Nathan Thielman
Director, Global Health Pathway for Residents and Fellows
Professor of Medicine
Research Professor of Global Health
Professor of Pathology
Nathan Thielman, MD, MPH, an infectious diseases physician, is Professor of Medicine, Pathology and Global Health at Duke University. Broadly, Dr. Thielman's research focuses on clinical and social issues that affect persons living with or at risk for HIV infection in low-resource settings. He is Director of the Global Health Pathway for Residents and Fellows and Co-Director of Duke's NIH-funded Interdisciplinary Research Training Program in AIDS. He is a past member of the Advisory Council of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and served on the CDC/HRSA Advisory Committee on HIV and STD Prevention and Treatment.
Projects
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Global Health Pathway for Residents and Fellows
Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Peru, Rwanda, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, United States, Vietnam, Brazil, India, Kenya
Publications
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Pyne A, Sakita FM, Kweka GL, Mlangi JJ, Msangi W, Marombwa N, et al. Effect of an emergency department-based educational intervention on medication adherence and disease understanding after acute myocardial infarction in Tanzania. Front Public Health. 2026;14:1664449.Hertz J, Rahim F, Wang C, Vaidyanathan A, Wanda L, Sakita FM, et al. Optimizing Antihypertensive Care for Tanzanians Living with HIV: Effectiveness Outcomes from the COACH Pilot Trial. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 1999. 2026 Jan 1;Navuluri N, Kipchirchir C, Lagat D, Birgen E, Kitur S, Thielman N, et al. Clinician and radiologist chest radiography interpretation variability in a high-TB-burden setting. IJTLD Open. 2026 Jan;3(1):53–5.Abernethy ER, Sakita FM, Sumner SF, Bashaka P, Kilungu A, Mulesi EM, et al. The prevalence of HIV among patients with cardiovascular disease in a Tanzanian emergency department: results from a prospective observational study. AIDS Care. 2025 Dec 15;1–11.
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