Publications
From Our September 2026 Connections Newsletter
- Kristen Aiemjoy: Antibody Dynamics After Melioidosis Infection in Thailand: A Retrospective Cohort Study | UC Davis*
- Kristen Aiemjoy, Jason R. Andrews, Jessica Seidman: Estimating Enteric Fever Seroincidence in Bangladesh Using Rapid Serosurveys | UC Davis, Stanford, Sabin Vaccine Institute*
- Eran Bendavid: Exceeding Human Heat Tolerance in a Warming, Ageing World: A Global Projection Modelling Study | Stanford*
- Zachary Butzin-Dozier: Covid-19 Vaccination Timing, Relative to Acute Covid-19, & Subsequent Risk of Long Covid | Stanford, UC Berkeley*
- Canice Christian, Rutendo Mukondwa: Climate Change & Tuberculosis: Enhancing Impact Through an Implementation Science Informed Agenda | UCSF, OPHID*
- Tinglong Dai: Global Advances in Health Artificial Intelligence: A Workforce Imperative
- Mira Emmanuel-Fabula, Bilal A. Mateen: Generative AI-Enabled Clinical Decision Support System in Primary Care: A Pragmatic, Cluster-Randomized Trial | PATH*
- Ethan Goh: Toward a Test of Medical AI Superintelligence | Stanford*
- Yanhong Jessika Hu: Childhood Antimicrobial Resistance with Global Forecasts
- Alessandro Iellamo: Can Ethical Artificial Intelligence Aid Infant & Young Child Feeding Support During Conflict? A Review of the Experience & Lessons Learned in Ukraine | FHI 360*
- Amir Karimi: Training Frontline Health Workers in Low- & Middle-Income Countries to Reduce Contraceptive Stock-Outs: Evidence from Indonesia | JSI*
- Samuel H. King: Generative Design of Bacteriophages with Genome Language Models | Stanford*
- Lancet GBD Road Injuries Collaborators: Global, Regional, & National Burden of Road Injuries 1990–2023: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
- Ricardo Baptista Leite: Artificial Intelligence Should Transform Health Systems, Not Automate Their Failures | HealthAI*
- Nomsa Brightness Mahlalela: Acceptability, Usability, & Clinical Appropriateness of an AI-Powered Tool for Linkage to HIV Services After HIV Self-Testing in South Africa: Mixed Methods Evaluation | Audere Africa*
- Marissa Malchione: Building Resilient & Response-Ready Influenza Vaccination Programs for Pandemic Preparedness: A Comparative Analysis from Five Middle-Income Countries | Sabin Vaccine Institute*
- Esther Melamed: Virus Reactivation in Acute & Long Covid-19
- C. E. Osakwe: Advancing the Inclusion of Pregnant & Lactating Populations in HIV PrEP Research: Ethical, Regulatory, & Surveillance Recommendations from a Multisectoral Working Group | UC Berkeley, Gilead Sciences, ViiV Healthcare*
- Jessica Seidman, Kristen Aiemjoy, Stephen Luby: Use of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Hemolysin E & Lipopolysaccharide IgA to Identify Enteric Fever Cases, South Asia | Sabin Vaccine Institute, Stanford, UC Davis*
- Woutrina Smith, Jay Graham: Dismantling the United States Agency for International Development Costs Lives and Threatens Global Stability [Editorial] | UC Davis, UC Berkeley*
- Jacob N. Stapley: Evaluating the Impact of Antiviral Post-Exposure Prophylaxis for Health-Care Workers During Orthoebolavirus Outbreaks: A Modeling Study | UC Berkeley*
- Fitsum G. Tadesse: Genomic Surveillance Reveals Co-Occurrence of Plasmodium Falciparum Drug Resistance Variants Across Diverse Transmission Settings in Ethiopia
- Amna Tariq, A. Desiree LaBeaud: Evidence of Co-Circulation & Co-Exposure to Arboviruses & Malaria in a Longitudinal Cohort in Kenya from 2019 to 2022 | Stanford*
- Eric Topol: Decision Authority in Health AI
- Darshan V. Trivedi: Antimalarial Cytoskeletal Targeting with Broad Apicomplexan Activity | Kainomyx*
- Belinda Wang: Autism Mutations Rewire Protein Interaction Networks to Drive Neurodevelopmental Pathology | UCSF*
- Jennifer K. Watanabe: Combination Therapy with Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies, Antiretroviral Therapy & CCR5 Blockade Limits Viral Reservoir Seeding in Infant Macaque Model of HIV | UC Davis*
- Siyanai Zhou: Interventions for Improving Resilience Among Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Map | Reach Digital Health*
*These publications were produced by members of the Alliance for Innovation in Global Health
From Our July 2026 Connections Newsletter
- Jason R. Andrews: Transmission Dynamics of Andes Virus & Implications for Outbreak Monitoring | Stanford*
- Anna K. Blakney: Safety & Efficacy of mRNA Vaccines: A Mechanistic & Public Health Perspective
- Michael Boah: Epidemiology of Depressive & Anxiety Symptoms Among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care in a Rural Area of Ghana | UGHE*
- Rhoda Micah Bongo, Karen Webb: Baseline Data on Viral Suppression, Treatment Adherence & Mental Health in Peripartum Girls & Young Women with HIV in Zimbabwe | UCSF, OPHID*
- Sandra Bos: Longitudinal Antibody Profiling After Dengue Reveals Distinct Dynamics by Antibody Specificity Over 18 Months | UC Berkeley*
- Francesca S. Cardwell: Towards Global Citizenship: Investigating & Measuring Empathy for the Other in Global Health Education
- Dick Chamla: Size of the 2026 Ebola Outbreak & Risk of Cross-Border Spillover from Bundibugyo Virus in Ituri Province, DR Congo, & Its Implications for Preparedness: A Recalibrated Stochastic Modeling Study
- Paula Christen, Charles Whittaker: Enhancing Epidemic Forecast Usability for Policymakers: A Global Mixed-Methods Study | UC Berkeley*
- D. de Angeli Dutra, E.A. Mordecai: Resurgence of Malaria in Protected & Rural Areas After Successful Control Program in a Brazilian Amazon Municipality | Stanford*
- Teemar Fisseha: Development of a Survey Tool to Measure Pediatric Experience of Care: Cognitive Testing & Validation in the Laos | JSI*
- Denise O. Garrett, Rebecca M. Martin: Lessons from the Bundibugyo Outbreak for the Americas | Sabin Vaccine Institute*
- Lancet TB HIV Collaborators: Global, Regional, & National Burden of Tuberculosis & Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis by HIV Status, 1990–2023: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
- Elena Lebetkin, Ndola Prata: Interests & Preferences Regarding Family Planning Self-Care Interventions: Cross-Sectional Surveys with Kenyan & Nigerian Women | FHI 360, UC Berkeley*
- Kirsten M. Mathieson, Mathilde Forslund: The Need for Standardized Tracking of Investments in Digital Health | Transform Health*
- Ankita Meghani, Andi Sutter: From Global Guidance to Local Action: Evaluating the Use & Uptake of an Urban Immunization Toolkit Using Human-Centered Design in Nigeria | PATH, JSI*
- Catherine Clare Morneau, Misbath Daouda: Health Integration in National Climate Adaptation Policies from 198 Countries: A Global Policy Analysis | UC Berkeley*
- Ziad Obermeyer: An ECG Biomarker for Sudden Cardiac Death Discovered with Deep Learning | UC Berkeley*
- Meewon O. Park, Natalie Meyers: Assessing the Availability & Need for Microsurgery-Trained Reconstructive Surgeons in Sub-Saharan Africa | Stanford, ReSurge International*
- Gabriela Perez-Garcia: Diverse Reservoirs of Third-Generation Cephalosporin-Resistant Escherichia Coli in Guatemala | UC Berkeley*
- Brittany Peterson, Stefano M. Bertozzi: Micro-Costing for National-Scale Azithromycin Mass Drug Administration to Improve Child Survival in Niger | UCSF, UC Berkeley*
- Alyson L. Singleton: Increased Dengue Transmission Following Highway Paving in the Peruvian Amazon | Stanford*
- Karen Webb: The Delivery Disconnect: Why We Could Not Model the Impact of Foreign Aid Reductions on Vertical HIV Transmission & What Remains Evident About Strategic Priorities | OPHID*
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our June 2026 Connections Newsletter
- Bibhav Acharya: Behind the Seen: Searching for Peace in a House with Violence | UCSF*
- Steven J. Altschuler: ResMap: A Community Resource for Systematic Mapping of Therapy-Persistent Residual Cancer Cell Dependencies Across Contexts | UCSF*
- Deborah H. Bennett, Brenda Eskenazi: Protecting the Developing Brains of Children from Plastics-Derived Chemicals & Microplastic Particles | UC Davis, UC Berkeley*
- Jinfeng Cai: HIV-1 Infection Converts CD4+ T Cells to HLA Class II–Restricted CD8+ T Cells
- Efison Dhodho: Transforming Routine Health Data Use in LMICs Through Modular, AI-Supported Automation: Insights from Zimbabwe | OPHID*
- Juraj Gottweis: Accelerating Scientific Discovery with Co-Scientist | Google*
- Kathryn L. Hopkins: Accelerating Evidence-Informed Vaccine Introductions: Lessons from the Hexavalent Early Adopters Workshop | Sabin Vaccine Institute*
- Barry N. Kreiswirth: Nationwide Spread of Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella Pneumoniae Across US Communities
- Isabel Madzorera: Advancing AI & Data Science for Health in Africa: Education, Collaboration, & Applications for Global Health Priorities | UC Berkeley*
- Michael Olaleye: Shotgun Metagenomic Analysis of the Oral Microbiomes of Children with Noma
- John A. Sauceda: Doing Good Well in Unethical Times: A Call to Action for HIV Prevention Research | UCSF*
- Thomas Sorrell, Fenyoung Liu: Development of RNase P Ribozyme-Based Therapy Against Oral Herpesvirus Infections by HSV-1 & KSHV | UC Berkeley*
- Gabriella Stern, Neha Mukherjee: How to Communicate Health in Catastrophic Times | Stanford*
- Jiazi Tan: Long Covid Persistence & Surveillance Gaps Across 58 US Hospitals
- Scott Tschida: Cost of Adapting the International Guide for Monitoring Child Development, Guatemala & India | Maya Health Alliance | Wuqu’ Kawoq*
- Scott Tschida: Smartphone-Based Support for Early Childhood Development in a Rural Low-Resource Setting: An Individually Randomised Pilot Feasibility Trial from Guatemala | Maya Health Alliance | Wuqu’ Kawoq*
