Molly Franke

Molly Forrest Franke, SD

Assistant Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine

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(617) 432-5224

molly_franke@hms.harvard.edu

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Research

Dr. Franke’s research focuses on risk factors for adverse outcomes among individuals with HIV and/or tuberculosis and the identification of effective care delivery strategies for these patient populations. In 2011, she received the Parker B. Francis Fellowship to study modifiable risk factors for tuberculosis in children. Specifically, she is examining the role of dietary factors on disease risk among Peruvian children.

Research Interests

Application of causal inference methods to observational HIV and tuberculosis data
Modifiable risk factors for adverse HIV and tuberculosis outcomes
Pediatric tuberculosis and HIV infection

Current Projects

Dietary Risk Factors for Tuberculosis Disease
Evaluation of Two Models of Antiretroviral Therapy Delivery for HIV-Infected Adults in Rwanda
Aggressive Regimens for the Treatment of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis
Immune Responses and Susceptibility to Vibrio cholerae infection in Haiti

Biography

Dr. Franke earned a B.A. degree in sociology and Spanish at Colby College in 2001. She then went to work as a research analyst for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Epidemiology & Immunization Surveillance Program and as a research assistant with Partners In Health in Lima, Peru. In 2004, she initiated studies in the Sc.D. degree program in epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. After completing her degree in 2010 she joined the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine. In addition to pursuing independent research, Dr. Franke is a member of the Global Health Research Core. In this role, she serves as lead epidemiologist and analyst for multiple research projects of the Global Health Delivery Partnership.

Publications

Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment in North Korea: Is Scale-Up Possible?

Molly Forrest Franke, SD

PLoS medicine, August 2, 2016

Seung KJ, Franke M, Linton SW

Link to abstract on PubMed

Discordant Treatment Responses to Combination Antiretroviral Therapy in Rwanda: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Molly Forrest Franke, SD

PloS one, July 20, 2016

Kayigamba FR, Franke MF, Bakker MI, Rodriguez CA, Bagiruwigize E, Wit FW, Rich ML, Schim van der Loeff MF

Link to abstract on PubMed

Antibody Secreting Cell Responses following Vaccination with Bivalent Oral Cholera Vaccine among Haitian Adults.

Molly Forrest Franke, SD

PLoS neglected tropical diseases, June 16, 2016

Matias WR, Falkard B, Charles RC, Mayo-Smith LM, Teng JE, Xu P, Kovác P, Ryan ET, Qadri F, Franke MF, Ivers LC, Harris JB

Link to abstract on PubMed

Aggressive Regimens Reduce Risk of Recurrence After Successful Treatment of MDR-TB.

Molly Forrest Franke, SD, Sonya Sunhi Shin, MD, Salmaan A. Keshavjee, MD, PhD

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, May 8, 2016

Ahmad Khan F, Gelmanova IY, Franke MF, Atwood S, Zemlyanaya NA, Unakova IA, Andreev YG, Berezina VI, Pavlova VE, Shin SS, Yedilbayev AB, Becerra MC, Keshavjee S

Link to abstract on PubMed

Food Insecurity, Dietary Diversity, and Body Mass Index of HIV-Infected Individuals on Antiretroviral Therapy in Rural Haiti.

Molly Forrest Franke, SD, Louise Catherine Ivers, MB, BCh, MD, MPH

AIDS and behavior, May 1, 2016

Rebick GW, Franke MF, Teng JE, Gregory Jerome J, Ivers LC

Link to abstract on PubMed

Community-Based Accompaniment Mitigates Predictors of Negative Outcomes for Adults on Antiretroviral Therapy in Rural Rwanda.

Molly Forrest Franke, SD

AIDS and behavior, May 1, 2016

Gupta N, Munyaburanga C, Mutagoma M, Niyigena JW, Kayigamba F, Franke MF, Hedt-Gauthier B

Link to abstract on PubMed

Presumptive treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in household contacts.

Molly Forrest Franke, SD, 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, March 1, 2016

Parr JB, Rich ML, Keshavjee S, Franke MF, Mitnick CD, Bayona J, Becerra MC

Link to abstract on PubMed

Gyrase Mutations Are Associated with Variable Levels of Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Maha Reda Farhat, MD, Molly Forrest Franke, SD, Alexander Sloutsky, PhD, Carole Diane Mitnick, Sc.D.

Journal of clinical microbiology, January 13, 2016

Farhat MR, Jacobson KR, Franke MF, Kaur D, Sloutsky A, Mitnick CD, Murray M

Link to abstract on PubMed

Plasma Leptin Levels in Children Hospitalized with Cholera in Bangladesh.

Molly Forrest Franke, SD

The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, June 8, 2015

Falkard B, Uddin T, Rahman MA, Franke MF, Aktar A, Uddin MI, Bhuiyan TR, Leung DT, Charles RC, Larocque RC, Harris JB, Calderwood SB, Qadri F, Ryan ET

Link to abstract on PubMed

Counting pyrazinamide in regimens for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.

Molly Forrest Franke, SD, Mercedes Corina Becerra, Sc.D., Jaime Bayona, M.D., Carole Diane Mitnick, Sc.D.

Annals of the American Thoracic Society, May 1, 2015

Franke MF, Becerra MC, Tierney DB, Rich ML, Bonilla C, Bayona J, McLaughlin MM, Mitnick CD

Link to abstract on PubMed

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Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment in North Korea: Is Scale-Up Possible?

Discordant Treatment Responses to Combination Antiretroviral Therapy in Rwanda: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Antibody Secreting Cell Responses following Vaccination with Bivalent Oral Cholera Vaccine among Haitian Adults.

Aggressive Regimens Reduce Risk of Recurrence After Successful Treatment of MDR-TB.

Food Insecurity, Dietary Diversity, and Body Mass Index of HIV-Infected Individuals on Antiretroviral Therapy in Rural Haiti.

Community-Based Accompaniment Mitigates Predictors of Negative Outcomes for Adults on Antiretroviral Therapy in Rural Rwanda.

Presumptive treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in household contacts.

Gyrase Mutations Are Associated with Variable Levels of Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Plasma Leptin Levels in Children Hospitalized with Cholera in Bangladesh.

Counting pyrazinamide in regimens for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.