Jay Achar
@jay-achar.bsky.social
Happy to be attending the #Wolfheze reboot at @whoeurope.bsky.social An excellent forum for regional expertise sharing in #tuberculosis
November 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Happy to be attending the #Wolfheze reboot at @whoeurope.bsky.social An excellent forum for regional expertise sharing in #tuberculosis
Reposted by Jay Achar
🚨Fully-funded PhD opportunity!🚨
Interested in researching how to improve risk prediction for people with #tuberculosis #TB and #multimorbidity?
Joint project between @uofgshw.bsky.social 🏴 and @ki.se 🇸🇪, funded by UK MRC.
Details here⬇️
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Interested in researching how to improve risk prediction for people with #tuberculosis #TB and #multimorbidity?
Joint project between @uofgshw.bsky.social 🏴 and @ki.se 🇸🇪, funded by UK MRC.
Details here⬇️
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
University of Glasgow - Postgraduate study - Centres for Doctoral Training - MRC DTP in Precision Medicine - Supervisors and Projects - Projects 2026 - Projects 26 - Peter MacPherson
www.gla.ac.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:48 AM
🚨Fully-funded PhD opportunity!🚨
Interested in researching how to improve risk prediction for people with #tuberculosis #TB and #multimorbidity?
Joint project between @uofgshw.bsky.social 🏴 and @ki.se 🇸🇪, funded by UK MRC.
Details here⬇️
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Interested in researching how to improve risk prediction for people with #tuberculosis #TB and #multimorbidity?
Joint project between @uofgshw.bsky.social 🏴 and @ki.se 🇸🇪, funded by UK MRC.
Details here⬇️
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
November 16, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Reposted by Jay Achar
Understanding patterns of #TB exposure and transmission is needed for targeted prevention strategies. In our latest pre-print, @petedodd24.bsky.social and I estimated the proportion of TB exposure to and transmission from sex and age groups for 177 countries.
bit.ly/4nbV492
bit.ly/4nbV492
A global analysis of patterns of tuberculosis exposure and transmission
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health concern and the leading infectious cause of mortality globally. The disease exhibits strong prevalence patterns by age and sex, but the implications of these...
www.medrxiv.org
October 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Understanding patterns of #TB exposure and transmission is needed for targeted prevention strategies. In our latest pre-print, @petedodd24.bsky.social and I estimated the proportion of TB exposure to and transmission from sex and age groups for 177 countries.
bit.ly/4nbV492
bit.ly/4nbV492
Well done @emilyakendall.bsky.social and team! Incredible work to generate this important data on people with minimal sputum #TB detection. Adds another piece to our understanding of those with very low sputum #bacillary load. Definitely one to dig into beyond the abstract! #TBSky #IDSky
New Research
Long-term risk of tuberculosis among individuals with Xpert Ultra trace screening results in Uganda: a longitudinal follow-up study
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Long-term risk of tuberculosis among individuals with Xpert Ultra trace screening results in Uganda: a longitudinal follow-up study
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Long-term risk of tuberculosis among individuals with Xpert Ultra trace screening results in Uganda: a longitudinal follow-up study
Individuals with trace-positive sputum during screening have a substantial 2-year
risk of tuberculosis, even when extensive initial evaluations do not confirm disease.
Treatment should be considered f...
www.thelancet.com
October 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Well done @emilyakendall.bsky.social and team! Incredible work to generate this important data on people with minimal sputum #TB detection. Adds another piece to our understanding of those with very low sputum #bacillary load. Definitely one to dig into beyond the abstract! #TBSky #IDSky
Making research more #accessible is so important. I love what @climeresearchgroup.bsky.social has been doing with their publications - a short video to take away the key messages. Keep it up! One of my group's @ki.se has followed your lead! Give them a follow and take a look at their videos.
🧪 Contaminated TB cultures are often discarded — but they can still hold answers.
This study shows Xpert MTB/XDR testing could recover drug resistance data from them, detecting more cases, faster.
A simple change with powerful impact!
Full article @asm.org : journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....
This study shows Xpert MTB/XDR testing could recover drug resistance data from them, detecting more cases, faster.
A simple change with powerful impact!
Full article @asm.org : journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....
October 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Making research more #accessible is so important. I love what @climeresearchgroup.bsky.social has been doing with their publications - a short video to take away the key messages. Keep it up! One of my group's @ki.se has followed your lead! Give them a follow and take a look at their videos.
The recognition of asymptomatic #TB is both fascinating and worrying. The recognition of symptoms is the gate-keeper to so much of our public health response. Seems like another important argument for broader community access to diagnostic services!
About half of people with #TB are asymptomatic (aTB). Calls have been made to stratify treatment and estimate incidence based on aTB case definitions
In this preprint we raise concerns that symptoms are an inadequate & inconsistent classifier of TB state, being highly influenced by context
⬇️link
In this preprint we raise concerns that symptoms are an inadequate & inconsistent classifier of TB state, being highly influenced by context
⬇️link
October 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The recognition of asymptomatic #TB is both fascinating and worrying. The recognition of symptoms is the gate-keeper to so much of our public health response. Seems like another important argument for broader community access to diagnostic services!
Congratulations to my colleague Johan Lundin on promoting the use of #machinelearning and #AI to expand #access to life saving diagnostics. We must continue to push hard for safe and equitable implementation! #UHC
AI can increase access to #CervicalCancer screening in low-resource settings, but the technology requires investments throughout the entire healthcare chain to be effective. New study from KI, Uppsala University and @helsinki.fi published in @bmj.com today 🧪 #GlobalHealth news.ki.se/ai-can-impro...
October 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Congratulations to my colleague Johan Lundin on promoting the use of #machinelearning and #AI to expand #access to life saving diagnostics. We must continue to push hard for safe and equitable implementation! #UHC
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We are inviting applications for postdoctoral fellows in immunology of TB at the South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, University of Cape Town. For more information see the attached ad:
idm.uct.ac.za/media/739223
idm.uct.ac.za/media/739223
October 9, 2025 at 11:28 AM
We are inviting applications for postdoctoral fellows in immunology of TB at the South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, University of Cape Town. For more information see the attached ad:
idm.uct.ac.za/media/739223
idm.uct.ac.za/media/739223
Great to see this published after the hard work in Stockholm and Cape Town! How should we think about aerosol detection of #tuberculosis? Is it a diagnostic test? Could it help us prioritize prevention activities? Much more work to do, but exciting nonetheless @climeresearchgroup.bsky.social @ki.se
Detection of aerosolized Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA from adults being investigated for pulmonary tuberculosis using an electrostatic sampler in a South African primary care setting
✅ Just Accepted
#IDSky
🔗 https://bit.ly/474fRq0
✅ Just Accepted
#IDSky
🔗 https://bit.ly/474fRq0
October 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Great to see this published after the hard work in Stockholm and Cape Town! How should we think about aerosol detection of #tuberculosis? Is it a diagnostic test? Could it help us prioritize prevention activities? Much more work to do, but exciting nonetheless @climeresearchgroup.bsky.social @ki.se