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@tbrigden.bsky.social
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Senior TB Advisor, The Global Fund. Passionate about ending TB, access to medicines and lung health. Views expressed here are my own.

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tbrigden.bsky.social @tbrigden.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Some really big news for #TB diagnosis and innovation. Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) commits $50M to Global Fund to support scale up of new TB diagnostic innovations! www.theglobalfund.org/en/news/2025...
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CIFF Commits Additional US$50 Million to the Global Fund to Scale Up TB Diagnosis
The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) today announced a US$50 million commitment to accelerate the introduction and rollout of innovative diagnostics for tuberculosis (TB). This marks the F...
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tbrigden.bsky.social @tbrigden.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Building on the previous ASLM ECHO session I will be presenting with Prof Dissou on the Near Point of Care TB pipeline and approaches to consider in planning to implement this new class of TB diagnostic. Recommend listening to the previous session which was excellent! bit.ly/3JKhos0
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tbrigden.bsky.social @tbrigden.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Did you know that we may be on the cusp of a new sampling technique for #TB? The African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) LabCop is doing a session on non-sputum based tests so you can find out more! To register - lnkd.in/eh99PFyC
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tbrigden.bsky.social @tbrigden.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Agree. Hoping my MP @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social is supportive of the UK maintaining its funding for The Global Fund!
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tbrigden.bsky.social @tbrigden.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Really important call from @who.int for data on new #TB diagnostic platform and sampling types. Please share with manufacturers and researchers who are working in this area. hq_globaltuberculosisprogramme.cmail20.com/t/d-e-shuitj...
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tbrigden.bsky.social @tbrigden.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Thank you @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social for coming to Global Fund and @stoptb.bsky.social office yesterday to discuss #EverythingisTB. Although it was a room of people converted to the cause of fighting for #TB it was a hopeful and inspiring discussion which is very needed right now!
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tbrigden.bsky.social @tbrigden.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
#TBScience has now launched it's call for abstracts. The themes this year are: - New frontiers in TB treatment development and monitoring - Artificial Intelligence advancing the TB field - TB vaccines and other prevention strategies - Microscopic frontiers in TB pathology shorturl.at/m7oh9
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TBScience – The Union World Conference on Lung Health 2025
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tbrigden.bsky.social @tbrigden.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Great to see @arabnews.com.web.brid.gy highlighting the work on finding and treating #TB in Iraq and how investments from The Global Fund have supported this work. www.arabnews.com/node/2597362...
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How falling cases of tuberculosis in Iraq reflect a wider health system recovery
Get the latest breaking news and headlines from the largest Arab News website. Get world news, sport news, business news, entertainment, lifestyle, video and photos.
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tbrigden.bsky.social @tbrigden.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
It seems this is a Good News day for TB! www.stoptb.org/news/global-... The 6 month all oral regimen (BPaLM) now available for $310. This is what we dreamed of when I worked at the MSF Access Campaign! Great work from GDF @stoptb.bsky.social
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Global Drug Facility Announces Another Big Price Drop: 25% Reduction in the Price of Pretomanid | Stop TB Partnership
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tbrigden.bsky.social @tbrigden.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Good news from the TB research world! Maybe we will have a new TB vaccine by 2030...... healthpolicy-watch.news/promising-ph...
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Promising Phase 3 Trial Of Tuberculosis Vaccine Is Running Ahead Of Schedule - Health Policy Watch
A Phase 3 trial for the tuberculosis vaccine known as M72/AS01E is running a year ahead of schedule and has already recruited 90% of the 20,000 people it
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tbrigden.bsky.social @tbrigden.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
A few weeks ago on a very cold but sunny morning, @who.int Global TB program organized a fun way to bring together those working on #END ing #TB in Geneva. The StopTB Partnership, FIND, Global Fund and WHO literally placed ENDTB on the map!
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tbrigden.bsky.social @tbrigden.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Looking forward to joining fellow speakers from @treatmentactiongroup.org @apcaso.bsky.social @ird-fr.bsky.social to discuss what tests where when thinking about ensuring access to WHO recommended #TB diagnostic tests.
