New study by Caitlin Dugdale @emilyhyle and Erica S. Shenoy, MD, PhD evaluates #tuberculosis  diagnostic strategies in low-prevalence settings: 2 AFB smears offer same yield as 3, adding PCRs improves sensitivity. Important findings for #TB  testing protocols! academic.oup.com/ofid/article/d…

#MonganScienceMinute featuring Lisa Bebell MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) Mbarara University pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38596653/

This Friday, April 26 (8am ET) Jana Jarolimova Jana Jarolimova, MD MPH presents her #HIV Research in Progress “Screening strategies for sexually transmitted infections in South Africa” MGH Division of Infectious Diseases MGH IM Residents Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women’s Infectious Diseases MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) INFO @ conta.cc/3UboabP

Thanks to all who stopped by MPEC's poster presentations at #CROI2024  Here is Drs. Ingrid Bassett and Mario Songane presenting their posters! Mass General Research Institute Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation Harvard CFAR

MPEC investigators and collaborators will be presenting their #HIV research posters during today’s poster presentation at #CROI2024 ! Come see our work this afternoon (2:30 pm MST / 4:30 pm EST). aima ahonkhai Mass General Research Institute Harvard CFAR

Dr. Ingrid Bassett is presenting her work on #PrEP in today's themed discussion on #HIV care innovations at #CROI2024 (1:45 pm MST / 3:45 pm EST) as well as during the poster session this afternoon (2:30 pm MST / 4:30 pm EST) Mass General Research Institute Harvard CFAR

MPEC investigators and collaborators will be presenting their posters during the poster session this afternoon at #CROI2024 . Come see our work on #HIV (2:30 pm MST / 4:30 pm EST)! Emily Hyle Jose Figueroa, MD, MPH Keri N Althoff Alison Castle Lisa Bebell Mass General Research Institute Harvard CFAR

On the first day of #CROI2024 , MPEC and collaborators are presenting their posters on exciting #HIV research during the afternoon poster session (2:30 pm MST / 4:30 pm EST). Stop by and say hi! @NeuroIDDoc Emily Hyle Jen Manne-Goehler Mass General Research Institute MGH Division of Infectious Diseases Brigham and Women’s Infectious Diseases Harvard CFAR ACTG Network

#MonganScienceMinute featuring Amir Mohareb, MD, Ken Freedberg, MD, MSc, and Emily Hyle MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38216186/

#MonganScienceMinute featuring Esther Freeman MD PhD Kimberly Blumenthal, MD, MSc MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) MGH Rheumatology & Allergy Clin Epi Research pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38232816/

#MonganScienceMinute featuring Caitlin Dugdale Jana Jarolimova, MD MPH and Ingrid Bassett, MD, MPH MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38180840/

“Taxpayer-funded research went into studies that led to medication approval for the prevention indication, and it’s unclear how that gets factored at all into the pricing.” MPEC’s Anne Neilan, MD MPH on PrEP pricing on NPR #WorldAIDSDay2023 marketplace.org/2023/12/01/hiv…

Work by MPEC investigators on the life-saving benefits of a daily HIV prevention pill for young MSM was highlighted in MGB's collection of impactful HIV research in recognition of World AIDS Day Mass General Research Institute Alyssa Amick Anne Neilan, MD MPH @ClareFlanagan71 Andrea Ciaranello, MD, MPH
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Excited to share new research out today JAMA Network Open with @emilyhyle aima ahonkhai Ankur Pandya and team at MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC). 1/8

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Dr. Jana Jarolimova, MD MPH estimated that the prevalence of curable STIs (gonorrhea, chlamydia, trichomoniasis) among young people in rural South Africa is high: 23.7%. Improved access to STI screening and rapid treatment are needed. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37944161/
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This *December 1* Alison Castle MD shares her Research in Progress: “Engaging men outside the HIV prevention paradigm in South Africa” MGH Division of Infectious Diseases Africa Health Research Institute HIGH IRI at WashU MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) Emily Hyle Mongan Institute #HIV #SouthAfrica Info at conta.cc/3N1x8py