Research associate
School of Medicine
Medicine
Infectious Diseases
Research Projects
A Case-Control Study Investigating the Intersection Between Tobacco Use, Tuberculosis and HIV-infection
The overall objective of this proposal is to investigate the association between tobacco use and tuberculosis in HIV-infected males in Johannesburg, South Africa where rates of all three epidemics are extremely high. We will conduct a case-control study restricting all participants to HIV...
Autopsy study of causes of death in HIV+ adults with TB
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Effectiveness of nevirapine in PMTCT when used a second time
no abstract provided
Novel TB Prevention Regimens for HIV-Infected Adults
Tuberculosis (TB) continues to kill approximately 2 million people per year, and is a major cause of HLV-related morbidity and mortality in developing countries. In addition, TB appears to cause a more rapid progression of HIV disease even when it is successfully treated, as active TB causes...
Predictors of death in hospitalised patients with TB
no abstract provided.
South Africa Tuberculosis AIDS Training (SATBAT)
South Africa is one of the five countries worldwide that rank in the top ten of highest TB burden, highest TB/HIV burden and highest HIV burden. The lack of experienced investigators in clinical, operational and health services research is one of the main reasons behind the failure of South...
TBTC Tuberculosis Trial Consortium
The TBTC is a collaboration of researchers from the CDC, domestic and international public health departments, academic medical centers, and selected Veterans Administration medical centers whose mission is to conduct programmatically relevant research concerning the diagnosis, clinical...
