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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.
FAST tuberculosis transmission control strategy speeds the start of tuberculosis treatment at a general hospital in Lima, Peru.
Authors: Authors: Tierney DB, Orvis E, Nathavitharana RR, Hurwitz S, Tintaya K, Vargas D, Segura P, de la Gala S, Lecca L, Mitnick CD, Nardell EA.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
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Safety of Treatment Regimens Containing Bedaquiline and Delamanid in the endTB Cohort.
Authors: Authors: Hewison C, Khan U, Bastard M, Lachenal N, Coutisson S, Osso E, Ahmed S, Khan P, Franke MF, Rich ML, Varaine F, Melikyan N, Seung KJ, Adenov M, Adnan S, Danielyan N, Islam S, Janmohamed A, Karakozian H, Kamene Kimenye M, Kirakosyan O, Kholikulov B, Krisnanda A, Kumsa A, Leblanc G, Lecca L, Nkuebe M, Mamsa S, Padayachee S, Thit P, Mitnick CD, Huerga H.
Clin Infect Dis
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Impact of prolonged isolation on adolescents with drug-susceptible tuberculosis in Lima, Peru: a qualitative study.
Authors: Authors: Oliva Rapoport VE, Altamirano E, Senador L, Wong M, Beckhorn CB, Coit J, Roche SD, Lecca L, Galea JT, Chiang SS.
BMJ Open
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Diagnostic Performance Assessment of Saliva RT-PCR and Nasopharyngeal Antigen for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Peru.
Authors: Authors: Calderón RI, Jhaveri TA, Tovar MA, Palomino JS, Barreda NN, Sanabria OM, Peinado J, Ramirez C, Llanos Zavalaga LF, Valderrama G, Franke MF, Mitnick CD, Lecca L, Velásquez GE.
Microbiol Spectr
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Geospatial analysis of reported activity locations to identify sites for tuberculosis screening.
Authors: Authors: Yuen CM, Brooks MB, Millones AK, Acosta D, Del Águila-Rojas E, Campos H, Farroñay S, Morales G, Ramirez-Sandoval J, Nichols TC, Jimenez J, Jenkins HE, Lecca L.
Sci Rep
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Higher native Peruvian genetic ancestry proportion is associated with tuberculosis progression risk.
Authors: Authors: Asgari S, Luo Y, Huang CC, Zhang Z, Calderon R, Jimenez J, Yataco R, Contreras C, Galea JT, Lecca L, Jones D, Moody DB, Murray MB, Raychaudhuri S.
Cell Genom
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Geographic accessibility to health facilities predicts uptake of community-based tuberculosis screening in an urban setting.
Authors: Authors: Jenkins HE, Ayuk S, Puma D, Brooks MB, Millones AK, Jimenez J, Lecca L, Galea JT, Becerra M, Keshavjee S, Yuen CM.
Int J Infect Dis
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Single-cell eQTL models reveal dynamic T cell state dependence of disease loci.
Authors: Authors: Nathan A, Asgari S, Ishigaki K, Valencia C, Amariuta T, Luo Y, Beynor JI, Baglaenko Y, Suliman S, Price AL, Lecca L, Murray MB, Moody DB, Raychaudhuri S.
Nature
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Effectiveness of multimodal exercises integrated with cognitive-behavioral therapy in working patients with chronic neck pain: protocol of a randomized controlled trial with 1-year follow-up.
Authors: Authors: Monticone M, Simone Vullo S, Lecca LI, Meloni F, Portoghese I, Campagna M.
Trials
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Integrated screening and testing for TB and COVID-19 in Peru.
Authors: Authors: Tovar MA, Puma D, Palomino S, Peinado J, Llanos F, Martinelli C, Jimenez J, Calderon R, Yuen CM, Lecca L.
Public Health Action
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