Biography

Mary Gaeddert is an epidemiologist with 15 years of experience in infectious diseases, and currently a PhD candidate at Heidelberg University in Germany. Her research focuses on TB diagnostics, childhood TB, and evidence synthesis. She has contributed to a number of systematic reviews, including SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics and TB biomarkers. Mary also has experience in clinical research as a data manager and study coordinator for multi-site international diagnostic accuracy studies.

Expertise

TB Diagnostics
Public Health

Key Impacts

Sputum scarcity and quality in different populations

Impact details available upon request.

Source: Conference 2024

Research Summaries

PAPER
New algorithms could cut childhood TB costs at primary care
20 Jun 2025
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Nearly a quarter of TB patients can’t produce sputum, study finds
04 Nov 2025
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Children struggle to provide sputum for TB tests, review shows
04 Nov 2025
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Machine learning boosts community TB screening accuracy in South Africa and Zambia
04 Apr 2026