Come together on March 22 to STOP TB!

Tuberculosis — one of the world’s oldest diseases — remains an epidemic, causing the death of several million people every year. Today, we face the challenges of combating not only extreme drug resistant TB, but now TB that is totally resistant to available drugs.

Our greatest hope for effective solutions lies in advocacy, healthcare, training and research. Washington state is leading the way in building the promise that we will stop TB in our lifetime.

Commemorate World TB Day by joining the Washington State Tuberculosis Advisory Council at Seattle BioMed on March 22 for a free event to learn about the impact TB has on you, your community and our collective resources.

Program

5:30 Registration & Networking
6:00 Program; Roundtable Discussions
7:40 Q&A; Lab Tours
8:00 Event Concludes

World TB Day is an educational event open to the public. Light refreshments will be
served. Please RSVP by Monday, March 19, to Meredith Boyd by e-mail or call 206.256.7276.

Participate in small group discussions to learn about:

• New Kid on the Block: The Emergence of Totally Drug-Resistant TB
  David Sherman, Ph.D., Tuberculosis Program Director, Seattle BioMed
   
• TB in the Public Eye: Media’s Involvement in Covering TB Issues
  Kristi Heim, Global Education Programs, University of Washington; Seattle Times
  Tom Paulson, Global Health and Development News Blogger, Humanosphere, KPLU
   
• Around the Sound: The Study of Local Clusters
  Eyal Oren, Ph.D., Epidemilogist, Public Health – Seattle & King County
   
• Compassionate Tales of TB Control in an Era of Multi-drug Resistant TB
  Karen Winchell, RN, Snohomish County Health Department
   
• Hands-on TB Experiment in the BioQuest Learning Lab
  Marissa Vignali, Ph.D., BioQuest Academy Program Manager

Cosponsored by the Firland Foundation, the Washington State Tuberculosis Advisory Council and Seattle BioMed.