- Jason M. Tucciarone: Low-Dose Buprenorphine Following Ketamine Treatment for Suicidal Ideation in Major Depressive Disorder: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial | Stanford*
- Brittney J. van de Water: Effectiveness of a Novel Midwifery Preceptor Program on Midwives’ Competence & Confidence in Sierra Leone: A Prospective Pilot Study | Seed Global Health*
- Bo Wang: Explosive Cytotoxicity of Ruptoblasts Bridges Hormone Surveillance & Immune Defense | Stanford*
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our May 2026 Connections Newsletter
- Manuel Barron, Stefano Bertozzi: Economic Costs of TB & HIV in High-TB-Burden Countries | UC Berkeley*
- Stéphane Bertani: Mapping Pesticide Mixtures to Cancer Risk at the Country Scale with Spatial Exposomics
- Pascal Geldsetzer: A Cluster-Randomized Trial of Labeled Cash Transfers for Uptake of Care for Chronic Conditions Among Middle-Aged & Older Adults in Burkina Faso | Stanford*
- Yunjie Li, Sita Manasa Susarla: Global Prevalence of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: A Scoping Review & Global Perspective by Country & Region | UC Berkeley*
- Laura H. Kwong: Lancet Global Health Series on Energy & Health | UC Berkeley*
- Pranay Narang: Frontlines of Climate Change & Global Health Inequity: How Recurring Cyclones Undermine Health, Livelihoods, & Development in the Indian Sundarbans | UC Berkeley, UCSF*
- Ziad Obermeyer: AI Will Accelerate Drug Discovery by Accelerating Clinical Evidence | UC Berkeley*
- Erica Ollmann Saphire: Human Neutralizing Antibodies Targeting the Measles Virus Hemagglutinin & Fusion Surface Proteins
- Erica Sedlander: Perceptions About the Relationship Between HIV, Antiretroviral Therapy (ART), & Fecundity in Sub-Saharan Africa: Findings from a Systematic Scoping Review | UCSF, UC Berkeley*
- Bernard Jackson Zikanga: Strengthening Uganda’s Climate-Resilient Health Systems: A Position Paper on Climate and Health Policy | Seed Global Health*
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our April 2026 Connections Newsletter
- Joshua S. Apte, Rachel Morello-Frosch: Advancing Methods & Models that Promote Equity in Ambient Air Quality | UC Berkeley*
- Sanjay Basu, Matthew V. Kiang: Mortality in US Immigration & Customs Enforcement Detention | UCSF, Stanford*
- Emilie Chambert: Commentary | Governance, Scale, & Integration: Building Community Health Worker Systems Ready for Artificial Intelligence | Living Goods*
- Halley Darrach, Cameron Kneib, James Chang: Validating a Scalable Approach to Microsurgery Education in Resource-Limited Countries | Stanford, ReSurge International*
- Yeon-Mi Hwang: The Inverse Care Law in the Age of AI — Geographic Disparities in Health Care Technology Access | Stanford*
- Jason Johnson-Peretz: Perceived Benefits of Community-Based TB Preventive Treatment in Children in Uganda: “When She Sees Other Children Getting the Same Medication, She Will Feel Not Alone.” | UCSF, UC Berkeley*
- Aslam Khan, Kristen Aiemjoy: Seroincidence Rate of Typhoidal Salmonella in Children, Kenya, 2017-2018 | Stanford, Sabin Vaccine Institute, UC Davis*
- Laura H. Kwong: Reliable Electricity to Advance Quality Health Care in Low-Resource Settings | UC Berkeley*
- Lancet GBD 2023 Childhood Cancer Collaborators: Global Burden of Cancer in Children & Adolescents Aged 0–19 Years, 1990–2023: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 | Stanford*
- Emily F. Liu: Trends & Disparities in Assault Injuries Among Women in California 2005-2022 | UC Berkeley*
- Rita Florence Matte: Enablers & Barriers of Domiciliary Midwifery Practice Using the Socio-Ecological Model: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Perspectives of Students & Lecturers in Uganda | Seed Global Health*
- Rachel Morello-Frosch: Forging Just Futures: A Path from Climate Crisis to Climate Solutions | UC Berkeley*
- Ajay Pillarisetti: Household Energy Use & Health in Low-Income & Middle-Income Countries | UC Berkeley*
- Adam P. Roberts: Shotgun Metagenomic Analysis of the Oral Microbiomes of Children with Noma
- Erica Sedlander: Perceptions About the Relationship Between HIV, Antiretroviral Therapy (ART), & Fecundity in Sub-Saharan Africa: Findings from a Systematic Scoping Review | UCSF, UC Berkeley*
- Jessica C. Seidman, Kristen Aiemjoy: Seroresponse to Repeated Infections with Salmonella Enterica Typhi & Paratyphi A | Sabin Vaccine Institute, Stanford, UC Davis*
- Dharshan Sivaraj, James Chang: Advancing Reconstructive Surgical Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Outcomes of an Online Modular Curriculum | Stanford, ReSurge International*
- Rebeca Sultana, Stephen P. Luby: National Burden of & Optimal Vaccine Policy for Japanese Encephalitis Virus in Bangladesh: A Seroprevalence & Modelling Study | UC Berkeley, Stanford*
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our March 2026 Connections Newsletter
- Demissie Alemayehu, Mark van der Laan: Methodological & Regulatory Considerations for Causal AI in Drug Development | Pfizer, UC Berkeley*
- Laura B. Balzer: Machine Learning to Optimize Precision in the Analysis of Randomized Trials: A Journey in Pre-specified, Yet Data-Adaptive Learning | UC Berkeley*
- Calvin Chiu, Melsa Omaya: Pharmacy-Based Non-Communicable Diseases Screening Has High Potential for Reach: Lessons from Rwanda | UCSF, Goodlife Access*
- Mary-Ann Etiebet: Advancing Global Health Access Through Market Shaping: Cases & Learnings | Vital Strategies*
- Amanda J. Goodrich: Prenatal Exposure to Wildfire-Related PM2.5 & Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children Born in California Between 2001–2019 | UC Davis*
- William P. Hausdorff: Report of a One-Day Convening on Regulatory Science, Practices, & Innovative Approaches to Facilitate Approval of Novel Combination Vaccines | PATH*
- Tim Hull-Bailey, Sophie Goodman: Impact & Cost-Effectiveness of Neotree, a Digital Data Capture & Decision Support Tool Designed to Improve Neonatal Survival in Zimbabwe: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis & Economic Evaluation | Neotree*
- Kimberly Mansen, Kiersten Israel Ballard: Improving Neonatal Outcomes Through Better Access to Human Milk | PATH*
- Gabriela Montenegro-Bethancourt: Effect of Eggs on Maya Child Development & Growth: The Saqmolo’ Project Randomized Clinical Trial | Wuqu’ Kawoq | Maya Health Alliance*
- Allan G. Nsubuga: Community Awareness, Perceptions, & Management Practices Related to Pre-eclampsia: An Exploratory Qualitative Study in Mbale City, Eastern Uganda | Seed Global Health*
- Jillian Paul, Lucia Calderon: Prenatal Residential Proximity to Endocrine-Disrupting Agricultural Pesticides & Menstrual Cycle Characteristics Among Latina Adolescents in California | UC Berkeley, UCSF*
- Sarah Puryear: Effect of Biomarker Confirmed Unhealthy Alcohol Use on Viral Suppression Among Adolescents & Young Adults with HIV in East Africa | Gilead Sciences, UCSF, UC Berkeley*
- Solis Winters, Sandra I. McCoy: How Do Repeated Financial Incentives Affect HIV Care-Seeking Behaviours Over Time? Evidence from a Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial | UC Berkeley, Gilead*
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our February 2026 Connections Newsletter
- Noelle A. Benzekri, Michele Barry: The Medicine for a Changing Planet Curriculum: A Mixed Methods Evaluation | Stanford
- Kelly Carpenter, Sadath Sayeed: Building Climate-Resilient, Low-Carbon Health Systems: A Knowledge, Attitudes & Practices Study with the Primary Healthcare Workforce in Lebanon | Seed Global Health
- Thure E. Cerling: Lead in Archived Hair Documents a Decline in Lead Exposure to Humans Since the Establishment of the US Environmental Protection Agency
- Shawna Cooper: Perspectives on App-Assisted Self-Testing Using Rapid Diagnostic Tests Among Community Members, Health Care Providers, & Public Health Leaders in Kenya, South Africa, & Zambia: Qualitative Study | Audere
- Yanling Deng: The Role of Comorbidities in the Associations between Air Pollution & Alzheimer’s Disease: A National Cohort Study in the American Medicare Population
- Andrea Ferreira da Silva: Impact of Two Decades of Humanitarian & Development Assistance & the Projected Mortality Consequences of Current Defunding to 2030: Retrospective Evaluation & Forecasting Analysis
- Sasha Frade, Dino Rech: Breaking Barriers: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for a Stigma-Free, Efficient HIV Prevention Assessment Among Adults in South Africa | Audere
- Ashley N. Gearhardt: From Tobacco to Ultraprocessed Food: How Industry Engineering Fuels the Epidemic of Preventable Disease
- Marcello Ienca: The Paradox of Trust in Health Care in the Age of Social Media
- Nicolas A. Menzies: Estimating the Number of Incorrect Tuberculosis Diagnoses in Low- & Middle-Income Countries
- Catherine Metayer: Phthalates Measured at Birth & Risk of Testicular Cancer in Adolescents & Young Adults | UC Berkeley
- Gabriela Montenegro-Bethancourt: Effect of Eggs on Maya Child Development & Growth: The Saqmolo’ Project Randomized Clinical Trial | Wuqu’ Kawoq | Maya Health Alliance
- Alexander Moran, Ann Balzarolo: Projected Impacts of Climate Change on Malaria in Africa | BCG
- Rachel Morello-Frosch, Joshua S. Apte: Methodological Design Choices Can Affect Air Pollution Exposure Disparity Estimates: A Case Study on California’s Agricultural Sector | UC Berkeley
- Moses Okech: Effects of Financial Compensation Structures on Community Health Worker Performance, Motivation, & Retention: Evidence from a Multi-Arm Quasi-Experiment in Uganda | Living Goods
- Jirair Ratevosian: AI Integration Into HIV Care [Lancet Editorial] | Audere
