There will be an interesting lecture on TB. You are invited to attend and explore possibilities of future collaboration. Dr. Hunter will be available 14-17th Oct. and if you are interested to have a meeting, contact Tehmina Mustafa.
14th October 2019 time12:30-13:30.
Venue: Centre for International Health, UiB , Overlege Danielsens Hus, 5.etg. Årstadveien 21
Topic: Tuberculosis: Moving beyond 20th century science: New insights into its pathogenesis, immunity and susceptibility?
Robert Hunter, M.D., Ph.D., is Distinguished Chair in Molecular Pathology and chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Medical School, USA. Dr Hunter is also chief of service for pathology at both Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center and Harris Health System’s Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital. He received his medical degree and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, where he also completed postgraduate training in anatomic and clinical pathology. His clinical and research interests include immunopathology, vaccine adjuvants, infectious disease and the pathogenesis of tuberculosis. He has received several prestigious awards for his sustained and distinguished scholarly activities, and has published >234 papers in the peer reviewed international scientific journals.
Dr Hunter has proposed novel understanding of pathology and pathogenesis of post primary tuberculosis. This information can contribute towards development of novel strategies for protection and treatment of tuberculosis. He is collaborating with University of Bergen on a project on understanding the pathogenesis of tuberculosis by using Norwegian archival tissue material of the pre-antibiotic era.
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(Contact: Tehmina Mustafa. Tehmina.mustafa@uib.no. mobile 97633677)