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 HIV on mortality among patients treated for tuberculosis in Lima, Peru: a prospective cohort study.

Gustavo Eduardo Velasquez, MD, Megan Blanche Murray, DPH, MD, Jaime Bayona, M.D., Sonya Sunhi Shin, MD

BMC infectious diseases, February 1, 2016

Velásquez GE, Cegielski JP, Murray MB, Yagui MJ, Asencios LL, Bayona JN, Bonilla CA, Jave HO, Yale G, Suárez CZ, Sanchez E, Rojas C, Atwood SS, Contreras CC, Santa Cruz J, Shin SS

Link to abstract on PubMed

Acquired and Transmitted Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis: The Role of Social Determinants.

Jerome T. Galea, PhD, Matthew Bonds, Carole Diane Mitnick, Sc.D., Megan Blanche Murray, DPH, MD

PloS one, January 14, 2016

Odone A, Calderon R, Becerra MC, Zhang Z, Contreras CC, Yataco R, Galea J, Lecca L, Bonds MH, Mitnick CD, Murray MB

Link to abstract on PubMed

How consistent are associations between stunting and child development? Evidence from a meta-analysis of associations between stunting and multidimensional child development in fifteen low- and middle-income countries.

Ann Miller, Megan Blanche Murray, DPH, MD

Public health nutrition, September 10, 2015

Miller AC, Murray MB, Thomson DR, Arbour MC

Link to abstract on PubMed

Identifying Hotspots of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Transmission Using Spatial and Molecular Genetic Data.

Megan Blanche Murray, DPH, MD, Jerome T. Galea, PhD

The Journal of infectious diseases, July 14, 2015

Zelner JL, Murray MB, Becerra MC, Galea J, Lecca L, Calderon R, Yataco R, Contreras C, Zhang Z, Manjourides J, Grenfell BT, Cohen T

Link to abstract on PubMed

Time From Infection to Disease and Infectiousness for Ebola Virus Disease, a Systematic Review.

Gustavo Eduardo Velasquez, MD, Megan Blanche Murray, DPH, MD

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, June 30, 2015

Velásquez GE, Aibana O, Ling EJ, Diakite I, Mooring EQ, Murray MB

Link to abstract on PubMed

Estimating the Impact of Reducing Under-Nutrition on the Tuberculosis Epidemic in the Central Eastern States of India: A Dynamic Modeling Study.

Megan Blanche Murray, DPH, MD

PloS one, June 5, 2015

Oxlade O, Huang CC, Murray M

Link to abstract on PubMed

The epidemiological advantage of preferential targeting of tuberculosis control at the poor.

Megan Blanche Murray, DPH, MD

The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, April 1, 2015

Andrews JR, Basu S, Dowdy DW, Murray MB

Link to abstract on PubMed

Effectiveness of reactive oral cholera vaccination in rural Haiti: a case-control study and bias-indicator analysis.

Louise Catherine Ivers, MB, BCh, MD, MPH, Megan Blanche Murray, DPH, MD, Molly Forrest Franke, SD

The Lancet. Global health, March 1, 2015

Ivers LC, Hilaire IJ, Teng JE, Almazor CP, Jerome JG, Ternier R, Boncy J, Buteau J, Murray MB, Harris JB, Franke MF

Link to abstract on PubMed

Modelling challenges in context: lessons from malaria, HIV, and tuberculosis.

Megan Blanche Murray, DPH, MD

Epidemics, February 16, 2015

Childs LM, Abuelezam NN, Dye C, Gupta S, Murray MB, Williams BG, Buckee CO

Link to abstract on PubMed

Effect of empirical treatment on outcomes of clinical trials of diagnostic assays for tuberculosis.

Megan Blanche Murray, DPH, MD

The Lancet. Infectious diseases, January 1, 2015

Menzies NA, Cohen T, Murray M, Salomon JA

Link to abstract on PubMed

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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

Faculty

Affiliates

Visiting Scholars

Postdoctoral Fellows

Administrative staff

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Impact of HIV on mortality among patients treated for tuberculosis in Lima, Peru: a prospective cohort study.

Acquired and Transmitted Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis: The Role of Social Determinants.

How consistent are associations between stunting and child development? Evidence from a meta-analysis of associations between stunting and multidimensional child development in fifteen low- and middle-income countries.

Identifying Hotspots of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Transmission Using Spatial and Molecular Genetic Data.

Time From Infection to Disease and Infectiousness for Ebola Virus Disease, a Systematic Review.

Estimating the Impact of Reducing Under-Nutrition on the Tuberculosis Epidemic in the Central Eastern States of India: A Dynamic Modeling Study.

The epidemiological advantage of preferential targeting of tuberculosis control at the poor.

Effectiveness of reactive oral cholera vaccination in rural Haiti: a case-control study and bias-indicator analysis.

Modelling challenges in context: lessons from malaria, HIV, and tuberculosis.

Effect of empirical treatment on outcomes of clinical trials of diagnostic assays for tuberculosis.