Mari Armstrong-Hough

Dr. Mari Armstrong-Hough is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences and Epidemiology at the NYU School of Global Public Health. Her research focuses on global health, particularly the epidemiologic intersections of tuberculosis (TB), HIV, and non-communicable diseases. She co-directs an NIH-funded Mixed-Methods Fellowship at Makerere University and leads a prospective cohort study in Uganda on TB treatment. In the U.S., she examines racial disparities in respiratory failure outcomes through the PRECIPICE studies.

Her work integrates epidemiology and sociology, emphasizing interventions for early case-finding and improving patient outcomes in high-burden regions. She has conducted fieldwork in Uganda, Ethiopia, Nepal, and Japan, and her research has been published in journals such as The Lancet Respiratory Medicine and the Journal of AIDS.

Dr. Armstrong-Hough previously held positions at Yale School of Public Health and taught at Duke University and Meiji University. She is a recipient of the Robert E. Leet and Clara Guthrie Patterson Trust Award in Clinical Research.

• Co-PI: Promoting Equity via Changes In Practice for Respiratory Failure (PRECIPICE) studies
• PI: Prospective cohort study of pulmonary TB treatment in Uganda
• Co-Investigator: NIH-funded TB contact tracing studies

Her book, Biomedicalization and the Practice of Culture, explores global medicine's cultural adaptations. She also co-leads educational initiatives to train public health professionals in mixed-methods research.

Key collaborations include the Pulmonary Complications of AIDS Research Training Program and NIH-funded studies on TB contact tracing. Her U.S.-based research uses ICU data to address disparities in respiratory failure care and long-term survival.