Margaret L. McNairy, MD, MSc

Margaret L. (Molly) McNairy, MD, MSc is the David C. and Betty Farrell Professor of Medicine, Chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine, and Chief of the Division of General Medicine & Geriatrics at WashU Medicine.

Education

• BS: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (2000)
• Master of Science: London School of Economics and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK (2004)
• MD: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (2006)
• Residency and Fellowship, Internal Medicine and Global Health Equity: Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (2009)

Research Interests

Dr. McNairy is a physician scientist with clinical research focused on prevention and treatment of chronic diseases spanning HIV and cardiovascular disease in low-income settings. Her work includes large epidemiologic cohort studies, clinical trials, and implementation science designed to improve global health care delivery in Haiti, Africa and the US.  Her work also includes research mentorship of US and international trainees, with multiple NIH training grants.

Publications

Selected Publications

• Rouzier, V., Riche, R. C., Louis, B., Bell, T., Confident, N., Joseph, B., Bajo Joseph, J. M., Alcenat, N., Julmiste, G., McNairy, M. L., Pape, J. W., Fitzgerald, D. W., & Reif, L. K. (2025). “They are starting from ten steps back”: a mixed methods study comparing community-based versus clinic-based HIV testing among adolescents and young adults living with HIV in Haiti. AIDS care, 1–13. Advance online publication.
• Alexandre, W., Ogyu, A., Sufra, R., Yan, L. D., Deschamps, M. M., Bennett, C., Pape, J. W., Alonso, L. C., Rouzier, V., & McNairy, M. L. (2025). Reproductive health characteristics among women living in severe poverty in urban Haiti. Reproductive health, 22(1), 266.
• Metz, M., Sufra, R., Ogyu, A., Rouzier, V., Sauveur, R. S., Celestin, K., Forrestal, G., Preval, F., Jean, M., Marcelin, S. E., Sarine, A., Bennett, C., Koenig, S., Jamerson, K., Pape, J. W., Yan, L. D., & McNairy, M. L. (2025). Improvements in Blood Pressure Control and the Hypertension Care Continuum Over 2 Years in Urban Haiti Amidst Civil Unrest. Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.), 27(9), e70153. https://doi.org/10.1111/jch.70153
• Bloom-Feshbach, K., Berger, R. E., Evans, A. T., McNairy, M. L., Lopez, L. V., & Parish, S. J. (2025). Hospitalists Caring for Behavioral Health Inpatients: A Hybrid Consultation Model. Journal of general internal medicine, 40(16), 4051–4058.
• Rouzier, V., Reif, L. K., Riche, R. C., Bajo, M. J., Hilaire, G., Devieux, J. G., Bang, H., Abrams, E. J., Deschamps, M. M., Schackman, B. R., Pape, J. W., Fitzgerald, D. W., & McNairy, M. L. (2025). FANMI (“My Family”): A Randomized Trial of Community Cohort Care for Adolescent Girls and Young Women Living with HIV in Haiti. AIDS and behavior, 29(12), 3894–3907.
• Reif, L. K., Rouzier, V., Yan, L. D., Sabwa, S., Hilaire, G., Pierre, M. J., Riche, R. C., Peck, R., Ogyu, A., Sufra, R., Pape, J. W., Fitzgerald, D. W., & McNairy, M. L. (2025). Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Young People in Haiti: Implications for Low-Income Countries. Global heart, 20(1), 52.
• Ogyu, A., Rouzier, V., Sufra, R., St Sauveur, R., Jean-Pierre, M. C., Lin, J. Q., Mourra, N., Preval, F., Jean, M., Devereux, R. B., Pirmohamed, A., Goyal, P., de Las Fuentes, L., Dávila-Román, V. G., Alexandre, W., Peck, R. N., Deschamps, M. M., Pape, J. W., McNairy, M. L., & Yan, L. D. (2025). Left ventricular hypertrophy among adults in a population-based cohort in Haiti. Scientific reports, 15(1), 12831.
• Rasul, R., Sufra, R., Pierre, M. C. J., St Sauveur, R., Rouzier, V., Inddy, J., Hilaire, E., Preval, F., Yan, L. D., Mourra, N., Ogyu, A., Pierre, D. M., Pape, J. W., Nash, D., & McNairy, M. L. (2025). Prevalence of Cooking with Polluting Fuels and Association with Elevated Blood Pressure Among Adults in Port au Prince, Haiti: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. Global heart, 20(1), 22.
• Sabwa, S., Rouzier, V., Sufra, R., St Sauveur, R., Mourra, N., Rasul, R., Inddy, J., Yan, L. D., Sterling, M., Pinheiro, L., Deschamps, M., Pape, J. W., & McNairy, M. L. (2025). Cardiovascular Disease Multimorbidity and Decreased Health-Related Quality of Life in Haiti: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of the American Heart Association, 14(3), e036139.
• Masuda, K., Iketani, S., Liu, L., Huang, J., Qiao, Y., Shah, J., McNairy, M. L., Groso, C., Ricupero, C., Loffredo, L. F., Wang, Q., Purpura, L., Coelho-Dos-Reis, J. G. A., Sheng, Z., Yin, M. T., & Tsuji, M. (2025). Distinct CD8⁺ T-cell types Associated with COVID-19 Severity in Unvaccinated HLA-A2⁺ Patients. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2025.01.12.632164.
• Yan, L. D., Rouzier, V., Sufra, R., Sauveur, R. S., Guiteau, C., Lee, M. H., Ogyu, A., Mourra, N., Oparil, S., Théard, M., Brisma, J. P., Alfred, J. P., Deschamps, M. D., Pape, J. W., & McNairy, M. L. (2025). Treatment of prehypertension among adults with HIV. AIDS (London, England), 39(3), 261–269.

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