Pranay Sinha MD, SM
Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases
801 Massachusetts Ave | (617) 638-7578pranay.sinha@bmc.org
psinha@bu.edu
Sections
Infectious Diseases
Biography
I am an Assistant Professor at Boston University School of Medicine. My primary interest is in the relationship between undernutrition & TB which I explore through epidemiological studies in India, Benin, and Togo. I couple these epidemiological studies with health economic modeling to inform policy. I learn from my brilliant collaborators in the US and abroad as we work together to ensure that action on social determinants, particularly undernutrition is a key component of global TB elimination efforts. Clinically, I have the privilege of working with the amazing house staff of Boston Medical Center on inpatient Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases services. I am also passionate about my work in the BMC/BPHC TB clinic which serves key and vulnerable populations from around the world.
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.
Education
MD, University of Virginia School of Medicine
Biology, BS, Adelphi University
Publications
Locks LM, Parekh A, Newell K, Dauphinais MR, Cintron C, Maloomian K, Yu EA, Finkelstein JL, Mehta S, Sinha P. The ABCDs of nutritional assessment in infectious diseases research. J Infect Dis. 2024 Nov 06. PMID: 39504432.
Published on 10/15/2024Prakash Babu S, Ezhumalai K, Raghupathy K, Karoly M, Chinnakali P, Gupte N, Paradkar M, Devarajan A, Dhanasekaran M, Thiruvengadam K, Dauphinais MR, Gupte AN, Shivakumar SB, Thangakunam B, Christopher DJ, Viswanathan V, Mave V, Gaikwad S, Kinikar A, Kornfeld H, Horsburgh CR, Chandrasekaran P, Hochberg NS, Salgame P, Gupta A, Roy G, Ellner J, Sinha P, Sarkar S. Factors Associated With Unfavorable Treatment Outcomes Among Persons With Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Multicentric Prospective Cohort Study From India. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Oct 15; 79(4):1034-1038. PMID: 38991034.
Published on 8/13/2024Steel LB, Narasimhan PB, Chaudhari M, Dauphinais MR, Huang S, Beall K, Carwile ME, Cintron C, Du X, Heysell SK, Lakshminarayanan S, Singh UB, Sinha P. Intestinal Parasitic Infections May Be Overlooked Drivers of the Tuberculosis Pandemic. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Oct 02; 111(4):719-723. PMID: 39137767.
Published on 7/19/2024Sinha P, Ezhumalai K, Du X, Ponnuraja C, Dauphinais MR, Gupte N, Sarkar S, Gupta A, Gaikwad S, Thangakunam B, Paradkar M, Christopher DJ, Mave V, Viswanathan V, Ellner JJ, Kornfeld H, Horsburgh CR, Padmapriyadarsini C, Gupte A. Undernourished Household Contacts Are at Increased Risk of Tuberculosis (TB) Disease, but not TB Infection-a Multicenter Prospective Cohort Analysis. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Jul 19; 79(1):233-236. PMID: 38652286.
Published on 6/14/2024Sinha P, Guerrant RL. The Costly Vicious Cycle of Infections and Malnutrition. J Infect Dis. 2024 Jun 14; 229(6):1611-1613. PMID: 37972258.
Published on 4/15/2024Richterman A, Sinha P, Ivers LC, Gross R, Rantleru T, Tamuhla N, Bisson GP. Food Insecurity and Undernutrition Are Associated With Distinct Immunologic Profiles in People With Tuberculosis and Advanced HIV Starting Antiretroviral Therapy. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2024 Apr 15; 95(5):494-504. PMID: 38346410.
Published on 1/1/2024Sinha P, Dauphinais M, Carwile ME, Horsburgh CR, Menzies NA. In-kind nutritional supplementation for household contacts of persons with tuberculosis would be cost-effective for reducing tuberculosis incidence and mortality in India: a modeling study. medRxiv. 2024 Jan 01. PMID: 38260435.
Published on 12/18/2023Carwile M, Pan SJ, Zhang V, Dauphinais M, Cintron C, Flynn D, Tang AM, Sinha P. National Institutes of Health Funding for Tuberculosis Comorbidities Is Disproportionate to Their Epidemiologic Impact. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024 Jan; 11(1):ofad618. PMID: 38221985.
Published on 11/25/2023McQuaid CF, Bhargava M, Sinha P, Bhargava A, Houben RMGJ. Malnutrition in older adults: a wider view. Lancet. 2023 Nov 25; 402(10416):1977. PMID: 38007259.
Published on 10/5/2023Acuña-Villaorduña C, Sinha P. Bedaquiline, Pretomanid, and Linezolid for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment in the United States: A BIG Deal. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Oct 05; 77(7):1063-1064. PMID: 37249072.
Media Mentions
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Published on 4/23/2024
Study shows undernourishment increases risk of TB
Published on 11/30/2022
Undernutrition before TB, after treatment initiation associated with adverse outcomes
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