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 5/15/2026

    Campbell JI, Vachharajani O, Dubois MM, Martinez L, Christos PJ, Herlihy JM, Jenkins HE, Horsburgh CR, Jacobson KR, Powis KM. Tuberculosis in children who are HIV-exposed uninfected: A systematic review and metaanalysis. AIDS. 2026 May 15. PMID: 42138367.

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  • Published on 5/14/2026

    Brown TS, Nelson K, Kissler S, Martinez L, Horsburgh CR, White LF, Mathema B, Jacobson KR. Understanding and exploiting superspreading to disrupt Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission. Lancet Infect Dis. 2026 May 14. PMID: 42134384.

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  • Published on 5/11/2026

    Saunders MJ, McQuaid CF, Sinha P, Martinez L, Seddon JA, Dodd PJ. Global, regional, and national estimates of tuberculosis incidence averted by eliminating undernutrition in adults: a modelling study. Lancet Glob Health. 2026 May 11. PMID: 42114532.

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  • Published on 4/14/2026

    Wang X, Martinez L, Linde L, Li Q, Wang X, Tang J, Kan X, Yang C, Cheng Q. Associations of exposure to ambient PM2.5 and its major components with pulmonary tuberculosis in central and southwestern China: a spatiotemporal modeling study. BMC Public Health. 2026 Apr 14. PMID: 41981571.

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  • Published on 4/9/2026

    Cai J, Feng Y, Cheng H, Ge Y, Guo Z, Huang H, Li C, Li Y, Ling F, Martinez L, Ma P, Zhong W, Shen Y. Pseudo-time reconstruction for analyzing transmission direction in COVID-19 contact-tracing data. Epidemics. 2026 Apr 09; 55:100914. PMID: 41985381.

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  • Published on 4/1/2026

    Han Y, Shi J, Liu Q, Shao Y, Zhu L, Martinez L, Cheng C, Xu B. Identification of discriminative plasma protein biomarkers for recent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: a pilot data-independent acquisition mass spectrometry-based proteomics study. BMC Infect Dis. 2026 Apr 01. PMID: 41922977.

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  • Published on 3/27/2026

    Bastidas-Caldes C, Martinez L, Harries AD. How incarceration can amplify TB: a preventable public health failure in Ecuador. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2026 Mar 27; 30(4):190-191. PMID: 41896721.

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  • Published on 3/26/2026

    Lu P, Li Z, Tao B, Campbell J, Pedersen OS, Ding X, Pan J, Ding H, Zhu L, Wen J, Liu Q, Wang J, Martinez L. Dynamic, quantitative ESAT6-CFP10 skin test for tuberculosis risk prediction: a large-scale, multi-center, prospective cohort study. Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2026 Apr; 69:101836. PMID: 41960411.

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  • Published on 3/25/2026

    Zhou Y, Kan Y, Liu P, Xu H, Ma J, Li H, Yu X, Cai Q, Tian M, Fang Q, Zeng X, Yang G, Yang T, Wang F, Chen B, Martinez L. Adverse drug reactions among children with tuberculosis in China: a multicentre study, 2017-2022. Ann Med. 2026 Dec; 58(1):2645734. PMID: 41877621.

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  • Published on 3/17/2026

    Saavedra-Cervera B, Nguenha D, Chihota V, Yimer G, Fernández-Escobar C, Mngadi K, Brumskine W, Martinson N, Wang SH, Masilela L, Waggie Z, Martínez L, van den Hof S, Charalambous S, Cobelens F, Chaisson R, Grant AD, Fielding K, Churchyard G, Garcia-Basteiro AL. Dynamics of Quantiferon-Gold Plus results in a large TB preventive treatment trial across three high-burden HIV/TB countries. J Infect Dis. 2026 Mar 17. PMID: 41843759.

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