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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.
The COVID-19 pandemic as a catalyst for integrated global mental healthcare and tuberculosis care.
Authors: Authors: Chu AL, Pasha A, Contreras C, Lecca L, Sweetland AC, Galea JT.
BJPsych Int
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Respiratory, Cardiac, and Neuropsychiatric Manifestations of Postacute Sequelae of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Lima, Peru.
Authors: Authors: Rahman RS, Tovar MA, Peinado J, Palomino JS, Ramirez C, Llanos-Zavalaga F, Peralta E, Valderrama G, Ramos Cordova LB, Sanchez Cortez LI, Rodriguez G, LaHood AN, Franke MF, Mitnick CD, Lecca L, Velásquez GE.
Open Forum Infect Dis
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Culture-negative TB: clinical characteristics, risk factors and treatment outcomes.
Authors: Authors: Okoya F, Huang CC, Zhang Z, Lecca L, Calderón R, Contreras C, Yataco R, Galea J, Becerra M, Murray M.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
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History of tuberculosis disease is associated with genetic regulatory variation in Peruvians.
Authors: Authors: Suliman S, Nieto-Caballero VE, Asgari S, Lopez K, Iwany SK, Luo Y, Nathan A, Fernandez-Salinas D, Chiñas M, Huang CC, Zhang Z, León SR, Calderon RI, Lecca L, Murray M, Van Rhijn I, Raychaudhuri S, Moody DB, Gutierrez-Arcelus M.
medRxiv
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Outcomes of WHO-conforming, longer, all-oral multidrug-resistant TB regimens and analysis implications.
Authors: Authors: Rich ML, Khan U, Zeng C, LaHood A, Franke MF, Atwood S, Bastard M, Burhan E, Danielyan N, Dzhazibekova PM, Gadissa D, Ghafoor A, Hewison C, Islam MS, Kazmi E, Khan PY, Lecca L, Maama LB, Melikyan N, Naing YY, Philippe K, Saki NA, Seung KJ, Skrahina A, Tefera GB, Varaine F, Vilbrun SC, Võ L, Mitnick CD, Huerga H.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
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Adolescent, caregiver and provider perspectives on tuberculosis treatment adherence: a qualitative study from Lima, Peru.
Authors: Authors: Chiang SS, Senador L, Altamirano E, Wong M, Beckhorn CB, Roche S, Coit J, Oliva Rapoport VE, Lecca L, Galea JT.
BMJ Open
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Development of treatment-decision algorithms for children evaluated for pulmonary tuberculosis: an individual participant data meta-analysis.
Authors: Authors: Gunasekera KS, Marcy O, Muñoz J, Lopez-Varela E, Sekadde MP, Franke MF, Bonnet M, Ahmed S, Amanullah F, Anwar A, Augusto O, Aurilio RB, Banu S, Batool I, Brands A, Cain KP, Carratalá-Castro L, Caws M, Click ES, Cranmer LM, García-Basteiro AL, Hesseling AC, Huynh J, Kabir S, Lecca L, Mandalakas A, Mavhunga F, Myint AA, Myo K, Nampijja D, Nicol MP, Orikiriza P, Palmer M, Sant'Anna CC, Siddiqui SA, Smith JP, Song R, Thuong Thuong NT, Ung V, van der Zalm MM, Verkuijl S, Viney K, Walters EG, Warren JL, Zar HJ, Marais BJ, Graham SM, Debray TPA, Cohen T, Seddon JA.
Lancet Child Adolesc Health
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Subjective socioeconomic status: an alternative to objective socioeconomic status.
Authors: Authors: Zhao M, Huang CC, Mendoza M, Tovar X, Lecca L, Murray M.
BMC Med Res Methodol
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Sensitivity of Various Case Detection Algorithms for Community-based Tuberculosis Screening.
Authors: Authors: Puma D, Yuen CM, Millones AK, Brooks MB, Jimenez J, Calderon RI, Lecca L, Becerra MC, Keshavjee S.
Clin Infect Dis
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Low detection rate of RT-PCR-confirmed COVID-19 using IgM/IgG rapid antibody tests in a large community sample in Lima, Peru.
Authors: Authors: Law S, Tovar MA, Franke MF, Calderon R, Palomino S, Valderrama G, Llanos F, Velásquez GE, Mitnick CD, Lecca L.
BMC Infect Dis
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