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Natasha S. Hochberg, MD, MPH

Associate Professor

Boston University School of Medicine

Dept of Medicine

Infectious Diseases

MD, Case School of Medicine
MPH, Emory University

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ORCID : 0000-0002-5449-9973

Natasha Hochberg, MD, MPH is Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine (Section of Infectious Diseases) at BU School of Medicine and in the Department of Epidemiology at BU School of Public Health. She is also the Program Director for the Infectious Disease Fellowship Program. Prior to her arrival at Boston University, Dr. Hochberg was an Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) officer at the Centers for Disease and Prevention (CDC) in the Division of Parasitic Diseases and worked internationally on projects related to malaria, visceral leishmaniasis, guinea worm disease, and lymphatic filariasis.

Dr. Hochberg's current research focuses on tropical diseases. Particularly, she studies the impact of malnutrition and parasitic disease on tuberculosis (TB), tropical diseases in immigrant populations, and preventing diseases in international travelers. She is the principal investigator of the TB LION study (Learning the Impact Of Nutrition) in Pondicherry India. This study of household contacts of TB cases evaluates the impact of malnutrition and parasite infections on the immune response to TB and how this changes after providing a high-protein food package, multivitamin, and deworming. She is also site principal investigator of the the US-Indo RePORT study in Pondicherry, India, a cohort of 1100 TB patients and 1500 of their household contacts. The study aims to identify biomarkers that predict TB treatment failure and risk of developing TB (among exposed persons) and to identify how comorbidities (e.g., diabetes, helminth infections) modulate these profiles and risks. She is also the co-investigator of an R01 studying TB in pregnancy in India; the study looks at pharmacokinetics of TB drugs in pregnancy, assesses neonatal outcomes, and evaluates diagnostic testing for latent TB infection in pregnant women. She was the previous recipient of a K-12 BIRCWH award to study the effect of aging on the immune response to latent TB infection in Boston-area nursing home residents.

She is the co-director of the travel clinic at Boston Medical Center (BMC) where she sees travelers and patients with tropical diseases with a particular focus on Chagas disease and other parasitic infections. She serves as the co-site director for GeoSentinel, an international surveillance system of diseases in travelers and migrants, and participates in studies related to tropical medicine and travelers health. At a national level, she is part of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene where she serves as a Councilor for the Clinical Group, as a member of the Scientific Program Committee, and as the Chair for the Subcommittee on Pneumonia, Respiratory Infections and TB. She also sees patients at the Center for Infectious Diseases and attends on the infectious disease consult service.

Dr. Hochberg has taught courses at BU School of Public Health on Infectious Disease Epidemiology (EP755) and Outbreak Investigations (EP800).

Associate Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Epidemiology

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Boston University
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research

BU Research
BMC Research

Chagas Education for Essential Providers
09/30/2020 - 09/29/2025 (Multi-PI)
PI: Natasha S. Hochberg, MD, MPH
Boston Medical Center Corporation HHS CDC
1 NU2GGH002322-01-00

Impact of Personal Exposure to Black Carbon on Pulmonary Tuberculosis Severity
07/01/2014 - 06/30/2018 (PI)
The Potts Memorial Foundation

Chagas Education for Essential Providers YR02
09/30/2020 - 09/29/2025 (PI)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/DHHS

Tuberculosis: Learning the Impact of Nutrition
01/01/2018 - 12/31/2022 (PI)
Warren Alpert Foundation

RePORT India Renewal YR03
10/01/2019 - 09/30/2022 (PI)
CRDF Global National Institute o

PRE-NOTIFICATION: Rapid Assay for Circulating T. cruzi Antig
09/01/2021 - 08/31/2022 (PI)
Kephera Diagnostics National Institute o

Immunometabolic and epigenetic effects of obesity on innate immune surveillance in cancer
08/01/2020 - 07/31/2022 (PI)
Brigham and Womens Hospital National Institute o

Predictors of Resistance Emergence Evaluation in MDR-TB Patients on Treatment(PREEMPT)
08/15/2017 - 07/31/2022 (PI)
Trustees of Boston University NIH-NIAID
5R01AI134430-04

(Prenotification) VITAL-TB (Vitamins And Latency in Tuberculosis
07/01/2019 - 09/30/2021 (PI)
University of Nebraska Medical Center DOS

Impact of Pregnancy on Tuberculosis
01/01/2019 - 07/31/2021 (PI)
Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School NIH-NIAID

RePORT India Suppl: Effect of Malnutrition on Latent TB
08/18/2017 - 12/31/2020 (PI)
U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation National Science Fdn

Determining Barriers to TB Care
06/15/2018 - 12/18/2019 (PI)
Trustees of Boston University US Civ Res & Dev Fdn

