Emily Wong

Emily Wong
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Associate Scientist (C), Center for AIDS Research , School of Medicine
Assistant Professor (P), Medicine - Infectious Diseases , Department of Medicine

Selected Publications

Academic Article

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2021	Computer-aided interpretation of chest radiography reveals the spectrum of tuberculosis in rural South Africa. npj Digital Medicine. 4. 2021
2021	Convergence of infectious and non-communicable disease epidemics in rural South Africa: a cross-sectional, population-based multimorbidity study 2021
2021	It Is Time to Focus on Asymptomatic Tuberculosis. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 72:E1044-E1046. 2021
2021	Escape of SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 from neutralization by convalescent plasma. Nature. 593:142-146. 2021
2021	Protective behaviors and secondary harms resulting from nonpharmaceutical interventions during the COVID-19 epidemic in South Africa: Multisite, prospective longitudinal study. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 7. 2021
2021	MR1-Restricted MAIT Cells From The Human Lung Mucosal Surface Have Distinct Phenotypic, Functional, and Transcriptomic Features That Are Preserved in HIV Infection. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 2021
2021	Protocol: Leveraging a demographic and health surveillance system for Covid-19 Surveillance in rural KwaZulu-Natal. Wellcome Open Research. 5:1-15. 2021
2020	Participant understanding of informed consent in a multidisease community-based health screening and biobank platform in rural South Africa. International Health. 12:560-566. 2020
2020	Access to primary healthcare during lockdown measures for COVID-19 in rural South Africa: An interrupted time series analysis. BMJ Open. 10. 2020
2020	The MAIT TCRβ chain contributes to discrimination of microbial ligand. Immunology and Cell Biology. 98:770-781. 2020
2020	Determinants of Vaginal Microbiota Composition. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 10. 2020
2020	Protocol: Leveraging a demographic and health surveillance system for Covid-19 Surveillance in rural KwaZulu-Natal. Wellcome Open Research. 5. 2020
2019	TRAV1-2⁺ CD8⁺ T-cells including oligoconal expansions of MAIT cells are enriched in the airways in human tuberculosis. Communications Biology. 2. 2019
2018	Linkage to primary care after homebased blood pressure screening in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A population-based cohort study. BMJ Open. 8. 2018
2016	Autopsy prevalence of tuberculosis and other potentially treatable infections among adults with advanced HIV enrolled in out-patient care in South Africa. PLoS One. 11. 2016

Principal Investigator On

3D Profiling of Human Tuberculosis Lesions to Decode Transitions Between Disease States awarded by AFRICA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE

COVID-19 Mechanisms and Multi-Omics in KwaZulu-Natal awarded by AFRICA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Defining Drivers of TB Transmission in The Era of Universal ART, And the Implications for Finding the Walking Well awarded by London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)

Immune Mechanisms of Protection Against Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Center (IMPAc-TB) awarded by AFRICA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Interactions Between the Human Host and M.tb During Subclinical Tuberculosis awarded by Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Planning Grant for the Subclinical TB Transmission Study awarded by AFRICA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Quantification of Patterns of Multimorbidity to Develop Effective and Efficient Models of HIV, TB and NCD Co-care in Rural South Africa awarded by AFRICA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Ref: Letter of Agreement LoA R85 UAB – AHRI agreement for assignment of Dr Emily Wong as a Scientist in Residence and AHRI Junior Faculty from 1 September 2020 to 31 August 2021 awarded by AFRICA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Studies of Mucosal Associated Invariant T (MAIT) Cells in People with HIV, TB, HIV/TB Co-Infection in South Africa awarded by MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL

Tobacco Use and Cessation, HIV, and TB in South Africa: Clinical and Economic Outcomes awarded by MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL

Education And Training

Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University 2006

Bachelor of Arts in History, Harvard University 2000

Full Name

Emily Wong