Tuberculosis Diagnostic Research: Beyond the Basics December 13 - 15, 2010, Tuberculosis Research Centre, Chennai, India

Tuberculosis Diagnostic Research: Beyond the Basics December 13 - 15, 2010, Tuberculosis Research Centre, Chennai, India

Tuberculosis Diagnostic Research: Beyond the Basics December 13 - 15, 2010, Tuberculosis Research Centre, Chennai, India COURSE SCHEDULE Monday, Dec 13, 2010 Time Lecture Faculty 8.30 AM Welcome and Introductions A Thomas, MS Jawahar, all 9.00 AM The global value chain (blueprint) for TB diagnostics and current M Pai pipeline of diagnostics 9.45 AM New WHO policy on Xpert MTB/RIF CN Paramasivan New WHO policy on serological assays K Steingart 10.30 AM Coffee 10.45 AM Overview of diagnostic research and types of diagnostic study M Pai designs 11.15 AM Landscape of TB diagnostic research M Pai 12.30 PM Lunch 1.30 PM The diagnostic test accuracy design M Pai 2.30 PM Bias in diagnostic research and sources of variation K Steingart 3.30 PM Coffee 4.00 - 5.30 PM Optimism bias in TB diagnostic research & critical appraisal M Pai Tuesday, Dec 14, 2010 Time Lecture Faculty 8.30 AM Setting reference standards in TB diagnostic studies: • Microscopy evaluations CN Paramasivan • Rapid culture methods CN Paramasivan • Molecular assays T Shinnick • Serological assays S Laal • IGRAs and LTBI tests M Pai • Extrapulmonary TB J Peter 10.30 AM Coffee 10.45 PM Lab accreditation and QA in India J Kenneth Ensuring quality in diagnostic trials: • Microscopy studies CN Paramasivan CN Paramasivan • Culture studies T Shinnick • Molecular assay studies S Laal • Immunodiagnostic studies 1 12.00 Noon Introduction to TB biomarker validation S Parida 12.30 PM Lunch 1.30 PM Beyond test accuracy - 1: impact of testing on diagnostic M Pai thinking and clinical decision making 2.00 PM Beyond test accuracy - 2: incremental value and multivariable M Pai methods 3.30 PM Coffee 4.00 PM Beyond test accuracy - 3: randomized designs for clinical impact M Pai J Peter 4.45 - 5.30 PM Evaluation of TB diagnostics in children and HIV-infected S Swaminathan populations: challenges and potential solutions Wednesday, Dec 15, 2010 Time Lecture Faculty 8.30 AM Beyond test accuracy - 4: cost and cost-effectiveness H Sohn 9.30 AM Meta-analysis of diagnostic research K Steingart 10.30 AM Coffee 11.00 AM Beyond test accuracy - 5: Guideline and policy development using K Steingart the GRADE approach 11.45 AM Converting ideas into commercially viable products N Sriram 12.30 PM Lunch 1.30 PM Landscape of TB diagnostics in India and barriers to innovation M Pai 2.00 PM Panel discussion on diagnostic innovations in India P Small S Swaminathan M Pai (moderator) + course participants 3.30 PM - ICMR Centenary Celebration Special Lecture: 5.00 PM TB control in India: what is the critical path after DOTS scale-up? Co-chairs: Peter M Small, MD PR Narayanan & Senior Program Officer, TB S Swaminathan Global Health Program Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA Course faculty 2 Karen R Steingart, MD Madhukar Pai, MD, PhD Physician Consultant Assistant Professor, McGill University Curry International Tuberculosis Center Co-chair, Stop TB Partnership's New Diagnostics Working University of California, San Francisco Group San Francisco, USA Dept of Epidemiology & Biostatistics Email: [email protected] Montreal, Canada Email: [email protected] Jonathan Peter, MD Soumya Swaminathan, MD Clinical trials co-ordinator/research fellow Coordinator (Research for Neglected Priorities) UCT Lung Infection and Immunity Unit and Lung Institute, UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Department of Medicine Research and Training in Tropical Diseases University of Cape Town World Health Organization South Africa Geneva, Switzerland Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Suman Laal, PhD C.N. Paramasivan, Ph.D., D.Sc. Associate Professor of Pathology & Microbiology Head of TB Laboratory Support NYU Langone Medical Center Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics New York, USA Geneva, Switzerland Email: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Thomas M. Shinnick, Ph.D. Shreemanta K Parida, MD, PhD Associate Director for Global Laboratory Activities TB research specialist Division of Tuberculosis Elimination Berlin Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta Germany USA Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] N Sriram John Kenneth, MD Director - Tulip Group Head, Division of Infectious Diseases Verna, Goa St. Johns Research Institute India St. Johns National Academy of Health Sciences E-mail: [email protected] Bangalore, India Email: [email protected] Peter M Small Hojoon Sohn, MPH Senior Program Officer, TB Doctoral candidate Global Health Program McGill University Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Dept of Epidemiology & Biostatistics Seattle, USA Montreal, Canada Email: [email protected] 3 .

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