Lab Information
Madhukar Pai (MD/PhD)
Senior ScientistCentre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation
Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health (McGill)
Research Profile
https://www.paitbgroup.org/
Keywords
Tuberculosis • diagnostics • epidemiology • global health • implementation researchResearch Interests
My research focuses on tuberculosis. It is a major threat to human health, with 9 million new cases and 1.5 million deaths every year. I have focused my career on improving tuberculosis diagnosis and care, with research that includes evaluating diagnostics tests that could eventually be part of country-level policies, implementation of tools and policies, and improving tuberculosis care for vulnerable populations in different countries worldwide. For example, I have compared the accuracy and usefulness of new tests that can diagnose tuberculosis in a few hours to conventional techniques which may require days before results are known. I am also conducting a study using mystery patients to evaluate the quality of tuberculosis care offered by health providers in India. The overall goal of my research program is to use translational epidemiology and implementation science to support tuberculosis care and control, so that the products developed, knowledge and policies can translate into saved lives.Team Members
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Latest Publications
- Oga-Omenka, C., Sassi, A., Aguilera Vasquez, N., Rana, N., Essar, M. Y., Ku, D., Diploma, H., Huria, L., Saqib, K., Das, R., Stallworthy, G. & Pai, M. (2025). A methodological review of patient healthcare-seeking journeys from symptom onset to receipt of care. BMJ global health, vol. 10.
- Venkatesan, N., Faust, L., Lobo, R., Enkh-Amgalan, H., Kunor, T., Sifumba, Z., Rane, S., O'Brien, K., Kumar, B., Maimbolwa, C. N., Mayta, M., Patel, H., Huong, L. M., Heitkamp, P., Huddart, S., Romanowski, K., Hiebert, M., Zimmer, A. J., MacLean, E. L., Caceres-Cardenas, G., Villa Castillo, L., Black, J., Batchu, M., Tschampl, C. A., Rea, E., Campbell, T., Heffernan, C., Long, R., Raithby, L., Daftary, A., Chorna, Y., Zheng, A., Martinez, L., Kulkarni, S., Denkinger, C. M., Castro, M. D. M., Sulis, G., Furin, J., McKenna, L., Frick, M., Nathavitharana, R. R., Oga-Omenka, C., Ananthakrishnan, R., Malar, J., Ugarte-Gil, C., Vandevelde, W., Kerkhoff, A. D., Winarni, P., Fox, G., Nguyen, T. A., Teo, A. K. J., Yapa, H. M., Pham, N. Y., Ratnasingham, A., Bernays, S., Trinh, H. D., Khan, U., Alvarez, G. G., Deluca, A., Nash, M., Rucsineanu, O., Vasiliu, A., Stillo, J., Nahid, P., Pai, M., Johnston, J., Harries, A. D. & Golub, J. E. (2025). Fighting tuberculosis hand in hand: A call to engage communities affected by TB as essential partners in research. PLOS global public health, vol. 5, p. e0004437.
- Lestari, B. W., Saptiningrum, E., Huria, L., Fikri, A. R., Daniels, B., Vasquez, N. A., Sassi, A., Das, J., Oga-Omenka, C., McAllister, S. M., Pai, M. & Alisjahbana, B. (2025). Pre-treatment direct costs for people with tuberculosis during the COVID-19 pandemic in different healthcare settings in Bandung, Indonesia. PloS one, vol. 20, p. e0320401.
- Brubacher, L. J., Yellappa, V., Lestari, B. W., Heitkamp, P., Aguilera Vasquez, N., Sassi, A., Olusola-Faleye, B., Thapa, P., Shyam Klinton, J., Sheokand, S., Pai, M. & Oga-Omenka, C. (2025). Health and tuberculosis systems resilience, the role of the private sector and pandemic preparedness: insights from a cross-country qualitative study with policy-makers in India, Indonesia and Nigeria. BMJ global health, vol. 10.
- Vasquez, N. A., Oga-Omenka, C., Yellappa, V., Lestari, B. W., Sassi, A., Sheokand, S., Olusola-Faleye, B., Huria, L., Brubacher, L. J., Baruwa, E., Alisjahbana, B. & Pai, M. (2025). COVID-19 policies and tuberculosis services in private health sectors of India, Indonesia, and Nigeria. Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases, vol. 38, p. 100503.
- Nafade, V., Sen, P., Arentz, M., Kadam, R., Bigio, J., Allen, L. N., Blandina, D. M., Bosire, S., Ferreira, J., Jha, S., John, O., Kalantri, S. P., Mwirigi, N., Faal-Omisore, M., Ugarte-Gil, C., Vijayan, S., Wangari, M.-C. & Pai, M. (2024). The value of diagnostic imaging for enhancing primary care in low- and middle-income countries. EClinicalMedicine, vol. 77, p. 102899.
- Sassi, A., Rosapep, L., Faleye, B. O., Baruwa, E., Johns, B., Kafi, M. A. H., Huria, L., Aguilera Vasquez, N., Daniels, B., Das, J., Anyaike, C., Chijioke-Akaniro, O., Pai, M., Oga-Omenka, C., Sassi, A., Rosapep, L., Faleye, B. O., Baruwa, E., Johns, B., Kafi, M. A. H., Huria, L., Aguilera Vasquez, N., Daniels, B., Das, J., Anyaike, C., Chijioke-Akaniro, O., Pai, M. & Oga-Omenka, C. (2024). Private sector tuberculosis care quality during the COVID-19 pandemic: a repeated cross-sectional standardised patients study of adherence to national TB guidelines in urban Nigeria. BMJ global health, vol. 9.
- Pai, M., Bandara, S. & Kyobutungi, C. (2024). Shifting power in global health will require leadership by the Global South and allyship by the Global North. Lancet (London, England).
- Widarna, R., Afifah, N., Djunaedy, H. A. K., Sassi, A., Vasquez, N. A., Oga-Omenka, C., Salindri, A. D., Lestari, B. W., Pai, M. & Alisjahbana, B. (2024). The shifting landscape of private healthcare providers before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons to strengthen the private sectors engagement for future pandemic and tuberculosis care. PLOS global public health, vol. 4, p. e0003112.
- Faust, L., Ranjan, A., Jha, N., Pai, M. & Huddart, S. (2024). Case fatality among people with drug-susceptible TB enrolled in a private health sector TB treatment support program in Bihar, India during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. PLOS global public health, vol. 4, p. e0003277.
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