Dissertations Doctoral Thesis Defence: Jay Achar

12-06-2026 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Add to iCal
Hybrid Venue: In Inghesalen, Widerströmska huset, Tomtebodavägen 18A and on Zoom Online: Connect to the event

Welcome to Jay Achar's doctoral thesis defence.

Title: Tuberculosis Case Detection and Transmission: Societal Disruption, Diagnostic Innovation, and Aerosol Characterisation

Main supervisor: 
Knut Lönnroth, Professor, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet

Co-supervisors:
Antonio Rothfuchs, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet
James Seddon, Professor, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, England, UK
Grant Theron, Professor, South African Medical Research Council Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Opponent:
Professor Per Björkman, Professor, Department of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Lund University

Examination Board:
Pontus Nauclér, Professor, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet
Carl Johan Fraenkel, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Lund University
Giulia Gaudenzi, Associate Professor, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet