Biography

I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Boston University Clinical HIV/AIDS Research Training Program at Boston Medical Center. I earned my PhD in Biostatistics from Boston University where I developed statistical methods for understanding tuberculosis disease dynamics among key populations. My current work focuses on statistical methods for understanding infectious disease transmission that integrates pathogen whole genome sequencing and individual-level clinical data.

Expertise

TB Diagnostics
Public Health

Key Impacts

Smoked drug use drives TB transmission dynamics in a rural community in the Western Cape, South Africa

In a high TB burden setting, PWSD significantly contributed to TB spread via increased odds of being an infector and high membership in transmission clusters. PWSD should be considered for prioritization for early screening and transmission interventions to reduce community transmission.

Source: Conference 2024

Research Summaries

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Supervised sputum collection reduces TB culture contamination
27 Mar 2025
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AI reads TB genes to measure drug resistance and predict outcomes
07 Aug 2025
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New data tool sorts tuberculosis by disease severity
27 Nov 2025
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New model sharpens view of tuberculosis spread
11 Dec 2025