Society for Epidemiology in TB Control: SETC

The Society for Epidemiology in TB Control (SETC) is a section of NTCA. Whether you work as a TB epidemiologist in a state, territorial, or local TB program, consider joining SETC and getting involved in our activities. As a member, you’ll meet others working in the TB epidemiology field and gain insights into TB epidemiology and how to apply it to your public health work.

SETC’s Mission and Guiding Principles

SETC’s mission is to protect the public’s health by advancing the elimination of tuberculosis in the United States through the development, enhancement, and application of epidemiologic expertise in state, local, and territorial programs.

SETC follows these guiding principles:

• Promote excellence in the use of epidemiologic analysis and interpretation of data to inform tuberculosis prevention and control efforts.
• Promote the use of epidemiologic data in program planning and decision-making at the local, state and national level.
• Provide a network for collaboration and communication among epidemiologists engaged in the control and prevention of tuberculosis.
• Build regional and national capacity in epidemiologic expertise through mentoring of epidemiologists.
• Organize and facilitate TB-related educational opportunities for epidemiologists.
• Promote understanding and collaboration between epidemiologists, clinicians and public health programs in the control and prevention of tuberculosis in communities.
• Promote the evaluation and implementation of new epidemiologic tools (e.g., to collect and analyze data or to assess TB transmission), as they become available.
• Promote and participate in a research agenda addressing the needs of tuberculosis controllers.
• Advocate for national data-driven policies and resource allocations which promote and enable achievement of the goal of tuberculosis elimination in the United States.