Evaluation of rapid low-cost colorimetric methods for diagnosis of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in limited-resource settings

I would like to express my immense gratitude to my advisor and mentor, Dr. Hassan Azzazy. I thank him not only for his support, knowledge opportunities, encouragement, and science he taught me, but most of all for teaching me how to think big and take on challenges effectively. I am privileged to be able to call myself his student, and for all that he taught me, I am forever in his debt. I would like to acknowledge the support and funding the Youssef Jameel Science and Technology Research Center (YJ-STRC) has provided me during the course of my enrollment in the Masters Program. I would like to thank Dr. Moustafa Abdel Fadeel and members of NAMRU-3 who have welcomed me into their facilities and spared no effort help me out, and provided me with the needed samples for this work. I have learnt a great deal from my time there and met people whom I will always value. I thank Dr. Momtaz Wasfy, and his TB laboratory members Mr. Bassem Abdel Rahman and Mr. Mohamed Abdel Maksoud. They have been more than helpful and have always been available to help me out despite their busy schedule.