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Gail H Cassell, Ph.D.

Dr. Cassell is vice president for TB Drug Development at the Infectious Disease Research Institute in Seattle, Washington, professor emeritus and former chair, Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and former vice president for scientific affairs and distinguished Lilly research scholar for infectious diseases at Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis, Indiana. She founded the Forum on Drug Discovery, Development and Translation, which she continues to co-chair, at the Institute of Medicine. She has a distinguished record of national service with the National Academy of Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control, and several other national and international institutions.

Affiliations:

Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Dr. Cassell is a leader on efforts to address multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB). She and Barry Bloom, former dean of Harvard School of Public Health, co-lead an Institute of Medicine project on drug supply chain issues related to MDRTB. She actively advises numerous government agencies, NGOs, and foundations on the scale-up of MDRTB diagnosis and treatment in endemic areas around the world, including in Russia. Dr. Cassell is advising the GHSM Sentinel Project on pediatric drug-resistant tuberculosis, a global partnership that aims to develop and deploy evidence-based strategies to prevent child deaths from drug-resistant tuberculosis.

Draft Genome Sequences of Two Extensively Drug-Resistant Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Belonging to the Euro-American S Lineage.
Authors: Authors: Malinga LA, Abeel T, Desjardins CA, Dlamini TC, Cassell G, Chapman SB, Birren BW, Earl AM, van der Walt M.
Genome Announc
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Populations of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis lack a cell wall: Isolation, visualization, and whole-genome characterization.
Authors: Authors: Velayati AA, Abeel T, Shea T, Konstantinovich Zhavnerko G, Birren B, Cassell GH, Earl AM, Hoffner S, Farnia P.
Int J Mycobacteriol
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Inflammation and tuberculosis: host-directed therapies.
Authors: Authors: Zumla A, Rao M, Parida SK, Keshavjee S, Cassell G, Wallis R, Axelsson-Robertsson R, Doherty M, Andersson J, Maeurer M.
J Intern Med
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Community-based care vs. centralised hospitalisation for MDR-TB patients, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Authors: Authors: Loveday M, Wallengren K, Brust J, Roberts J, Voce A, Margot B, Ngozo J, Master I, Cassell G, Padayatchi N.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
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Shifting gears to control drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Authors: Authors: Berkelman RL, Cassell GH, Whitney EA, Keshavjee S.
Clin Infect Dis
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Comparative genome analysis of 19 Ureaplasma urealyticum and Ureaplasma parvum strains.
Authors: Authors: Paralanov V, Lu J, Duffy LB, Crabb DM, Shrivastava S, Methé BA, Inman J, Yooseph S, Xiao L, Cassell GH, Waites KB, Glass JI.
BMC Microbiol
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Extensive horizontal gene transfer in ureaplasmas from humans questions the utility of serotyping for diagnostic purposes.
Authors: Authors: Xiao L, Paralanov V, Glass JI, Duffy LB, Robertson JA, Cassell GH, Chen Y, Waites KB.
J Clin Microbiol
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Outcomes of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) among a cohort of South African patients with high HIV prevalence.
Authors: Authors: Farley JE, Ram M, Pan W, Waldman S, Cassell GH, Chaisson RE, Weyer K, Lancaster J, Van der Walt M.
PLoS One
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Detection and characterization of human Ureaplasma species and serovars by real-time PCR.
Authors: Authors: Xiao L, Glass JI, Paralanov V, Yooseph S, Cassell GH, Duffy LB, Waites KB.
J Clin Microbiol
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Deficient immune response to Mycoplasma pneumoniae in childhood asthma.
Authors: Authors: Atkinson TP, Duffy LB, Pendley D, Dai Y, Cassell GH.
Allergy Asthma Proc
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