Dr Rachael Burke

Clinical Assistant Professor in Training

United Kingdom

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I am an Infectious Disease and General (Internal) Medicine registrar. I completed a post as a Wellcome Trust Clinical PhD fellow based in Malawi with the Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Clinical Research Programme in 2023. My research interests are in tuberculosis and HIV co-infection, improving infectious disease diagnostics and in reducing in-hospital mortality for people living with HIV in low income settings. I am currently a distance learning tutor on the MSc in Infectious Diseases, and am delighted to be returning to the school as an NIHR Clinical Lecturer in 2024.

Affiliations

Department of Clinical Research

Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases

Teaching

I am a tutor on the LSHTM Distance Learning MSc in Infectious Diseases, contributing to the TB module.

Selected Publications

Distribution and transmission of<i>M. tuberculosis</i>in a high-HIV prevalence city in Malawi: a genomic and spatial analysis

Chitwood, MH; Corbett, EL; Ndhlovu, V; Sobkowiak, B; Colijn, C; Andrews, JR; BURKE, RM; Cudahy, PG T; Dodd, PJ; Imai-Eaton, JW; Engelthaler, DM; Folkerts, M; Feasey, H; Lan, Y; Lewis, J; Menzies, NA; Chipungu, G; Nliwasa, M; Weinberger, DM; Warren, JL; Salomon, JA; MacPherson, P; Cohen, T;

2024

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Enhanced tuberculosis diagnosis with computer-aided chest X-ray and urine LAM in adults with HIV admitted to hospital (CASTLE study): A cluster randomised trial.

BURKE, RM; Nyirenda, SK; Mtenga, T; Twabi, HH; Joekes, E; Walker, NF; Nyirenda, R; Gupta-Wright, A; Nliwasa, M; FIELDING, K; MacPherson, P; Corbett, EL;

2024

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Reasons for disengagement from antiretroviral care in the era of "Treat All" in low- or middle-income countries: a systematic review.

BURKE, RM; Rickman, HM; Pinto, C; Ehrenkranz, P; Choko, A; Ford, N;

2024

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Computer Aided Screening for Tuberculosis in Low Resource Environments (CASTLE) trial data

BURKE, R;

2024

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Same-day versus rapid ART initiation in HIV-positive individuals presenting with symptoms of tuberculosis: Protocol for an open-label randomized non-inferiority trial in Lesotho and Malawi.

Gerber, F; Semphere, R; Lukau, B; Mahlatsi, P; Mtenga, T; Lee, T; Kohler, M; Glass, TR; Amstutz, A; Molatelle, M; MacPherson, P; Marake, NB; Nliwasa, M; Ayakaka, I; BURKE, R; Labhardt, N;

2024

PloS one

Community-level variation in TB testing history in Blantyre, Malawi.

NIGHTINGALE, ES; Feasey, HR A; Khundi, M; Soko, RN; BURKE, RM; Nliwasa, M; Twabi, H; Mpunga, JA; FIELDING, K; MacPherson, P; CORBETT, EL;

2024

The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease

Prevalence of bacteriologically-confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis in urban Blantyre, Malawi 2019-20: Substantial decline compared to 2013-14 national survey.

Feasey, HR A; Khundi, M; Nzawa Soko, R; NIGHTINGALE, E; BURKE, RM; Henrion, MY R; Phiri, MD; BURCHETT, HE; Chiume, L; Nliwasa, M; Twabi, HH; Mpunga, JA; MacPherson, P; CORBETT, EL;

2023

PLOS global public health

Accuracy of upper respiratory tract samples to diagnose Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Savage, HR; Rickman, HM; BURKE, RM; Odland, ML; Savio, M; Ringwald, B; Cuevas, LE; MacPherson, P;

2023

The Lancet. Microbe

Ending AIDS deaths requires improvements in clinical care for people with advanced HIV disease who are seriously ill.

BURKE, RM; Feasey, N; Rangaraj, A; Camps, MR; Meintjes, G; El-Sadr, WM; Ford, N;

2023

The lancet. HIV

Community-level variation in TB testing history: analysis of a prevalence survey in Blantyre, Malawi

NIGHTINGALE, E; Feasey, H; Khundi, M; Soko, RN; BURKE, R; Nliwasa, M; Twabi, H; Mpunga, J; FIELDING, K; MacPherson, P; Corbett, E;