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Save the Date-CDC's Grand Rounds Presents “Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis: Tools for tackling a new face of an old foe,” on Tuesday, March 18, at 1 p.m. (EST).

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Save the Date
 CDC’s Public Health Grand Rounds Presents:
Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis: Tools for tackling a new face of an old foe
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., EST
Global Communications Center (Building 19)
Alexander D. Langmuir Auditorium
Roybal Campus


Presented By:
Sarita Shah, MD, MPH
Associate Chief for Science, International Research and Programs Branch, Division of TB Elimination 
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC 
“The Public Health Importance of Drug-resistant Tuberculosis”

Tom Shinnick, PhD
Associate Director for Global Laboratory Activities, Division of TB Elimination 
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC 
“Rapid Diagnosis of MDR TB: A Laboratory Systems-based Approach”

Christian Lienhardt, MD, DTM, MSc, PhD 
Senior Research Advisor, Stop TB Department,
World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland 
“Rational Use of New Drugs for Treatment of MDR TB: Context and Challenges”

Tom Kenyon, MD, MPH
Director, Center for Global Health, CDC 
“Drug Resistance in TB: What Public Health Can Do Now and in the Future”

Facilitated By:

John Iskander, MD, MPH, Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds 
Susan Laird, MSN, RN, Communications Manager, Public Health Grand Rounds
  
For CDC staff unable to attend the event: 
The session will be available on IPTV and Envision. To join by Envision, reserve a conference room and make the Envision request or use your local room scheduling process to schedule Envision.

For non-CDC staff or those outside of the CDC firewall:
live external webcast will be available. Presentations are archived and posted 48 hours after each session. Due to security measures at CDC’s Roybal campus, non-CDC staff who wish to attend these sessions in person must have prior clearance and a U.S. state-issued photo ID (e.g., driver’s license, U.S. passport).
Names of non-CDC staff (both domestic and international) should be submitted to the Grand Rounds Team.Please note that all information for international visitors must be submitted at least 10 days in advance.

For CDC staff requiring reasonable accommodations:
It is the policy of CDC to provide reasonable accommodations (RA) for qualified individuals with disabilities to ensure their full inclusion in CDC-sponsored training events. Employees must submit RA requests at least two weeks before the training event. Please e-mail the request to grandrounds@cdc.gov.

For questions regarding this Grand Rounds topic: Feel free to e-mail your questions before or during the session. Follow us on Twitter #cdcgrandrounds

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