Our Researchers
Madhukar Pai, MD, PhD
Respiratory Health AxisResearch Focus
General research interests: Infectious diseases epidemiology, global health research and training in developing countries, evidence based medicine, diagnostic research methodology, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, and teaching of epidemiology.
Specific research interests: Epidemiological and clinical research on tuberculosis, epidemiologic basis for tuberculosis control, synthesis of evidence on tuberculosis, evaluation of novel diagnostic and prognostic tools for global tuberculosis control, nosocomial transmission of tuberculosis, and interactions between the TB and HIV epidemics.
Keywords
Infectious diseases epidemiology, tuberculosis, TB diagnosis, TB epidemiology, TB transmission, nosocomial transmission, global health, international health in developing countries
Selected Publications
Menzies D, Pai M, Comstock G. New tests for diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection: areas of uncertainty and recommendations for research. Annals Intern Med 146: 340-54; 2007.
Pai M, Dheda K, Cunningham J, Scano F, O’Brien R. T Cell Assays for the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Moving the Research Agenda Forward. Lancet Infect Dis 7: 428-438; 2007.
Pai M, Joshi R, Dogra S, Mendiratta DK, et al. Serial testing of health care workers for tuberculosis using interferon-g assay. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 174: 349-355; 2006.
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