John Bernardo, MD
Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Medicine
Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine

MD, University of Illinois
BS, University of Illinois



Research interests include:

Basic Science Research: Control of Phagocyte Function and novel applications of Flow Cytometry/kinetic flow imaging.

Translational-Clinical Research: Tuberculosis: diagnostics; treatment; community-based prevention; education; policy

Clinical interests include:
-Tuberculosis
-Allergy
-Clinical/Research Activities:

Dr. Bernardo is Professor of Medicine at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. He attends on the pulmonary consult service and critical care unit at Boston Medical Center. He is active in local and national TB programmatic activities, including: National Tuberculosis Controllers’ Association where he has served as Executive Committee President from 2002 to the present. Dr. Bernardo is also an active member of the Advisory Committee on the Elimination of Tuberculosis (ACET; NTCA) and the Association of Public Health Laboratories Task Force on the Future of TB Laboratory Services. Dr. Bernardo is a co-investigator at the Northeast Tuberculosis Regional Training and Medical Consultation Center (CDC), and a TB Control Officer, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Div of TB Prevention and Control. He is a Principal Investigator at the Boston University site, TB Trials Consortium and co-Principal Investigator, Massachusetts DPH site, TB Epidemiologic Studies Consortium;.

Outside of Boston Medical Center, Dr. Bernardo is a Pulmonary/TB Physician for Boston’s Health Care for the Homeless, Inc., with a weekly, full-service, evening TB Clinic at Pine Street Inn shelter, where Claire Murphy, RN, NP, and Dr Bernardo provide specialty care to persons with TB infection and disease.

Dr. Bernardo’s basic research interests include basic studies of the control of the phagovacuolar environment (human neutrophils and monomuclear phagocytes) using kinetic flow cytometry and novel flow cytometric techniques (NHLBI support), in collaboration with Elizabeth Simons, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry. For more details, please see our webpage of TB/HIV Basic Science Research.

Research Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Biochemistry & Cell Biology


Member
Boston University
Pulmonary Center




SCH: INT A.Soclotechnilcal Systems Systems Approach for Improving Tuberculosis Diagnostics Using Mobile Health Technologies
08/01/2016 - 06/30/2019 (Subcontract PI)
University of Massachusetts, Lowell NIH NIBIB
5R01EB021900-03

Regional Training and Medical Consultation Center (RTMCC)
09/01/2005 - 12/31/2012 (Subcontract PI)
New Jersey Medical School HHS CDC


TB Nursing Curriculum Module
09/30/2001 - 06/30/2003 (PI)
New Jersey Medical School HHS CDC

Tuberculosis Training Program - Boston
08/01/1996 - 07/31/2002 (PI)
NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
5 K07 HL03035 05


TB Trials Consortium
09/23/2004 - 11/30/2010 (PI)
CDC

TB Trials - Holding Account
09/23/2003 - 10/05/2005 (PI)
CDC


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Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2000 TUBERCULOSIS TRAINING PROGRAM--BOSTON 5K07HL003035-05 3
1999 TUBERCULOSIS TRAINING PROGRAM--BOSTON 5K07HL003035-04 3
1998 TUBERCULOSIS TRAINING PROGRAM--BOSTON 5K07HL003035-03 3
1997 TUBERCULOSIS TRAINING PROGRAM--BOSTON 5K07HL003035-02 3
1996 TUBERCULOSIS TRAINING PROGRAM--BOSTON 1K07HL003035-01A2 3

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  1. Smock L, Nguyen T, Gadani K, Tibbs A, Geltman PL, Bernardo J, Cochran J. Factors Associated with Development of Tuberculosis Disease Among Refugees, Massachusetts, 2008-2018. J Immigr Minor Health. 2023 Feb; 25(1):31-37.View Related Profiles. PMID: 35501587
     
  2. Szkwarko D, Urbanowski ME, Thal R, Iyer P, Foley S, Randall LM, Bernardo J, Savageau JA, Cochran J. Expanding Latent Tuberculosis Infection Testing and Treatment in Massachusetts Primary Care Clinics via the ECHO Model. J Prim Care Community Health. 2022; 13:21501319221119942. PMID: 36000470; PMCID: PMC9425883; DOI: 10.1177/21501319221119942;
     
  3. Eddy JJ, Seth B, White LF, Sulis CA, Fagan MA, Bernardo J. Decreasing time spent in airborne infection isolation during TB testing. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2021 08 01; 25(8):665-667.View Related Profiles. PMID: 34330353
     
  4. Belok SH, Parikh R, Bernardo J, Kathuria H. E-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury: a review. Pneumonia (Nathan). 2020; 12:12.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33110741; PMCID: PMC7585559; DOI: 10.1186/s41479-020-00075-2;
     
  5. Eddy JJ, Gadani KM, Tibbs A, Bernardo J, Cochran J, White LF, Horsburgh CR, Jacobson KR. Increasing Drug Resistance Among Persons With Tuberculosis in Massachusetts, 2009-2018. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Aug; 7(8):ofaa300.View Related Profiles. PMID: 32855987; PMCID: PMC7444736; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa300;
     
  6. Schoenberg NC, Barker AF, Bernardo J, Deterding RR, Ellner JJ, Hess DR, MacIntyre NR, Martinez FJ, Wilson KC. A Comparative Analysis of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Guideline Development Methodologies. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017 Sep 01; 196(5):621-627.View Related Profiles. PMID: 28731387; PMCID: PMC5955064; DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201705-0926OC;
     
  7. Chiswick EL, Mella JR, Bernardo J, Remick DG. Acute-Phase Deaths from Murine Polymicrobial Sepsis Are Characterized by Innate Immune Suppression Rather Than Exhaustion. J Immunol. 2015 Oct 15; 195(8):3793-802.View Related Profiles. PMID: 26371253; PMCID: PMC4592823; DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1500874;
     
  8. Lessem EM, Bernardo J, Reed C, Wegener DH. Informed use of bedaquiline for tuberculosis. Lancet. 2015 May 02; 385(9979):1724. PMID: 25943933
     
  9. Pollock NR, McAdam AJ, Pai M, Nardell EA, Bernardo J, Banaei N, Mobo J. Interferon ?-release assays for diagnosis of latent tuberculosis in healthcare workers in low-incidence settings: pros and cons. Clin Chem. 2014 May; 60(5):714-8. PMID: 24100806; DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2012.201178;
     
  10. Marks SM, Cronin W, Venkatappa T, Maltas G, Chon S, Sharnprapai S, Gaeddert M, Tapia J, Dorman SE, Etkind S, Crosby C, Blumberg HM, Bernardo J. The health-system benefits and cost-effectiveness of using Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct nucleic acid amplification testing to diagnose tuberculosis disease in the United States. Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Aug; 57(4):532-42. PMID: 23697743; PMCID: PMC4566959; DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit336;
     
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Bar chart showing 59 publications over 33 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2011

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