Webinar flyer for Webinar on TB daignostics on March 19th
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UCL-TB @ucltb.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
1 week today until our World TB Day Symposium! Join us in-person (more tickets available) or online.
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tbrigden.bsky.social @tbrigden.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
#TB anywhere is #TB everywhere, but approaches to improve models of care, diagnostics and treatment work everywhere! @spotlightnsp.bsky.social @treatmentactiongroup.org @gfanafrica.bsky.social mg.co.za/thought-lead...
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Solutions to TB and HIV benefit all of us, North and South
Diseases don’t respect national borders … governments all over the world need to work together to rein them in
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tbrigden.bsky.social @tbrigden.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Great to see the work of National #TB programs in scaling up TPT highlighed in the Global Fund quarterly update. www.theglobalfund.org/media/nakosw...
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UCL-TB @ucltb.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Video now online for 'TB in the UK' webinar youtube.com/watch?v=h5Lp... #tuberculosis
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tbrigden.bsky.social @tbrigden.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
#TB folks in South East Asia, APCASO, Diagnostics Equity Consortium (DEC), and @treatmentactiongroup.org are arranging a 2-part study club on the TB diagnostic landscape & strategies to increase TB testing coverage. Great speakers planned for the first session georgetown.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Speed-Up, Scale-Up TB Testing! A Focus on the Asia-Pacific Region: What Test Goes Where?. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joi...
Time: 10:30 IST | 11:00 BDT | 12:00 ICT | 13:00 PHT Join APCASO, the Diagnostics Equity Consortium (DEC), and the Treatment Action Group (TAG) for a two-part study club series focused on the Asia- Pa...
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tbrigden.bsky.social @tbrigden.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
New Grand challenges call from The Gates Foundation looking for innovations in TB sample collection and processing. Information webinar details in the link. gcgh.grandchallenges.org/challenge/en...
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Enhancing HIV and TB Diagnosis: Adjunct Technologies for Sam
Enhancing HIV and TB Diagnosis: Adjunct Technologies for Sample Collection and Processing Grand Challenges RFP
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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Everything Is Tuberculosis: The first chapter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCbD...
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EVERYTHING IS TUBERCULOSIS!
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tbrigden.bsky.social @tbrigden.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Challenge to the #TB community.... what are the RCT's we really need to push things forward in TB? @who.int is putting a call out as part of their Global Clinical Trials Forum. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @catherineberry.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social @sgschumacher.bsky.social
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Identifying key randomised clinical trials that could transform clinical care and public health
Clinical trials have been pivotal to the improvements in public health and clinical care, leading to many millions of additional years of healthy life globally. Some examples of disease areas in which...
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James Malar @jmalar.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Many #TB local #community organizations & their life saving wk has been impacted by the #USAID stop work order. While the US Administration reviews aid priorities, Stop TB has launched a fundraising campaign to support these orgs. Donate! #keepthelightson #endTB act.unfoundation.org/onlineaction...
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tbrigden.bsky.social @tbrigden.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Sign up! Looking forward to participating in the panel discussion. @ucltb.bsky.social
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tbrigden.bsky.social @tbrigden.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
**Upcoming Abstract deadline for the 𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 (12 May, Windhoek, Namibia) is in 𝟮 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞𝗦! If you’re working on innovative solutions for #TB great opportunity to present your work academicmedicaleducation.com/meeting/2nd-...
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2nd Conference on Innovations in Tuberculosis 2025 | AME
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tbrigden.bsky.social @tbrigden.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
For @theunion-tblh.bsky.social members the #TB Section Vice Chair is now open. Look on the members website or contact me directly for information on how to apply.
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tbrigden.bsky.social @tbrigden.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Looking forward to taking part in the discussions - sign up now. :-)
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tbrigden.bsky.social @tbrigden.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Really interesting paper and approach - underlies what we all know, TB is a disease of poverty. How to incorporate poverty reduction activities with biomedical advances will be key to truly ending #TB
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UCL-TB @ucltb.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
"Person-Centred Care for TB-affected Households": hybrid symposium 11 Feb 2025, 1230-1400 GMT no pre-registration www.ucl.ac.uk/tb/person-ce... #tuberculosis
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Rebecca Clark @raclark18.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
📣 New publication in #AIDS led by Tom Sumner estimating the impact of new TB #vaccines on the burden of TB in PLHIV in #SouthAfrica 🇿🇦 @cmmid-lshtm.bsky.social @lshtm-tbmod.bsky.social @richardwhite321.bsky.social Read the full paper now 👉 tinyurl.com/ezhc9ppx
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The potential impact of new tuberculosis vaccines on the... : AIDS
atical modeling, we explored the potential impact of a novel TB vaccine on TB burden in PWH in South Africa between 2030 and 2050. We compared the impact of a vaccine delivered irrespective of HIV sta...