- Hervé Rutebuka: Implementation & Evaluation of a Community Health Workers-Led Digital Integrated Diseases Screening System to Provide Healthcare for Patients at Community Level in Rwanda | SFH Rwanda
- Cara Schulte: Climate Education as Adaptation: A Scoping Review of Programs Advancing Maternal & Newborn Health | UC Berkeley
- Junzhe Shao, Rita Qiuran Lyu: Enhanced Language Models for Predicting & Understanding HIV Care Disengagement: A Case Study in Tanzania | UC Berkeley
- Juliana Stone, David JX Gonzalez: Structural Birth Defects & Exposure to Oil & Gas Wells During Pregnancy | Stanford, UC Berkeley
- Gwydion Williams: Large Language Models for Frontline Healthcare Support in Low-Resource Settings | PATH
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our January 2026 Connections Newsletter
- Jaime Cardona-Ospina: IgA-Driven Neutrophil Activation Underlies Severe Dengue Disease After Primary Zika Virus Infection in Humans | UC Berkeley*
- Belinda Chen, Andrew N. Mertens: Associations Between Micronutrient Status, Hormones, & Immune Status During Pregnancy & Child Growth in Rural Bangladesh: A Prospective Cohort Study | UC Berkeley, Stanford, UC Davis, UCSF*
- Sara M. Damore, Caroline E. Ferguson Irlanda, Michele Barry: Call to Action: Climate Change & Health Threats to the Pacific Islands | Stanford*
- Daniela de Angeli Dutra, Erin Mordecai: Investigating the Yanomami Malaria Outbreak: Gold Mining & Malaria | Stanford*
- Tina Hernandez-Boussard: Synthetic Data, Synthetic Trust: Navigating Data Challenges in the Digital Revolution | Stanford*
- Anupam B. Jena: Changes in Diversity Language in National Institutes of Health Grant Awards: Observational Study
- Eva Meglic: Herd Effect of Human Papillomavirus Vaccination on Incidence of High-Grade Cervical Lesions: A Population-Based Cohort Study in Sweden
- Lucia A. Miguel: HPV Vaccine Awareness & Uptake in Rural Indigenous Communities in Guatemala: A Cross-Sectional Study | UCSF, Maya Health Alliance Wuqu’ Kawoq, Stanford*
- Rachel Morello-Frosch: Forging Just Futures: A Path from Climate Crisis to Climate Solutions | UC Berkeley*
- Christine Ngaruiya: The Current State of Oncological Emergency Services in Kenya: Challenges & Opportunities | Stanford*
- Archana Venkataraman: A Cellular Basis for Heightened Gut Sensitivity in Females | UCSF*
- Yilin Yan: The Future of AI-Driven RNA Drug Development
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our December 2025 Connections Newsletter
- Esteban Castro Aragón: Prevalence & Distribution of High-Risk HPV Genotypes in Indigenous Maya Women in Guatemala | Wuqu’ Kawoq | Maya Health Alliance*
- Irene Atuhairwe: Exploring Barriers & Facilitators of Preceptorship in Undergraduate Health Professions Education: Insights from a Qualitative Needs Assessment Among Preceptors in Eastern Uganda | Seed Global Health*
- Sandra Bos: Comparing Human Pediatric Immune Responses to Primary Infection with Dengue, Chikungunya & Zika Viruses | UC Berkeley*
- Ross M. Boyce: Permethrin-Treated Baby Wraps for the Prevention of Malaria
- Brittany L. Morgan Bustamante: Evaluating Bias in Electronic Health Record Data: Using Agent-Based Models to Examine Whether Geographic Disparities in Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Are Due to Differential Health Care-Seeking Behaviors | UC Berkeley, UC Davis*
- Xu Cao: Inhibition of CXCL10 & IFN-Y Ameliorates Myocarditis in Preclinical Models of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccination | Stanford*
- Laura J. Esserman: Risk-Based vs Annual Breast Cancer Screening: The WISDOM Randomized Clinical Trial | UCSF*
- Petra Heitkamp: From Dependence to Self-Reliance: The Future of the Global Tuberculosis Response | WomenLift Health
- Nophiwe Job, Jamie Sewan Johnston: Strengthening Vaccine Uptake: A Qualitative Assessment of Community Health Worker Educational Resource Needs & Community Perspectives on Vaccination in Western Kenya | Stanford*
- Michelle M. Mello: Ethical Obligations to Inform Patients About Use of AI Tools | Stanford*
- Lauren Semenzato: COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination & 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults Aged 18 to 59 Years in France
- Pooja Suri, Jamie Sewan Johnston: Investigating the Role of Family Members in Postnatal Care: Evidence from Mother-Caregiver Dyads in India | UC Berkeley, Stanford*
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our November 2025 Connections Newsletter
- Chrisgone Adede, David Citrin: Climate-Related Stressors, Community Healthcare Systems, & Adaptation Strategies: A Scoping Review | Medic*
- Juliana G. E. Bartels: Updating the Epidemiology of Blastomycosis & Histoplasmosis in the United States, Using National Electronic Health Record Data, 2013–2023 | UC Berkeley*
- Calvin Chiu, Melsa Omaya, Dudu Tang: Pharmacy-Based Non-Communicable Diseases Screening Has High Potential for Reach: Lessons from Rwanda | Goodlife Access, UC Berkeley, UCSF*
- Jalang Conteh, Maureen Lahiff: Abortion Safety in Ghana: Does Motivation Matter? | UC Berkeley*
- Shawna Cooper, Kim Lindblade: Malaria RDT Recording & Reporting Accuracy in Four African Countries & Implications for Surveillance | Audere, PATH*
- Nadia Diamond-Smith, Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan: Does Family Planning Use Empower Women? A Systematic Review of the Evidence | UCSF, UC Berkeley*
- GBD 2023 Chronic Kidney Disease Collaborators: Global, Regional, & National Burden of Chronic Kidney Disease in Adults, 1990–2023, & Its Attributable Risk Factors: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 | UC Berkeley, UCSF*
- Rebecca Hémono, Lauren A. Hunter: Exposure & Engagement Drive Impact: Results from a Large-Scale Trial of a Digital Family Planning & Reproductive Health Intervention in Rwanda | UC Berkeley, YLabs*
- Jeffrey L. Jacobs: Prevention First, Preparedness Always: A Holistic Approach for Managing Postpartum Haemorrhage | Merck/MSD for Mothers*
- Laura Keyser, Jessica McKinney: P06.020 Feasibility of Clinic-Based Biofeedback & Digital Home Program for Pelvic Floor Disorders in Nigerian Women | Axena Health, UCSF*
- Laura Keyser, Jessica McKinney: Urinary Incontinence in Africa: Experiences of Women & Healthcare Workers in Nigeria & Kenya & Opportunities for Expanding Care | Axena Health, UCSF*
- Gwenan M. Knight: Combining Demographic Shifts with Age-Based Resistance Prevalence to Estimate Future Antimicrobial Resistance Burden in Europe & Implications for Targets: A Modelling Study
- Sumi Mehta, Ajay Pillarisetti: Transforming Air Pollution & Health Research Into Action in Low- & Middle-Income Countries | Vital Strategies, UC Berkeley*
- Winston Tseng: Design of an AI-Driven Home-Based Pulmonary Telerehabilitation System to Enhance Patient Engagement | UC Berkeley*
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our October 2025 Connections Newsletter
- Michele Barry: The AI Frontier in Humanitarian Aid — Embracing Possibilities & Addressing Risks | Stanford*
- Meg L. Brown, Aly Beeman: The Complex Relationship Between Climate Anomalies, Reproductive Attitudes & Practices in Low- & Middle-Income Countries | UC Berkeley, YLabs*
- Elizabeth Bunde: Assessing Maternal & Newborn Health Readiness: Insights from a Service Availability Assessment in Five Provinces in Laos | JSI*
- Catherine Carpenter, Maxwell J. Richardson: Temporal Trends of Agricultural Organophosphate Pesticide Use in California & Proximity to Pregnant People in 2021 | PHI, UC Berkeley*
- Calvin Chiu, Melsa Omaya, Dudu Tang: Pharmacy-Based Non-Communicable Diseases Screening Has High Potential for Reach: Lessons From Rwanda (preprint) | UCSF, Goodlife Access, UC Berkeley*
- Ana Maria Crawford: Ten Recommendations for US Programs Hosting Global Health Partners | Stanford*
- Aislinn DeSieghardt: Population-Level Effectiveness & Herd Protection 17 Years After HPV Vaccine Introduction
- Lori Dorfman, Sarah E. Gollust: Changing the Story on Health & Racial Equity: Why Public Health Needs an Infrastructure for Building Narrative Power | PHI, UC Berkeley*
- Sasha Frade, Shawna Cooper: Malaria RDT (mRDT) Interpretation Accuracy by Frontline Health Workers Compared to AI in Kano State, Nigeria | Audere*
- Liza Goldberg, Stephen Luby: Adolescent Psychological Health, Temporal Discounting, & Climate Distress Under Increased Flood Exposure in Bangladesh: A Mixed-Methods Cross-Sectional Study | Stanford*
- Matthew D. Hickey, Starley B. Shade: Dynamic Choice HIV Prevention with Long-Acting Injectable Cabotegravir Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in East, Central, Southern, & West Africa: A Cost-Effectiveness Modelling Analysis | UCSF, UC Berkeley*
- Md Saiful Islam: BallistoBud: Heart Rate Variability Monitoring Using Earbud Accelerometry for Stress Assessment | Samsung Research America*
- Natalie Maricich, Sasha Frade: Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Driven Rapid Diagnostic Test Interpretation in a Connected Diagnostics (Conndx) System for Dynamic Malaria Surveillance | Audere*
- Rouella Mendonca, Sam Smedinghoff: Task Specific Computer Vision Versus Large Multi-Modal Models for Diagnostic Test Interpretation – A Benchmarking Study | Audere*
- Natalie Meyers, James Chang: Modeling the Lifetime Impact of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Training: Implications for Building Capacity in Global Surgery | ReSurge International, Stanford*
- Erin Mordecai: Climate Warming Is Expanding Dengue Burden in the Americas & Asia | Stanford*
- Susan T. Paulukonis, Sophia
Horiuchi: Cohort Tracking of Sickle Cell Trait–Positive Births Identified by Newborn Screening, California, 1991-2013: Public Health Surveillance for Sickle Cell Trait | PHI* - Marietta M. Ravesloot-Chavez: Tuberculosis Susceptibility in Genetically Diverse Mice Reveals Functional Diversity of Neutrophils | UC Berkeley*
