The University of Washington School of Medicine is expected to receive up to $5.3 million over the next five years to establish a new research center to advance tuberculosis (TB) research. The award was announced today by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
The goal of the Seattle Tuberculosis Research Advancement Center will be to develop the next generation of TB researchers by funding and mentoring new investigators, supporting lab and clinical research, and facilitating collaboration between research institutions within and outside of the university.
“We wanted the name to reflect that this effort seeks to include people who are working, or want to work, on TB at institutions all over the city,” said Dr. Chetan Seshadri, UW associate professor of medicine. He will co-lead the center with Rhea Coler, a UW affiliate professor of global health and senior investigator at the Seattle Childrens’ Research Institute, and David Sherman, professor and chair of the UW Department of Microbiology.
