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Carole Diane Mitnick, ScD

Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine

Dr. Mitnick graduated cum laude from the University of Rochester in 1988 with a B.A. in political science and French. She spent 1986-1987 in Paris, France, studying at L’Institut d’Etudes Politiques and L’Université de Paris IV. In 1996, she received a masters in international health epidemiology and ecology from the Harvard School of Public Health, and in 2001 she completed a doctor of science degree in international health epidemiology and ecology, also at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Dr. Mitnick’s research centers on the improvement of clinical management and programmatic policy for tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) globally. Dr. Mitnick is a founding investigator of a movement to conduct randomized controlled clinical trials to improve treatment of drug-resistant TB (RESIST-TB). Dr. Mitnick’s work also includes applying marginal structural modeling to MDR-TB treatment data to assess the effect on outcomes of different types of therapy in observational studies. Dr. Mitnick is the principal investigator of an NIAID grant to plan a Phase II clinical trial examining the potential of high-dose rifampin to shorten standard TB therapy. Her research questions are strongly influenced by the mission of Partners In Health, with which Dr. Mitnick has worked since 1996: she strives to conduct research that will effect changes in global policy to ensure the highest standard of care and best treatment outcomes for patients suffering from all forms of tuberculosis, regardless of where they live.

This influence has also driven Dr. Mitnick’s involvement in global policy efforts. She contributed to the original and revised Guidelines for the Programmatic Management of MDR-TB. She sought, through the publication, Randomized trials to optimize treatment of MDR-TB: the time for action is now (PLoS Medicine, 2007), to generate increased support for controlled examination of anti-mycobacterial agents for the treatment of MDR-TB. Through participation in working groups, sub-groups, and task forces of the STOP-TB Partnership, she has co-authored two articles which define research agendas for MDR-TB (Gupta et al., IJTLD, 2003; Cobelens et al., PLoS Medicine 2008) and one that proposed standardized definitions for analysis of MDR-TB treatment outcomes (Laserson et al., IJTLD, 2005). She consults for the Green Light Committee of the World Health Organization for francophone countries implementing programmatic management of MDR-TB. Her efforts extend to capacity building for recording and reporting on the management of drug-resistant TB, as well as to clinical and operational research in Latin America and beyond. She develops and participates in post-graduate trainings, network-building activities, and trial protocols to be implemented within settings of national TB programs around the world.

Beyond goodwill and promises-urgent needs and opportunities to accelerate the fight against tuberculosis in Brazil.
Authors: Authors: Almeida CPB, Trajman A, Mitnick CD, Kritski AL, Santos-Filho ETD.
Lancet Reg Health Am
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Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes in Patients With Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treated With Regimens That Include New and Repurposed Drugs.
Authors: Authors: Lotia Farrukh I, Lachenal N, Adenov MM, Ahmed S, Algozhin Y, Coutisson S, Garavito ES, Hewison C, Holtzman D, Huerga H, Janmohamed A, Khan PY, Jacques GL, Lomtadze N, Melikyan N, Mitnick CD, Mussabekova G, Osso E, Perea S, Putri FA, Rashidov M, Rich ML, Sakhabutdinova Y, Seung KJ, Stambekova A, Vásquez DV, Franke MF, Khan U.
Clin Infect Dis
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Estimating Post-treatment Recurrence After Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment Among Patients With and Without Human Immunodeficiency Virus: The Impact of Assumptions About Death and Missing Follow-up.
Authors: Authors: Sauer SM, Mitnick CD, Khan U, Hewison C, Bastard M, Holtzman D, Law S, Khan M, Padayachee S, Ahmed S, Isani AK, Krisnanda A, Vilbrun SC, Bektasov S, Kumsa A, Docteur W, Tintaya K, McNicol M, Atshemyan H, Voynilo T, Thwe TT, Seung K, Rich M, Huerga H, Khan P, Franke M.
Clin Infect Dis
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Accuracy of digital chest x-ray analysis with artificial intelligence software as a triage and screening tool in hospitalized patients being evaluated for tuberculosis in Lima, Peru.
Authors: Authors: Biewer A, Tzelios C, Tintaya K, Roman B, Hurwitz S, Yuen CM, Mitnick CD, Nardell E, Lecca L, Tierney DB, Nathavitharana RR.
medRxiv
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Screening with GenoType® MTBDRplus shortens the time to MDR-TB treatment initiation but does not change outcomes.
Authors: Authors: Mendoza-Ticona A, Mitnick CD, Obregón G, Alarcón V.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
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Evaluating newly approved drugs in combination regimens for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis with fluoroquinolone resistance (endTB-Q): study protocol for a multi-country randomized controlled trial.
Authors: Authors: Patil SB, Tamirat M, Khazhidinov K, Ardizzoni E, Atger M, Austin A, Baudin E, Bekhit M, Bektasov S, Berikova E, Bonnet M, Caboclo R, Chaudhry M, Chavan V, Cloez S, Coit J, Coutisson S, Dakenova Z, De Jong BC, Delifer C, Demaisons S, Do JM, Dos Santos Tozzi D, Ducher V, Ferlazzo G, Gouillou M, Khan U, Kunda M, Lachenal N, LaHood AN, Lecca L, Mazmanian M, McIlleron H, Moreau M, Moschioni M, Nahid P, Osso E, Oyewusi L, Panda S, Pâquet A, Thuong Huu P, Pichon L, Rich ML, Rupasinghe P, Salahuddin N, Sanchez Garavito E, Seung KJ, Velásquez GE, Vallet M, Varaine F, Yuya-Septoh FJ, Mitnick CD, Guglielmetti L.
Trials
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COVID-19 in Patients with Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Lesotho.
Authors: Authors: Andom AT, Asfaw M, Maama-Maime LB, Kunda M, Mpinda S, Mukherjee J, Ndayizigiye M, Sheyo N, Zulu M, Mitnick CD, Seung KJ.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
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"Post tuberculosis": the urgent need for inclusion of lung health outcomes in tuberculosis treatment trials.
Authors: Authors: Byrne A, Allwood B, Schoeman I, Johnston J, Kalyatanda G, Makanda G, Mortimer K, Mitnick C, Nightingale R, Ozoh O, Rachow A, Van Der Zalm M.
Eur Respir J
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Respiratory, Cardiac, and Neuropsychiatric Manifestations of Postacute Sequelae of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Lima, Peru.
Authors: Authors: Rahman RS, Tovar MA, Peinado J, Palomino JS, Ramirez C, Llanos-Zavalaga F, Peralta E, Valderrama G, Ramos Cordova LB, Sanchez Cortez LI, Rodriguez G, LaHood AN, Franke MF, Mitnick CD, Lecca L, Velásquez GE.
Open Forum Infect Dis
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Intervening on Social Determinants for Better Outcomes in Pediatric Tuberculosis Management.
Authors: Authors: de Almeida CPB, Mitnick CD.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
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