- William A. Tarpeh: Prototyping & Modelling a Photovoltaic–Thermal Electrochemical Stripping System for Distributed Urine Nitrogen Recovery | Stanford*
- Andrew Twineamatsiko: Bridging Uganda’s Emergency Care Skills Gap: Leveraging Virtual Telementorship for Frontline Providers | Seed Global Health*
- Brittney J. van de Water: ‘We Were Empowered’: Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to Examine a Novel Paediatric Nurse Preceptor Programme in Malawi | Seed Global Health*
- Anahí Venzor Strader: Integrating Indigenous Maya Practices & Digital Health Tools to Improve Outcomes for Indigenous Newborns in Guatemala: A Community-Based Initiative | Maya Health Alliance Wuqu’ Kawoq*
- Solis Winters, Sandra McCoy: Scaling-Up an mHealth System to Deliver Financial Incentives to Improve Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy in Tanzania | UC Berkeley, UCSF*
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our September 2025 Connections Newsletter
- Arianna Campbell: Increasing Emergency Department Patient Navigation & Buprenorphine Use: A Model for Low-Barrier Treatment | PHI*
- Irene Y. Chen, Emily Alsentzer: Redefining Bias Audits for Generative AI in Health Care | Stanford, UCSF*
- Amanda Marr Chung, Stefano M. Bertozzi, Roly Daniel Gosling: Understanding Stakeholder Perspectives on Integrating & Sustaining a Vertical HIV Prevention Programme Into Routine Health Services in Zimbabwe: A Qualitative Study | Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCSF*
- Amy Finan, Kelly L. Warfield I How Rwanda Mounted a Research Response with an Investigational Vaccine Just Ten Days Into a Marburg Outbreak | Sabin Vaccine Institute*
- Alice J. Fraser: A High-Resolution Genomic & Phenotypic Analysis of Resistance Evolution of an Escherichia Coli Strain from a Critically Unwell Patient Treated with Piperacillin/Tazobactam
- Anneke Hjelmskog: The Effect of Climate Mitigation & Adaptation Policies on Health & Health Inequalities: A Systematic Review
- Alexander J. Keeley: Early-Life Serological Profiles & the Development of Natural Protective Humoral Immunity to Streptococcus Pyogenes in a High-Burden Setting
- William Kerr: Family Burden Among US Adults Experiencing Secondhand Harms from Alcohol, Cannabis or Other Drugs | PHI*
- Rouella Mendonca, Bilal A. Mateen: Task-Specific Computer Vision Versus Large Multi-Modal Models for Diagnostic Test Interpretation – A Benchmarking Study | Audere, PATH*
- B. Moreno-Peniche: Chagas Disease, an Endemic Disease in the United States I UC Berkeley*
- John E. Pak, James Zou: The Virtual Lab of AI Agents Designs New SARS-CoV-2 Nanobodies | Stanford*
- Izzat T. Raheem: MK-8527 Is a Novel Inhibitor of HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Translocation with Potential for Extended-Duration Dosing | Merck*
- Peter Rohloff I Ethical Considerations for Research in CKD of Unknown Etiology: Reflections from an Ethics Panel at the Fourth International Workshop on CKD of Unknown Etiology | Maya Health Alliance*
- Clare B. Best Rogowski, Christiann Bredell: Long-Term Air Pollution Exposure & Incident Dementia: A Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis
- Nadiia Yakovenko, Lucía Pérez-Serrano: Human Exposure to PM10 Microplastics in Indoor Air
- Sarah E. Zemore: Second-Wave Mutual-Help Groups: Examining Effectiveness for Individuals with Alcohol Use Disorders in the Longitudinal, US National PAL Study Cohorts | PHI*
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our July 2025 Connections Newsletter
- Stephen Alajajian: Women from Rural Guatemala Who Speak Mayan Languages Have Reduced Odds of Diabetes, Hypertension & Obesity I Maya Health Alliance*
- Alyana Almenar: An Interprofessional Collaboration Between a Community-Based Doula Organization & Clinical Partners: The Champion Dyad Initiative I UC Berkeley, UCSF*
- Jason R. Andrews, Payam Nahid: Projecting the Impact & Costs of Near Point-of-Care Tuberculosis Screening Assays in Community-Based Active Case Finding I Stanford, UCSF*
- Marco P. Alves: Monkeypox Virus Spreads from Cell-To-Cell & Leads to Neuronal Death in Human Neural Organoids
- James Chang: Validating a Scalable Approach to Microsurgery Education in Resource-Limited Countries I ReSurge International, Stanford*
- Amanda Marr Chung, Stefano M. Bertozzi, Joseph Murungu, Rudo Chikodzore: Integration of a Vertical Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Program Into Routine Health Services in Zimbabwe: A Solution for Sustainable HIV Prevention I Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCSF, UNICEF*
- Dominic Delport: Estimating the Historical Impact of Outbreak Response Immunisation Programmes Across 210 Outbreaks in Low & Middle-Income Countries
- Amanda L. Eiden: Temporal Trends in Vaccination and Antibiotic Use Among Young Children in the United States, 2000–2019 I Merck*
- Jean Claude Katte: Non-Autoimmune, Insulin-Deficient Diabetes in Children & Young Adults in Africa: Evidence from the Young-Onset Diabetes in Sub-Saharan Africa (YODA) Cross-Sectional Study
- Amy Lastuka: Global, Regional, & National Health-Care Inefficiency and Associated Factors in 201 Countries, 1995–2022: A Stochastic Frontier Meta-Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
- Maximilian Julius Lautenbach: Systems Analysis of Clinical Malaria Reveals Proteomic Perturbation & Innate-Adaptive Crosstalk Linked to Disease Severity
- Yaqiao Li: Cell-Type-Directed Network-Correcting Combination Therapy for Alzheimer’s Disease I UCSF*
- John M. Marshall: Driving a Protective Allele of the Mosquito FREP1 Gene to Combat Malaria I UC Berkeley*
- Amy A. Mericle: A Roadmap for Maximizing the Use & Effectiveness of Recovery Housing for Individuals Prescribed Medications for Opiate Use Disorders I PHI*
- Jillian Moore: Field Notes on Fluid Illness I Maya Health Alliance*
- Natalie Myers: Top Ten Research Priorities in Global Burns Care: Findings from the James Lind Alliance Global Burns Research Priority Setting Partnership I ReSurge International*
- Radojka M. Savic, Véronique A. Dartois: Strategies for Shortening Tuberculosis Therapy I UCSF*
- Jason Su, John Balmes: Impacts of Port and Locomotive-Related Air Pollution on Respiratory Symptoms Within Vulnerable Communities in Southern California I UC Berkeley, UCSF*
- Jean Y. Tang: Prademagene Zamikeracel for Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Wounds (Viital): A Two-Centre, Randomised, Open-Label, Intrapatient-Controlled Phase 3 Trial I Stanford*
- Tony Wyss-Coray: Disruption of the Cerebrospinal Fluid–Plasma Protein Balance in Cognitive Impairment & Aging I Stanford*
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our June 2025 Connections Newsletter
- Stacy Chen, Becky Staiger: Medicaid Expansion Increased Income Among Newly Eligible Adults I UC Berkeley*
- Logan Donaldson, Bethany Young Holt: Multipurpose Prevention Technologies for the Prevention of Unintended Pregnancy, HIV, & Other Sexually Transmitted Infections: Regulatory Pathways & Challenges I UC Berkeley, PHI*
- Anchal Garg, Drew R Michanowicz: Exposure & Health Risks of Benzene From Combustion by Gas Stoves: A Modelling Approach in US Homes I Stanford, UC Berkeley*
- Laura Gómez-Herrera: Air Pollution & Fetal Brain Morphological Development: A Prospective Cohort Study
- Matthew D. Hickey, Maya L. Peterson: Community Health Worker-Facilitated Telehealth for Moderate-Severe Hypertension Care in Kenya & Uganda: A Randomized Controlled Trial I UCSF, UC Berkeley*
- Michael Letko: ACE2 from Pipistrellus Abramus Bats Is a Receptor for HKU5 Coronaviruses
- Yunhao Liu: Association Between Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 & the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease: A Retrospective Case-Control Study I Gilead Sciences*
- Tracey McLaughlin, Michael P. Snyder: Individual Variations in Glycemic Responses to Carbohydrates & Underlying Metabolic Physiology I Stanford*
- Rouella Mendonca, Michael Reid: Reimagining HIV Prevention with Artificial Intelligence I Audere Africa, UCSF*
- Caitlyn C. Murphy: Father’s Occupation & Colorectal Cancer in His Adult OffspringI PHI*
- Michael J. A. Reid, Jaime Sepulveda: Pandemic Preparedness & Response Priorities in Latin America: A Regional Delphi Consensus I UCSF*
- Lynne D. Silver: Associations of Local Cannabis Policy & Retail Availability in Northern California with Adverse Adolescent Mental Health Outcomes I PHI*
- Jane E. Sykes, Amanda Weaver: Use of Dog Serologic Data for Improved Understanding of Coccidioidomycosis: A One Health Approach I UC Berkeley, UC Davis*
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our May 2025 Connections Newsletter
- Andrea A. Chiger: Improving Methodologies for Cumulative Risk Assessment: A Case Study of Noncarcinogenic Health Risks from Volatile Organic Compounds in Fenceline Communities in Southeastern Pennsylvania
- Barbara A. Cohn: Grandmaternal Perinatal Serum Polychlorinated Biphenyls & Prevalence of Obesity in Adult Daughters & Granddaughters I PHI*
- Josefina Colomoa, Jaime Sepulveda: Pandemic Preparedness & Response Priorities in Latin America: A Regional Delphi Consensus I UC Berkeley, UCSF*
- Blake Erhardt-Ohren, Alison M. El Ayadi: A Qualitative Study of Abortion Decision-Making Trajectories Among Pregnant Women at Their First Antenatal Care Visit in Kampala, Uganda I UC Berkeley, UCSF*
- Jacob Glanville: Snake Venom Protection by a Cocktail of Varespladib & Broadly Neutralizing Human Antibodies
- Akiko Iwasaki: Mucosal Unadjuvanted Booster Vaccines Elicit Local IgA Responses by Conversion of Pre-existing Immunity in Mice
