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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.

Contact Information

1518 CLIFTON RD

ATLANTA ,

1518002

Email: lisa.cranmer@emory.edu

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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

  • , , Effectiveness of Preventive Therapy for Persons Exposed at Home to Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Karachi, Pakistan., Emerg Infect Dis , ,
  • , , A randomized controlled trial of isoniazid to prevent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in Kenyan HIV-exposed uninfected infants., Clin Infect Dis , ,
  • , , Newly diagnosed HIV positive children: a unique index case to improve HIV diagnosis and linkage to care of parents., AIDS Care , ,