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tbrigden.bsky.social @tbrigden.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Important topic and something to always check in with to ensure that any power differences and inequities in collaborative processes (doesn't have to just be research projects!) are looked for and acknowledged. speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/01/08/u... @plosglobalpublichealth.org
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Upholding human dignity among researchers in collaborative research
At each stage of the collaborative research, from conception to dissemination, applying decolonization through respecting human dignity will foster equity and promote partnerships.
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tbrigden.bsky.social @tbrigden.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
I have turned on the out of office for the rest of the year and taking the opportunity to recharge and reflect after a very busy year. Heading up into the mountains helps clear the head (and work up an appetite for lunch!)
sunrise in snowy mountains
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tbrigden.bsky.social @tbrigden.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
#Globalfund #TB Innovation update just released - opportunity to find out about innovations in TB care in Global Fund supported countries. This update focusing on DRTB innovations including BPaLM scale up in Sierra Leone and the modified Short regimen in EECA. www.theglobalfund.org/media/15331/...
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tbrigden.bsky.social @tbrigden.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
I know it has been said before but #TB anywhere is #TB everywhere! To truly #endTB in USA & Canada requires funding TB efforts globally. A vital consideration as we enter a #GlobalFund replenishment year and with new TB tools and approaches requiring funding link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Achieving tuberculosis elimination in Canada and the USA: giving equal weight to domestic and international efforts - BMC Global and Public Health
A major contributor to the tuberculosis burden in the United States (US) and Canada is the progression of tuberculosis infection acquired before immigration among persons born outside the US and Canad...
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Catherine Berry (she/her) @catherineberry.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Hey #TBsky, wanting to stay up to date in all things drug resistant #TB? Sign up to the Resist-TB newsletter which curates a monthly top 5 must read papers plus other news. www.resisttb.org
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HOME | Resisttb
RESIST-TB is an organzation that promotes and conducts research within drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) to treat and prevent disease, and provide access to treatment regimens around the globe.
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tbrigden.bsky.social @tbrigden.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
I am lucky to be working on a really exciting and interesting project with The Global Fund on Next Generation Market Shaping. The area of most excitement in #TB is new diagnostics. To find out more www.theglobalfund.org/media/15227/... * thank you @madhupai.bsky.social for permission to use image
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tbrigden.bsky.social @tbrigden.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Je travaille sur un projet vraiment passionnant lié à de nouveaux outils pour la tuberculose. Pour en savoir plus www.theglobalfund.org/media/15273/...
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tbrigden.bsky.social @tbrigden.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I used to work in Scotland and many people remembered the CXR vans! Screening alone is not the answer, coupling finding people with nutrition (the RATIONS trial) could be an approach to protect people from TB 🤔
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James Greenan-Barrett @jgreenanbarrett.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Historical evidence that mass CXR screening is feasible and effective Very cool study - lots to be learnt from the past… #TBSky
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TB Journal Club @tbjournalclub.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
We host monthly online international journal clubs on the latest #tuberculosis literature. We welcome researchers, clinicians, and anyone else interested in #TB - eepurl.com/hO4D79 to join the mailing list & hear about future meetings.
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TB Journal Club
TB Journal Club Email Forms
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Gabriele Pollara @gpollara.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
This is a great thread on #UnionConf2024, and useful for anyone who like me was not able to attend. Thank you for putting together. #TBSky #IDSky
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tbrigden.bsky.social @tbrigden.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
For fellow "TB Geeks" new to here, this is a great list of people to follow for TB news and research.
