Elizabeth Fair, PhD, MPH

Co-Director, UCSF Center for Tuberculosis
Co-Director, UC TRAC Developmental Core
Professor
Medicine
[email protected]

My research is focused on tuberculosis (TB), TB/HIV, global health, and implementation research. Active projects include evaluating the feasibility, yield, and cost-effectiveness of TB contact investigation in Tanzania; exploring TB-associated stigma in Bangladesh; evaluating innovative technologies for TB education and control in Madagascar; and implementing active TB case finding strategies in Mozambique. I serve as a regular consultant for the American Thoracic Society (ATS), World Health Organization (WHO), and the Dutch Tuberculosis Group (KNCV).  I also serve on WHO Steering Committees to develop new policies related to TB case finding and TB international standards of care (ISTC). In addition to my research activities, I serve as Director of the PhD in Global Health with UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences.

UCSF Center for Tuberculosis Leadership & Initiatives:
UCSF Center for Tuberculosis Co-Director
UC TRAC Developmental Core Co-Director
TB RAMP Co-Director
World TB Day Oversight Planning Committee Member

Publications: 

How feasible or useful are timeliness metrics as a tool to optimise One Health outbreak responses?

BMJ global health

Fieldhouse J, Nakiire L, Kayiwa J, Brindis CD, Mitchell A, Makumbi I, Ario AR, Fair E, Mazet JAK, Lamorde M

One Health timeliness metrics to track and evaluate outbreak response reporting: A scoping review.

EClinicalMedicine

Fieldhouse JK, Randhawa N, Fair E, Bird B, Smith W, Mazet JAK

The yield of tuberculosis contact investigation in low- and middle-income settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

BMC infectious diseases

Velleca M, Malekinejad M, Miller C, Abascal Miguel L, Reeves H, Hopewell P, Fair E

A Randomized Study to Assess the Effect of Including the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) Results on Reviewers Scores for Underrepresented Minorities.

American journal of epidemiology

Dang KV, Rerolle F, Ackley SF, Irish AM, Mehta KM, Bailey I, Fair E, Miller C, Bibbins-Domingo K, Wong-Moy E, Glymour MM, Morris MD

Drones and digital adherence monitoring for community-based tuberculosis control in remote Madagascar: A cost-effectiveness analysis.

PloS one

Bahrainwala L, Knoblauch AM, Andriamiadanarivo A, Diab MM, McKinney J, Small PM, Kahn JG, Fair E, Rakotosamimanana N, Grandjean Lapierre S

Evaluating the use of educational videos to support the tuberculosis care cascade in remote Madagascar.

The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Reeves H, Grandjean Lapierre S, Razafindrina K, Andriamiadanarivo A, Rakotosamimanana N, Razafindranaivo T, Seimon T, Blalock B, Bello-Bravo J, Pittendrigh B, McKinney J, Small PM, Knoblauch AM, Fair E

Home-based tuberculosis contact investigation in Uganda: a household randomised trial.

ERJ open research

Davis JL, Turimumahoro P, Meyer AJ, Ayakaka I, Ochom E, Ggita J, Mark D, Babirye D, Okello DA, Mugabe F, Fair E, Vittinghoff E, Armstrong-Hough M, Dowdy D, Cattamanchi A, Haberer JE, Katamba A

Impact of Choice of Test for Latent Tuberculosis Infection on Treatment Acceptance and Completion.

Microbiology insights

Lambert LA, Katz D, Feng PJ, Djojonegoro BM, Fair E, Jasuja S, Marantz S, Horsburgh CR, Ho C

Drop-out from the tuberculosis contact investigation cascade in a routine public health setting in urban Uganda: A prospective, multi-center study.

PloS one

Armstrong-Hough M, Turimumahoro P, Meyer AJ, Ochom E, Babirye D, Ayakaka I, Mark D, Ggita J, Cattamanchi A, Dowdy D, Mugabe F, Fair E, Haberer JE, Katamba A, Davis JL

'It makes the patient's spirit weaker': tuberculosis stigma and gender interaction in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Miller C, Huston J, Samu L, Mfinanga S, Hopewell P, Fair E

Identifying barriers to and facilitators of tuberculosis contact investigation in Kampala, Uganda: a behavioral approach.

Implementation science : IS

Ayakaka I, Ackerman S, Ggita JM, Kajubi P, Dowdy D, Haberer JE, Fair E, Hopewell P, Handley MA, Cattamanchi A, Katamba A, Davis JL

Tuberculosis contact investigation in low- and middle-income countries: standardized definitions and indicators.

The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Fair E, Miller CR, Ottmani SE, Fox GJ, Hopewell PC

Updating the International Standards for Tuberculosis Care. Entering the era of molecular diagnostics.

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Hopewell PC, Fair EL, Uplekar M

Recommendations for investigating contacts of persons with infectious tuberculosis in low- and middle-income countries

Recommendations for investigating contacts of persons with infectious tuberculosis in low- and middle-income countries.

World Health Organization

Handbook for Using the International Standards for Tuberculosis Care

Handbook for Using the International Standards for Tuberculosis Care.

Tuberculosis Coalition for Technical Assistance

Microevolution of the direct repeat locus of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a strain prevalent in San Francisco.

Journal of clinical microbiology

Aga RS, Fair E, Abernethy NF, Deriemer K, Paz EA, Kawamura LM, Small PM, Kato-Maeda M

Younger age at vaccination may increase risk of varicella vaccine failure.

The Journal of infectious diseases

Galil K, Fair E, Mountcastle N, Britz P, Seward J

Intussusception among infants given an oral rotavirus vaccine.

The New England journal of medicine

Murphy TV, Gargiullo PM, Massoudi MS, Nelson DB, Jumaan AO, Okoro CA, Zanardi LR, Setia S, Fair E, LeBaron CW, Wharton M, Livengood JR, Livingood JR