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Paul K.
Drain
MD
MPH

He/Him/His
Faculty
Infectious Diseases
Pinned
Academic
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
Associate Professor, Department of Global Health, Medicine, Epidemiology
Professional
Director of Clinical Research, International Clinical Research Center
Director of Clinical and Translational Core, SEA-TRAC
Associate. Director, Tuberculosis Research and Training Center
Sites of Practice
University of Washington- Montlake

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Bio

Paul Drain, MD, MPH, is Associate Professor in the Departments of Global Health, Medicine (Infectious Diseases), and Epidemiology at the University of Washington and a practicing Infectious Disease physician at Harborview Medical Center and the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle. His 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 has taught a “Clinical Global Health and Social Medicine” course 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.

Reserach interests:

  • HIV
  • Tuberculosis
  • Malaria
  • STIs
  • Diagnostic Testing
  • Implementation Science
  • LMICs

Clinical interests:

  • HIV
  • Tuberculosis
  • Malaria
  • STIs 

Education & Training

MD - University of Washington

MPH - University of Washington

IM residency - Stanford University
 

Honors

Trainee Support Grant, Center for AIDS Research, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (2002)

Puget Sound Partners for Global Health Award, Seattle, WA (2003)

David E. Rogers Fellowship, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY (2003)

International Health Opportunities Program Grant, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (2003)

Student Subspecialty Research Award, Western Student Medical Research Forum, Carmel, CA (2003)

Trainee Support Grant, Center for AIDS Research, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (2004)

Ellison Medical Foundation Fellowship in Global Health, Fogarty International Center, NIH (2005)

Associate Award, Northern California Chapter of the American College of Physicians (2008)

Fellowship, MEDICC (Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba) (2008)

Scholarship, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA (2008)

Velji Emerging Leader in Global Health Award, Global Health Education Consortium (2009)

Travel Grant, Dean’s Office, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA (2009)

Schwartz Scholarship, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (2010)

International Travel Fellowship in Support of Global ID Research, Harvard University, MA (2011)

Fogarty International Clinical Research Fellows Program, Fogarty International Center, NIH (2011)

Faculty Teaching Award, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (2011)

David Brudnoy Scholar Award, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (2012)

International Travel Fellowship in Support of Global ID Research, Harvard University, MA (2012)

Harvard HIV Research Training Grant, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH (2012)

HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA) Travel Award (2012)

Fogarty Alumni Travel Award, Fogarty International Center, NIH (2013)

Postdoctoral Fellowship Award for Clinical Research, Fund for Medical Discovery, Massachusetts General Hospital Executive Committee on Research, Boston, MA (2013)

Merle A. Sande Fellowship in International Infectious Diseases, Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) and National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (2013)

Global Travel Grant, Center of Expertise in Global & Humanitarian Health, Partners Healthcare (2013)

Scholar Award, Harvard University Center for AIDS Research, Harvard University, Boston, MA (2013)

Young Investigator Award, Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) (2013)

Fellowship, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA (2015)

New Investigator Award, University of Washington Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) (2016)

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