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The Center for Innovation in Point-of-Care Technologies for HIV/AIDS and Emerging Infectious Diseases at Northwestern University (C-THAN)

The Center for Innovation in Point-of-Care Technologies for HIV/AIDS and Emerging Infectious Diseases at Northwestern University (C-THAN) is one of the six centers that comprise POCTRN, the NIH's Point-of-Care Technology Research Network.

Explore below to discover more about C-THAN's strategy to promote the development of a pipeline of point-of-care technologies to meet the clinical needs of people who live with HIV/AIDS and emerging infectious diseases in low-resource settings.

Publications: Discover the current work of our C-THAN collaborators.
Projects: Learn about the projects C-THAN partners and institutions have worked on in concentration areas of HIV, tuberculosis, viral hepatitis, cervical and liver cancer and more.

Funding Opportunity

C-THAN utilizes collaborative research projects to develop novel point-of-care technologies aimed at improving diagnosis and treatment monitoring of HIV/AIDS, HIV-associated co-morbidities, or emerging infectious diseases in low-resource settings. 2026 application deadline is May 1.

C-THAN Solicitation

Latest News from C-THAN

The Point-of-Care Technology Research Network (POCTRN) Year 9 Solicitation

The POCTRN network is excited to unveil six exciting new innovation award opportunities to help foster groundbreaking advancements in health technology. 2026 application submissions are due May 1.

Announcing our Year 8 Pilots, whose work is well underway:

Ranier Ng with Baebies, Inc. Accessible, User-friendly HIV Viral Load Test for Low-Resource Settings
Kimberly Luke with Intuitive Biosciences, Inc, Determining Critical Test Parameters for HIV-EV, an At-Home Lateral Flow Test that Will Reduce the Window Period for Detection HIV Infection
David AuCoin with University of Neveda, Reno, Point of Care Diagnostic Tools for HBV/HDV Superinfections in HIV Patients

C-THAN Contributions to Tuberculosis Diagnosis

Using Tongue Swabs to Diagnose Tuberculosis

Northwestern Scientists and Biomedical Engineering Students Contribute to Low-Field MRI System to Diagnose Tuberculosis Meningitis in Children

Lateral Flow Development Presentation

C-THAN site PI and working group lead David AuCoin, of University of Nevada Reno, offers insight to Lateral Flow development in this narrated PowerPoint presentation.

Tuberculosis History Video

C-THAN South African PI Grant Theron, with Stellenbosch University, recently provided the following primer on tuberculosis history and recent advances.