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Forsyth CJ, Manne-Goehler J, Bern C, Whitman J, Hochberg NS, Edwards M, Marcus R, Beatty NL, Castro-Sesquen YE, Coyle C, Stigler Granados P, Hamer D, Maguire JH, Gilman RH, Meymandi S. Recommendations for Screening and Diagnosis of Chagas Disease in the United States. J Infect Dis. 2022 May 04; 225(9):1601-1610.View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Hochberg, Natasha

PMID: 34623435

Beatty NL, Forsyth CJ, Gilman RH, Hamer DH, Henao-Martínez AF, Hochberg N, Manne-Goehler J, Marcus R, Meymandi S, Reich MR, Showler A, Stigler Granados P. Neglected Testing for Neglected Tropical Diseases at the CDC. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2022 Apr 12.View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Hochberg, Natasha

PMID: 35413685

Balogun O, Brown A, Angelo KM, Hochberg NS, Barnett ED, Nicolini LA, Asgeirsson H, Grobusch MP, Leder K, Salvador F, Chen L, Odolini S, Díaz-Menéndez M, Gobbi F, Connor BA, Libman M, Hamer DH. Acute hepatitis A in international travellers: a GeoSentinel analysis, 2008-2020. J Travel Med. 2022 03 21; 29(2).View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Barnett, Elizabeth
Hochberg, Natasha

PMID: 35134210

Carwile ME, Hochberg NS, Sinha P. Undernutrition is feeding the tuberculosis pandemic: A perspective. J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis. 2022 May; 27:100311.View Related Profiles.

Hochberg, Natasha
Sinha, Pranay

PMID: 35313724; PMCID: PMC8928739; DOI: 10.1016/j.jctube.2022.100311;

Kaipilyawar V, Zhao Y, Wang X, Joseph NM, Knudsen S, Babu SP, Muthaiah M, Hochberg NS, Sarkar S, Horsburgh CR, Ellner JJ, Johnson WE, Salgame P. Development and validation of a parsimonious TB gene signature using the digital NanoString nCounter platform. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Jan 07.View Related Profiles.

Horsburgh, C.
Ellner, Jerrold
Hochberg, Natasha

PMID: 35015839

Sinha P, White LF, Hochberg NS, Cegielski JP. Avoiding pitfalls in calculating the population attributable fraction of undernutrition for TB. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2022 01 01; 26(1):80.View Related Profiles.

White, Laura
Hochberg, Natasha

PMID: 34969436

Sinha P, Lakshminarayanan SL, Cintron C, Narasimhan PB, Locks LM, Kulatilaka N, Maloomian K, Prakash Babu S, Carwile ME, Liu AF, Horsburgh CR, Acuna-Villaorduna C, Linas BP, Hochberg NS. Nutritional Supplementation Would Be Cost-Effective for Reducing Tuberculosis Incidence and Mortality in India: The Ration Optimization to Impede Tuberculosis (ROTI-TB) model. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Dec 15.View Related Profiles.

Linas, Benjamin
Horsburgh, C.
Acuna-Villaorduna, Carlos
Locks, Lindsey
Hochberg, Natasha
Sinha, Pranay

PMID: 34910141

Krishnamoorthy Y, Ezhumalai K, Murali S, Rajaa S, Jose M, Sathishkumar A, Soundappan G, Horsburgh C, Hochberg N, Johnson WE, Knudsen S, Salgame P, Ellner J, Prakash Babu S, Sarkar S. Prevalence and risk factors associated with latent tuberculosis infection among household contacts of smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in South India. Trop Med Int Health. 2021 12; 26(12):1645-1651.View Related Profiles.

Horsburgh, C.
Ellner, Jerrold
Hochberg, Natasha

PMID: 34654061

Rajaa S, Krishnamoorthy Y, Knudsen S, Roy G, Ellner J, Horsburgh CR, Hochberg NS, Salgame P, S G, Prakash Babu S, Sarkar S. Prevalence and factors associated with diabetes mellitus among tuberculosis patients in South India-a cross-sectional analytical study. BMJ Open. 2021 10 22; 11(10):e050542.View Related Profiles.

Horsburgh, C.
Ellner, Jerrold
Hochberg, Natasha

PMID: 34686553; PMCID: PMC8543642; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050542;

Sabin LL, Thulasingam M, Carwile M, Babu SP, Knudsen S, Dong L, Stephens J, Fernandes P, Cintron C, Horsburgh CR, Salgame P, Ellner JJ, Sarkar S, Hochberg NS. 'People listen more to what actors say': A qualitative study of tuberculosis-related knowledge, behaviours, stigma, and potential interventions in Puducherry, India. Glob Public Health. 2021 Oct 16; 1-13.View Related Profiles.

