Area of research
Infectious Diseases · Epidemiology
Research interest
Research interests include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment, and Mycobacterium research and diagnosis.
Diagnostic accuracy of swab-based molecular tests for tuberculosis using near-point-of-care platforms: a multi-country evaluation
Plasma proteomics for biomarker discovery in childhood tuberculosis
Diagnostic yield as an important metric for the evaluation of novel tuberculosis tests: rationale and guidance for future research
New Manual Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay Validated on Tongue Swabs Collected and Processed in Uganda Shows Sensitivity That Rivals Sputum-based Molecular Tuberculosis Diagnostics
Evaluation of the Xpert MTB Host Response assay for the triage of patients with presumed pulmonary tuberculosis: a prospective diagnostic accuracy study in Viet Nam, India, the Philippines, Uganda, and South Africa
Circulating cell-free RNA in blood as a host response biomarker for detection of tuberculosis
Diagnostic Accuracy of Tuberculosis Screening Tests in a Prospective Multinational Cohort: Chest Radiography With Computer-Aided Detection, Xpert Tuberculosis Host Response, and C-Reactive Protein
Impact of a multicomponent strategy including decentralized molecular testing for tuberculosis on mortality: planned analysis of a cluster-randomized trial in Uganda
Diagnostic yield of urine lipoarabinomannan and sputum tuberculosis tests in people living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data
Scientific advances and the end of tuberculosis: a report from the Lancet Commission on Tuberculosis
Blazing the trail for innovative tuberculosis diagnostics
mHealth to improve implementation of TB contact investigation: a case study from Uganda
Clinical utility of WHO-recommended screening tools and development and validation of novel clinical prediction models for pulmonary tuberculosis screening among outpatients living with HIV: an individual participant data meta-analysis
Addressing health disparities through implementation science—a need to integrate an equity lens from the outset
Accuracy of Tongue Swab Testing Using Xpert MTB-RIF Ultra for Tuberculosis Diagnosis
Discriminative Accuracy of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Screening Instruments in 3 Low- and Middle-Income Country Settings
The Role of C-Reactive Protein as a Triage Tool for Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Children
Digital adherence technology for tuberculosis treatment supervision: A stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial in Uganda
Tracheal aspirate RNA sequencing identifies distinct immunological features of COVID-19 ARDS
Characterization of oral swab samples for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis
Gaps in TB preventive therapy for persons initiating antiretroviral therapy in Uganda: an explanatory sequential cascade analysis
Author Correction: Lipoarabinomannan antigenic epitope differences in tuberculosis disease subtypes
The transition to Xpert MTB/RIF ultra: diagnostic accuracy for pulmonary tuberculosis in Kampala, Uganda
Where will it end? Pathways to care and catastrophic costs following negative TB evaluation in Uganda
Design and execution of a public randomization ceremony to enhance stakeholder engagement within a cluster randomized trial to improve tuberculosis diagnosis in Uganda
The Spectrum of Tuberculosis Disease in an Urban Ugandan Community and Its Health Facilities
Challenges with scale-up of GeneXpert MTB/RIF® in Uganda: a health systems perspective
Costs incurred by patients with drug-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis in semi-urban and rural settings of Western India
A Prospective Evaluation of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for Childhood Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Uganda
Study protocol: a cluster randomized trial to evaluate the effectiveness and implementation of onsite GeneXpert testing at community health centers in Uganda (XPEL-TB)