- Jamie Sewan Johnston: Learning Interventions & Training: Providing Support During Health Emergencies I Stanford*
- Jamie Sewan Johnston, Puja Suri: A Mobile Messaging Service for Families on Postnatal Knowledge & Practices: A Cluster Randomized Trial, India I Stanford, UC Berkeley*
- Emily L. Lam: Early Childhood Food Insecurity & Cardiovascular Health in Young Adulthood
- Beverly E. Law: Anthropogenic Climate Change Contributes to Wildfire Particulate Matter & Related Mortality in the United States
- Kiran Musunuru: Patient-Specific In Vivo Gene Editing to Treat a Rare Genetic Disease
- Robin Y. Park: Trends in Maternal, Fetal, & Infant Mortality in the US, 2000–2023
- Jonathan E. Pekar: The Recency & Geographical Origins of the Bat Viruses Ancestral to SARS-CoV & SARS-CoV-2
- Linda Rudolph: Clearing the Smoke on Fossil Fuels — The Health Imperative for a Countermarketing Campaign I PHI*
- Jane E. Sykes: Use of Dog Serologic Data for Improved Understanding of Coccidioidomycosis: A One Health Approach I UC Davis*
- Daniel Yilma: Safety & Efficacy of Single-Dose Primaquine to Interrupt Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria Transmission in Children Compared with Adults: A Systematic Review & Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our April 2025 Connections Newsletter
- Stefano Bertozzi: Relationship Between Economic Recessions & Health Inequity: Analysis of the Gap in Life Expectancy at Birth Between Mexican States I UC Berkeley*
- Kim Garcia, Pamela Mejia: Media Advocacy for Farm Safety & Health: Current Landscape & Future Directions I PHI*
- Pascal Geldsetzer: A Natural Experiment on the Effect of Herpes Zoster Vaccination on Dementia I Stanford*
- Ruth M. Gibson: The Impact of Aid Sanctions on Maternal & Child Mortality, 1990–2019: A Panel Analysis I Stanford*
- Jamie L. Humphrey: Law Enforcement Drug Seizures & Opioid-Involved Overdose Mortality I UCSF*
- Yue Leng: Five-Year Changes in 24-Hour Sleep-Wake Activity and Dementia Risk in Oldest Old Women I UCSF*
- Irene Papanicolas: Avoidable Mortality Across US States & High-Income Countries
- Gina M. Solomon, John R. Balmes: Evaporative Coolers & Wildfire Smoke Exposure: A Climate Justice Issue in Hot, Dry Regions I UC Berkeley, UCSF*
- Anthony Surace: “My Drinking Was Way Worse During the Pandemic”: A Qualitative Analysis of Contextual & Individual Factors Impacting Alcohol Use During the Covid-19 Pandemic I PHI, UC Berkeley*
- Carson T. Telford: Predictive Model for Estimating Annual Ebolavirus Spillover Potential
- Debra ten Brink, Rowan Martin-Hughes: Impact of an International HIV Funding Crisis on HIV Infections & Mortality in LMICs: A Modelling Study
- Gerard D. Wright: A Broad-Spectrum Lasso Peptide Antibiotic Targeting the Bacterial Ribosome
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our March 2025 Connections Newsletter
- Christopher O. Barnes: Bispecific Antibodies Targeting the N-Terminal & Receptor Binding Domains Potently Neutralize SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern I Stanford*
- Joanna S. Cavalier: Ethics in Patient Preferences for Artificial Intelligence–Drafted Responses to Electronic Messages
- Victoria Hall: Exposure & Survival of Wild Raptors During the 2022–2023 Highly Pathogenic Influenza A Virus Outbreak I UC Davis*
- Michael S. Kent: Proceedings of the National Cancer Institute Workshop on Combining Immunotherapy with Radiotherapy: Challenges & Opportunities for Clinical Translation I UC Davis*
- Saurabh Mishra: Candidate Transmission Survival Genome of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
- Ramya Naraharisetti: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus Infection of Indoor Domestic Cats Within Dairy Industry Worker Households
- Audrey R. Odom John: Prodrug Activation in Malaria Parasites Mediated by an Imported Erythrocyte Esterase, Acylpeptide Hydrolase (APEH)
- Hideho Okada: Tumour-Wide RNA Splicing Aberrations Generate Actionable Public Neoantigens I UCSF*
- Robin Schaefer: Antiretroviral Use for HIV Prevention During Pregnancy: The Need to Strengthen Regulatory & Surveillance Systems in Africa I UC Berkeley*
- Tala Shahin: Single-Cell Transcriptomics Reveals Inter-Ethnic Variation in Immune Response to Falciparum Malaria
- Animesh Sinha: The Effectiveness & Safety of Bedaquiline, Pretomanid, & Linezolid (BPaL)-Based Regimens for Rifampicin-Resistant Tuberculosis in Non-Trial Settings — A Prospective Cohort Study in Belarus & Uzbekistan
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our February 2025 Connections Newsletter
- Yan Bai: Global Burden of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Children & Adolescents
- John R. Balmes: The Effect of Wildfires on Asthma & Allergies I UC Berkeley*
- Gisa Gerold & S. Noushin Emami: Zika Virus Modulates Human Fibroblasts to Enhance Transmission Success in a Controlled Lab-Setting
- Michelle G. Hawkins: Chlamydial Infections in Free-Ranging Raptors Presenting to a University Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (1993–2022) I UC Davis*
- Nophiwe Job, Jamie Johnston: The Role & Recognition of Community Health Workers in Research — a Global Survey I Stanford Digital Medic*
- Masaru Kanekiyo: Pre-Exposure Antibody Prophylaxis Protects Macaques from Severe Influenza
- Vanessa Kerry: Climate Action Is Pandemic Resilience I Seed Global Health*
- Alisa A. Padon: Characteristics & Effects of Cannabis Advertisements with Appeal to Youth in California I PHI*
- Roger Peabody: Artificial Intelligence Powers HIV Testing Services in Kenya I Audere Africa*
- Hector P. Rodriguez, Stephen Shortell: Changes in US Primary Care Access & Capabilities During the Covid-19 Pandemic I UC Berkeley*
- Aayush Solanki, Karin Hatzold: The Early Market Access Vehicle – An Innovative Demand-Driven Model to Catalyse Introduction of New Optimal Health Products in Low- & Middle-Income Countries I PSI*
- Evelyn Wong: Bridging the Digital Divide: A Practical Roadmap for Deploying Medical Artificial Intelligence Technologies in Low-Resource Settings I Stanford*
- James Zou, Eric J. Topol: The Rise of Agentic AI Teammates in Medicine I Stanford*
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our January 2025 Connections Newsletter
- Samuel J. Beach & Maciej Maselko: Recombinant Venom Proteins in Insect Seminal Fluid Reduce Female Lifespan
- Alison K. Cohen: Impact of Extended-Course Oral Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir in Established Long Covid: A Case Series I UCSF*
- Vanessa Kerry: Climate Action Is Pandemic Resilience I Seed Global Health*
- Scott H. Medina: Heat Stable & Intrinsically Sterile Liquid Protein Formulations
- Olivia M. Swanson, Qianyi E. Zhang: An Engineered Immunogen Activates Diverse HIV Broadly Neutralizing Antibody Precursors & Promotes Acquisition of Improbable Mutations
- Andre G. Tempone: Synthesis of a Dehydrodieugenol B Derivative as a Lead Compound for Visceral Leishmaniasis—Mechanism of Action & in Vivo Pharmacokinetic Studies
- Vincent Q. Tran & Patrick D. Hsu: Simulating 500 Million Years of Evolution with a Language Model I UC Berkeley*
- Amanda K. Weaver: Estimating the Exposure-Response Relationship Between Fine Mineral Dust Concentration & Coccidioidomycosis Incidence Using Speciated Particulate Matter Data: A Longitudinal Surveillance Study I UC Berkeley, UCSF*
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our December 2024 Connections Newsletter
- John R. Balmes: The Effect of Wildfires on Asthma & Allergies I UC Berkeley*
- Zachary Butzin-Dozier: SSRIi Use During Acute Covid-19 & Risk of Long Covid Among Patients with Depression I UC Berkeley*
- Moupali Das: Twice-Yearly Lenacapavir for HIV Prevention in Men & Gender-Diverse Persons I Gilead*
- Laura Dwyer-Lindgren: Ten Americas: A Systematic Analysis of Life Expectancy Disparities in the USA
- Ting Hui-Lin: A Single Mutation in Bovine Influenza H5N1 Hemagglutinin Switches Specificity to Human Receptors
- William C. Kerr: Changes in US Drinking & Alcohol Use Disorders Associated with Social, Health, & Economic Impacts of Covid-19 I PHI*
- Laura Keyser, Jessica McKinney: Real-World Evidence from a Digital Health Treatment Program for Female Urinary Incontinence: Observational Study of Outcomes Following User-Centered Product Design I Axena Health, UCSF*
- Cheyenne Ariana Erika Modina: Regulatory Pathway for Cell and Gene Therapies in the United States: Perspectives from Innovators and Investors I Stanford Biodesign*
- Nophiwe Job & Jamie Johnston: The Role & Recognition of Community Health Workers in Research – a Global Survey I Stanford Digital Medic*
- Jacqueline M. Torres: Wildfire Smoke Exposure & Incident Dementia I UCSF*
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our November 2024 Connections Newsletter
- Mary Aleni: The State of Patient-Centered Care & Associated Factors at a Large Referral Hospital in Northwestern Uganda: Perceptions of Patients I Seed Global Health, UCSF*
- Aderaw Ateneh: COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Ethiopia: A Latent Class Analysis I PSI*
- Rony Bahatungire, Vanessa Kerry: Readiness to Manage Ebola Virus Disease Among Emergency Healthcare Workers in Uganda: A Nationwide Multicenter Survey I Seed Global Health*
- Eva Harris: Comparison of the Sensitivity & Specificity of Commercial Anti-Dengue Virus IgG Tests to Identify Persons Eligible for Dengue Vaccination I UC Berkeley*
- Jiyeong Kim: Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence-Generated Responses to Patient Messages I Stanford*
- Gabriela Montenegro-Benthancourt:
Practices of Maize Handling & Nixtamalization to Reduce Fungal Toxin Exposure in Rural Guatemala I Maya Health Alliance* - Kari C. Nadeau: Advocating for Planetary Health Is an Essential Part of Advocating for Children’s Health I Stanford*
- Peter Rohloff: Evaluating the World Health Organization’s HEARTS Model for Hypertension & Diabetes Management: A Pilot Implementation Study in Guatemala I Maya Health Alliance*
- Megan R. Schwarzman: Trends in NHANES Biomonitored Exposures in California & the United States Following Enactment of California’s Proposition 65 I UC Berkeley*
- Matthew Charles Strehlow: Evaluation of a Massive Open Online Course for Just-In-Time Training of Healthcare Workers I Stanford*
- Marcela M. Uhart: Epidemiological Data of an Influenza A/H5N1 Outbreak in Elephant Seals in Argentina Indicates Mammal-to-Mammal Transmission I UC Davis*
- Bin Zhou: Worldwide Trends in Diabetes Prevalence & Treatment, 1990–2022: A Pooled Analysis of 1108 Population-Representative Studies with 141M Participants I Maya Health Alliance*
- Thessa M. Beck: Mortality Burden Attributed to Anthropogenic Warming During Europe’s 2022 Record-Breaking Summer
- Nahid Bhadelia: An Improved Alert System for Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Cesar de la Fuente-Nunez: Peptides from Non-immune Proteins Target Infections Through Antimicrobial & Immunomodulatory Properties
- Ryan C. Henrici: Artemisinin Partial Resistance in Ugandan Children with Complicated Malaria
- Peng Liu: Design of Customized Coronavirus Receptors
- Parvati Singh: National Trends in Infant Mortality in the US After Dobbs
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our October 2024 Connections Newsletter
- Michele Barry: Environmental Determinants of Health—Time to Redefine the Social History? I Stanford*
- Raj P. Fadadu, Gina Solomon, John R. Balmes: Wildfires & Human Health I Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCSF*
- Adrian W. Gelb: Availability of Halothane Is Still Important in Some Parts of the World I UCSF IGHS*
- Xing Gao, Rachel Morello-Frosch, Suzan L Carmichael: Historical Redlining, Contemporary Gentrification, & Severe Maternal Morbidity in California, 2005-2018 I Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCSF*
- Caroline K. Glidden, Erin A. Mordecai: Temperature Dependence of Mosquitoes: Comparing Mechanistic & Machine Learning Approaches I Stanford*
- Sneha S. Jain: Avoiding Financial Toxicity for Patients from Clinicians’ Use of AI I Stanford*
- Laura M. King, Joseph A. Lewnard: Health-Economic Burden Attributable to Novel Serotypes in Candidate 24- And 31-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines I UC Berkeley*
- Rachel Morello-Frosch: California Dreaming: Why Environmental Justice Is Integral to the Success of Climate Change Policy I UC Berkeley*
- Kelsey Renning, Anda Nindi Nyodo: Effectiveness of a Pediatric Critical Care Pilot Preceptor Program: Improved Confidence & Competency Outcomes Among a Cohort of Professional Nurses in Blantyre, Malawi I Seed Global Health*
- Peter Rohloff: Why Do Children Continue to Suffer from ‘Food Poverty’? I Maya Health Alliance*
- Robert W. Shafer: Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Resistance After Antiviral Treatment I Stanford*
- Rachel Sklar: Exploring Relationships Between Smoke Exposure, Housing Characteristics, & Preterm Birth in California I UC Berkeley, UCSF*
- Matthew Charles Strehlow: Evaluation of a Massive Open Online Course for Just-in-Time Training of Healthcare Workers I Stanford*
- Brittney J. van de Water: Implementing the Organizational Readiness for Change Survey During a Novel Midwifery Preceptor Program in Sierra Leone: Stakeholder Results I Seed Global Health*
- Donaldson F. Conserve: Perceptions of HIV Self-Testing Promotion in Black Barbershop Businesses: Implications for Equitable Engagement of Black-Owned Small Businesses for Public Health Programs
- Lancet’s GBD AMR Collaboration: Global Burden of Bacterial Antimicrobial Resistance 1990–2021: A Systematic Analysis with Forecasts to 2050
- Nilmar S. Moretti, André Damasio: Sirtuin E Deacetylase Is Required for Full Virulence of Aspergillus Fumigatus
- Martha Nelson: The Global H5N1 Influenza Panzootic in Mammals
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our Aug/Sep 2024 Connections Newsletter
- Joshua S. Apte: High-Resolution Urban Air Pollution Mapping I UC Berkeley*
- Nophiwe Job: Community Health Worker Perspectives on Advocacy: Design-Based Research to Develop a Digital Advocacy Training Course I Stanford*
- Julie Mann, Brittany J. van de Water: Implementing the Organizational Readiness for Change Survey During a Novel Midwifery Preceptor Program in Sierra Leone: Stakeholder Results I Seed Global Health*
- Tiffany Nassiri-Ansari: The Missing Voices in Global Health Storytelling
- Anda Nindi Nyondo: Effectiveness of a Pediatric Critical Care Pilot Preceptor Program: Improved Confidence & Competency Outcomes Among a Cohort of Professional Nurses in Blantyre, Malawi I Seed Global Health*
- Kieran S. O’Brien: Azithromycin to Reduce Mortality — An Adaptive Cluster-Randomized Trial I Stanford*
- Guillermo A. Ortiz-Avendano: Effectiveness & Safety of Medication Abortion via Telemedicine versus In-Person: A Cohort of Pregnant People in Colombia
- Lynne Silver: Prenatal Cannabis Use & Maternal Pregnancy Outcomes I PHI*
- Alyson L. Singleton: Species Distribution Modeling for Disease Ecology: A Multi-Scale Case Study for Schistosomiasis Host Snails in Brazil I Stanford*
- Lance Toma: IAPAC–Lancet HIV Commission on the Future of Urban HIV Responses I SF Community Health Center*
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our July 2024 Connections Newsletter
- Rachel Abbott: Incident Tuberculosis Infection Is Associated with Alcohol Use in Adults in Rural Uganda I UC Berkeley, UCSF*
- Omar S. Akbari: Eliminating Malaria Vectors with Precision-Guided Sterile Males I UC Berkeley*
- Irene Atuhairwe: Building the Emergency Care Workforce in a Low Resource Setting: The Seed Global Health Experience in Uganda. I Seed Global Health*
- Anna Awalope: The Construction & Meaning of Race Within Hypertension Guidelines: A Systematic Scoping Review I Stanford, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UCSF*
- Michele Barry, Ella Sandrine Parsons: Climate Change & Inequality I Stanford*
- Raj P. Fadadu: Wildfires & Human Health I Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCSF*
- Kim Garcia: “Don’t Think of a Soda”: Contradictory Public Health Messaging from a Content Analysis of Twitter Posts About Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes in California from 2015 to 2018 I PHI, UC Berkeley, UCSF*
- Caroline K. Glidden: Climate & Urbanization Drive Changes in the Habitat Suitability of Schistosoma Mansoni Competent Snails in Brazil I Stanford*
- Patrick Hsu, Silvana Konermann: Structural Mechanism of Bridge RNA-Guided Recombination I Stanford, UC Berkeley*
- Isabella Jacques: Reducing Commercial Tobacco Sales to Youth On & Around California Tribal Reservations with a Reward & Reminder Retail Intervention I UCSF*
- Julie Mann: Process Mapping Midwifery Students’ Clinical Placement in Sierra Leone: Identifying Facilitators & Barriers I Seed Global Health*
- Noah Parker: Exploring the Role of Temperature & Other Environmental Factors in West Nile Virus Incidence & Prediction in California Counties from 2017–2022 Using a Zero-Inflated Model I UC Berkeley*
- Jenni A. Shearston: Tampons as a Source of Exposure to Metal(loid)s I UC Berkeley*
- Paul H. Wise: Remember These Are Children: Unaccompanied Migrant Children in Detention I Stanford*
- Alison Gemmill: Infant Deaths After Texas’ 2021 Ban on Abortion in Early Pregnancy
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our June 2024 Connections Newsletter
- A. M. Bacong, N. E. Wang: Increased Covid-19 Mortality Among Immigrants Compared with US-Born Individuals: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of 2020 Mortality Data I Stanford, UC Berkeley*
- Pamela J. Drake: Evaluating a Future-Oriented Positive Youth Development Intervention to Reduce Sexual Risk Among Highly Mobile Youth: Results & Challenges I ETR*
- Luis Lopez: Organophosphate Pesticide Exposure and Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Infection I UC Berkeley*
- Jason K. Perry: The Oral Nucleoside Prodrug GS-5245 Is Efficacious Against SARS-CoV-2 & Other Endemic, Epidemic, & Enzootic Coronaviruses I Gilead Sciences*
- Jason Su: Mortality Attributable to PM2.5 from Wildland Fires in California from 2008 to 2018 I UC Berkeley*
- Marcela Uhart: Massive Outbreak of Influenza a H5N1 in Elephant Seals at Península Valdés, Argentina: Increased Evidence for Mammal-to-Mammal Transmission I UC Davis*
- Britteny van de Water: Development & Initiation of a Preceptor Program to Improve Midwifery & Nursing Clinical Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study I Seed Global Health*
- Lyndsey A. Darrow: Preterm & Early-Term Delivery After Heat Waves in 50 US Metropolitan Areas
- Paul J. Hergenrother: A Gram-Negative-Selective Antibiotic That Spares the Gut Microbiome
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our May 2024 Connections Newsletter
- Jerel M. Ezell: Opioid Use, Prescribing & Fatal Overdose Patterns Among Racial/Ethnic Minorities in the US: A Scoping Review & Conceptual Risk Environment Model I UC Berkeley*
- Tommaso Filippini: Fluoride & Caries Prevention: A Scoping Review of Public Health Policies I UC Berkeley*
- Jay P. Graham: A Review of the Mechanisms That Confer Antibiotic Resistance in Pathotypes of E. Coli I UC Berkeley*
- Nophiwe Job: Community Health Worker Perspectives on Advocacy: Design-Based Research to Develop a Digital Advocacy Training Course I Stanford, Digital Medic*
- Sally Picciotto: Pregnancy Exposure to PM2.5 from Wildland Fire Smoke & Preterm Birth in California I UC Berkeley*
