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 2/4/2026

    Swartwood NA, Cohen T, Marks SM, Hill AN, Beeler Asay GR, Self J, Feng PI, Horsburgh CR, Salomon JA, Menzies NA. Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tuberculosis Outcomes in the United States: A Bayesian Analysis. Clin Infect Dis. 2026 Feb 04; 81(6):e659-e667. PMID: 40036593.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 2/4/2026

    Sinha P, Bhargava M, Dauphinais MR, Carwile ME, Horsburgh CR, Singh UB, Sarkar S, Bhargava A, Menzies NA. In-kind Nutritional Supplementation for Persons With Drug-susceptible Tuberculosis and Their Household Contacts Would be Cost-effective for Reducing Tuberculosis Incidence and Mortality in Jharkhand, India: A Modeling Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2026 Feb 04; 81(6):1126-1134. PMID: 40833109.

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  • Published 12/1/2025

    Phillips PPJ, Peloquin CA, Sterling TR, Mitnick CD, Horsburgh CR. Reply to Liao et al.: Optimizing Levofloxacin Dosing for Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis in Low-Fat-Free Mass Asian Populations. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025 Dec; 211(12):2422-2423. PMID: 40737625.

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  • Published 10/6/2025

    Rosen LV, Thielking AM, Dugdale CM, Montepiedra G, Kalk E, Kim S, LaCourse SM, Mathad JS, Freedberg KA, Horsburgh CR, Paltiel AD, Wood R, Ciaranello AL, Reddy KP. Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment for Pregnant People With HIV in South Africa: A Modeling Analysis of Clinical Benefits and Risks. Clin Infect Dis. 2025 Oct 06; 81(3):613-622. PMID: 39544107.

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  • Published 9/22/2025

    Carwile ME, Prakash Babu S, Cintron C, Dauphinais M, Pan SJ, Thulasingam M, Horsburgh CR, Sarkar S, Hochberg NS, Sabin LL, Flynn D, Kumar B, Sinha P, Singh UB. TB stigma in India: A narrative review of types of stigma, gender differences, and potential interventions. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025; 5(9):e0005109. PMID: 40982550.

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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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