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Peter MacPherson @petermacp.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
We are advertising for a Post-Doc Researcher to advance epidemiological methods for understanding #tuberculosis transmission. This is part of a major new Wellcome Discovery project, based at @uofglasgow.bsky.social MLW Malawi, ZAMBART Zambia, and University of Cape Town iddjobs.org/jobs/the-can...
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IDDjobs — The candidate will work on the Wellcome Discovery ZAMSA-TB Project, using epidemiology and spatiotemporal modeling to study TB transmission in Africa. — University of Glasgow
Find infectious disease dynamics modelling jobs, studentships, and fellowships.
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tbrigden.bsky.social @tbrigden.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Seeing these price graphs it is amazing the progress made. I remember working with Christophe & others in the old MSF Access Campaign -we literally dreamed of having a 6m all oral regimen <$500. We called for it but didn't think it could happen but it did! What will the next 10yrs bring?? Excited!
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Anouk Gouvras @scianouk.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Call for Expressions of Interest - Are you passionate about advancing #globalhealth research? TDR, WHO Special Programme for #Research & Training in #TropicalDiseases, is seeking new members of its Scientific & Technical Advisory Committee: bit.ly/3zA28tf 📅 Deadline: 15 November 2024 #BeatNTDs
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tbrigden.bsky.social @tbrigden.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Sometimes you forget the advances made in TB over the last few years as we want so many more but reading the story on the situation in Iraq - ultra-portable digital CXR with CAD, 6m regimen for TB, paediatric formulations. They are already making a difference. globalfund.exposure.co/equipped-wit...
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Equipped with Cutting-Edge Tools, Heroic Health Workers Lead the Charge Against TB in Iraq - Global Fund Special Coverage
Français Deutsch Italiano عربي For years, Dr. Bashar Hashim Abbas, manager of the National Tuberculosis Program in Mosul, Iraq, worked from unair-conditioned trailers, under bombardment and without ad...
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tbrigden.bsky.social @tbrigden.bsky.social · 10/10/2024
Good news from @stopTBpartnership regarding price of new WHO recommended next-generation Mtb antigen-based skin tests for #TB. Same price as the legacy product which is less accurate. www.stoptb.org/news/breakin...
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BREAKING NEWS: Only $1.50 to Detect TB Infection With the
Available now in Stop TB GDF Catalog GENEVA: The Stop TB Partnership’s Global Drug Facility (GDF) announced today the expansion of its portfolio with the addition of the novel SIILTIBCY skin test for
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tbrigden.bsky.social @tbrigden.bsky.social · 08/10/2024
Great opportunity to ensure you are up to date with the latest in TB diagnosis. This is a very active field with potential new tools coming within the next few years so ensuring your knowledge is up to date will help ensure that we can close the long standing diagnostic gap in TB.
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Gabriele Pollara @gpollara.bsky.social · 06/10/2024
Towards shorter, safer, flexible, and more effective treatment regimens for drug-resistant tuberculosis #TB #IDSky 🩺🧪 #AMR www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Towards shorter, safer, flexible, and more effective treatment regimens for drug-resistant tuberculosis
There has been an important shift during the past 10 years in the approach to treating drug-resistant tuberculosis.1 Around a decade ago, the treatment of multidrug-resistant or rifampicin-resistant t...
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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 04/10/2024
#YesToDignity: 🇬🇧 UK MPs to get first vote on #AssistedDying for nine years. Proposals to give terminally ill people in England and Wales the right to choose to end their life are to be introduced in Parliament this month. @dignityindying.org.uk www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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MPs to get first vote on assisted dying for nine years
MPs will consider proposals to change the law so some terminally ill people can choose to end their life.
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Peter MacPherson @petermacp.bsky.social · 05/10/2024
Just advertised for two exiting new positions at University of Glasgow! 1) Senior Lecturer, Health Economics & Data Science (www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKA328/s...) 2) Research Associate in Infectious Disease Epidemiology (www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKA455/r...) Working on adaptive AI for #TB on Xray. #episky 🧪🛟
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Senior Lecturer in Health Economics and Data Science (Research & Teaching) at University of Glasgow
Discover Senior Lecturer in Health Economics and Data Science (Research & Teaching) jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.
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