Biography

Aariana Lopes is a MScPH candidate at McGill University, pursuing a specialization in infectious diseases. Her research interests include respiratory infectious disease epidemiology and prevention, with her primary research project focusing on RSV infection in pediatric populations. Aariana is also a research assistant at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre. She works under the supervision of Dr. Dick Menzies at the McGill International TB Centre and WHO Collaborating Centre in TB Research where her projects focus on TB skin testing methods.

Expertise

TB Diagnostics
Public Health

Key Impacts

mTST: An AI-based approach for quality assurance and measurement of tuberculin skin test administration and reading

This AI-based mobile application may offer a promising solution, with the potential for global application, to reduce errors in TST administration, and minimize the need for in-person TST reading.

Source: Conference 2024