Samyra Cox, MPH

Role: 
Staff
Research Program Manager

Ms. Cox is the CCGHE Research Program Manager, responsible for managing projects across the Indo-JHU research partnership. She serves as the U.S. Program Manager for the Regional Prospective Observational Research in Tuberculosis (RePORT) India Consortium funded by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Government of India. She is also the scientific coordinator for the International Epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) TB & Lung Health working group, co-lead on a global survey assessing management of multi-drug resistant TB among ART programs, and co-investigator on a number of TB cohort studies in India. Additionally, she plays a project management role on a number of the center’s grants, monitoring progress, compiling data, tracking deliverables, writing SOPs, and facilitating collaborations. Ms. Cox works closely with the CCGHE Deputy Director, Dr. Amita Gupta, and supports activities across her research portfolio.

Ms. Cox is a public health professional with more than ten years of international health experience. She has been supporting complex TB research and implementation projects since 2013 and has worked extensively on multi-million dollar grants from institutional donors. Prior to CCGHE, Ms. Cox worked for Partners In Health writing grants for programs in Haiti, Russia, Navajo Nation, and Rwanda. She received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in International Relations from New York University (NYU) and a Master of Public Health (MPH) with a Certificate in Epidemiology for Public Health Professionals from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her primary research interest is in using epidemiologic and implementation science methods to identify and test effective strategies for TB control.

Tuberculosis (TB) Aftermath

Post Date: 
2020-06-05
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
DY Patil
Drs. Vidya Mave and Jonathan Golub are co-PIs for this study. TB Aftermath seeks to provide evidence for an effective and scalable strategy targeting HHs of treated TB cases, a high priority of the NTEP. Purpose To compare the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and feasibility of two Active Case...

Increasing Market and Public Health Outcomes Through Scaling Up Affordable Access Models of Short Course Preventive Therapy for TB (IMPAACT4TB)

Post Date: 
2019-12-17
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
NIRT
Primary Objective: This study is being conducted in Brazil, Cambodia, China, Ethiopia, Ghana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe. The overall goal is to reduce TB incidence among (1) people living with HIV who are on antiretroviral therapy, and...

Inflammasome Genetics and Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes

Post Date: 
2019-11-07
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
NIRT
Dr. Amita Gupta is a Co-PI on this study. STUDY DESIGN We will conduct a retrospective case-cohort study nested within the CTRIUMPH and EDOTS cohorts to address our study objectives. This will enable us to measure the association of polymorphisms with multiple clinical outcomes simultaneously and...

Management of Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis among ART Programs in Low- and Middle-income Countries within the Global IeDEA Network

Post Date: 
2019-07-22
Purpose The purpose of the IeDEA MDR-TB survey is to study the clinical management of HIV patients co-infected with MDR-TB or XDR-TB from the perspective of healthcare workers in ART programs participating in the IeDEA global cohort consortium. Specifically, we aim: to describe diagnostic, referral...

Assessing Psychological Distress among Tuberculosis Patients and Their Household Members

Post Date: 
2018-07-17
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
By assessing psychological distress, Indo-JHU researchers hope to better understand the correlation between depression and TB severity.

Cohort for Tuberculosis Research by the Indo-US Medical Partnership (C-TRIUMPH)

Post Date: 
2013-09-28
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
NIRT
Collaboratively funded by the US NIH, India’s Department of Biotechnology [DBT], and Indian Council of Medical Research, the Cohort for TB Research by the Indo-US Medical Partnership (C-TRIUMPH) is an Indo-US research consortium that is part of RePORT India, a countrywide consortium for TB research...

RePORT India

Post Date: 
2012-06-30
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
Hinduja Hospital
NIRT
RePORT India is a joint venture between the Indian and US governments. The Indo-US Vaccine Action Program, a collaboration between the Indian Department of Biotechnology (DBT), the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), and the US NIH, is co-funding six teams of India- and US-based...

