Greg Fox
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Director Sydney Southeast Centre | Professor @Sydney_Uni | Respiratory physician | Views expressed here are my own
Sydney, Australia
Joined October 2010
In the Mekong Delta region of #Vietnam, our research team are doing incredible work to detect and prevent #tuberculosis in the community. The ACT5 trial is helping Vietnam to End Tb. @Woolcockmedical @Sydney_ID @seacsydney 🇻🇳
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Warm engagement between Australian and Indonesian leaders today in Jakarta. 🇮🇩🇦🇺 PM Albanese: ‘Security is built on sovereignty of every nation and for the rules that govern all nations’ @ASEAN
https://t.co/BhLj8mUBu4
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Delighted to be back in #Hanoi 🇻🇳with our brilliant clinical trials team. A great discussion about participant safety in #tuberculosis trials, and how research partnerships can change policy and practice. @SydneyVietnam @syd_health @Control_TB #EndTB @TrialsCentre
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The voices of people with a lived experience of #TB 🏥are vital to developing research that meets their needs. 😷On #WorldTBDay2025 listen to our Community Advisory Board share their voices - helping us #EndTB
https://t.co/hNp0y5pPA8
@Control_TB
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TB affects over 10 million people a year, and yet we still miss a third of new cases! Today on #WorldTBday it’s time to act. Great to bring together TB CRE @Control_TB with @MTBCMelbourne to collaborate and tackle this global pandemic #EndTB
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Artificial intelligence 🩻 can be a game changer for diagnosing infectious diseases such as tuberculosis. 🦠Check out our review of the latest in AI diagnostics 👇👇
jmir.org
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant health concern, contributing to the highest mortality among infectious diseases worldwide. However, none of the various TB diagnostic tools...
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Over 90% of melanomas in Australia are preventable. New immunotherapies have been a game changer for patients with melanoma. Inspiring address by Prof Georgina Long, keynote speaker @royalsocnsw @Sydney_Uni @syd_health
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A visionary contribution to the future of eye health in Australia and globally from the @SnowMedical Foundation! @jcrowston @syd_health @Sydney_Uni
We are delighted to announce our $50m transformative partnership, the Snow Vision Accelerator, with @Sydney_Uni. Led by renowned ophthalmologist Prof Jonathan Crowston, the Accelerator will fight glaucoma - the world’s leading cause of irreversible blindness.
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The Sydney Southeast Asia Centre (SSEAC) is seeking a talented academic with a passion for research partnerships in #Southeast Asia. 🌏 This new Deputy Director (Partnerships) role will enable SSEAC to expand our outstanding research partnerships across the region
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The link to our individual participant data meta-analysis of two trials, also out today 👇👇 https://t.co/lpDbEUqHDH
evidence.nejm.org
Data from randomized trials evaluating the effectiveness of tuberculosis (TB) preventive treatment for contacts of multidrug-resistant (MDR)-TB are lacking. Two recently published randomized trials...
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Our landmark VQUIN trial published today in New England Journal of Medicine, shows levofloxacin is safe for preventing drug-resistant #TB. A 60% lower TB incidence @ 54 weeks, in our pre-specified combined analysis with TB CHAMP in @NEJMEvidence @NEJM
nejm.org
Prevention of drug-resistant tuberculosis is a global health priority. However, trials evaluating the effectiveness of treating Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among contacts of persons with d...
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The seas of #SoutheastAsia connect the region both geographically and culturally. Wonderful to join @sea_greeny at the launch of the SEA-Collections digital exhibition today @seacsydney @Sydney_Uni Supported by ASEAN-Aust Centre https://t.co/38cFEpWA7T
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Exciting to recognise research successes in Vietnam 🇻🇳 at the end of year Sydney Vietnam Academic Network celebration @Sydney_Uni @seacsydney @dhutchman @_jbeardsley_ @ThuAnhNguyen_
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Congratulations to Prof Nguyễn Việt Nhung for receiving the Princess Chichibu Award for his lifetime contributions to #tuberculosis care, in Vietnam 🇻🇳 and globally #UnionConf2024 @UnionConference
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Partnering with people affected by #TB help ensure our research meets the needs of people who will benefit from new innovations. And as researchers, we need to learn how to work better with these communities. Great insights from @sarah_bernays @UnionConference
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“What I see when I look at this map is massive injustice and failure” @Marks1Guy, President of The Union
Professor Guy Marks of @TheUnion_TBLH highlights the importance of focusing on high burden countries and tackling inequality. #TBInnovation2024 #UnionConf2024 #TOSSTBC #BetterSimplerSafer
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‘We have run out of excuses - we need to #EndTB’ - breaking the chain of transmission is now possible and urgent - President @Marks1Guy at the 2024 World Conference in Lung Health @Control_TB
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Excited to kick off the inaugural Sydney #Southeast_Asia Research #Innovation Symposium - hearing our amazing researches share their impacts #LeadershipForGood @Sydney_Uni @seacsydney
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An incredibly productive meeting this week @WHO - thinking through how #TB programs can find the missing millions of people with #TB. 🔬🩻 to #endTB we need more screening, with better tests and to engage the general population in high-burden settings. 🏥🌍@Control_TB @Sydney_ID
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