News & Announcements

TBDA Identified as “Changemaker for Global Health”

December 15, 2023
Trevor Mundel, President of Global Health, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, called out the TBDA as a changemaker that is "delivering innovative solutions to produce better health outcomes to create a more just and equitable world."

TBDA featured at Grand Challenges 2022

October 25, 2022
Kelly Chibale was a panelist in the session linked here: https://grandchallenges.org/video/african-entrepreneurship-research-and-development-driving-impact-continent-and-world Bill Gates mentioned the TBDA in his remarks at the Grand Challenges Annual Meeting in Brussels. Video here: https://grandchallenges.org/video/keynote-remarks-bill-gates-1 (fast forward to 11:53).

Eric Rubin elected to the National Academy of Medicine

October 18, 2021
Congratulations to Eric Rubin who was recently elected to the National Academy of Medicine (link) for “pioneering bacterial genetic tools being used to create the next generation of anti-tuberculosis drugs.”

Key Publications

July 5, 2021
Members celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the TBDA with a commentary published in Nature Medicine about the mission, advantages, and disadvantages of the collaboration model, scientific contributions, and medical contributions.