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/NIBIB'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- and middle-income countries.
- 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.
C-THAN seeks collaborative research projects to develop novel point-of-care technologies aimed at improving diagnosis and treatment monitoring of HIV/AIDS or the detection of emerging or reemerging infectious disease in low- and middle-income countries. If successful, projects should be viable candidates for commercial development. This page will be updated when the application is available.
Learn more at the Point-of-Care Technology Research NetworkLatest News from C-THAN
Annual Meeting Update
The C-THAN Annual Meeting is planned to take place virtually in the near future. Stay tuned for updates.
Call for Papers: New Point-of-Care Diagnostics
Clinical Infectious Diseases is seeking proposals that focus on new point-of-care diagnostics. CID welcomes proposals in all areas related to this topic. Submissions should be scholarly in nature and offer a clear contribution to new scientific knowledge or public health practice.
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.
Chicago’s Third Coast Center For Aids Research Collaboration
Read the news story: C-THAN drives innovative point-of-care technologies for HIV/AIDS and emerging infectious diseases in low- and middle-income countries.
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
For more information, contact C-THAN via email at c-than@northwestern.edu.