Updated on: 18 January 2024

Roles in: Infectious Diseases Group

1. In the past 36 months have you accepted the following from a commercial organisation with a financial interest in the broad topic area of the Group/Unit?

a) Support for attending meetings, including sabbaticals and study tours (this covers travel, accommodation and/or hospitality)?
No

b) Payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speaker bureaus, manuscript writing, or educational events?
No

c) Fees for organising education?
No

d) Grants and contracts?
No

e) Funds for a member of staff?
No

f) Fees for consulting?
No

g) Royalty or licences payments?
No

h) Payment for expert testimony?
No

i) Payment for a fellowship?
No

j) Payment for participation on a Data Safety Monitoring Board, Advisory Board, or Guideline Panel?
No

k) Payment for a leadership or other fiduciary role in other board, society, committee, or advocacy group?
No

2. In the past 36 months have you, your spouse/partner or an immediate family member been employed by or do you or they own a commercial organization with a financial interest in the broad topic area of the Group/Unit?
No

3. Do you own stocks or shares in a commercial organization with a financial interest in the broad topic area of the Group/Unit?
No

4. Do you hold any patents (planned, issued or pending) for products relevant to the broad topic area of the Group/Unit?
No

5. Do you have any other competing interests (financial or non-financial)?
Yes - I have received consulting fees from Amsterdam Medical Ctr (Amsterdam), Baylor Medical College (Houston), Cochrane Infectious Diseases (Liverpool), FIND, the global alliance for diagnostics (Geneva), Maastricht University (Maastricht), McGill University (Montreal), Stellenbosch University (Stellenbosch), TB Proof (South Africa), Tulane University (New Orleans), and the WHO Global Tuberculosis Programme (Geneva), all related to the performance of systematic reviews and preparation of GRADE tables. In addition, I have received honoraria for education (McGill University) and travel support to attend WHO Guideline Development Group Meetings. As part of a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) through McGill University (Montreal), I received reimbursement for attending TB Science and the Union World Conference on Lung Health (virtual, 2021 and 2020; Hyderabad, 2019). I also received support to purchase a laptop and software.