Pranay Sinha, MD, SM

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

I am an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and work as an Infectious Diseases physician at Boston Medical Center. I earned my medical degree from the University of Virginia and completed my residency in Internal Medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital, where I graduated with a distinction in Global Health and Equity. I then pursued an Infectious Diseases fellowship at Boston University and also hold a Master’s degree in Health Policy and Management from Harvard University.

My work focuses on tuberculosis and infectious diseases, with a particular interest in how undernutrition affects TB outcomes in vulnerable populations. I am involved in research in India, Benin, and Togo, exploring ways to integrate social determinants into health interventions. I aim to promote cost-effective nutritional support that can improve health outcomes in settings with limited resources.

I co-founded and co-chair the TB-undernutrition Working Group at the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, a dynamic community of researchers, clinicians, and advocates who have contributed meaningfully to the recognition of undernutrition as an important TB comorbidity. Due to my engagement with TB-undernutrition research, I have served as a technical resource person for the World Health Organization. I have also collaborated with the governments of India, Benin, and Togo to expand nutritional support and anti-helminthic treatment for people with tuberculosis.

At Boston Medical Center, I’m fortunate to work alongside talented colleagues, and I am involved in training medical students, residents, and fellows. It has been a privilege to mentor more than thirty trainees along the way.

The modicum of success I have enjoyed in academic medicine is a product of guidance and support from a village of generous mentors. Now, I try to pay their kindness forward. I feel very privileged when a brilliant young trainee entrusts their growth as a physician or researcher to me.

Publications

  • Published 3/17/2026

    Rao PS, Prakash Babu S, Ezhumalai K, Knudsen S, Ramakrishnan J, Joseph N, Cintron C, Dauphinais MR, Narasimhan PB, Salgame P, Hochberg NS, Hom DL, Heysell SK, Horsburgh CR, Ellner JJ, Sinha P, Sarkar S. Rifampin Exposure in Pregnant and Nonpregnant Women With Tuberculosis in India. J Infect Dis. 2026 Mar 17; 233(3):594-597. PMID: 40925610.

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  • 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 1/29/2026

    Tabackman A, Cowan S, Calderwood C, Sinha P. Reframing TB Care: A Perspective on Multimorbidity-Centered Care for People with TB. Trop Med Infect Dis. 2026 Jan 29; 11(2). PMID: 41746007.

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  • Published 12/4/2025

    Kumar R, Sinha P, Krishnan A, Singh M, Singh A, Guleria R, Singh UB. Energy dense nutritional supplements improve weight gain among malnourished adults with drug-sensitive pulmonary tuberculosis: An open-label randomized controlled trial in Faridabad, India. Int J Infect Dis. 2026 Feb; 163:108286. PMID: 41352758.

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  • Published 11/23/2025

    Carwile M, Jain K, Dauphinais M, Cintron C, Janarthanan, Locks LM, Maloomian K, Prakash Babu S, Rajkumari N, R M, Narasimhan PB, Sabin L, Sinha P, Lakshminarayanan S. Tuberculosis- learning about experience with nutritional supplementation (TB LENS): Perspectives on a nutritional supplementation for persons with TB and their household contacts. Glob Public Health. 2025 Dec 31; 20(1):2576758. PMID: 41276883.

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Education

  • University of Virginia School of Medicine, MD
  • Harvard School of Public Health, SM/ScM
  • Adelphi University, BS

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