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Maha Farhat

Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics · Harvard Medical School

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History

Harvard Medical School
Present

Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
2009–2012
Internal Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
2005–2008
MCGILL UNIV, MONTREAL
2001–2005

Research

False-positive tuberculin skin tests: what is the absolute effect of BCG and non-tuberculous mycobacteria?
Systematic review or meta-analysis · The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease · 2006 · First of 4 authors · 552 citations
Prediction of Susceptibility to First-Line Tuberculosis Drugs by DNA Sequencing
New England Journal of Medicine · 2018 · 385 citations
Genomic analysis identifies targets of convergent positive selection in drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Nature Genetics · 2013 · First of 30 authors · 335 citations

Karen Jacobson
24 papers
Megan Murray
12 papers
Charles Horsburgh
8 papers
AD
Avika Dixit
7 papers
Haytham Kaafarani
7 papers
AR
Alex Rosenthal
6 papers · 6 as a resident
GV
George Velmahos
6 papers
Apostolos Gaitanadis
5 papers · 4 as a resident
Sarah Fortune
5 papers
Isaac Kohane
4 papers
Tara Bouton
4 papers
Timothy Rodwell
4 papers

Grants

Accelerating Discovery of Narrow-Spectrum Antibiotics for Lyme Disease
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · R01
PI · $859.3K · Tufts University Boston
2026–2031
An RNA Nanosensor for the Diagnosis of Antibiotic Resistance in M. Tuberculosis
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $2.9M · Harvard Medical School
2023–2028
Investigating Bacterial Contributions to TB Treatment Response: A Focus on In-Host Pathogen Dynamics
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $3.7M · Harvard Medical School
2020–2026
Human Adaptation and Transmissibility of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Genetic Lineages. A Genomic Epidemiology Study to Guide TB Control
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · R21
Contact PI · $466.4K · Harvard Medical School
2021–2023