“The urgency of the tuberculosis crisis means it is critical for academics to play dual roles as advocates and activists”, says Ruvandhi Nathavitharana, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA, USA. Her steadfast commitment to advancing tuberculosis diagnostics and advocacy earned her the 2022 Stephen Lawn TB–HIV Research Leadership Prize, alongside Bern-Thomas Nyang'wa. As one of her key mentors, Edward Nardell, Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, comments: “My early tips to ...