Natasha Hochberg | Profiles RNS

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

Websites

Boston Medical Center Provider Profile

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

Member
Boston University
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research

BU Research
BMC Research

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

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

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
5R01AI134430-03

Impact of Pregnancy on Tuberculosis
01/01/2019 - 07/31/2020 (PI)
Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School NIH-NIAID

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

RePORT India Suppl: Effect of Malnutrition on Latent TB
08/18/2017 - 09/30/2019 (PI)
U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation National Science Fdn

RePORT India Common Protocol Support
09/23/2018 - 09/22/2019 (PI)
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey CRDF Global

(Prenotification) Biomarkers for Risk of TB and for TB Treatment Failure and Relapse- RePORT India…
10/01/2018 - 03/31/2019 (PI)
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey CRDF Global

Inflammatory Biomarkers as a Triage Test for Screening TB
08/24/2017 - 02/24/2019 (PI)
U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation National Science Fdn

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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. 2020 Sep 06.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 Sep; 103(3):1050-1056.View Related Profiles.

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

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

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

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 Jul 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

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

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

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

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

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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; 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

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

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

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.

Horsburgh, C.
White, Laura
Russell, Matthew
Hochberg, Natasha

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.

Hamer, Davidson
Barnett, Elizabeth
Hochberg, Natasha

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.

Hamer, Davidson
Barnett, Elizabeth
Hochberg, Natasha
MacLeod, William

PMID: 30225404

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.

Barnett, Elizabeth
White, Laura
Hochberg, Natasha

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

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.

Horsburgh, C.
Ellner, Jerrold
Hochberg, Natasha

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.

Bhadelia, Nahid
Hochberg, Natasha

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.

Horsburgh, C.
Hochberg, Natasha

PMID: 26423762; 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.

Hamer, Davidson
Barnett, Elizabeth
Hochberg, Natasha
MacLeod, William

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.

Hamer, Davidson
Barnett, Elizabeth
Hochberg, Natasha
MacLeod, William

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.

Horsburgh, C.
Hochberg, Natasha

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.

Hamer, Davidson
Barnett, Elizabeth
Hochberg, Natasha

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.

Hamer, Davidson
Hochberg, Natasha

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 42 publications over 18 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2017 and 2020

Bar chart showing 42 publications over 18 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2017 and 2020

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	6

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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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