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Leonid Lecca, M.D.

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Dr. Lecca is an international expert on global health. He earned his MD from Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University, where also holds his MSc in Epidemiology and Health Management. Last year, he participated in the Global Health Intensive Program at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Dr. Lecca is also the Executive Director at Partners In Health in Peru, and serve as the principal investigator for numerous NIH and Grand Challenges of Canada grants among others, oversees a staff of 250, manages relationships with government, and facilitates the participation of students and research affiliates on various projects at the PIH site and throughout Peru. In the past, Dr. Lecca worked as a technical advisor in infectious disease projects at U.S. Agency for International Development, and was the Human Research Protection Administrator at the Peruvian National Institute of Health. 

Leonid Lecca, MD, MSc is a Lecture in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. His research focuses on the epidemiology of tuberculosis, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, maternal-health, mental health, chronic diseases and community-based approaches to dealing with public health problems, social responsibility, and public health approaches in global health. Current projects include:

  • The discovery and development of innovative TB Diagnostics.
  • Finding and treating unsuspected and resistant TB to reduce hospital transmission.
  • Identification of metabolic factors that control the spectrum of human tuberculosis.
  • Clinical trials for TB, MDR-TB and XDR-TB.
  • Study of community-based family coaching interventions to improve neurodevelopment in at-risk children.
  • An innovative interdisciplinary approaches to sustainable airborne infection control.
  • Clinical and programmatic outcomes of a community-based antiretroviral therapy program for HIV positive patients.
Characteristics of children and adolescents with multidrug-resistant and rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis and their association with treatment outcomes: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis.
Authors: Authors: Garcia-Prats AJ, Garcia-Cremades M, Cox V, Kredo T, Dunbar R, Schaaf HS, Seddon JA, Furin J, Achar J, Radke K, Sachs T, Abubakirov A, Ahmed S, Akkerman OW, Al Ani NA, Amanullah F, Ahmad N, Anderson LF, Asfaw M, Bango F, Bauer T, Becerra M, Boeree M, Brinkmann F, Brown R, Brust J, Campbell JR, Carvalho AC, Carvalho I, Cegielski JP, Centis R, Chan ED, Chauhan S, Chiang SS, Chan PC, D'Ambrosio L, Dalcolmo M, Daneilyan N, de Vries G, Draper HR, Fairlie L, Francis JR, Franke M, Gegia M, Restrepo CG, Guenther A, Gureva T, Haecker B, Harausz E, Hewison C, Hicks RM, Huerga H, Hughes J, Isaakidis P, Kadri SM, Khan MA, Kotrikadze T, Kuksa L, Lachenal N, Lange C, Lecca L, Lopez-Varela E, Lucena S, Mariandyshev A, Mattoo S, Mendez-Echevarria A, Migliori GB, Mitnick C, Mohr-Holland E, Mulanda W, Murzabakova T, Myrzalieve B, Ndjeka N, Niemann S, Ozere I, Padayatchi N, Parmar M, Parpieva N, Manzur-Ul-Alam M, Rybak N, Sachdeva KS, Salmon K, Santiago-Garcia B, Schaub D, Shah I, Shah S, Shah V, Sharma S, Shim TS, Shin S, Sinha A, Skrahina A, Solanki H, Solans BP, Soriano-Arandes A, Toktogonova A, van der Werf T, Velásquez GE, Williams B, Yim JJ, Savic R, Hesseling A.
Lancet Child Adolesc Health
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Microbiological aspects and clinical impact of lower lung field tuberculosis: An observational cohort study in Peru.
Authors: Authors: Tan Q, Huang CC, Calderon R, Lecca L, Mendoza M, Rocha GR, Tintaya K, Tovar X, Feng JY, Pan SW, Tseng YH, Huang JR, Zhang Z, Murray MB.
Int J Infect Dis
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Proof of concept of the Universal Baby video innovation for early child development in Lima, Peru.
Authors: Authors: Nelson AK, Griest CJ, Munoz LM, Rumaldo N, Miller AC, Soplapuco GM, Lecca L, Shin SS, Acuña LR, Valdivia YV, Ramos AR, Ahumada DG, Ramos BRH, Mejia SA, Serrano EO, Castro WH, Oliva VE, Heyman AS, Hartwell LP, Blackwell RL, Diaz DF, Vibbert MM.
J Pediatr Psychol
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Adapting a mobile TB screening unit to provide integrated screening services and linkage to primary care.
Authors: Authors: Millones AK, Cohen S, Acosta D, Campos H, Condeso A, Farroñay S, Torres I, Vargas C, Abanto K, Contreras C, Palomino S, Jimenez J, Lecca L, Yuen CM.
Public Health Action
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Revealing disparities in representation in knowledge generation and guideline development.
Authors: Authors: Almeida CPB, Andom AT, Casseus A, Do JM, Gelin A, Lecca L, Luma M, Mazzi M, Mitnick CD, Mugunga JC, Ndayizigiye M, Nguyen N, Tamirat M, Tefera G, Toussaint S, Tovar M, Tzelios C.
BMC Health Serv Res
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Paired analysis of host and pathogen genomes identifies determinants of human tuberculosis.
Authors: Authors: Luo Y, Huang CC, Howard NC, Wang X, Liu Q, Li X, Zhu J, Amariuta T, Asgari S, Ishigaki K, Calderon R, Raman S, Ramnarine AK, Mayfield JA, Moody DB, Lecca L, Fortune SM, Murray MB, Raychaudhuri S.
Nat Commun
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Diagnostic accuracy of an exhaled breath test for TB in hospitalized patients with cough or risk.
Authors: Authors: Biewer A, Tintaya K, Roman B, Hurwitz S, Lecca L, Nardell E, Tierney DB, Nathavitharana RR.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
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Prevalence of non-communicable diseases among household contacts of people with tuberculosis: A systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis.
Authors: Authors: Hamada Y, Quartagno M, Malik F, Ntshamane K, Tisler A, Gaikwad S, Acuna-Villaorduna C, Bhavani PK, Alisjahbana B, Ronacher K, Apriani L, Becerra M, Chu AL, Creswell J, Diaz G, Ferro BE, Galea JT, Grandjean L, Grewal HMS, Gupta A, Jones-López EC, Kleynhans L, Lecca L, MacPherson P, Murray M, Marín D, Restrepo BI, Shivakumar SVBY, Shu E, Sivakumaran D, Vo LNQ, Webb EL, Copas A, Abubakar I, Rangaka MX.
Trop Med Int Health
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Tuberculosis treatment loss to follow-up in children exposed at home: A prospective cohort study.
Authors: Authors: Brooks MB, van de Water BJ, Lecca L, Huang CC, Trevisi L, Contreras C, Galea JT, Calderon R, Yataco R, Murray M, Becerra MC.
J Glob Health
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Barriers and facilitators to tuberculosis diagnosis in Lima, Peru: a mixed methods study.
Authors: Authors: Geadas C, Millones AK, Acosta D, Campos H, Del Aguila-Rojas E, Farroñay S, Morales G, Ramirez-Sandoval J, Torres I, Jimenez J, Lecca L, Yuen CM.
BMC Infect Dis
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