Prof. Mercedes C. Becerra, ScD

Jeffrey Cheah Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School. For over twenty-five years, Professor Becerra has investigated drug-resistant TB management, paediatric TB detection strategies, and household transmission patterns, and is a co-founder of the Sentinel Project on Pediatric Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis and the Zero TB Initiative. Her work focuses on improving treatment of drug-resistant TB, strategies to estimate and detect TB in children, and strategies to treat and prevent TB in families exposed at home.

Prof. Mercedes C. Becerra, ScD

Harvard Medical School
Jeffrey Cheah Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine