Page 6 - Susan Dorman News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

 E-Mail
IMAGE: 3D computer-generated image of a cluster of rod-shaped, drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, the pathogen responsible for causing the disease tuberculosis. Image courtesy of the CDC.
view more 
Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Susan Dorman, M.D., an infectious disease physician at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), was recently awarded a 10-year, $9.9 million contract by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to run trials for the Tuberculosis Trials Consortium (TBTC). The TBTC is a collaboration of researchers whose goal is to improve the diagnosis, management and prevention of tuberculosis (TB) around the world. Dorman, who has dedicated her career to studying the disease, serves as a TB medical consultant for the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control and leads research efforts to improve TB treatment and prevention. ....

South Carolina , United States , Cape Town , Western Cape , South Africa , University Of South Carolina , Susan Dorman , Centers For Disease , Tuberculosis Trials Consortium , World Health Organization , Carolina Department Of Health , Health Professions , University Of Cape Town Lung Institute , Health The No , College Of Medicine , Medical University , Disease Control , South Carolina Department , Environmental Control , Cape Town Lung Institute , Dental Medicine , Graduate Studies , World Report , Medicine Health , Clinical Trials , Environmental Health ,