Horsburgh, C.
Ellner, Jerrold
Sabin, Lora
Hochberg, Natasha

PMID: 34657567

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Cintron C, Narasimhan PB, Locks L, Babu S, Sinha P, Rajkumari N, Kaipilyawar V, Bhargava A, Maloomian K, Chandrasekaran P, Verma S, Joseph N, Johnson WE, Wanke C, Horsburgh CR, Ellner JJ, Sarkar S, Salgame P, Lakshminarayanan S, Hochberg NS. Tuberculosis-Learning the Impact of Nutrition (TB LION): protocol for an interventional study to decrease TB risk in household contacts. BMC Infect Dis. 2021 Oct 12; 21(1):1058.View Related Profiles.

Horsburgh, C.
Ellner, Jerrold
Locks, Lindsey
Hochberg, Natasha
Sinha, Pranay
Johnson, William

PMID: 34641820; PMCID: PMC8506078; DOI: 10.1186/s12879-021-06734-z;

Raghupathy K, Knudsen S, Ellner J, Horsburg C, Hochberg N, Salgame P, Chinnakali P, Prakashbabu S, Sarkar S. Reasons for refusal among patients with tuberculosis and their household contacts to participate in an observational cohort study. Perspect Clin Res. 2021 Oct-Dec; 12(4):234-235.View Related Profiles.

Ellner, Jerrold
Hochberg, Natasha

PMID: 34760653; PMCID: PMC8525795; DOI: 10.4103/picr.picr_377_20;

Eimer J, Patimeteeporn C, Jensenius M, Gkrania-Klotsas E, Duvignaud A, Barnett ED, Hochberg NS, Chen LH, Trigo-Esteban E, Gertler M, Greenaway C, Grobusch MP, Angelo KM, Hamer DH, Caumes E, Asgeirsson H. Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis imported into low-incidence countries-a GeoSentinel analysis, 2008-2020. J Travel Med. 2021 08 27; 28(6).View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Barnett, Elizabeth
Hochberg, Natasha

PMID: 33987682

Murali S, Krishnamoorthy Y, Knudsen S, Roy G, Ellner J, Horsburgh CR, Hochberg N, Salgame P, Prakash Babu S, Sarkar S. Comparison of profile and treatment outcomes between elderly and non-elderly tuberculosis patients in Puducherry and Tamil Nadu, South India. PLoS One. 2021; 16(8):e0256773.View Related Profiles.

Horsburgh, C.
Ellner, Jerrold
Hochberg, Natasha

PMID: 34449817; PMCID: PMC8396735; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256773;

Nolan MS, Hochberg NS. Chagas Disease in HIV-Infected Patients: It's Time to Consider the Diagnosis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 08 16; 105(3):545-546. PMID: 34398814; PMCID: PMC8592368; DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0681;

Cozier YC, Castro-Webb N, Hochberg NS, Rosenberg L, Albert MA, Palmer JR. Lower serum 25(OH)D levels associated with higher risk of COVID-19 infection in U.S. Black women. PLoS One. 2021; 16(7):e0255132.View Related Profiles.

Palmer, Julie
Hochberg, Natasha
Cozier, Yvette

PMID: 34314458; PMCID: PMC8315514; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255132;

Reddy D, Ma Y, Lakshminarayanan S, Sahu S, White LF, Reshma A, Roy G, Salgame P, Knudsen S, Cintron C, Ellner JJ, Horsburgh CR, Sarkar S, Hochberg NS. Severe undernutrition in children affects tuberculin skin test performance in Southern India. PLoS One. 2021; 16(7):e0250304.View Related Profiles.

Horsburgh, C.
Ellner, Jerrold
White, Laura
Hochberg, Natasha

PMID: 34270546; PMCID: PMC8284816; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0250304;

Stoddard M, Sarkar S, Yuan L, Nolan RP, White DE, White LF, Hochberg NS, Chakravarty A. Beyond the new normal: Assessing the feasibility of vaccine-based suppression of SARS-CoV-2. PLoS One. 2021; 16(7):e0254734.View Related Profiles.

White, Laura
Hochberg, Natasha

PMID: 34270597; PMCID: PMC8284637; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254734;

Sinha P, Carwile ME, Cintron C, de Perez EC, Hochberg NS. Climate change and TB: the soil and seed conceptual framework. Public Health Action. 2021 Jun 21; 11(2):108. PMID: 34159072; PMCID: PMC8202625; DOI: 10.5588/pha.21.0030;

Charoenngam N, Ilori TO, Holick MF, Hochberg NS, Apovian CM. Self-identified Race and COVID-19-Associated Acute Kidney Injury and Inflammation: a Retrospective Cohort Study of Hospitalized Inner-City COVID-19 Patients. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 11; 36(11):3487-3496.View Related Profiles.

