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Co-Principal Investigators

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    Henry Blumberg, MD

    Co-Principal Investigator, Administrative Core Co-Director

    Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases), Epidemiology, and Global Health

    Emory University School of Medicine & Rollins School of Public Health

    Director, Research Education, Training, & Career Development Program

    Emory University

    henry.m.blumberg@emory.edu

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    Joel Ernst, MD

    Co-Principal Investigator, Administrative Core Co-Director, Project 2 Director

    Professor and Chief

    Professor and Chief

    Division of Experimental Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

    joel.ernst@ucsf.edu

Administrative Core

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    Henry Blumberg, MD

    Co-Principal Investigator, Administrative Core Co-Director

    Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases), Epidemiology, and Global Health; Director of Research Education, Training, & Career Development Program

    Emory University

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    Joel Ernst, MD

    Co-Principal Investigator, Administrative Core Co-Director, Project 2 Director

    Professor and Chief

    Division of Experimental Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

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    Rafi Ahmed, PhD

    TBRU-ASTRa Scientific Advisor

    Director

    Emory Vaccine Center

Project 1

Project 2

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    Joel Ernst, MD

    Co-Principal Investigator, Administrative Core Co-Director, Project 2 Director

    Jeffrey Bergstein Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases), Pathology and Microbiology; Director of Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology

    Director, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology

    Department of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine

Project 3

Data Management Center

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    Lance Waller, PhD

    Data Management Center Director

    Chair of the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics

    Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Immunology Core

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    John Altman, PhD

    Immunology Core Director

    Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

    Emory University School of Medicine

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    Alex Sette, PhD

    Immunology Core Co-Investigator

    Center Head, Division Head and Professor

    Center for Infectious Disease; Division of Vaccine Discovery; La Jolla Institute of Allergy and Immunology

Clinical Core

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    Neel Gandhi, MD

    Clinical Core Director, Project 2 Co-Investigator

    Associate Professor

    Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

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    Susan Ray, MD

    Clinical Core Co-Investigator

    Professor of Medicine

    Emory University School of Medicine

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    Russell Kempker, MD, MSc

    Clinical Core Co-Investigator

    Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Disease)

    Emory University School of Medicine

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    Sarita Shah, MD

    Clinical Core KEMRI Co-Investigator

    Associate Director for Science, International Research & Programs Branch

    Division of Tuberculosis Elimination - National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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    Liya Wassie, PhD

    AHRI Site Principal Investigator

    Senior Scientist

    Immunology Directorate, Armauer Hansen Research Institute

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    Kidist Bobosha, PhD

    AHRI Site Co-Investigator

    Senior Scientist and Director of the Mycobacterial Diseases Research Directorate

    Armauer Hansen Research Institute

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    Sara Auld, MD, MSc

    Clinical Core Co-Investigator

    Assistant Professor

    Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University