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NAME
POSITION TITLE
Brian Currie, M.D., MPH
Vice President/Medical Director for Research
Assistant Dean for Clinical Research
eRA COMMONS USER NAME
BCURRIE1
EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training.)
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION
DEGREE
YEAR(s)
State University of New York at Buffalo
State University of New York at Buffalo
B.A.
M.S.
1973
1976
Columbia University
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
M.P.H.
M.D.
1984
1988
FIELD OF STUDY
Biology
Biology/Mathematical
Statistics
Epidemiology
A. Positions and Honors
Professional
1988-1991
1991-1993
1993-Present
1993-Present
1995-Present
1997-1999
1997-1998
1998-2003
2003-2006
2006-Present
Internship and Residency/Internal Medicine, NYU - Bellevue Hospital
Fellowship/Infectious Diseases, AECOM - Montefiore Medical Center
Attending Physician Medicine/Infectious Diseases, Montefiore Medical Center
Director of Infection Control, Montefiore Hospital
Director of Infection Control, Weiler Hospital
Director of Infection Control, North Central Bronx Hospital
Associate Medical Director/Medical Center Epidemiologist, Montefiore Medical
Center
Medical Director - Acute Care, Montefiore Medical Center
Vice President/Senior Medical Director, Montefiore Medical Center
Vice President/Medical Director for Research, Montefiore Medical Center
Academic
1993-2001
1994-2001
2001-2006
2006-Present
2006-Present
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Assistant Professor of Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Assistant Dean for Clinical Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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Other
2001-2002
National Institutes of Health Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel member
Memberships
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America -Fellow
American Society of Microbiology-Member
Infectious Diseases Society of America-Fellow
New York State Infectious Disease Society-President-elect 2008, President 2009
New York Academy of Medicine-Fellow
Honors
1969-1973
1971-1973
1974-1976
1980-1981
1988
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New York Regents Scholarship
Kodak Scholarship
State University of New York Teaching Fellowship
Public Health Traineeship
Medical Student Training Elective in Epidemiology at Centers for Disease Control
Selected peer-reviewed publications*
Goldstein, I. and Currie, B.; Seasonal Patterns of Asthma: A Clue to Etiology; Env. Research
1984; vol. 33, p.201-215.
Salgo, M.; Telzak, E.; Currie, B.; Perlman, D.; Levi, M.; Natenson, G.; Benach, J.; AlHafidh, R.;
and Casey, J.; A Focus of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever within New York City; N. Engl. J. Med
1988; vol 318, p. 1345-48.
Farthing, C.; Rendel, M.; Currie, B. And Seidlin, M.; Azithromycin for Cerebral Toxoplasmosis;
Lancet 1992; vol. 339, p. 437-438.
Currie, B.; Freundlich, L.; Soto, M. and Casadevall, A.; False-Negative Cerebrospinal Fluid
Cryptococcal Latex Agglutination Tests for Patients with Culture-Positive Cryptococcal Meningitis;
J. Clin Micro. 1993; vol. 31. (9), p. 2519-2522.
Fan, M.; Currie, B.; Guttel, R.; Ragan, M. and Casadevall, A.; The 16S-like, 5.8S, and 23S-like
rRNA of the Two Varieties of Cryptococcus neoformans: Sequence, Secondary Structure,
Phylogenetic Analysis and Restriction Fragment Polymorphisms. J. Med. Vet. Mycology. 1994;
vol. 32, p. 163-180.
Currie, B.; Freundlich, L. and Casadevall, A. Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism
Analysis of Cryptococcus neoformans Isolates from Environmental (Pigeon Excreta) and Clinical
Sources in New York City. J. Clin. Micro. 1994; vol. 32 (5), p. 1188-1192.
Currie, B. and Casadevall, A. Estimation of the Prevalence of Cryptococcal Infection Among
Patients Infected With the Human Immunodeficiency Virus in New York City. Clin. Inf. Dis. 1994;
vol. 19, p. 1029-1033.
* Selected from 26 total peer reviewed publications
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C. Research Support
Ongoing
NIH-1UL1 RR025750-01, 1KL2RR025749-01, 1TL1RR025748-01 (H. Shamoon PI)
2008 -2013
Clinical and Translational Science Award
5 year grant to develop MMC-AECOM collaboration to promote and support joint clinical and
translational research activities.
Role: Co- Principal Investigator
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation # 65449
2009 -2011
Measuring the Effect of a Pay for Performance Initiative on Health Care Quality
2 year grant to measure impact of pay for performance incentives on quality of ambulatory care,
including evaluation of racial and ethnic disparities in care.
Role: Principal Investigator
New York State Stem Cell Foundation- contract# C023041
Equipment Grant
2009
AHRQ
2006 – 2011
The Boston University Safety Net Action Partnership
Participation in a multi-institutional consortium (Boston University School of Public Health, four Veterans
Intergrated Service Networks, Boston Medical Center, Cambridge Health Alliance, Hennepin County
Medical Center and Montefiore Medical Center) approved for AHRQ contracts targeting health care
delivery research.
Role: Site Co-Director
Completed
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation #053833
2005 – 2007
Improving the Quality of Cardiovascular Care with Information Systems
Multi-institutional project designed to optimize care of acute MI and CHF patients with incorporation of
optimal care strategies into a computerized clinical information system used across the continuum of
care and evaluation of impact.
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
New York State Dept. of Health
1999 – 2001
Multi-Medical Center Consortium to Investigate Multiple Antibiotic Resistant Pathogens – New York
Antibiotic Resistance Project (NYARP)
3 year grant to establish 6 medical center consortium (Beth Israel Medical Center, New York and
Presbyterian Hospital, Montefiore Medical Center, Maimonides Medical Center, Memorial SloanKettering Cancer Center and Mount Sinai Medical Center) developed to: 1) establish a regional
electronic surveillance system for monitoring multiple antibiotic resistance patterns among nosocomial
pathogens, and 2) establish a unique pooled research data base to investigate the relationship of
antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance factors.
Role: Principal Investigator
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