- Lindsey Pollaczek: Patient Characteristics, Surgery Outcomes, Presumed Aetiology & Other Characteristics of Fistula Surgeries & Related Procedures Supported by Fistula Foundation, 2019–2021: A Multicentre, Retrospective Observational Study I Fistula Foundation*
- Helena Araujo: Gene Editing in the Chagas Disease Vector Rhodnius prolixus by Cas9-Mediated ReMOT Control
- Kassoum Kayentao: Subcutaneous Administration of a Monoclonal Antibody to Prevent Malaria
- Ahmed Sayed: Reversals in the Decline of Heart Failure Mortality in the US, 1999 to 2021
- Alain R. Townsend, Mark R. Howarth: Proactive Vaccination Using Multiviral Quartet Nanocages to Elicit Broad Anti-Coronavirus Responses
- Zibin Tan, Weizhun Yang: A Comprehensive Synthetic Library of Poly-N-Acetyl Glucosamines Enabled Vaccine Against Lethal Challenges of Staphylococcus Aureus
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our April 2024 Connections Newsletter
- Bassim Birkland: Primary Health Care Has Not Been Prioritised Enough I Seed Global Health*
- Dorothy C. Chiu: Food Insecurity, Poor Diet, & Metabolic Measures: The Roles of Stress & Cortisol I UCSF, UC Berkeley*
- Victor Chu: Oral Administration of Obeldesivir Protects Nonhuman Primates Against Sudan Ebolavirus I Gilead Sciences*
- Nomita Divi: Using EpiCore to Enable Rapid Verification of Potential Health Threats: Illustrated Use Cases and Summary Statistics I Ending Pandemics*
- H. Ewing: Operationalizing CQI Principles in Low & Middle-Income Health Systems I Seed Global Health*
- J. E. Farner, E. A. Mordecai: Interconnecting Global Threats: Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss, & Infectious Diseases I Stanford*
- Jenny S. Guadamuz: Sociodemographic Inequities in COVID-19 Vaccination Among Adults in the US, 2022 I UC Berkeley*
- Olivia S. Jung, Sarah J. Singer: Engaging Interdisciplinary Innovation Teams in Federally Qualified Health Centers I Stanford*
- Vanessa Kerry: Advancing the Climate Change & Health Nexus: The 2024 Agenda I Seed Global Health*
- Gregory Leeb: The Performance of 11 Fingertip Pulse Oximeters During Hypoxemia in Healthy Human Participants with Varied, Quantified Skin Pigment I UCSF*
- Michael Z. Lin, Michael Westerberg: An Orally Bioavailable SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease Inhibitor Exhibits Improved Affinity & Reduced Sensitivity to Mutations I Stanford*
- J. Mann: “Maternity Is Us”: Strengthening Teamwork & Communication in Maternity Wards in Sierra Leone I Seed Global Health*
- Minghao Qiu: Mortality Burden from Wildfire Smoke Under Climate Change I Stanford*
- Robert M. Rodriguez: Promotion of Influenza Vaccination in the Emergency Department I UCSF*
- Joshua A. Salomon: Disparities in Tuberculosis Incidence by Race & Ethnicity Among the US-Born Population in the US, 2011 to 2021 I Stanford*
- Irving L. Weissman: Depleting Myeloid-Biased Haematopoietic Stem Cells Rejuvenates Aged Immunity I Stanford*
- Lidia Morawska: Mandating Indoor Air Quality for Public Buildings
- Mary Nieto-Rosado: Colonisation of Hospital Surfaces from Low- And Middle-Income Countries by Extended Spectrum β-Lactamase- & Carbapenemase-Producing Bacteria
- Raina K. Plowright: Ecological Countermeasures to Prevent Pathogen Spillover & Subsequent Pandemics
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our March 2024 Connections Newsletter
- Thomas Balizzakiwa & Vanessa Kerry: Ensuring Continuity of Health Professions Training Amid a Global Pandemic: Lessons from the Uganda Safe Schools Initiative I Seed Global Health*
- Stephanie Bultema: Exploring How Health Equity Is Addressed in Accountable Communities of/for Health (ACHs) I PHI*
- Linda N. Geng: New Alcohol Sensitivity in Patients with Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC): A Case Series I Stanford*
- Maureen Kesande: Self-Determination in Global Health Practices — Voices from the Global South I UC Berkeley*
- David Tresner-Kirsch: Data on Gender-Equitable Healthcare Accessibility in Northern Nigeria I Nivi*
- GBD 2021 Demographics Collaborators: Global Age-Sex-Specific Mortality, Life Expectancy, & Population Estimates in 204 Countries & Territories & 811 Subnational Locations, 1950–2021, & the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Comprehensive Demographic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
- Joseph G. Jardine: Synthetic Development of a Broadly Neutralizing Antibody Against Snake Venom Long-Chain Α-Neurotoxins
- Colleen MacCallum-Bridges: The Impact of COVID-19 Vaccination Prior to SARS-CoV-2 Infection on Prevalence of Long Covid Among a Population-Based Probability Sample of Michiganders, 2020-2022
- Manzoor Ahmad Malik: Barriers to Healthcare Utilization Among Married Women in Afghanistan: The Role of Asset Ownership & Women’s Autonomy
- Raffaele Marfella: Microplastics & Nanoplastics in Atheromas & Cardiovascular Events
- Fabian Müller: CD19 CAR T-Cell Therapy in Autoimmune Disease — A Case Series with Follow-Up
- Marcel A. Müller: Biphasic MERS-CoV Incidence in Nomadic Dromedaries with Putative Transmission to Humans, Kenya, 2022–2023
- Nicaise Ndembi: Mpox Continues to Spread in Africa & Threatens Global Health Security
- Nakul P. Raykar: Innovative Blood Transfusion Strategies to Address Global Blood Deserts: A Consensus Statement from the Blood Delivery via Emerging Strategies for Emergency Remote Transfusion (Blood DESERT) Coalition
- Zachary Wagner: What Drives Poor Quality of Care for Child Diarrhea? Experimental Evidence from India
- Dong Keon Yon: Long-Term Autoimmune Inflammatory Rheumatic Outcomes of COVID-19
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our February 2024 Connections Newsletter
- Patience Afulani: Understanding How COVID-19 Affected Black Pregnant Women Early in the Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Survey I UCSF*
- Stephanie Bultema: Exploring How Health Equity Is Addressed in Accountable Communities of/for Health I PHI*
- James Chang, Natalie Myers: Modeling the Lifetime Impact of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Training: Implications for Building Capacity in Global Surgery I ReSurge International*
- Roxana Daneshjou: Deep Learning-Aided Decision Support for Diagnosis of Skin Disease Across Skin Tones I Stanford*
- Joanne Delk: Intersectional Disparities in Outpatient Alcohol Treatment Completion by Gender and Race & Ethnicity I PHI*
- Elleni M. Hailu: Structural Racism, Mass Incarceration, & Racial & Ethnic Disparities in Severe Maternal Morbidity I UC Berkeley*
- Margaret Handley: Community Engagement in the Development of Health-Related Data Visualizations: A Scoping Review I UCSF*
- Andrew H. Herring: Emergency Department Access to Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder I PHI*
- Laura Jelliffe-Pawlowski: The Association of Gestational Age and Size with Management Strategies & Outcomes in Symptomatic Neonatal Tetralogy of Fallot I UCSF*
- J. Daniel Kelly: Long Covid Manifests with T Cell Dysregulation, Inflammation & an Uncoordinated Adaptive Immune Response to SARS-CoV-2 I UCSF*
- D. Scott LaMontagne: The Global Demand & Supply Balance of the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine: Implications for the Global Strategy for the Elimination of Cervical Cancer I JSI*
- Chloe Manchester: Supporting Evidence-Based Rotavirus Vaccine Introduction Decision-Making & Implementation: Lessons from 8 Gavi-Eligible Countries I JSI*
- Bethanie Maples: Loneliness & Suicide Mitigation for Students Using GPT3-Enabled Chatbots I Stanford*
- Michelle M. Mello, Neel Guha: Understanding Liability Risk from Using Health Care Artificial Intelligence Tools I Stanford*
- Ali Mirzazadeh: Prevalence of Acquired & Transmitted HIV Drug Resistance in Iran: A Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis I UCSF*
- Sam A. Okuonzi: Challenges & Priorities of Nursing Profession & Services in Uganda: A Qualitative Study for Strategic Planning, preprint I Seed Global Health*
- Doruk Ozgediz: Pediatric Emergency Surgery Course in Uganda: Long-Term Follow-Up & Insights from Further Dissemination I UCSF*
- John W. Peabody: A Randomized Controlled Study on Clinical Adherence to Evidence-Based Guidelines in the Management of Simulated Patients with Barrett’s Esophagus & the Clinical Utility of a Tissue Systems Pathology Test: Results from Q-TAB I UCSF*
- Hector P. Rodriguez: Collaborative Learning Among Health Care Organizations to Improve Quality & Advance Racial Equity I UC Berkeley*
- Kole T. Roybal: Naturally Occurring T Cell Mutations Enhance Engineered T Cell Therapies I UCSF*
- Starley Shade: Lessons Learned from Implementing a Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Curriculum for Health Research Professionals at a Large Academic Research Institution I UCSF*
- Rebecca Silvers, Teresa B. Kortz: A Research Definition & Framework for Acute Paediatric Critical Illness Across Resource-Variable Settings: A Modified Delphi Consensus I UCSF*
- Morgan H. Vien: A Scoping Review of Wildfire Smoke Risk Communications: Issues, Gaps, & Recommendations I UC Berkeley, Stanford*
- Nicholas J. Ashton: Diagnostic Accuracy of a Plasma Phosphorylated Tau 217 Immunoassay for Alzheimer Disease Pathology
- Carlo Cervia-Hasler: Persistent Complement Dysregulation with Signs of Thromboinflammation in Active Long Covid
- Brenda Sequeira Dmello: Incidence & Determinants of Perinatal Mortality in Five Urban Hospitals in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania: A Cohort Study with an Embedded Case-Control Analysis
- Ana Maria Henao-Restrepo: Efficacy & Effectiveness of an rVSV-Vectored Vaccine in Preventing Ebola Virus Disease: Final Results from the Guinea Ring Vaccination, Open-Label, Cluster-Randomised Trial (Ebola ça Suffit!)