Unhealthy alcohol use independently associated with unfavorable TB treatment outcomes among Indian men

Post Date: 
2021-03-10
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
NIRT
Publication: 
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
This study by Samyra Cox and colleagues highlights the need for integrating effective alcohol interventions into TB care.

Mental health and quality of life among healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic in India

Post Date: 
2020-09-10
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Countries: 
India
Publication: 
Brain and Behavior
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has placed healthcare professionals (HCP) in stressful circumstances with increased patient loads and a high risk of exposure. We sought to assess the mental health and quality of life (QoL) of Indian HCPs, the fourth highest-burden country for COVID-19. Method:...

Tuberculosis preventive treatment should be considered for all household contacts of pulmonary tuberculosis patients in India

Post Date: 
2020-07-29
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
Publication: 
PLoS One
PLoS One: Dr. Mandar Paradkar and colleagues conducted a CTRIUMPH study that supports TB preventive therapy for all household contacts of pulmonary TB patients in India

Feasibility of identifying household contacts of rifampin- and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis cases at high risk of progression to tuberculosis disease

Post Date: 
2019-03-28
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Countries: 
India
Publication: 
Clinical Infectious Diseases
We assessed multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) cases and their household contacts (HHCs) to inform the development of an interventional clinical trial.

Tuberculosis preventive therapy should be considered for all household contacts of pulmonary TB patients in India

Post Date: 
2020-02-07
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
NIRT
Paradkar M, Chandrasekara P, Jain D, Shivakumar SVBY, Thiruvengadan K, Gupte AN, Thomas B, Kinikar A, Sekar K, Bharadwaj R, Dolla CK, Gaikwad S, Elilarasi S, Lokhande R, Reddy D, Murali L, Kulkarni V, Pradhan N, Hanna LE, Pattabiraman S, Kohli R, Nayagam R, Suryavanshi N, Shrinivasa BM, Cox SR,...

Alcohol Use Disorder, Drinking Patterns, and Tuberculosis Treatment Failure in Indian Patients

Post Date: 
2018-10-25
Samyra R Cox, Andrea Deluca, Beena Thomas, Nishi Suryavanshi, Divyashri Jain, Mandar Paradkar, Nikhil Gupte, Akshay Gupte, Bob Bollinger, Shri Vijay Bala Yogendra Shivakumar, Kannan Thiruvengadam, Geetanjali Chander, Vidya Mave, Padmapriyadarshini Chandrasekaran, Amita Gupta for the CTRIUMPh Study...

Antibiotic Use and Drug-Resistant Late-Onset Infections Among Neonates Admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Pune, India

Post Date: 
2018-08-28
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
DY Patil
KEM Hospital
Agarkhedkar S, Armstrong D, Bharadwaj R, Cox SR, Dohe V, Gupta A, Gupte N, Johnson J, Kadam A, Kinikar A, Malwade S, Manabe Y, Mave V, Milstone A, Parikh T, Rajput U, Randive B, Robinson M , Smith R, Suryavanshi N, Vaidya U, Westercamp M. Antibiotic Use and Drug-Resistant Late-Onset Infections...

Incidence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection among Household Contacts of Adult Pulmonary Tuberculosis Cases in India

Post Date: 
2018-02-15
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Countries: 
India
Paradkar M, Dhanasekaran K, Kinikar A, Kulkarni R, Bharadwaj R, Gaikwad S, Lokhande R, Meshram S, Dolla CK, Selvaraju S, Murali L, Thiruvengadam K, Jain D, Rajagopal S, Kulkarni V, Pradhan N, John S, Kohli R, Nayagam R, Shivakumar SVBY, Suryavanshi N, Cox SR, Gupte A, Chandrasekaran P, Mave V,...

Uniting for a Healthier India

Post Date: 
2018-02-14
"The Indo-US clinical research & education partnership started with a single NIH grant to study maternal-infant HIV transmission." Now with 76 studies underway, this short film chronicles the history & impact of our work in India.