Global Health and Social Medicine Research

Dr. Lisa Cosimi

Dr. Cosimi Directs the CDC-funded Program Evaluation and Quality Improvement for the Harvard AIDS Initiative in Vietnam. She has developed curricula for Vietnamese clinicians now implemented throughout Vietnam in order to improve the quality of care and outcomes for HIV-infected patients in Vietnam.

Dr. Sonya Shin

Dr. Shin's research focuses on adherence and integrated service delivery for chronic infectious diseases.

Dr. Serena Koenig

Dr. Koenig conducts clinical and economic studies in Haiti with the goal of maximizing the health outcomes and cost-effectiveness of HIV and TB treatment strategies. She is conducting an NIH-funded study evaluating the cost-effectiveness of earlier initiation of antiretroviral therapy in Haiti.

Dr. Dylan Tierney

Dr. Dylan Tierney is actively engaged in research on the development and implementation of tuberculosis diagnostics; he is working with a multi-disciplinary team of investigators to develop an automated sputum processing module for incorporation into a rapid, point-of-care assay for pulmonary tuberculosis.

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