Apovian, Caroline
Holick, Michael
Hochberg, Natasha
Ilori, Titilayo

PMID: 34100227; PMCID: PMC8183592; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-021-06931-1;

Stoddard M, Van Egeren D, Johnson KE, Rao S, Furgeson J, White DE, Nolan RP, Hochberg N, Chakravarty A. Individually optimal choices can be collectively disastrous in COVID-19 disease control. BMC Public Health. 2021 04 30; 21(1):832. PMID: 33931055; PMCID: PMC8085805; DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-10829-2;

Roy N, Krishnamoorthy Y, Rajaa S, Ezhumalai K, Madhusudhanan S, Raghupathy K, Knudsen S, Horsburgh CR, Hochberg NS, Salgame P, Ellner J, Subitha L, Babu SP, Sarkar S. Health-related quality of life and its effect on TB treatment outcomes. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2021 04 01; 25(4):318-320.View Related Profiles.

Horsburgh, C.
Ellner, Jerrold
Hochberg, Natasha

PMID: 33762076

Johnson KE, Stoddard M, Nolan RP, White DE, Hochberg NS, Chakravarty A. In the long shadow of our best intentions: Model-based assessment of the consequences of school reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS One. 2021; 16(3):e0248509. PMID: 33765026; PMCID: PMC7993767; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248509;

Sinha P, Lönnroth K, Bhargava A, Heysell SK, Sarkar S, Salgame P, Rudgard W, Boccia D, Van Aartsen D, Hochberg NS. Food for thought: addressing undernutrition to end tuberculosis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2021 10; 21(10):e318-e325.View Related Profiles.

Hochberg, Natasha
Sinha, Pranay

PMID: 33770535; PMCID: PMC8458477; DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30792-1;

Hochberg NS, Wheelock A, Hamer DH, Marcus R, Nolan MS, Meymandi S, Gilman RH. Chagas Disease in the United States: A Perspective on Diagnostic Testing Limitations and Next Steps. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 02 01; 104(3):800-804.View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Hochberg, Natasha

PMID: 33534741; PMCID: PMC7941835; DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0871;

Johnson WE, Odom A, Cintron C, Muthaiah M, Knudsen S, Joseph N, Babu S, Lakshminarayanan S, Jenkins DF, Zhao Y, Nankya E, Horsburgh CR, Roy G, Ellner J, Sarkar S, Salgame P, Hochberg NS. Comparing tuberculosis gene signatures in malnourished individuals using the TBSignatureProfiler. BMC Infect Dis. 2021 Jan 22; 21(1):106.View Related Profiles.

Horsburgh, C.
Ellner, Jerrold
Hochberg, Natasha
Johnson, William

PMID: 33482742; PMCID: PMC7821401; DOI: 10.1186/s12879-020-05598-z;

Kan CK, Ragan EJ, Sarkar S, Knudsen S, Forsyth M, Muthuraj M, Vinod K, Jenkins HE, Horsburgh CR, Salgame P, Roy G, Ellner JJ, Jacobson KR, Sahu S, Hochberg NS. Alcohol use and tuberculosis clinical presentation at the time of diagnosis in Puducherry and Tamil Nadu, India. PLoS One. 2020; 15(12):e0240595.View Related Profiles.

Horsburgh, C.
Jenkins, Helen
Ellner, Jerrold
Jacobson, Karen
Hochberg, Natasha

PMID: 33332367; PMCID: PMC7746146; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240595;

Mostaghim A, Sinha P, Bielick C, Knudsen S, Beeram I, White LF, Apovian C, Sagar M, Hochberg NS. Clinical outcomes and inflammatory marker levels in patients with Covid-19 and obesity at an inner-city safety net hospital. PLoS One. 2020; 15(12):e0243888.View Related Profiles.

Apovian, Caroline
Bielick, Catherine
White, Laura
Sagar, Manish
Hochberg, Natasha
Sinha, Pranay

PMID: 33326480; PMCID: PMC7744045; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243888;

Ramakrishnan J, Sarkar S, Chinnakali P, Lakshminarayanan S, Sahu SK, Reshma A, Knudsen S, Das M, Thekkur P, Venugopal V, Hochberg NS, Salgame P, Horsburgh CR, Ellner J, Roy G. Risk factors for death during treatment in pulmonary tuberculosis patients in South India: A cohort study. Indian J Tuberc. 2021 Jan; 68(1):32-39.View Related Profiles.

