Scientific Advisory Board

SPRINT-TB is overseen by the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) which meets annually to review the progress of the programme and alignment of its work with the programme mission, make phase transition decisions, and prioritize activities for allocation of funding.

Members

Professor
​Brian Angus

University of Oxford, ​UK


Prof. Angus is the Director of the Oxford Centre for Clinical Tropical Medicine, UK. He has conducted pharmacokinetics studies in severe malaria and
melioidosis in tropical countries, and his current
research focus is on clinical trials in tropical
infectious diseases.
Professor
Sabine Ehrt

Weill Cornell Medical College, USA

Prof. Ehrt is a renowned authority in the molecular basis of M. tuberculosis resistance to host defence mechanisms and metabolic adaptation in the host. Her research focuses on elucidation of mycobacterial genes required for growth and persistence at various stages of infection.
Professor
​David Sherman

Center for Infectious Diseases Research, USA
​
 Prof. Sherman is the Tuberculosis BL-3 Director and full Professor at the Center for Infectious Disease Research, USA. He is an established expert in the TB molecular research field, with interests including virulence and latency of M. tuberculosis and TB drug discovery.