About Us
Launched on September 2022, ADVANCE-TB COST Action (CA21164) aims to address the complexity of tuberculosis (TB) management. ADVANCE-TB is a research network that offers opportunities for collaboration between clinicians, academic researchers from interdisciplinary backgrounds, industry and non-governmental organizations with the aim of advancing TB research.
This is us
Passionate. Committed. Positive.
ADVANCE-TB has more than 134 members coming from 42 different countries worldwide and we keep growing. So far we have 38 members in Working Group (WG) 1, 81 in WG2, 59 in WG3 and 34 in WG4. Our Management Committee consists of 43 members from 24 countries.
The following are the 12 members with leading roles. Feel free to contact them!
Action Chair
Dr. Alicia Lacoma
Institut Germans Trias i Pujol, Consorcio de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Spain.
0034 93 554 3050; Extension 6501
Action Vice Chair
Prof. Sven Hoffner
Karolinska Institute and EMPE Diagnostics, Sweden
Grant Holder Scientific Representative
Dr. José Domínguez Benítez
Institut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Spain
Science Communication Coordinator and WG4 Leader
Dr. Mateja Jankovic Makek
University Hospital Center Zagreb, Croatia
Grant Awarding Coordinator
Dr. Cristina Prat Aymerich
European Clinical Research Alliance on Infectious Diseases. Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
WG1 Leader
Dr. Andrii Dudnyk
National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsia, Ukraine.
Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute, Spain
WG3 Leader
Dr. Olena Rzhepishevska
Umeå University Department Of Chemistry, Sweden
WG1 Co-Leader
Dr. Zorica Nanovic
Institute of Lung Diseases and Tuberculosis, Skopje. State University "Goce Delchev" Stip, North Macedonia
WG2 Co-Leader
Dr. Anda Viksna
Riga Stradins University and Riga East Clinical University Hospital, Center of Tuberculosis and Lung diseases, Latvia
Would you like to join us?
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Read the Project Description Memorandum of Understanding.
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Inform the Chair of ADVANCE-TB, Alicia Lacoma, by email.
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Apply to join your Working Group(s) of interest.