Horsburgh, C.
Ellner, Jerrold
Hochberg, Natasha

PMID: 33641849

Sinha P, Carwile M, Bhargava A, Cintron C, Acuna-Villaorduna C, Lakshminarayan S, Liu AF, Kulatilaka N, Locks L, Hochberg NS. How much do Indians pay for tuberculosis treatment? A cost analysis. Public Health Action. 2020 Sep 21; 10(3):110-117.View Related Profiles.

Acuna-Villaorduna, Carlos
Locks, Lindsey
Hochberg, Natasha

PMID: 33134125; PMCID: PMC7577002; DOI: 10.5588/pha.20.0017;

Wheelock AE, Sandhu SK, Loskill AJ, Marcus RR, Gopal DM, Hamer DH, Hochberg NS. Testing for Chagas disease in an at-risk population. J Card Fail. 2021 01; 27(1):109-111.View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Gopal, Deepa
Hochberg, Natasha

PMID: 32905847

Zhou TJ, Lakshminarayanan S, Sarkar S, Knudsen S, Horsburgh CR, Muthaiah M, Kan CK, Salgame P, Ellner JJ, Roy G, Jenkins HE, Hochberg NS. Predictors of Loss to Follow-Up among Men with Tuberculosis in Puducherry and Tamil Nadu, India. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 09; 103(3):1050-1056.View Related Profiles.

Horsburgh, C.
Jenkins, Helen
Ellner, Jerrold
Hochberg, Natasha

PMID: 32618243; PMCID: PMC7470548; DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0415;

Ellappan K, Datta S, Muthuraj M, Lakshminarayanan S, Pleskunas JA, Horsburgh CR, Salgame P, Hochberg N, Sarkar S, Ellner JJ, Roy G, Jose M, Vinod Kumar S, Joseph NM. Evaluation of factors influencing Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex recovery and contamination rates in MGIT960. Indian J Tuberc. 2020 Oct; 67(4):466-471.View Related Profiles.

Horsburgh, C.
Ellner, Jerrold
Hochberg, Natasha

PMID: 33077045

Angelo KM, Stoney RJ, Brun-Cottan G, Leder K, Grobusch MP, Hochberg N, Kuhn S, Bottieau E, Schlagenhauf P, Chen L, Hynes NA, Perez CP, Mockenhaupt FP, Molina I, Crespillo-Andújar C, Malvy D, Caumes E, Plourde P, Shaw M, McCarthy AE, Piper-Jenks N, Connor BA, Hamer DH, Wilder-Smith A. Zika among international travellers presenting to GeoSentinel sites, 2012-2019: implications for clinical practice. J Travel Med. 2020 Jul 14; 27(4).View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Brun-Cottan, Gaelle
Hochberg, Natasha

PMID: 32330261; PMCID: PMC7604850; DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taaa061;

Kubiak RW, Drain PK, Hochberg NS. How should body mass index inform active tuberculosis screening in diabetes clinics in Asia? Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2020 07 01; 24(7):753. PMID: 32718417

Sinha P, Hochberg NS. Controlling for undernutrition in epidemiological studies of tuberculosis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020 05; 20(5):540-541.View Related Profiles.

Hochberg, Natasha
Sinha, Pranay

PMID: 32359465

Ayiraveetil R, Sarkar S, Chinnakali P, Jeyashree K, Vijayageetha M, Thekkur P, Lakshminarayanan S, Knudsen S, Hochberg NS, Horsburgh CR, Ellner J, Roy G. Household food insecurity among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and its associated factors in South India: a cross-sectional analysis. BMJ Open. 2020 02 28; 10(2):e033798.View Related Profiles.

Horsburgh, C.
Ellner, Jerrold
Hochberg, Natasha

PMID: 32114470; PMCID: PMC7050349; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033798;

Kubiak RW, Sarkar S, Horsburgh CR, Roy G, Kratz M, Reshma A, Knudsen S, Salgame P, Ellner JJ, Drain PK, Hochberg NS. Interaction of nutritional status and diabetes on active and latent tuberculosis: a cross-sectional analysis. BMC Infect Dis. 2019 Jul 16; 19(1):627.View Related Profiles.

Horsburgh, C.
Ellner, Jerrold
Hochberg, Natasha

PMID: 31311495; PMCID: PMC6636094; DOI: 10.1186/s12879-019-4244-4;

Sinha P, Davis J, Saag L, Wanke C, Salgame P, Mesick J, Horsburgh CR, Hochberg NS. Undernutrition and Tuberculosis: Public Health Implications. J Infect Dis. 2019 04 16; 219(9):1356-1363.View Related Profiles.

