Colorado Responds to MDR-TB:
A Meeting To Foster Collaborative Research on the Front Range

August 2, 2007
Longmont, CO

Conference Overview

On Thursday, August 2nd, 2007, over 80 investigators, researchers and physicians from the Front Range arrived in Longmont, CO for a day-long conference to discuss collaborative opportunities for research on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis.

Speakers and participants included experts from Colorado State University, University of Colorado Denver, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver Health, University of Colorado at Boulder and Front Range area biotech firms who are working on tuberculosis from basic scientific research into the bacterium that causes the disease to drug, vaccine and diagnostic test developments, to clinical trial design and implementation.

The sold out conference was a tremendous success offering investigators, researchers and physicians the opportunity to discuss and propose future collaborative efforts, as well as the occasion to network and build relationships with colleagues from a variety of institutions and industries.

The Planning Committee of Colorado Responds to MDR-TB

• William Burman, Denver Health
• Mary Ann DeGroote, Colorado State University
• Charles Daley, National Jewish Medical and Research Center
• C. Robert Horsburgh, Jr., Boston University School of Public Health
• Edward Janoff, Colorado Center for AIDS Research and Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Denver
• Charles Peloquin, National Jewish Medical and Research Center
• Martin Voskuil, University of Colorado Denver
• Amy Livingston, Colorado Center for AIDS Research

List of Colorado TB Investigators - pdf document

Conference Summary and Concluding Remarks: Patrick J. Brennan, Ph.D., Colorado State University - pdf document

Speakers and Presentations

Future Collaborations: Synopsis of Small Group Breakout Sessions - pdf document

Conference Participant Handbook Materials

TB Resources

Conference Sponsors

For questions or more information, please email: colorado.cfar@uchsc.edu