Professor
Johns Hopkins
Yukari Manabe is the Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health Associate Director of Global Health Research and Innovation and a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine with joint appointments in International Health, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology in the Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the Makerere University College of Health Sciences in Kampala, Uganda. Her research interests are focused on accuracy testing of various rapid, point-of-care diagnostics for HIV, TB and related infectious diseases of clinical importance in SSA, particularly frugal point-of-care innovation. She is also interested in studying the impact of various diagnostic interventions on disease detection and patient outcomes. She is a Fellow of the IDSA, a member of the Public Health Committee Climate Change Subcommittee, and the IDSA representative to the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health
Disclosure: Becton-Dickinson (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support; Hologic (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Other Financial or Material Support, research reagents; miDiagnostics (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
10:00am – 12:00pm EDT
