Howard Takiff

Howard Takiff was trained as a MD, specializing in infectious disease. After working on adenovirus and herpesvirus, he studied bacterial genetics in E. coli and then shifted to apply genetics to study tuberculosis. He set up his own lab in Caracas, Venezuela in 1991, focusing on TB resistance, virulence determinants and molecular epidemiology. He has worked as a tuberculosis clinician in Africa, New York City and Venezuela. He began working at the Institut Pasteur in 2015 and now works at the Shenzhen Nanshan Center for Chronic Disease Control on tuberculosis in Shenzhen, China.

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Tuberculosis (FUN)

Sep 7th 2021
Tuberculosis (FUN)
Free Course
FUN
Institut Pasteur
Categories
Sci: Biology & Life Sciences
Health & Society
Effort
5-12 Weeks
1-4 Hours/Week
Languages
English
French
English
Tuberculosis (FUN)
To provide an up-to-date overview of the disease, the Institut Pasteur has created a MOOC dedicated to Tuberculosis. This course will provide a knowledge base that goes from the basics of TB to the current state of knowledge on various aspects of tuberculosis: the clinical picture, epidemiology, pediatric TB, [...]
TB Immunology
TB Epidemiology
Public Health
Whole Genome Sequencing
Drug Sensitive
Drug Resistance
Disease
Health
Pediatric Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
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Sep 7th 2021
Free Course
FUN
Institut Pasteur
Sci: Biology & Life Sciences
Health & Society
5-12 Weeks
1-4 Hours/Week
English
French
English