I Consortium Meeting

Held: November 14, 2003, UTSPH-Brownsville

AGENDA FOR CONSORTIUM MEETING

Emerging MDR tuberculosis across the US/Mexico border:
NIAID R21 A1056207

University of Texas, School of Public Health-Brownsville

80 Fort Brown, University of Texas Brownsville, SPH Building, 2^nd floor

Friday, November 14, 2003

9:30 AM    REGISTRATION (Breakfast tacos will be provided)

10:00 AM      Opening remarks and welcome:

Dr. Joe McCormick (5 min)

Dr. Brian Smith (10 min)

Dr. Francisco López Leal (3 min)

Dr. Hugo Barrera (10 min)

Dr. Gonzalo Crespo (10 min) Panorama epidemiológica y
          estrategias estatales de TB en Tamaulipas

10:15AM   Creation of the consortium

1. Introduction of each consortium member

Each member will introduce him/herself in an informal way.
         (3 mins each). 
            Please state:

Name, current position and institution, vision of how they will participate in the project, additional relevant data to the project.

2. Consortium structure

3. Outline of the budget

4. Project timeline

11:30 AM  Overview of the specific aims and their potential impact on the improvement of TB control in the border

Aim 2.  Strategies to track TB transmission across the Texas-Mexico border

Aim 3.  Outline of training plan for Mexican sites

Aim 4.  Use of social networking to improve tracking of MDR-TB transmission

12:00       LUNCH BREAK- LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED

1:00-3:30 PM    BREAK INTO THE STUDY TEAMS
 (teams planned above during the consortium
                             structure discussion)

TEAM 1:  Tracking TB transmission: Databases and Geocoding

TEAM 2:  Strain collection and characterization

3:30 PM-4PM     SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

Meeting minutes (PDF Format)

Minutes Nov14, 2003