Tracks
The Union Conference 2026 tracks for are broken down into three categories:
- Methods
- Disease and crosscutting themes
- Care cascade (for tuberculosis related abstracts)
These tracks relate to abstracts, regular symposia, workshop and postgraduate courses. The are not applicable to TBScience and Community Connect submissions.
When making an abstract submission an appropriate ‘methods’ track must be selected.
When making a regular symposia, satellite session, workshop or postgraduate course submission an appropriate ‘disease and crosscutting themes’ track must be selected.
Methods
- Basic/Translational science
- Diagnostic development and validation
- Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics
- Clinical trials
- Interventional studies (other than clinical trials)
- Epidemiology
- Implementation science/Operational research
- Mathematical modelling and health economics
- Digital health and information technology (including AI)
- Qualitative and social science research
- Training, education and community engagement
- Health systems and policy research
- Systematic review and meta-analysis
Disease and cross-cutting themes
- Tuberculosis (TB)
- Chronic respiratory disease (Asthma, COPD, Silicosis, Pneumoconiosis, Pneumonia)
- Antimicrobial resistance
- HIV
- Metabolic conditions (DM and malnutrition) and co-morbidities
- Tobacco control and substance use (alcohol, tobacco, illicit drugs)
- Children
- Pregnant and lactating women
- Key and vulnerable populations (e.g. migrants, prisoners, homeless, people who use drugs)
- Mental health and stigma
- Gender and health
- Health equity and social determinants
- One Health
- Non-tuberculous mycobacteria, chronic pulmonary aspergillosis and other lung pathogens
- Pollution and climate change
Care cascade (for TB related abstracts)
- Mtb infection, transmission, disease trajectories
- Prevention – vaccines
- Prevention – preventive therapy
- Infection prevention and control
- Case finding, screening, diagnostics
- Treatment & treatment support
- Integrated care
- Post-TB health
- Monitoring and surveillance
- Programmes, intervention portfolios and universal health coverage
- Public private mix