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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 seeks 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. Proposals due June 6, 2025, 11:59PM ET

C-THAN Solicitation

Latest News from C-THAN

The Pin-f-Care Technlgy Research Newrk (POCTRN) Year 8 Sliciain

The Point-of-Care Technology Research Network (POCTRN) Year 8 Solicitation

The POCTRN network is excited to unveil six exciting new innovation award opportunities to help foster groundbreaking advancements in health technology. Proposals due: June 6, 2025, 11:59PM ET 

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.

New Opprniy

New Opportunity

Read about this new opportunity with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Global Grand Challenges: Innovations for Exceptionally Low-Cost Monoclonal Antibody (mAb) Manufacturing.

Leadership

Chad Achenbach, MD, MPH

Professor, Medicine (Infectious Diseases)Preventive Medicine, McCormick School of Engineering

Associate Director, Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health

Director, Admin Core and Clinical Core

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Sally McFall, PhD

Research Professor, McCormick School of Engineering

Co-Director, Center for Innovation in Global Health Technologies

Director, Tech Core
Co-Director, Admin Core

Robert Murphy, MD

John Philip Phair Professor, Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Professor, McCormick School of Engineering

Executive Director, Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health

Co-Director, Admin Core
Co-I and Site Liason, Clinical Core

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Kara Palamountain, MBA

Research Professor, Kellogg School of Management (Sustainability and Social Impact)

Co-Director, Dissemination Core

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For more information, contact C-THAN via email at c-than@northwestern.edu.

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