Dr. Kathleen Eisenach (Senior Clinical Microbiologist Consultant) was a Professor of Pathology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) until 2017. She has over 30 years in tuberculosis research in the area of clinical microbiology and provided expertise to CDC, NIH, TB Alliance, and National TB Programs. She has served as Co-Director of the TBRU at Case Western Reserve University, and the Global Consortium for Drug Resistant TB Diagnostics. She brings an understanding of the procedures and processes required for the translation of new technologies to the field and the harmonization of laboratory methods across multicenter studies. In her role as Senior Clinical Microbiologist, Dr. Eisenach takes a leadership role in FEND-TB with the development of laboratory procedures, quality control/quality assurance of methods and conduct in the clinical laboratories. She visits the sites to help establish standard best practices and uniformity across the five clinical sites.