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Primary contacts

Sarah Fortune: sfortune@hsph.harvard.edu
http://cfar.globalhealth.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do

1. HIV/TB Co-infection Projects:

Improving Strategies for TB Diagnosis and Prophylaxis in South Africa

PI: Melissa Amy Bender, M.D.

Quantifying Cough Aerosols in HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected M.D.R-TB Patients

PI: Ashwin Sudhir Dharmadhikari, M.D.

Evaluation of a Community Based HIV-TB Adherence Support Program in a Government ARV- Rollout Site in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

PI: Krista Dong, M.D.

Inhaled kanamycin: A new approach for reducing TB transmission to AIDS patients

PI: Edward Nardell, M.D.

Transmission of M.D.R-TB from HIV and non-HIV infected hospitalized patients

PI: Edward Nardell, M.D.

The role of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis induced NFAT5 in HIV-1 replication

PI: Shahin Ranjbar, Ph.D.

Screening for TB in HIV-Infected Nigerian Children with a Urinary Antigen Assay

PI: Holly Elizabeth Rawizza, M.D.

Novel Urinary Antigen Testing for Tuberculosis in HIV-Infected Children

PI: David Yassa, M.D.

2. HIV/TB Researchers:

Samuel Behar Div. of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA sbehar@rics.bwh.harvard.edu	Igor Kramnik Dept. of Immunology and Infectious Diseases Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA ikramnik@hsph.harvard.edu
Barry Bloom Dept. of Immunology and Infectious Diseases Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA bbloom@hsph.harvard.edu	Ed Nardell Dept. of Immunology & Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health enardell@pih.org
Michael Brenner Div. of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA mbrenner@rics.bwh.harvard.edu	Branch Moody Div. of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA bmoody@rics.bwh.harvard.edu
David Edwards Div. of Engineering and Applied Sciences Harvard University, Boston, MA dedwards@deas.harvard.edu	Megan Murray Dept. of Epidemiology Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA mmurray@hsph.harvard.edu
Sarah Fortune Dept. of Immunology and Infectious Diseases Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA sfortune@hsph.harvard.edu	Heinz Remold Div. of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA hremold@rics.bwh.harvard.edu
James Galagan Microbial Genome Analysis Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA jgalag@bu.edu	Naimish Patel Div. of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA npatel@bidmc.harvard.edu
Anne Goldfeld Center for Blood Research Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA goldfeld@cbr.med.harvard.edu	Eric Rubin Dept. of Immunology and Infectious Diseases Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA erubin@hsph.harvard.edu
Nir Hacohen Div. of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA nhacohen@partners.org	Deb Hung Infectious Disease Initiative Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA hung@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu
Jose Trevejo Bioengineering Division Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, MA jtrevejo@draper.com	Robert Husson Dept. of Infectious Diseases Children’s Hospital, Boston robert.husson@childrens.harvard.edu
Henry Koziel Div. of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA hkoziel@bidmc.harvard.edu

3. Inter-CFAR Shared Resources:

KRITH—KwaZulu Natal Research Institute for TB/HIV

Durban, South Africa
HHMI funded research site for both basic and translational research on TB/HIV
PI’s: Dr. Bruce Walker, Dr. Bill Jacobs (AECOM), Dr. Slim Karim (UKZN), Dr. Wim Sturm (UKZN)

Humanized mouse model for study of HIV and TB

HUCFAR Small Animal Core Facility
PI: Dr. Andrew Martin Tager

Biosafety Level 3 Facility and Animal Facility

Harvard School of Public Health
Director: Dr. Noman Siddiqi

Formalized BSL3 training and training of BSL3 trainers/managers.