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Lisa Cranmer
Adjunct Asst Professor
Assistant Professor
Jointly Appointed, Epidemiology
Dr. Cranmer’s research focuses on tuberculosis detection and prevention among HIV-infected mothers and their children. She has worked to define the burden of TB infection and disease among HIV-infected mothers and their infants in Kenya and is currently engaged in evaluating the role of maternal immunity on infant BCG vaccine responses and infant TB infection.
Areas of Interest
- Clinical Trials
- Global Health
- HIV/AIDS Prevention
- Infectious Disease
- Maternal and Child Health
- Vaccines
Education
- BS 2000, Haverford College
- MPH 2005, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- MD 2007, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Affiliations & Activities
Society Memberships:
- American Academy of Pediatrics, 2007 – Present
- Infectious Disease Society of America, 2010 – 2018
- International Union of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2010 – Present
- Pediatric Infectious Disease Society, 2018 -- Present
Publications
- Malik AA; Gandhi NR; Lash TL; Cranmer LM; Omer SB; Ahmed JF; Siddiqui S; Amanullah F; Khan AJ; Keshavjee S, 2021, Effectiveness of Preventive Therapy for Persons Exposed at Home to Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Karachi, Pakistan., Emerg Infect Dis , ,
- LaCourse SM; Richardson BA; Kinuthia J; Warr AJ; Maleche-Obimbo E; Matemo D; Cranmer LM; Mecha J; Escudero JN; Hawn TR, 2020, A randomized controlled trial of isoniazid to prevent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in Kenyan HIV-exposed uninfected infants., Clin Infect Dis , ,
- 11/01/2020 Authors: Neary J; Njuguna IN; Cranmer LM; Otieno VO; Mugo C; Okinyi HM; Benki-Nugent S; Richardson BA; Stern J; Maleche-Obimbo E, 2020, Newly diagnosed HIV positive children: a unique index case to improve HIV diagnosis and linkage to care of parents., AIDS Care , ,