidemic

> **NIH NIH R13** · KEYSTONE SYMPOSIA · 2020 · $8,500

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
Support is requested for a Keystone Symposia conference entitled Tuberculosis: Science Aimed at Ending the
Epidemic organized by Drs. Anne G. Kasmar, Bruno Andrade, Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira and David Alland. The
conference will be held in Ouro Preto, Brazil from December 1-5, 2020.
The global tuberculous (TB) community has decided that now is the time to eradicate this disease and have
developed “The End TB Strategy”. This is an initiative that 194 countries have endorsed with the ultimate goal
of ending the global endemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the STOP TB partnership have
crafted the STOP TB Plan, and the Treatment Action Group has mapped the resources required to achieve
these audacious goals. At the 2018 United Nations High Level Meeting on TB, the heads of the state made a
pledge to succeed in these endeavors. Therefore, the aim of this symposium is to mobilize the rigor, creativity
and forward-momentum of scientists worldwide to discover and develop new tools that will end the epidemic.
A few unique features of this conference include sessions that will explore advances across the ecosystem
from early discovery through translation and real-world application, address scientific bottlenecks to overcome
in the search for new tools to prevent, diagnose and definitively cure TB. Finally, the conference will include
sessions dedicated to lessons learned from leprosy and from clinical successes in microbiome science and
immunotherapy. By bringing together a program such as this, there will be numerous opportunities for
scientists to network and build collaborations that will catalyze scientific advances that address the global
scourge of TB.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10071028
- **Project number:** 1R13AI154982-01
- **Recipient organization:** KEYSTONE SYMPOSIA
- **Principal Investigator:** Thale Cross Jarvis
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $8,500
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-08-25 → 2021-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10071028

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10071028, Tuberculosis: Science Aimed at Ending the Epidemic (1R13AI154982-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10071028. Licensed CC0.

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