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

Spatial-temporal clustering analysis of yaws on Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea to enhance planning and implementation of eradication programs.

Megan Blanche Murray, DPH, MD

PLoS neglected tropical diseases, October 29, 2018

Mooring EQ, Mitjà O, Murray MB

Link to abstract on PubMed

Cohort Profile: Ifanadiana Health Outcomes and Prosperity longitudinal Evaluation (IHOPE).

Ann Miller, Megan Blanche Murray, DPH, MD, Matthew Bonds

International journal of epidemiology, October 1, 2018

Miller AC, Garchitorena A, Rabeza V, Randriamanambintsoa M, Rahaniraka Razanadrakato HT, Cordier L, Ouenzar MA, Murray MB, Thomson DR, Bonds MH

Link to abstract on PubMed

Using routinely collected laboratory data to identify high rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis burden communities in the Western Cape Province, South Africa: A retrospective spatiotemporal analysis.

Megan Blanche Murray, DPH, MD

PLoS medicine, August 21, 2018

McIntosh AI, Jenkins HE, White LF, Barnard M, Thomson DR, Dolby T, Simpson J, Streicher EM, Kleinman MB, Ragan EJ, van Helden PD, Murray MB, Warren RM, Jacobson KR

Link to abstract on PubMed

Automated TruTip nucleic acid extraction and purification from raw sputum.

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

PloS one, July 5, 2018

Thakore N, Norville R, Franke M, Calderon R, Lecca L, Villanueva M, Murray MB, Cooney CG, Chandler DP, Holmberg RC

Link to abstract on PubMed

Early changes in intervention coverage and mortality rates following the implementation of an integrated health system intervention in Madagascar.

Ann Miller, Megan Blanche Murray, DPH, MD, Matthew Bonds

BMJ global health, June 4, 2018

Garchitorena A, Miller AC, Cordier LF, Rabeza VR, Randriamanambintsoa M, Razanadrakato HR, Hall L, Gikic D, Haruna J, McCarty M, Randrianambinina A, Thomson DR, Atwood S, Rich ML, Murray MB, Ratsirarson J, Ouenzar MA, Bonds MH

Link to abstract on PubMed

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

Link to abstract on PubMed

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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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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Administrative staff

Tabs

Spatial-temporal clustering analysis of yaws on Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea to enhance planning and implementation of eradication programs.

Cohort Profile: Ifanadiana Health Outcomes and Prosperity longitudinal Evaluation (IHOPE).

Using routinely collected laboratory data to identify high rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis burden communities in the Western Cape Province, South Africa: A retrospective spatiotemporal analysis.

Automated TruTip nucleic acid extraction and purification from raw sputum.

Early changes in intervention coverage and mortality rates following the implementation of an integrated health system intervention in Madagascar.

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.