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TB Research Methods | June 9-13, 2025
鈥淭he shift between in person and online speakers was perfectly done and it was an amazing course! The coming together of people that are interested in TB from all over the world (due to the course hybrid nature). The great discussions in the small groups and after each session. The great venue of the course. The nature of the course--it felt like a scientific TB conference discussing up to date research.鈥�
-TB Research Methods participant
COURSE FORMAT
Hybrid. Course will be live to both in-person and online participants approximately 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM (Montreal time) each day June 9鈥�13, 2025 and content presented will be recorded and available until July 1, 2025. In the afternoons, from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM (Montreal time), small group sessions will take place focus on randomized controlled trials (RCTs), costing/health economics, operational research, and systematic reviews. These sessions will be available exclusively to in-person attendees, who can select one of the four topics. On the final day, each small group will present their work to all participants. Please note, small group sessions will not be recorded.
DESCRIPTION
An intensive course on methods of operational research, randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, qualitative / community-based research, decision analyses and modeling. Format will include lectures, debates, panel discussions and small group work.
COURSE DIRECTOR
Jonathon Campbell, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, 不良研究所
Associate Director, 不良研究所 International TB Centre
Watch the video to hear Dr. Menzies, the former course director, discuss the course!
COURSE FACULTY
- Gonzalo Alvarez, MD, MPH 鈥� University of Ottawa
- Mayara Bastos, MD 鈥� 不良研究所
- Marcel Behr, MD, MSc 鈥� 不良研究所
- Bill Burman, MD 鈥� Denver Public Health
- Jonathon Campbell, PhD 鈥� 不良研究所
- Nandini Dendukuri, PhD 鈥摬涣佳芯克�
- Fajri Gafar, PhD鈥敳涣佳芯克�
- Greg Fox, MD, PhD 鈥� University of Sydney
- Anthony Harries, MD 鈥� The Union, Paris
- James Johnston, MD, MPH 鈥� University of British Columbia
- Tenzin Kunor, MScPH, M Ed 鈥� We Are TB
- Stephanie Law, PhD 鈥摬涣佳芯克�
- Anna Mandalakas, MD 鈥揃aylor College of Medicine
- Dick Menzies, MD, MSc 鈥� 不良研究所
- Thu Anh Nguyen, PhD 鈥� University of Sydney
- Madhu Pai MD, PhD 鈥� 不良研究所
- Patrick Philips PhD, MS, MA 鈥揢niversity of California San Fransico
- Kevin Schwartzman, MD, MPH 鈥� 不良研究所
- Anete Trajman, MD PhD 鈥揊ederal University of Rio de Janeiro
- Alice Zwerling, PhD, MSc, BSc 鈥� University of Ottawa
Faculty are still being confirmed and there may be changes to the above list.
CONTENT
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This course will introduce broad tuberculosis research topics, which include the World Health Organization鈥檚 plan for the End TB strategy, how we go beyond this plan, emerging priorities in tuberculosis research, and the missing pieces of the TB Research puzzle. Every morning session will focus on a different methodology 鈥� operational research, systematic reviews, randomized trials, and economic analysis. In the afternoons, there will be a mix of 鈥渓ate-breakers鈥�, short presentations of exciting new findings from course faculty, short lectures of basics in biostatistical methods, and brief overviews of the steps in conducting research. Following these sessions, small group sessions will occur, focusing on operational research, epidemiology, systematic reviews, randomized trials or cost analysis. The output from each small group will be presented to the entire group on the final afternoon.
OBJECTIVES
- List the latest advances in TB research - in diagnosis, treatment, drug resistance, and prevention
- Explain the fundamentals of research methods that are commonly used in clinical, epidemiological and public health studies in TB
- Critically appraise published articles to better understand the relevance to participants鈥� setting, population, available resources, and practice.
TARGET AUDIENCE
- Clinicians interested in TB research
- MSc, MPH and PhD students interested in TB research projects
- Postdoctoral fellows, clinical fellows and residents interested in TB research
- Junior faculty with a strong interest in TB research
- Research staff, nurses and coordinators managing TB research projects
- Persons involved in TB control programmes with interest in research and evaluation methods
ENROLMENT
Limited to 60 online participants and 40 in-person participants.