Faculty

Paul K. Drain

Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology
Professor, Global Health
ICRC Associate Director of Clinical Research, Global Health
Adjunct Professor, Health Systems and Population Health

206-520-3820

Education

MD Medicine (MD), University of Washington, 2007
MPH Epidemiology and International Health, University of Washington, 2001
BA Microbiology, Miami University (Ohio), 1996

Contact

206-520-3820

Box 359927
325 Ninth Ave
Seattle, WA 98104
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Bio

Paul Drain’s research group focuses on development, evaluation and implementation of diagnostic testing and clinic-based screening, including novel point-of-care technologies, to improve clinical care and patient-centered outcomes for tuberculosis and HIV in resource-limited settings. He is the Director of Clinical and Translational Research at the International Center for Clinical Research (ICRC) and the Director of the Clinical and Translational Science Core within the Tuberculosis Research Advancement Center (SEA-TRAC) at the University of Washington. He currently teaches “Global Population Health” in the School of Public Health, and teaches “Clinical Global Health and Social Medicine” for medical students. He research has been supported by several institutes of the National Institutes of Health, the Infectious Disease Society of America, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US Department of Defense, the NIH Center for AIDS Research, as well as several corporations. He has authored several global health books and received awards from the Global Health Education Consortium, the Infectious Disease Society of America, and a Faculty Teaching Award from Harvard Medical School. Paul completed his medicine training at Stanford University and his infectious disease training at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School in Boston.

Research Areas

Research Interests

  • Infectious diseases
  • Improve the diagnosis and treatment for tuberculosis, HIV, and HIV-related opportunistic infections

Research Group Website

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Perspectives on App-Assisted Self-Testing Using Rapid Diagnostic Tests Among Community Members, Health Care Providers, and Public Health Leaders in Kenya, South Africa, and Zambia: Qualitative Study.
(2025 Nov 26)
J Med Internet Res 27(): e70273
Sharma A, Mwamba C, Maritim P, Humphries H, Kwena Z, Pollard D, O'Malley G, Cooper S, Bemer M, Bukusi EA, Lauff A, Naiken L, Madonsela T, Morton JF, Rech D, Sang N, Tshazi A, van Heerden A, Winters A, Drain PK
Household healthcare seeking patterns for emergent ill-health in Migori, Western Kenya.
(2025)
Front Public Health 13(): 1658217
Kwena ZA, Bukusi EA, Mwamba C, Sang NM, Okoth FO, Morton JF, Winters A, Pollard D, Van Heerden A, Humphries H, Rech D, Bemer M, Cooper S, Sharma A, Drain PK
Disease priorities and rapid diagnostics testing preferences among community members in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a formative qualitative study.
(2025 Nov 19)
BMJ Open 15(11): e104997
Madonsela T, Naiken L, Mwamba CP, Sharma A, Maritim P, Tshazi A, Bemer M, Lauff A, Morton JF, van Heerden A, Humphries H, Drain PK, DASH 1 study team
Back to school: a qualitative study evaluating a community-informed COVID-19 risk communication intervention for rural elementary school children and their families.
(2025 Jan 16)
Transl Behav Med 15(1):
Duran MC, Shah PD, Bell-Brown AM, Rojina J, Glascock M, Ramirez M, Ibarra G, Garza L, Linde S, Bishop S, Garrison MM, Pascoe KM, Drain PK, Zhou C, Ko LK
Are Sex-Specific Cutoffs Needed With a Next-Generation Urine Tenofovir Lateral Flow Assay for Antiretroviral Adherence Monitoring?
(2025 Sep)
Open Forum Infect Dis 12(9): ofaf512
Niu X, Sevenler D, Dossantos S, Toner M, Sandlin R, Siriprakaisil O, Sukrakanchana PO, Cressey TR, Drain PK
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