Highlights from NAR | Reframing Directly Observed Treatment

[webinar]

Date: May 7, 2025

Time: 10:30 am - 1:00 pm Pacific Time. (All of our virtual trainings are in US Pacific Time. If you are unsure about the time zone differences, please use the Time Converter)

Agenda: Click here for agenda [time and topics subject to change]

Cost: There is no fee for this webinar.

Credit: CMEs and CEUs are not available for this webinar. 

Target Audience: This webinar is intended for all members of the tuberculosis community including healthcare professionals, researchers, and advocates.

Description: This 3-session webinar series will highlight lectures from The Union-North America Region (NAR) 2025 Annual TB Conference. This webinar will focus on the following lectures presented during the Reframing Directly Observed Treatment (DOT) session:

• Survivor's Perspective - Nicole Skaggs
• Historical Perspective on DOT - Dr. E. Jane Carter
• Adherence and Clinical Outcomes: What Does This Mean for DOT and DATs - Dr. Helen Stagg
• TB vs HIV - Treatment Support and Supervision - Dr. Amrita Daftary
• Human Rights, Ethics, and DOT - Dr. Jonathan Stillo

Webinar Objectives:

By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to:

• Describe the evidence linking treatment adherence and supervision to clinical outcomes, among persons with TB disease.
• Identify different strategies for person-centered TB treatment support, and their advantages/disadvantages in several dimensions.

Webinar Format: lecture and Q&A

Presenters:

Nicole Skaggs
TB Survivor
We Are TB

E. Jane Carter, MD
Professor Emerita, Medicine
Brown University
Providence, RI

Helen Stagg, PhD
Professor, Infectious Disease Epidemiology
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
London, UK

Amrita Daftary, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Global Health
York University
Toronto, ON, Canada

Jonathan Stillo, PhD
Associate Professor, Cultural Anthropology
Undergraduate Program Director
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI

Moderators:

E. Jane Carter, MD
Professor Emerita, Medicine
Brown University
Providence, RI

James 'Jay' Johnston, MD, MPH, FRCPC
President, The Union-North America Region
Clinical Professor, Medicine
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada

Kevin Schwartzman, MD, MPH
Professor and Associate Chair for Research
Department of Medicine
McGill University
Montreal, QB, Canada