Pranay Sinha, MD
Assistant Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Medicine
Infectious Diseases

MD, University of Virginia School of Medicine
BS, Adelphi University



Pranay Sinha is an Assistant Professor at Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Sinha’s primary interest is in the relationship between undernutrition & TB, which he explores through epidemiological studies in India, Benin, and Togo, which he couples with health economic modeling. He and his collaborators are working to ensure that action on social determinants, particularly undernutrition is a key component of global TB elimination efforts. Clinically, Dr. Sinha works as an Infectious Diseases physician at Boston Medical Center.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility

Dr. Sinha is dedicated to reducing global health disparities with a focus on undernutrition and tuberculosis. He is engaged in international advocacy to improve social protections for impoverished individuals with TB through his leadership of the International Union Against Tuberculosis & Lung Diseases's TB-Undernutrition working group. He has advocated for health equity through his writing in the popular press in venues such as the New York Times and the Huffington Post.



RePORT India Renewal
10/01/2019 - 09/30/2024 (PI)
CRDF Global National Institute o

Tuberculosis: Learning the Impact of Nutrition
01/01/2020 - 12/31/2023 (PI)
Warren Alpert Foundation

Learning the Effect of Parasites and Reinforcing Diets on Tuberculosis (TB LEOPARD)
10/01/2021 - 09/30/2022 (PI)
American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene


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  1. Richterman 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
     
  2. Sinha 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.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38260435; PMCID: PMC10802630; DOI: 10.1101/2023.12.30.23300673;
     
  3. Carwile 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.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38221985; PMCID: PMC10785210; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad618;
     
  4. McQuaid 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
     
  5. Sinha P, Guerrant RL. The Costly Vicious Cycle of Infections and Malnutrition. J Infect Dis. 2023 Nov 16. PMID: 37972258
     
  6. Acuña-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
     
  7. Sinha P, Mehta S. Food: the tuberculosis vaccine we already have. Lancet. 2023 Aug 19; 402(10402):588-590. PMID: 37567199
     
  8. Barathi A, Krishnamoorthy Y, Sinha P, Horsburgh C, Hochberg N, Johnson E, Salgame P, Govindarajan S, Senbagavalli PB, Lakshinarayanan S, Roy G, Ellner J, Sarkar S. Effect of treatment adherence on the association between sex and unfavourable treatment outcomes among tuberculosis patients in Puducherry, India: a mediation analysis. J Public Health (Oxf). 2023 Jun 14; 45(2):304-311.View Related Profiles. PMID: 35692180; PMCID: PMC10273348; DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdac062;
     
  9. Sinha P, Ponnuraja C, Gupte N, Prakash Babu S, Cox SR, Sarkar S, Mave V, Paradkar M, Cintron C, Govindarajan S, Kinikar A, Priya N, Gaikwad S, Thangakunam B, Devarajan A, Dhanasekaran M, Tornheim JA, Gupta A, Salgame P, Christopher DJ, Kornfeld H, Viswanathan V, Ellner JJ, Horsburgh CR, Gupte AN, Padmapriyadarsini C, Hochberg NS. Impact of Undernutrition on Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes in India: A Multicenter, Prospective, Cohort Analysis. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Apr 17; 76(8):1483-1491.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36424864; PMCID: PMC10319769; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac915;
     
  10. Sinha P, Jacobson KR, Horsburgh CR, Acuña-Villaorduña C. At Long Last: Short, All-Oral Regimens for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in the United States. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Apr; 10(4):ofad177.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37125228; PMCID: PMC10135426; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad177;
     
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Undernutrition before TB, after treatment initiation associated with adverse outcomes

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2021-2023 American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene: Burroughs Wellcome/ASTMH Postdoctoral Fellowship
2020 Massachusetts Infectious Diseases Society: Edward Kass Award
2020 Boston Medical Cwnter: Fellow Teaching Award
2019 Maxwell Finland Award
2017 Power Day Resident Award
2017 Peggy Bia Medical Student Teaching Award
2017 West Haven VA clinic award
2017 Frederick L. Sachs Award
2016 Samuel D. Kushlan Award
2014 Medical Student Teaching Award
2014 Edgar F. Shannon Award of the Z Society
2013 Adelphi University 10 under 10 Program for “exceptional career & personal accomplishments”
2013 Gold Humanism Honor Society: Member
2013 The Raven Society: Member
2011 Ram Family Center for Global Health Scholarship
2009 Joseph Serio Award for Excellence in Academics & Research
2008 5th Adelphi University Research Conference: Outstanding Paper Contribution to the Sciences
2007 Departmental Honors for Academic Achievement in Organic Chemistry
In addition to these self-described keywords below, a list of MeSH based concepts is available here.

Tuberculosis Infections, Latent
Tuberculosis, Multi Drug Resistant
Malnutrition
Global Health
HIV Infection
Epidemiology
Economics, Medical

I am the product of wonderful mentors every step of the way and so I take mentorship seriously. It has been my privilege to mentor college students, graduate students, medical students, residents, and fellows. These trainees have made integral contributions to my research and advocacy.

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         Name: Madolyn Dauphinais
         Email: madolyn.dauphinais@bmc.org

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