Happy International Women’s Day! We’re celebrating some of the amazing #ScienceSHEroes working to #endTB across the UK. 🇬🇧 We’ve picked just one from each @UKAPTB institution but there are so many more. Who is your #ScienceSHEro? #IWD2020 #AidWorks 👩🔬🔬♀️ @PATHtweets @dsw_intl
To kick us off, we’re heading North to @QMUniversity in #Edinburgh where Dr Karina Kielmann is a medical anthropologist working to make health systems more responsive and accountable to people with #TB 🙋♀👩👩👧👦🩺👍👨💼✅ read more about her work here: bit.ly/2x87NWF 
Across the road at @EdinburghUni @EdinUniUsher Associate Prof @hr_stagg is an epidemiologist striving to improve TB treatment outcomes, both in the @NHSuk and around the world. 📈🌍👨👨👧👧 #IWD2020 #ScienceSHEroes #EndTB Read more about her research here bit.ly/2Tp2Cu5
Heading a little further south, Dr. @KerryMillington manages the Knowledge for Development Programme at @LSTM, providing expert evidence and knowledge to support @DFID_UK programmes. 🇬🇧🤓👍 #IWD2020 #ScienceSHEroes #EndTB To find out more, visit: bit.ly/32YxRzt
In Oxford, Professor Helen McShane leads clinical trials to develop a new #TBVaccine at @UniofOxford. 🧬💉🔬 An effective vaccine will transform the fight against TB – keep up the good work! 🤩👍 #VaccinesWork #IWD2020 #ScienceSHEroes bit.ly/2VOVyZl
Dr Lele Rangaka at @UCLTB is finding new ways to diagnose and treat #TB and #LTBI. In a recent paper in @LancetRespirMed she was part of a team testing biomarkers to predict the risk of people developing active #TB – #IWD2020 #ScienceSHEroes 🌍🧪👩🔬bit.ly/2xaPyjr
Prof @FletcherHelen definitely belongs on our list of #ScienceSHEroes. Her work @LSHTM is getting us ever closer to a new #TBVaccine 💉 while she’s also keeping busy making the world a healthier place with @UKRI @GCRF @Newton #IWD2020 #EndTB 🌍👩⚕☀
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Our final #ScienceSHEro for #IWD2020 is @DrJessPotter – a doctor, researcher and activist extraordinaire 👩⚕🩺✊🙋♀ working to improve access to TB treatment for vulnerable and marginalised groups in the UK @QMUL #EndTB Read more here: bit.ly/39tBvUC
This #IWD2020 twitter thread was brought to you by the fabulous @UKAPTB Communications Lead Dr Pally Khan and Secretary and Treasurer @JanikaHauser. Powerful activists and researchers in their own right. Now we want to hear from you – who are your #ScienceSHEroes ? 🧐🤓🤗 #EndTB
