Leonardo Martinez
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Leonardo Martinez, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Epidemiology - Boston University School of Public Health

(617) 358-3728
leomarti@bu.edu
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Biography

Leo Martinez joined the Department of Epidemiology at Boston University in 2021.

Dr. Martinez uses epidemiological and quantitative approaches to study early-life risk factors for pediatric tuberculosis in high-burden settings, tuberculosis transmission dynamics in high-risk populations (e.g., prisoners, persons living with HIV or diabetes), and the relationship between tuberculosis and non-communicable diseases.

Dr. Martinez's lab is currently working with colleagues and collaborators in several countries globally. We believe that collaboration across professional disciplines, backgrounds, and perspectives is the key to solving intractable health issues and the lab welcomes discussions with others working on these same health issues.

Education

  • University of Georgia, PhD
  • Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, MPH
  • University of Arizona, BA

Websites

Classes Taught

  • SPHEP764
  • SPHEP770
  • SPHEP784

Publications

  • Published on 11/27/2025

    Barreto-Duarte B, Villalva-Serra K, Miguez-Pinto JP, Araújo-Pereira M, Campos VMS, Ferreira IBB, Nogueira BMF, Queiroz ATL, Rolla VC, Cordeiro-Santos M, Kritski AL, Martinez L, Rebeiro PF, Sterling TR, Rodrigues MM, Andrade BB. Interplay between biological & social vulnerability and poor tuberculosis treatment outcome in Brazil: a nationwide study using multivariate modelling with excess risk. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2026 Jan; 53:101305. PMID: 41399540.

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  • Published on 11/26/2025

    Sester M, Altet-Gomez N, Andersen ÅB, Arias-Guillén M, Avsar K, Bakken Kran AM, Bothamley G, Nordholm Breschel AC, Brown J, Chesov D, Ciobanu N, Cirillo DM, Crudu V, de Souza Galvao M, Dilektasli AG, Dominguez J, Duarte R, Dyrhol-Riise AM, Goletti D, Hoffmann H, Ibraim E, Kalsdorf B, Krawczyk M, Kunst H, Lange B, Lipman M, Matteelli A, Milkiewicz P, Neyer D, Nitschke M, Oral HB, Palacios-Gutiérrez JJ, Petruccioli E, Raszeja-Wyszomirska J, Ravn P, Rupp J, Spohn HE, Toader C, Villar-Hernandez R, Wagner D, van Leth F, Martinez L, Pedersen OS, Lange C. Correction to Diagnostic accuracy and predictive value of the QuantiFERON-TB gold plus assay for tuberculosis in immunocompromised individuals: a prospective TBnet study Lancet Reg Health Eur 57 (2025) 101416 LLRHEUROPE-D-25-00310. Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2025 Dec; 59:101523. PMID: 41399688.

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  • Published on 11/24/2025

    Li Q, Collender PA, Yu H, Nelson KN, Zelner J, Wang X, Wang X, Tang J, Martinez L, Remais JV, Yang C, Cheng Q. Elevated risk of infectious diseases in adulthood after prenatal or early postnatal exposure to the Great Chinese Famine. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Dec 02; 122(48):e2513421122. PMID: 41284860.

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  • Published on 11/10/2025

    Zhu P, Chen X, Pan J, Wang W, Hao X, Xu B, Zhan B, Fang C, Shen Y, Liu K, Qiu X, Wang W, Chen B, Jiang J, Martínez L. Prognostic value of an abnormal chest X-ray result in predicting the development of tuberculosis. Nat Commun. 2025 Nov 10; 16(1):9866. PMID: 41213917.

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  • Published on 11/6/2025

    Liu Q, Wang W, Nelson K, Wang Z, Khan P, Li Z, Fox MP, Robert Horsburgh C, Brooks M, Zhu L, Wang J, Lu W, Martinez L. Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission in China during the COVID-19 pandemic period (2020-2021) compared with the pre-pandemic period (2017-2019). Nat Commun. 2025 Nov 06; 16(1):9807. PMID: 41198685.

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  • Published on 10/28/2025

    Nelson KN, Shiiba M, Srinivasan R, Brown TS, Martinez L, Doran C, Biswas S, Raghava V, Sacoor C, Kazi M, Maldonado H, Omer S, Lopman B. Characterizing social behavior relevant for tuberculosis transmission in four low- and middle-income countries. medRxiv. 2025 Oct 28. PMID: 41282882.

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  • Published on 10/27/2025

    Saunders MJ, Sinha P, Cegielski JP, Clark RA, Seddon JA, Martinez L, Bhargava M, Bhargava A, White RG, Houben RMGJ, McQuaid CF. Tuberculosis and undernutrition: improving estimates to reinforce the policy imperative. Lancet Infect Dis. 2025 Dec; 25(12):1270-1272. PMID: 41167206.

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  • Published on 10/23/2025

    Ning J, Lu P, Pan Y, Lian Y, Zhang Y, Jiang W, Martinez L, Zhu L, Liu Q. The Impact of Body Mass Index on Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Combined Assessment in People Living with HIV. Pathogens. 2025 Oct 23; 14(11). PMID: 41305316.

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  • Published on 10/16/2025

    Ning J, Wang R, Pan Y, Fei X, Jiang W, Martinez L, Zhu L, Qin Z, Liu Q. Impact of tuberculosis on median survival time and years of potential life lost in patients: A scoping review. J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis. 2025 Dec; 41:100568. PMID: 41146646.

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  • Published on 10/10/2025

    Ge Y, Zahid A, Kuchur R, Martinez L, Wang B, Zhang L, Aras S, Raynee P, Dike A, Navarro C, Lawrick C, Greer T, Twum F, Shen Y, Gipson J, Lemacks J. Using machine learning models to predict vaccine hesitancy: a showcase of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in rural populations during the pandemic. Vaccine. 2025 Nov 14; 66:127799. PMID: 41075400.

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