C. R. Horsburgh, MD

Professor, Boston University School of Public Health

Biography

Dr. Horsburgh has 30 years of experience in public health and medicine. He currently holds faculty positions in the Departments of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Global Health and Medicine. Dr. Horsburgh teaches courses in the Epidemiology of AIDS, the Epidemiology of Tuberculosis and Vaccine Epidemiology. His research focuses on tuberculosis, nontuberculous mycobacterial infections and opportunistic infections in AIDS. Currently, he is involved in research in Brazil, India, South Africa, Tanzania, Vietnam and the Philippines. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD) and Chairman of the Steering Committee of RESIST-TB, an international organization dedicated to improving MDR-TB treatment through Clinical Trials and dissemination of best practices (www.resisttb.org).

Publications

  • Published 6/1/2025

    Menzies NA, Marks SM, Hsieh YL, Swartwood NA, Beeler Asay GR, Skarbinski J, Horsburgh CR, Cohen T. Contribution of Posttuberculosis Sequelae to Life-Years Lost from Tuberculosis Disease in the United States, 2015-2019. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025 Jun; 211(6):1059-1068. PMID: 39928299.

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  • Published 5/25/2025

    Koura KG, Soe AN, Dlodlo RA, Lin Y, Sinha P, Badoum G, Dogo MF, Horsburgh CR, Harries AD. Impact of US Government funding cessation on TB care and prevention: a multicountry survey in Africa. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2025 May 25; 29(5):239-241. PMID: 40281676.

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  • Published 5/8/2025

    Hsieh YL, Horsburgh CR, Cohen T, Miller JW, Salomon JA, Menzies NA. Cost-effectiveness of screening with transcriptional signatures for incipient TB among U.S. migrants. PLoS Med. 2025 May; 22(5):e1004603. PMID: 40338978.

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  • Published 4/10/2025

    Swartwood NA, Haddad MB, Marks SM, Beeler Asay GR, Horsburgh CR, Cohen T, Menzies NA. Health Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Testing and Treatment of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection Among Asian and Hispanic Persons With Diagnosed Diabetes in the United States. Value Health. 2025 Apr 10. PMID: 40220866.

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  • Published 3/27/2025

    Niemand N, Rooney JA, Malatesta S, Rawoot N, Bouton TC, Ragan EJ, Carney T, White LF, Farhat M, Horsburgh CR, Myers B, Warren RM, Jacobson KR. Contamination rates in serially sampled sputum specimens obtained during tuberculosis treatment to capture culture conversion. medRxiv. 2025 Mar 27. PMID: 40196277.

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Other Positions

  • Professor, Epidemiology
    Boston University School of Public Health
  • Professor, Medicine
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Professor, Biostatistics
    Boston University School of Public Health

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Education

  • Case Western Reserve University, MD
  • Yale University, MS
  • Princeton University, AB

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