Horsburgh, C.
Hochberg, Natasha
Sinha, Pranay

PMID: 30476125; PMCID: PMC6941617; DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiy675;

Epstein RL, Bhagavathula M, Saag LA, Verma S, Kan CK, Mesick J, Kamineni P, White LF, Barnett ED, Salgame P, Hochberg NS. QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube reliability for immigrants with parasitic infections in Boston, USA. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2019 04 01; 23(4):482-490.View Related Profiles.

Barnett, Elizabeth
White, Laura
Hochberg, Natasha
Epstein, Rachel

PMID: 31064628; PMCID: PMC6690781; DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.18.0540;

Hoyt KJ, Sarkar S, White L, Joseph NM, Salgame P, Lakshminarayanan S, Muthaiah M, Vinod Kumar S, Ellner JJ, Roy G, Horsburgh CR, Hochberg NS. Effect of malnutrition on radiographic findings and mycobacterial burden in pulmonary tuberculosis. PLoS One. 2019; 14(3):e0214011.View Related Profiles.

Horsburgh, C.
Ellner, Jerrold
White, Laura
Hochberg, Natasha

PMID: 30917170; PMCID: PMC6436704; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214011;

Sinha P, Hochberg NS. Crystal ball: the yesterday and tomorrow of tuberculosis. Environ Microbiol Rep. 2019 02; 11(1):41-44.View Related Profiles.

Hochberg, Natasha
Sinha, Pranay

PMID: 30585431

Fernandes P, Ma Y, Gaeddert M, Tsacogianis T, Marques-Rodrigues P, Fregona G, Loomans A, Jones-López EC, Dietze R, Ellner JJ, White LF, Hochberg NS. Sex and age differences in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in Brazil. Epidemiol Infect. 2018 09; 146(12):1503-1510.View Related Profiles.

Ellner, Jerrold
White, Laura
Hochberg, Natasha

PMID: 29880067; PMCID: PMC6092217; DOI: 10.1017/S0950268818001450;

Saag LA, LaValley MP, Hochberg NS, Cegielski JP, Pleskunas JA, Linas BP, Horsburgh CR. Low body mass index and latent tuberculous infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2018 04 01; 22(4):358-365.View Related Profiles.

Linas, Benjamin
Horsburgh, C.
LaValley, Michael
Hochberg, Natasha

PMID: 29562981; DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.17.0558;

Leong S, Zhao Y, Joseph NM, Hochberg NS, Sarkar S, Pleskunas J, Hom D, Lakshminarayanan S, Horsburgh CR, Roy G, Ellner JJ, Johnson WE, Salgame P. Existing blood transcriptional classifiers accurately discriminate active tuberculosis from latent infection in individuals from south India. Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2018 03; 109:41-51.View Related Profiles.

Horsburgh, C.
Ellner, Jerrold
Hochberg, Natasha
Johnson, William

PMID: 29559120

Chen LH, Leder K, Barbre KA, Schlagenhauf P, Libman M, Keystone J, Mendelson M, Gautret P, Schwartz E, Shaw M, MacDonald S, McCarthy A, Connor BA, Esposito DH, Hamer D, Wilson ME. Business travel-associated illness: a GeoSentinel analysis. J Travel Med. 2018 01 01; 25(1).View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Barnett, Elizabeth
Hochberg, Natasha

PMID: 29462444; PMCID: PMC5824651; DOI: 10.1093/jtm/tax097;

Hochberg NS, Sarkar S, Horsburgh CR, Knudsen S, Pleskunas J, Sahu S, Kubiak RW, Govindarajan S, Salgame P, Lakshminarayanan S, Sivaprakasam A, White LF, Joseph NM, Ellner JJ, Roy G. Comorbidities in pulmonary tuberculosis cases in Puducherry and Tamil Nadu, India: Opportunities for intervention. PLoS One. 2017; 12(8):e0183195.View Related Profiles.

Horsburgh, C.
Ellner, Jerrold
White, Laura
Hochberg, Natasha

PMID: 28832615; PMCID: PMC5568341; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183195;

Van Ness SE, Chandra A, Sarkar S, Pleskunas J, Ellner JJ, Roy G, Lakshminarayanan S, Sahu S, Horsburgh CR, Jenkins HE, Hochberg NS. Predictors of delayed care seeking for tuberculosis in southern India: an observational study. BMC Infect Dis. 2017 Aug 15; 17(1):567.View Related Profiles.

