About Dr. Natasha Hochberg
Natasha Hochberg, MD, MPH, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine (Section of Infectious Diseases) at BU School of Medicine and in the Department of Epidemiology at BU School of Public Health. She serves as Program Director for the Infectious Disease Fellowship Program. Dr. Hochberg earned her Bachelor's from Harvard University, her MD from Case Western Reserve University, and her MPH from Emory University. She completed her Infectious Diseases Fellowship at Emory University. Before Boston University, she was an Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) officer at the CDC in the Division of Parasitic Diseases, working internationally on malaria, visceral leishmaniasis, guinea worm disease, and lymphatic filariasis.
Her research focuses on tropical diseases, especially the impact of malnutrition and parasitic disease on tuberculosis (TB), tropical diseases in immigrant populations, and disease prevention in international travelers. She is principal investigator of the TB LION study (Learning the Impact Of Nutrition) in Pondicherry, India, which evaluates how malnutrition and parasite infections affect immune response to TB and changes after providing high-protein food, multivitamins, and deworming. She is also site principal investigator of the US-Indo RePORT study in Pondicherry, a cohort of 1,100 TB patients and 1,500 household contacts, aiming to identify biomarkers predicting TB treatment failure and risk of TB among exposed persons, and how comorbidities like diabetes and helminth infections modulate these risks. Additionally, she is a co-investigator on an R01 study examining TB in pregnancy in India, investigating TB drug pharmacokinetics during pregnancy, neonatal outcomes, and diagnostic testing for latent TB infection in pregnant women.
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Board certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine
- Infectious Disease (American Board of Internal Medicine)
Education and training
- Medical School - Case Western Reserve University, Doctor of Medicine
- Emory University, Master's in Public Health
- Harvard University (Bachelor's)
- Emory University, Fellowship in Infectious Diseases
- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Residency in Internal Medicine
Professional memberships
- American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Awards and publications
- Hochberg NS, Montgomery SP. Chagas Disease. Ann Intern Med. 2023 Feb; 176(2):ITC17-ITC32. PMID: 36780647.
- Wang X, VanValkenberg A, Odom-Mabey AR, Ellner JJ, Hochberg NS, Salgame P, Patil P, Johnson WE. Comparison of gene set scoring methods for reproducible evaluation of multiple tuberculosis gene signatures. bioRxiv. 2023 Jan 30. PMID: 36711818.
- DiLorenzo MA, Davis MR, Dugas JN, Nelson KP, Hochberg NS, Ingalls RR, Mishuris RG, Schechter-Perkins EM. Performance of three screening tools to predict COVID-19 positivity in emergency department patients. Emerg Med J. 2023 Jan 03. PMID: 36596666.
- Dr. Natasha Hochberg is recipient of a K-12 BIRCWH award to study the effect of aging on the immune response to latent TB infection in Boston-area nursing home residents.
- Kalva J, Babu SP, Narasimhan PB, Raghupathy K, Ezhumalai K, Knudsen S, Horsburgh CR, Hochberg N, Salgame P, Roy G, Ellner J, Sarkar S. Predictors of weight loss during the intensive phase of tuberculosis treatment in patients with drug-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis in South India. J Public Health (Oxf). 2022 Nov 30. PMID: 36451280.
Languages spoken
- English
Provider's gender
Female
NPI number
1235182445
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Dr. Natasha Hochberg is certified by American Board of Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease (American Board of Internal Medicine).
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Dr. Natasha Hochberg speaks English.