UW Medicine to get up to $5.3M for TB research center

Awarded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the grant will fund the development of the Seattle Tuberculosis Research Advancement Center. The center aims 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, associate professor (Allergy & Infectious Diseases).

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.