Horsburgh, C.
Jenkins, Helen
Ellner, Jerrold
Hochberg, Natasha

PMID: 28806911; PMCID: PMC5557420; DOI: 10.1186/s12879-017-2629-9;

Reddy D, Walker J, White LF, Brandeis GH, Russell ML, Horsburgh CR, Hochberg NS. Latent Tuberculosis Infection Testing Practices in Long-Term Care Facilities, Boston, Massachusetts. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 Jun; 65(6):1145-1151.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 28467605

Barbosa F, Barnett ED, Gautret P, Schlagenhauf P, van Genderen PJ, Grobusch MP, Connor BA, Hamer DH, Hochberg NS. Bordetella pertussis infections in travelers: data from the GeoSentinel global network. J Travel Med. 2017 05 01; 24(3).View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 28355615; DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taw094;

Hamer DH, MacLeod WB, Chen LH, Hochberg NS, Kogelman L, Karchmer AW, Ooi WW, Benoit C, Wilson ME, Jentes ES, Barnett ED. Pretravel Health Preparation of International Travelers: Results From the Boston Area Travel Medicine Network. Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes. 2017 Jul; 1(1):78-90.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 30225404; PMCID: PMC6135027; DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocpiqo.2017.04.001;

Watts NS, Mizinduko MM, Barnett ED, White LF, Hochberg NS. Association between parasitic infections and tuberculin skin test results in refugees. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2017 Mar - Apr; 16:35-40.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 28342825; DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2017.03.007;

Helbig S, Rekhtman S, Dostie K, Casler A, Schneider T, Hochberg NS, Ganley-Leal L. B cell responses in older adults with latent tuberculosis: Considerations for vaccine development. Glob Vaccines Immunol. 2016 Jun; 1(2):44-52. PMID: 30271881; PMCID: PMC6159916; DOI: 10.15761/GVI.1000112;

Helbig S, Rekhtman S, Dostie K, Casler A, Schneider T, Hochberg NS, Ganley-Leal L. B cell responses in older adults with latent tuberculosis: Considerations for vaccine development. Global Vaccines and Immunology. 2016; 1(2).

Hochberg NS, Rekhtman S, Burns J, Ganley-Leal L, Helbig S, Watts NS, Brandeis GH, Ellner JJ, Horsburgh CR. The complexity of diagnosing latent tuberculosis infection in older adults in long-term care facilities. Int J Infect Dis. 2016 Mar; 44:37-43.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 26802447; DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.01.007;

Hochberg NS, Bhadelia N. Infections Associated with Exotic Cuisine: The Dangers of Delicacies. Microbiol Spectr. 2015 Oct; 3(5).View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 26542047; DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.IOL5-0010-2015;

Hochberg NS, Kubiak RW, Tibbs A, Elder H, Sharnprapai S, Etkind S, Horsburgh CR. Effectiveness of reporting on latent tuberculous infection in Massachusetts, 2006-2008. Public Health Action. 2014 Mar 21; 4(1):53-5.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 26423762; PMCID: PMC4479103; DOI: 10.5588/pha.13.0085;

Hochberg NS, Barnett ED, Chen LH, Wilson ME, Iyer H, MacLeod WB, Yanni E, Jentes ES, Karchmer AW, Ooi W, Kogelman L, Benoit C, Hamer DH. International travel by persons with medical comorbidities: understanding risks and providing advice. Mayo Clin Proc. 2013 Nov; 88(11):1231-40.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 24120073; DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2013.07.018;

Benoit CM, MacLeod WB, Hamer DH, Sanchez-Vegas C, Chen LH, Wilson ME, Karchmer AW, Yanni E, Hochberg NS, Ooi WW, Kogelman L, Barnett ED. Acceptability of hypothetical dengue vaccines among travelers. J Travel Med. 2013 Nov-Dec; 20(6):346-51.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 24165380; DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12056;

Hochberg NS, Horsburgh CR. Prevention of tuberculosis in older adults in the United States: obstacles and opportunities. Clin Infect Dis. 2013 May; 56(9):1240-7.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 23362286; PMCID: PMC3693488; DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit027;

Lown BA, Chen LH, Wilson ME, Sisson E, Gershman M, Yanni E, Jentes ES, Hochberg NS, Hamer DH, Barnett ED. Vaccine administration decision making: the case of yellow fever vaccine. Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Sep; 55(6):837-43.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 22670048; DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis520;

Helbig S, Bishop HS, Mathison BA, Hochberg NS. . Pseudoterranovosis: A gift from the fish. British global and travel health association journal. 2012; 5(20).

