Megan Murray

Megan Blanche Murray, DPH, MD

Ronda Stryker and William Johnston Professor of Global Health

Phone:

(617) 432-2781

megan_murray@hms.harvard.edu

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Research

Research Interests

Molecular and genomic epidemiology of MDR and XDR Tuberculosis
The evolution of MDR and XDR tuberculosis
Social determinants of TB risk
Interactions between Tuberculosis and Non-communicable Diseases especially Diabetes Mellitus and iron metabolism disorders
Mathematical modeling of TB and other infectious disease dynamics including SARS and cholera
Methods for evaluating community health programs

Current Projects

Comparative Genomics and Molecular Epidemiology of Tuberculosis
Epidemiology and Transmission Dynamics of MDR/XDR Tuberculosis
TB Drug Resistance Mutation Database
Strengthening and Studying Community-Based Integrated Primary Health Care Systems in Rural Rwanda

Biography

Dr. Murray is professor of global health and social medicine in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine and associate professor of medicine in the Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and professor of epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Murray directs the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine Research Core; she is also director of research for the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Publications

Impact of a health system strengthening intervention on maternal and child health outputs and outcomes in rural Rwanda 2005-2010.

Matthew Bonds, Paul Edward Farmer, MD, PhD, Megan Blanche Murray, DPH, MD, Agnes Binagwaho, PhD, MD

BMJ global health, April 9, 2018

Thomson DR, Amoroso C, Atwood S, Bonds MH, Rwabukwisi FC, Drobac P, Finnegan KE, Farmer DB, Farmer PE, Habinshuti A, Hirschhorn LR, Manzi A, Niyigena P, Rich ML, Stulac S, Murray MB, Binagwaho A

Link to abstract on PubMed

T cell autoreactivity directed toward CD1c itself rather than toward carried self lipids.

Megan Blanche Murray, DPH, MD

Nature immunology, March 12, 2018

Wun KS, Reijneveld JF, Cheng TY, Ladell K, Uldrich AP, Le Nours J, Miners KL, McLaren JE, Grant EJ, Haigh OL, Watkins TS, Suliman S, Iwany S, Jimenez J, Calderon R, Tamara KL, Leon SR, Murray MB, Mayfield JA, Altman JD, Purcell AW, Miles JJ, Godfrey DI...

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Genotyping Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Primary Sputum and Decontaminated Sediment with an Integrated Microfluidic Amplification Microarray Test.

Molly Forrest Franke, SD, Megan Blanche Murray, DPH, MD

Journal of clinical microbiology, February 22, 2018

Linger Y, Knickerbocker C, Sipes D, Golova J, Franke M, Calderon R, Lecca L, Thakore N, Holmberg R, Qu P, Kukhtin A, Murray MB, Cooney CG, Chandler DP

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Vitamin E Status Is Inversely Associated with Risk of Incident Tuberculosis Disease among Household Contacts.

Molly Forrest Franke, SD, Megan Blanche Murray, DPH, MD

The Journal of nutrition, January 1, 2018

Aibana O, Franke MF, Huang CC, Galea JT, Calderon R, Zhang Z, Becerra MC, Smith ER, Contreras C, Yataco R, Lecca L, Murray MB

Link to abstract on PubMed

Polyclonal Pulmonary Tuberculosis Infections and Risk for Multidrug Resistance, Lima, Peru.

Megan Blanche Murray, DPH, MD

Emerging infectious diseases, November 1, 2017

Nathavitharana RR, Shi CX, Chindelevitch L, Calderon R, Zhang Z, Galea JT, Contreras C, Yataco R, Lecca L, Becerra MC, Murray MB, Cohen T

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Development and Validation of a Food Frequency Questionnaire to Estimate Intake among Children and Adolescents in Urban Peru.

Carly Alicia Rodriguez, Megan Blanche Murray, DPH, MD, Molly Forrest Franke, SD

Nutrients, October 14, 2017

Rodriguez CA, Smith ER, Villamor E, Zavaleta N, Respicio-Torres G, Contreras C, Perea S, Jimenez J, Tintaya K, Lecca L, Murray MB, Franke MF

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Impact of Vitamin A and Carotenoids on the Risk of Tuberculosis Progression.

Molly Forrest Franke, SD, Jerome T. Galea, PhD, Leonid Lecca, MD, MSc, Megan Blanche Murray, DPH, MD

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, September 15, 2017

Aibana O, Franke MF, Huang CC, Galea JT, Calderon R, Zhang Z, Becerra MC, Smith ER, Ronnenberg AG, Contreras C, Yataco R, Lecca L, Murray MB

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Prevalence of pyrazinamide resistance and Wayne assay performance analysis in a tuberculosis cohort in Lima, Peru.

Gustavo E. Velásquez, MD MPH, Megan Blanche Murray, DPH, MD, Carole Diane Mitnick, Sc.D.

The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, August 1, 2017

Calderón RI, Velásquez GE, Becerra MC, Zhang Z, Contreras CC, Yataco RM, Galea JT, Lecca LW, Kritski AL, Murray MB, Mitnick CD

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Erratum for Velásquez et al., Pyrazinamide Resistance Assays and Two-Month Sputum Culture Status in Patients with Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis.

Carole Diane Mitnick, Sc.D., Mercedes Corina Becerra, Sc.D., Jerome T. Galea, PhD, Leonid Lecca, MD, MSc, Megan Blanche Murray, DPH, MD

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, February 23, 2017

Velásquez GE, Calderon RI, Mitnick CD, Becerra MC, Huang CC, Zhang Z, Contreras CC, Yataco RM, Galea JT, Lecca LW, Murray MB

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Risk factors for poor multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine.

Megan Blanche Murray, DPH, MD

BMC infectious diseases, February 7, 2017

Aibana O, Bachmaha M, Krasiuk V, Rybak N, Flanigan TP, Petrenko V, Murray MB

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Affiliations

Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Associate member, Broad Institute

Contact

Address:

Department of Global Health and Social Medicine

641 Huntington Avenue

Boston, MA 02115

Alternative email address: mmurray@hsph.harvard.edu

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Impact of a health system strengthening intervention on maternal and child health outputs and outcomes in rural Rwanda 2005-2010.

T cell autoreactivity directed toward CD1c itself rather than toward carried self lipids.

Genotyping Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Primary Sputum and Decontaminated Sediment with an Integrated Microfluidic Amplification Microarray Test.

Vitamin E Status Is Inversely Associated with Risk of Incident Tuberculosis Disease among Household Contacts.

Polyclonal Pulmonary Tuberculosis Infections and Risk for Multidrug Resistance, Lima, Peru.

Development and Validation of a Food Frequency Questionnaire to Estimate Intake among Children and Adolescents in Urban Peru.

Impact of Vitamin A and Carotenoids on the Risk of Tuberculosis Progression.

Prevalence of pyrazinamide resistance and Wayne assay performance analysis in a tuberculosis cohort in Lima, Peru.

Erratum for Velásquez et al., Pyrazinamide Resistance Assays and Two-Month Sputum Culture Status in Patients with Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis.

Risk factors for poor multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine.