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Madhukar Pai

Madhukar Pai
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Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health

2001 捆绑SM社区 College, Suite 1200
Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 1G1

Phone: 
Tel.: 514-398-5422
Fax: 514-398-4503
Email address: 
madhukar.pai [at] mcgill.ca
Biography: 

Prof. Madhukar Pai, MD, PhD, FCAHS is a Canada Research Chair in Epidemiology & Global Health at 捆绑SM社区, Montreal. He is the Director of 捆绑SM社区 Global Health Programs, and Director of the 捆绑SM社区 International TB Centre. He did his medical training and community medicine residency in Vellore, India. He completed his PhD in epidemiology at UC Berkeley, and a postdoctoral fellowship at the UCSF. Madhu has served as a Consultant to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He serves on the STAG-TB committee of WHO, Geneva; Scientific Advisory Committee of FIND, Geneva; and Access Advisory Committee of TB Alliance, New York. He has previously served on the Coordinating Board of the Stop TB Partnership. He is on the editorial boards of Lancet Infectious Diseases, PLoS Medicine, eLife, PLoS ONE, International Journal of TB and Lung Disease, among others. Madhu鈥檚 research is mainly focused on improving the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis, especially in high-burden countries like India and South Africa. His research is supported by grant funding from the Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Canada, and Canadian Institutes of Health Research. He has more than 345 peer-reviewed publications. He is a recipient of the Union Scientific Prize, Chanchlani Global Health Research Award, and Haile T. Debas Prize. He is a member of the Royal Society of Canada, and an elected Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.Prof. Madhukar Pai, MD, PhD, FCAHS is a Canada Research Chair in Epidemiology & Global Health at 捆绑SM社区, Montreal. He is the Director of 捆绑SM社区 Global Health Programs, and Director of the 捆绑SM社区 International TB Centre. He did his medical training and community medicine residency in Vellore, India. He completed his PhD in epidemiology at UC Berkeley, and a postdoctoral fellowship at the UCSF. Madhu has served as a Consultant to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He serves on the STAG-TB committee of WHO, Geneva; Scientific Advisory Committee of FIND, Geneva; and Access Advisory Committee of TB Alliance, New York. He has previously served on the Coordinating Board of the Stop TB Partnership. He is on the editorial boards of Lancet Infectious Diseases, PLoS Medicine, eLife, PLoS ONE, International Journal of TB and Lung Disease, among others. Madhu鈥檚 research is mainly focused on improving the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis, especially in high-burden countries like India and South Africa. His research is supported by grant funding from the Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Canada, and Canadian Institutes of Health Research. He has more than 345 peer-reviewed publications. He is a recipient of the Union Scientific Prize, Chanchlani Global Health Research Award, and Haile T. Debas Prize. He is a member of the Royal Society of Canada, and an elected Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.

Areas of expertise: 

Quality of tuberculosis care assessment in public and private sectors, infectious diseases epidemiology, global health research, evidence based medicine, diagnostic research methodology, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, and teaching of epidemiology.

Group: 
Professors
Research areas: 
Global Health
Health Services and Health Policy
Infectious Disease Epidemiology
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Keywords: Tuberculosis, quality of care, infectious diseases, global health, diagnostics, epidemiology

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