Hochberg NS, Blackburn BG, Park SY, Sejvar JJ, Effler PV, Herwaldt BL. Eosinophilic meningitis attributable to Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection in Hawaii: clinical characteristics and potential exposures. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Oct; 85(4):685-90. PMID: 21976573; PMCID: PMC3183778; DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0322;

Hochberg NS, Moro RN, Sheth AN, Montgomery SP, Steurer F, McAuliffe IT, Wang YF, Armstrong W, Rivera HN, Lennox JL, Franco-Paredes C. High prevalence of persistent parasitic infections in foreign-born, HIV-infected persons in the United States. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011; 5(4):e1034. PMID: 21532747; PMCID: PMC3075235; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001034;

Hochberg NS, Hamer DH. Anisakidosis: Perils of the deep. Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Oct 1; 51(7):806-12.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 20804423; DOI: 10.1086/656238;

Olson CL, Acosta LP, Hochberg NS, Olveda RM, Jiz M, McGarvey ST, Kurtis JD, Bellinger DC, Friedman JF. Anemia of inflammation is related to cognitive impairment among children in Leyte, the Philippines. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2009; 3(10):e533. PMID: 19847303; PMCID: PMC2761538; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000533;

Hochberg N, Ruiz-Tiben E, Downs P, Fagan J, Maguire JH. The role of case containment centers in the eradication of dracunculiasis in Togo and Ghana. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2008 Nov; 79(5):722-8. PMID: 18981512

Thwing J, Hochberg N, Vanden Eng J, Issifi S, Eliades MJ, Minkoulou E, Wolkon A, Gado H, Ibrahim O, Newman RD, Lama M. Insecticide-treated net ownership and usage in Niger after a nationwide integrated campaign. Trop Med Int Health. 2008 Jun; 13(6):827-34. PMID: 18384476; DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02070.x;

Hochberg NS, Park SY, Blackburn BG, Sejvar JJ, Gaynor K, Chung H, Leniek K, Herwaldt BL, Effler PV. Distribution of eosinophilic meningitis cases attributable to Angiostrongylus cantonensis, Hawaii. Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Nov; 13(11):1675-80. PMID: 18217550; DOI: 10.3201/eid1311.070367;

Hochberg N, Michel MC, Lammie PJ, Mathieu E, Direny AN, De Rochars MB, Addiss DG. Symptoms reported after mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis in Leogane, Haiti. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2006 Nov; 75(5):928-32. PMID: 17123989

Herwaldt B, Blackburn B, Chung H, Sejvar J, Leniek K, Gaynor K, Ching-Lee M, Hochberg NS, Effler P, Park S. Infectious Diseases Society of America 2005 Annual Meeting. Incidence of Eosinophilic Meningitis Caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Hawaii, 2000-2005. 2005.

Hochberg N, Ryan ET. Medical problems in the returning expatriate. Clin Occup Environ Med. 2004 Feb; 4(1):205-19. PMID: 15043371

Crump JA, Braden CR, Dey ME, Hoekstra RM, Rickelman-Apisa JM, Baldwin DA, De Fijter SJ, Nowicki SF, Koch EM, Bannerman TL, Smith FW, Sarisky JP, Hochberg N, Mead PS. Outbreaks of Escherichia coli O157 infections at multiple county agricultural fairs: a hazard of mixing cattle, concession stands and children. Epidemiol Infect. 2003 Dec; 131(3):1055-62. PMID: 14959770; PMCID: PMC2870052

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 73 publications over 20 distinct years, with a maximum of 20 publications in 2021

Bar chart showing 73 publications over 20 distinct years, with a maximum of 20 publications in 2021

Year	Publications
2003	1
2004	1
2005	1
2006	1
2007	1
2008	2
2009	1
2010	1
2011	2
2012	2
2013	3
2014	1
2015	1
2016	3
2017	6
2018	5
2019	4
2020	11
2021	20
2022	6

Media Mentions

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WBUR 3/25/2021

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U.S. News & World Report 12/29/2020

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Bariatric News 12/16/2020

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Kaiser Family Foundation 9/30/2020

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CNN Business 5/12/2020

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WBUR 3/17/2020

Your Questions About U.S. Travel And The Coronavirus, Answered

WBUR 3/12/2020

Schools Around The Region Shut Doors, Move Classes Online To Combat Coronavirus

WBUR 3/11/2020

Promotion to Associate Professor for 18 Medical Campus Faculty

BU Today 6/14/2019

In addition to these self-described keywords below, a list of MeSH based concepts is available here.

Emigrants and Immigrants
Parasites
Travel
Tuberculosis
Chagas Disease
Malnutrition
Immune Response, Innate
India

Dr. Hochberg has an active interest in mentoring. She has mentored more than 35 clinical fellows, medical residents, medical students, PhD candidates, and Masters in Public Health students. Trainees have been involved in literature reviews, developing independent projects, assisting with data analyses, developing presentations, and writing manuscripts. The majority of these mentees have presented abstracts or co-authored manuscripts with Dr. Hochberg. Dr. Hochberg enjoys involving trainees in research and giving them the skills to progress in academia.

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