Paul K. Drain
Adjunct Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Associate Professor, Global Health
206-520-3820
pkdrain@uw.edu
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
pkdrain@uw.edu
325 Ninth Ave
Seattle, WA 98104
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)
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Scientific American, 12/19/2023
The New York Times, 01/25/2023
The Columbian, 03/04/2020
HS NewsBeat, 05/24/2017
The Seattle Times, 09/23/2016