Departmental Affiliations
Research Interests
infectious diseases; tuberculosis; epidemiology; implementation science; India; Central Asia
Experiences & Accomplishments
I am an infectious disease epidemiologist with fifteen years of global health experience, primarily in tuberculosis (TB) programs and research. My research focuses on using epidemiologic and implementation research methods to answer policy-relevant questions about optimizing interventions for TB. I have been collaborating with Indian researchers on prospective cohort studies and trials focused on TB since 2017, including several studies under the Regional Prospective Observational Research for TB (RePORT) consortium. Currently, I am a co-investigator on the TB Aftermath hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial which assesses the comparative effectiveness of home-based vs. phone screening for TB in the post-treatment period in India. I am also a co-PI for the TB Free Schools Initiative in India, a cohort study that assesses the yield of active case finding for TB among school children. In addition to my projects in India, I am interested in identifying and testing novel strategies to help close the case detection gap for TB in Tajikistan and other Central Asian countries.
Honors & Awards
2024 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awardee (F31AI183564), National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
2024 Arthur M. Dannenberg Jr. Research Award, Johns Hopkins Center for TB Research
2024 Abe Lilienfeld Scholarship Fund, Epidemiology, BSPH
2023 David and Elinor Bodian Scholarship, BSPH
2021-2023 Epidemiology Chairs Fellowship, BSPH
2017 Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society, BSPH
2016 MPH Field Experience Fund Award Recipient (Tajikistan), BSPH
2016 Reed-Frost and Bernstein Scholarship Recipient, BSPH
2010 Department of State Title VIII Grant Recipient, American Councils (Persian language study in Tajikistan)
Select Publications
Mave V, Cox SR, Gupte AN, Golub JE. Addressing post-tuberculosis sequelae among people living with HIV: an unmet need. J Int AIDS Soc. 2025 Mar;28(3):e26439. doi: 10.1002/jia2.26439. PMID: 40123373; PMCID: PMC11931193.
Cox SR, Erisa KC, Kitonsa PJ, Nalutaaya A, Nantale M, Kayondo F, Mukiibi J, Mukiibi M, Nakasolya O, Dowdy DW, Katamba A, Kendall EA. Accuracy of C-reactive Protein for Tuberculosis Detection in General-Population Screening and Ambulatory Care Triage in Uganda. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024 Jun;21(6):875-883. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202308-752OC. PMID: 38259069; PMCID: PMC11160129.
Cox SR, Padmapriyadarsini C, Mave V, Seth B, Thiruvengadam K, Gaikwad S, Sahasrabudhe TR, Sane S, Tornheim JA, Shrinivasa BM, Lokhande R, Barthwal MS, Shivakumar SVBY, Krishnan S, Santhappan S, Kinikar A, Kakrani A, Paradkar M, Bollinger RC, Sekar K, Gupte AN, Hanna LE, Gupta A, Golub JE; CTRIUMPH and TBDM Study Teams. Characterizing causes of death among people treated for drug-susceptible tuberculosis in two Indian cohorts. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2023 Jan 1;27(1):78-80. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.22.0454. PMID: 36853129.
Cox SR, Kadam A, Atre S, Gupte AN, Sohn H, Gupte N, Sawant T, Mhadeshwar V, Thompson R, Kendall E, Hoffmann C, Suryavanshi N, Kerrigan D, Tripathy S, Kakrani A, Barthwal MS, Mave V, Golub JE; TB Aftermath study team. Tuberculosis (TB) Aftermath: study protocol for a hybrid type I effectiveness-implementation non-inferiority randomized trial in India comparing two active case finding (ACF) strategies among individuals treated for TB and their household contacts. Trials. 2022 Aug 5;23(1):635. doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06503-6. PMID: 35932062; PMCID: PMC9354295.
Cox SR, Gupte AN, Thomas B, Gaikwad S, Mave V, Padmapriyadarsini C, Sahasrabudhe TR, Kadam D, Gupte N, Hanna LE, Kagal A, Paradkar M, Thiruvengadam K, Jain D, Atre S, Sekar K, Raskar S, Shivakumar SVBY, Santhappan R, Deshmukh S, Pradhan N, Kulkarni V, Kakrani A, Barthwal MS, Sawant T, DeLuca A, Suryavanshi N, Chander G, Bollinger R, Golub JE, Gupta A. Unhealthy alcohol use independently associated with unfavorable TB treatment outcomes among Indian men. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2021 Mar 1;25(3):182-190. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.20.0778. PMID: 33688806.