Doctor's Bio
Dr. Sara Auld, MD, MSc is an Associate Professor of medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine. After receiving a bachelor’s degree in history from Stanford University, Dr. Auld attended Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and completed her residency at Massachusetts General Hospital. She also worked at the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer in the International TB Branch of the Division of TB Elimination.
Dr. Auld’s research is focused on the clinical epidemiology and transmission of TB and drug-resistant TB, as well as TB and HIV coinfection. She is also interested in the host immune response to TB infection, including the pulmonary alveolar macrophage response to TB and mechanisms by which HIV infection may impair that response.
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
Affiliations
Emory
Education & Training
- Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
- Internship: Massachusetts General Hospital
- Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
Fellowships
Emory University School of Medicine
Locations and Directions
Grady Memorial Hospital
Phone: (404) 616-1000
Location:
80 Jesse Hill Jr Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Publications
- Cured But Not Healed: The Case For Pulmonary Rehabilitation After TB Treatment.
Auld SC, Peterson V
Chest. 2026;170(1):6-7.
PMID: 42419850 - Role of casual contact in drug-resistant tuberculosis transmission: a molecular epidemiology study.
Gandhi NR, Naidoo K, Lutchminarain K, Omar SV, Yoshii H, Willis F, Boodhram R, Gwala T, Campbell A, Coe MM, Evans AN, Tang L, Chitwood MH, Hlathi SR, Mbatha PN, Joseph L, Van Der Meulen H, Mlisana K, Jenness SM, Lurie MN, Kreiswirth BN, Warren JL, Nelson KN, Auld SC, Brust JCM, Cohen T, Mathema B, Shah NS
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine. 2026;212(7):1585-1595.
PMID: 42089682 - Beyond Cure: Why Survivors of Extrapulmonary TB Belong in the Post-TB Lung Health Conversation.
Nightingale R, Auld SC
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine. 2026;
PMID: 42085244 - The application of social network analysis to examine COVID-19 contact tracing networks in a university setting.
Harrington KRV, Jenness SM, Siira M, Rothschild E, Graham T, Rabinovitz S, Shartar S, Crubezy M, Clark D, Isakov A, Chamberlain A, Cegielski JP, Andrews JR, Waller LA, Auld SC, Gandhi NR
Public health. 2026;
PMID: 41604913 - Rare variable M. tuberculosis antigens induce predominant Th17 responses in human infection.
Ogongo P, Wassie L, Tran A, Columbus D, Huffaker J, Sharling L, Ouma G, Ouma SG, Bobosha K, Lindestam Arlehamn CS, Gandhi NR, Auld SC, Rengarajan J, Day CL, Queiroz A, Araújo-Pereira M, Fukutani E, Andrade BB, Altman JD, Blumberg HM, Ernst JD,
JCI insight. 2026;
PMID: 41591832 - COVID-19 pandemic changes in social behavior relevant for transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Nelson KN, Harton P, Cohen T, Willis F, Yoshii H, Naidoo K, Lutchminarain K, Campbell A, Omar SV, Auld SC, Brust JCM, Gandhi NR, Shah NS
BMC research notes. 2026;19(1):83.
PMID: 41580819 - Pioglitazone Modulates p65-Mediated Mitochondrial Bioenergetics: Implications for Acetaldehyde-Induced HIV Replication in Alveolar Macrophages.
New-Aaron M, Chang S, Fan X, Mehta A, Auld SC, Staitieh BS, Koval M, Yeligar SM
Biomolecules. 2025;
PMID: 41463390 - Weight gain during tuberculosis treatment increases the risk of post-tuberculosis metabolic syndrome.
Salindri AD, Avaliani T, Gujabidze M, Goginashvili L, Vashakidze S, Avaliani Z, Auld SC, Collins JM, Andrews JR, Kempker RR, Kornfeld H, Kipiani M, Magee MJ
medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences. 2025;
PMID: 41358284 - Platelets and mortality in bloodstream infection: a multicenter cohort study.
Adelman MW, Casarin S, Kurian J, Miller WR, Connor A, Hsu E, Sanghvi AA, Xu J, Auld SC, Jones SL, Corry DB, Arias CA, Nigo M
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 2025;31(10):1733-1736.
PMID: 40744277 - Collagen-targeted PET/CT imaging of tuberculosis patients.
Ordonez AA, Vangu MW, Rajaratnam A, Mofokeng N, Gabuza L, Maenetje P, Le Fur M, Montesi SB, Caravan P, Auld SC, Bisson GP
The European respiratory journal. 2025;
PMID: 40639875
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