An electronic newsletter from the Curry International Tuberculosis Center (CITC)
Happy holidays from the Curry Center!
Wishing our friends, partners, and colleagues a happy holiday season and a healthy New Year.
Thank you for your work!
March 24, 2026: UCSF-SFDPH World TB Day Symposium
On March 24, 2026, the Curry International Tuberculosis Center (CITC) will co-host the UCSF-SFDPH World TB Day Symposium with the UCSF Center for Tuberculosis and the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH). The theme for this year's event will be: Sustaining Momentum: Strengthening Community Partnerships in TB Research and Care. The program will feature a keynote speech, a panel by TB Research Advancement Center's Early-Stage Investigators (TRAC ESIs) as well as discussions on community engagement protocols and on highlighting the role of community health workers and patient advocates.
Participants may attend in person (at the ZSFG Campus in San Francisco) or virtually. Registration is open on the CITC website.
Radiographic Manifestations of TB: A Primer for Clinicians, 3rd Edition
The 3rd edition of a longstanding and popular publication for healthcare professionals: Radiographic Manifestations of Tuberculosis: A Primer for Clinicians on Basic Radiography of Pulmonary TB is now available online. View and/or download the publication.
A print version is scheduled for 2026.
This fully updated primer is designed for clinicians who are likely to encounter patients with TB, with the clinical use of chest radiography for diagnosis and management of TB in mind. Using the physical principles of plain chest radiography, the publication helps readers:
- Understand how chest radiographs are created and how normal anatomy and pathology are visualized using radiographs
- Read and interpret chest radiographs for the diagnosis and management of pulmonary TB
- Learn standard terminology to facilitate discussions with radiologists by using a common vocabulary to assess radiographic images
Chapters cover Basic Chest Radiograph Interpretation, Radiographic Manifestations of Pulmonary TB, and Clinical Cases.
The 3rd edition of Radiographic Manifestations of TB was written and edited by: Michael B. Gotway, MD; Philip C. Hopewell, MD; Lisa Chen, MD; and Charles L. Daley, MD.
Upcoming trainings
CITC’s schedule of upcoming trainings offers a variety of training opportunities for clinicians and public health providers. A partial list of upcoming 2025 trainings is included here, please monitor the CITC website, email listserv, and social media for additional information on upcoming trainings.
Level 1: TB Basics, Contact Investigation, and Latent TB Infection
January 5-March 13, 2026 (application available January 5)
[10-week hybrid course, online self-paced modules + live interactive session]
Workup and Treatment of Latent TB Infection and Active TB Disease
January 7, 2026
Modesto, CA [in-person training]
Fundamentals of Medical & Case Management of Drug-Susceptible TB
January 14, 2026
[virtual training] TB Case Management and Contact Investigation Intensive (CMCI)
Achieving Treatment Completion for Drug-Susceptible TB
March 11, 2026
[virtual training] TB Case Management and Contact Investigation Intensive (CMCI)
UCSF-SFDPH World TB Day Symposium
March 24, 2026
San Francisco, CA [in-person or virtual participation]
About CITC
CITC creates, enhances, and disseminates resources and models of excellence, and performs research to control and eliminate TB in the United States and internationally. The Curry Center opened in 1994 and is designated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a TB Center of Excellence (TB COE) for the Western Region, serving Alaska, Arizona, California (including Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco), Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, and the U.S. Pacific Island Territories. Committed to the belief that everyone deserves the highest quality of care in a manner consistent with his or her culture, values and language, CITC develops and delivers highly versatile, culturally appropriate trainings, educational products, medical consultation, and technical assistance.
CITC staff
Principal Investigator / Medical Director: Lisa Chen, MD
Deputy Director: Kelly Musoke, MPH
Director of Education: Jeannie Fong
Medical Consultant: John Szumowski, MD, MPH
Senior Nurse Consultant: Lisa True, RN, MS
Nurse Consultant: Colleen Hoehn, BSN, MPH
Program Manager: Amelia Alonis
Program Manager/Consultation Administrator: Emily Mabry, MPH, CHES®
Program Manager/Consultation Co-Administrator: Gal Tabachnik, MPH
Web Developer: Mari Griffin, MS
Special Projects Manager: Kay Wallis, MPH
Contact us
Curry International Tuberculosis Center
University of California, San Francisco
(510) 238-5100
Warmline TB Medical Consultation: 877-390-6682 (toll-free) or 415-502-4700
CurryTBCenter@ucsf.edu
www.currytbcenter.ucsf.edu
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