Faculty

Paul K. Drain

Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology
Professor, Global Health
Associate Director, Clinical Research, International Clinical Research Center, 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

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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)

Association between pharmacological tenofovir adherence measures and subsequent 24-week viral load outcomes for people with HIV in South Africa.
(2026 Mar 26)
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
Bodley N, Govender K, Moodley P, Samsunder N, Sookrajh Y, Turner PJ, Butler CC, Hayward GN, Gandhi M, Drain PK, Garrett N, Dorward J
HIV viral non-suppression and drug resistance among persons who inject drugs on dolutegravir antiretroviral therapy in Kenya.
(2026 Mar 2)
medRxiv
Mbogo LW, Boyce CL, Sambai B, Hawes SE, Guthrie BL, Min WSD, Kimani D, Adhanja V, Chohan BH, Smith RA, Monroe-Wise A, Gitau E, Masyuko S, Marconi VC, Gottlieb GS, Drain PK, Frenkel LM, Farquhar C
Prevalence and Predictors of Tuberculosis in Adults and Adolescents With Sputum Trace Ultra Results in 2 High-Burden Clinical Settings.
(2026 Mar 20)
Clin Infect Dis
Visek C, Dalmat RR, Nalutaaya A, Erisa KC, Biché P, Stein G, Ganguloo A, Draper R, Nantale M, Shapiro AE, Wilson D, Katamba A, Drain PK, Kendall EA
Point-of-care HIV viral load testing in a community antiretroviral therapy delivery programme: A randomised controlled trial (PHILA).
(2026)
PLOS Glob Public Health 6(3): e0005890
Dorward J, Tlhaku K, Sookrajh Y, Munatsi P, Naidoo J, Tselana E, Maphumulo A, Mbambo N, Mhlongo-Gumbi T, Brown JA, Lewis L, Moodley P, Samsunder N, Drain PK, Butler CC, Hayward G, Garrett N
HIV-1 3΄ polypurine tract mutations and integrase inhibitor resistance.
(2025 Nov 15)
AIDS 39(14): 1996-2013
Bishop MD, Xu L, Boyce CL, Drain PK, Farquhar C, Hawes SE, Frenkel LM, Gottlieb GS, Smith RA
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