- Violaine Saint-André: Smoking Changes Adaptive Immunity with Persistent Effects
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our January 2024 Connections Newsletter
- Patience A. Afulani: Caring for Providers to Improve Patient Experience (CPIPE): Intervention Development Process I UCSF*
- Balizzakiwa, Thomas: Ensuring Continuity of Health Professions Training Amid a Global Pandemic: Lessons from the Uganda Safe Schools Initiative I Seed Global Health*
- Eran Bendavid: Global Population Profile of Tropical Cyclone Exposure from 2002 to 2019 I Stanford*
- Barbara Cohn, Laurie Havas: The Effect of Individual or Study-Wide Report-Back on Knowledge, Concern, & Exposure-Reducing Behaviors Related to Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals I PHI*
- Matthew S. Durstenfeld, Michael J. Peluso: Association of Nirmatrelvir for Acute SARS-CoV-2 Infection with Subsequent Long COVID Symptoms in an Observational Cohort Study I UCSF*
- Kristine A. Madsen, Dean Schillinger: Evaluation of Changes in Prices & Purchases Following Implementation of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes Across the US I UC Berkeley, UCSF*
- Bryan Tegomoh: Close the Gender Gap in Africa’s HIV Epidemic I UC Berkeley*
- Jie Ban: Association of Flooding Exposure with Cause-Specific Mortality in North Carolina
- KO Saunders: Vaccine Induction of CD4-Mimicking HIV-1 Broadly Neutralizing Antibody Precursors in Macaques
- Manuja Sharma: TBscreen: A Passive Cough Classifier for Tuberculosis Screening with a Controlled Dataset
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our December 2023 Connections Newsletter
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Vanessa Kerry: Ensuring Continuity of Health Professions Training Amid a Global Pandemic: Lessons from the Uganda Safe Schools Initiative I Seed Global Health*
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Erin A. Mordecai: Tackling Climate Change & Deforestation to Protect Against Vector-Borne Diseases I Stanford*
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Belinda Wang: A Foundational Atlas of Autism Protein Interactions Reveals Molecular Convergence (preprint) I UCSF*
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Tony Wyss-Coray: Organ Aging Signatures in the Plasma Proteome Track Health & Disease I Stanford*
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Wei Wei: Inhaled SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine for Single-Dose Dry Powder Aerosol Immunization
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Danqi Wang & Holger Fröliich: Development of an Early Alert Model for Pandemic Situations in Germany
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our November 2023 Connections Newsletter
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Roxana Daneshjou: Large Language Models Propagate Race-Based Medicine I Stanford*
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Elaine C. Flores: Climate Change, Mental Health, & Reproductive Decision-Making: A Systematic Review I Stanford, UCSF*
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Jay Holmgren: Changes in Physician Electronic Health Record Use with the Expansion of Telemedicine I UCSF*
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Peter Hotez, Angelle Desiree LeBaud: Yellow Jack’s Potential Return to the American South I Stanford*
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Ann Miller: Assessing Child Development Scores Among Minority & Indigenous Language Versus Dominant Language Speakers: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of National Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys I Maya Health Alliance*
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Arthur L. Reingold, Steven P. Luby: Masks During Pandemics Caused by Respiratory Pathogens — Evidence & Implications for Action I UC Berkeley, Stanford*
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Maayan Levy: Serotonin Reduction in Post-Acute Sequelae of Viral Infection
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A. Michael Lincoff: Semaglutide & Cardiovascular Outcomes in Obesity Without Diabetes
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our October 2023 Connections Newsletter
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Jerel M. Ezell: Climate Change & the Opioid Epidemic I UC Berkeley*
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Kimberly M. Fornace: Zoonotic Malaria Requires New Policy Approaches to Malaria Elimination I PATH*
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Peter T. Pellitier, Britt D. Wray: Embracing Climate Emotions to Advance Higher Education I Stanford*
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our September 2023 Connections Newsletter
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Alison M. El Ayadi: The Social, Economic, Emotional, & Physical Experiences of Caregivers for Women with Female Genital Fistula in Uganda: A Qualitative Study I UC Berkeley, UCSF*
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Carolina Batista: Testing in Times of COVID-19: Legacy & Unfinished Agenda I Baraka Impact Finance*
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Jade Benjamin-Chung, Benjamin F. Arnold: Early-Childhood Linear Growth Faltering in Low- & Middle-Income Countries I Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCSF*
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Susana L. Matias: Breastfeeding Moderates Childhood Obesity Risk Associated with Prenatal Exposure to Excessive Gestational Weight Gain I UC Berkeley*
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Gretchen Newby, Michelle S. Hsiang: Testing & Treatment for Malaria Elimination: A Systematic Review I UCSF*
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our August 2023 Connections Newsletter
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Ludovic Bellier: Music Can Be Reconstructed from Human Auditory Cortex Activity Using Nonlinear Decoding Models I UC Berkeley*
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Joseph K. Gaydos: Epidemiology of Skin Changes in Endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales (Orcinus Orca) I UC Davis*
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Paul J. McLaren: Africa-Specific Human Genetic Variation Near CHD1L Associates with HIV-1 Load I Stanford*
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Hector P. Rodriguez: US Practice Adoption of Patient-Engagement Strategies & Spending for Adults with Diabetes & Cardiovascular Disease I UC Berkeley*
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Meri R. J. Varkila: Use of Wastewater Metrics to Track Covid-19 in the US I Stanford*
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Váleri N. Vásquez: wMel Replacement of Dengue-Competent Mosquitoes Is Robust to Near-Term Change I UC Berkeley*
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John Chen: Dual Pathogenicity Island Transfer by Piggybacking Lateral Transduction
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Steven K. Grinspoon: Pitavastatin to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease in HIV Infection
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Sahana Sule: Communication of Covid-19 Misinformation on Social Media by Physicians in the US
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our July 2023 Connections Newsletter
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Abraar Karan, Michele Barry: Health Inequities Continue to Drive the Public Health Threat of Mpox I Stanford*
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Alan Karthikesalingam & Vivek Natarajan: Large Language Models Encode ClinicalKnowledge I Google*
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Yannai S. Kashtan: Gas & Propane Combustion from Stoves Emits Benzene & Increases Indoor Air Pollution I UC Berkeley, Stanford*
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Joseph A. Lewnard: Increased Vaccine Sensitivity of an Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Variant I UC Berkeley*
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Caitlin C. Murphy: In Utero Exposure to Antiemetic & Risk of Adult-Onset Colorectal Cancer I PHI*
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Minghao Qiu: Drought Impacts on the Electricity System, Emissions, & Air Quality in the Western US I Stanford*
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Stephen M. Shortell: The Better Care Plan: A Blueprint for Improving America’s Healthcare System I UC Berkeley*
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Joan Ballester: Heat-Related Mortality in Europe During the Summer of 2022
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Rajan K. Chakrabarty: Real-Time Environmental Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 Aerosols
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Ruian Ke: Swift & Extensive Omicron Outbreak in China After Sudden Exit from ‘Zero-Covid’ Policy
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Giovanni Spitale: AI Model GPT-3 (Dis)Informs Us Better Than Humans
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our June 2023 Connections Newsletter
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Patience Afluani: Person-Centred Sexual & Reproductive Health: A Call for Standardized Measurement I UCSF*
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Pascal Geldsetzer: Causal Evidence That Herpes Zoster Vaccination Prevents a Proportion of Dementia Cases I Stanford*
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Jaime Sepúlveda, Paul Wise: Delivering Humanitarian Health Services in Violent Conflicts I Stanford, UCSF*
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Britt Wray, Allison Phillips, Michele Barry: A Call to Action for Gender Equity in Climate Leadership I Stanford*
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Carrie J. Ngongo: Living with Obstetric Fistula: Learnings from Nine African Countries
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Timothy M. Lenton: Quantifying the Human Cost of Global Warming
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Tanayott Thaweethai: Development of a Definition of Postacute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our May 2023 Connections Newsletter
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Noel F. Ayoub: Comparison Between ChatGPT & Google Search as Sources of Postoperative Patient Instructions I Stanford*
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Hannah Bichkoff: Recovery & Resilience in the Canal Community: Economic Impacts & Solutions During the COVID-19 Pandemic I UC Berkeley*
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Hannah Snyder: High-Dose Buprenorphine Initiation in the Emergency Department Among Patients Using Fentanyl & Other Opioids I PHI, UC Davis, UCSF*
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Britt Wray: A Call to Action for Gender Equity in Climate Leadership I Stanford*
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Ioannis Gallos: Randomized Trial of Early Detection & Treatment of Postpartum Hemorrhage
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Marie E. Heffernan: Targeted Vaccine Messaging to Promote COVID-19 Vaccines for Children & Youth
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Margaret A. Lampe: Achieving Elimination of Perinatal HIV in the US
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Oyeronke Oyebanji: Empowering African Women Leaders Is Key for Health Equity
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our April 2023 Connections Newsletter
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Barbara A. Cohn, Caitlin C. Murphy: In Utero Exposure to Anti-Emetic & Risk of Adult-Onset Colorectal Cancer I UC Berkeley*
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Carlos F. Gould: Using High-Frequency Household Surveys to Describe Energy Use in Rural North India During the COVID-19 Pandemic I Stanford, UC Berkeley*
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Rajesh Gupta: Pandemic Preparedness Strategies Must Go Beyond Vaccines I Vir Biotechnology*
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Rachel Morello-Frosch & Osagie K. Obasogie: The Climate Gap & the Color Line—Racial Health Inequities & Climate Change I UC Berkeley*
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Allan R. Wang: Human Habit Neural Circuitry May Be Perturbed in Eating Disorders I Stanford*
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Patricia J. Garcia: Corruption in Global Health: The Open Secret
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Akiko Iwasaki: Enhanced Inhibition of MHC-I Expression by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Subvariants
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Kevin P. Josey: Air Pollution & Mortality at the Intersection of Race & Social Class
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Joseph Kreitz: Programmable Protein Delivery with a Bacterial Contractile Injection System
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Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics & Human Health, Special Collection
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Patrick Pearson: White-Tailed Deer Serum Kills the Lyme Disease Spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi
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Carrie K. Shapiro-Mendoza: Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths: 2015–2020
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our March 2023 Connections Newsletter
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J. Bress, J. Armas, E. Danziger: The Utilization of Clinical Decision Support Tools to Identify Neonatal Hypothermia & Its Associated Risk Factors: A Prospective Observational Study I Global Strategies*
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Andrew Y. Chang: What We Lost in the Fire: Endemic Tropical Heart Diseases in the Time of COVID-19 I Stanford*
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A. Nandkumar Chary, M. Nandi, P. Garcia: Qualitative Study of Pathways to Care Among Adults with Diabetes in Rural Guatemala I Maya Health Alliance, Stanford*
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L. Abascal Miguel, N. Diamond Smith, A. Kraemer Diaz: Evaluating the Impact of a Linguistically & Culturally Tailored Social Media Ad Campaign on COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among Indigenous Populations in Guatemala: A Pre/Post Design Intervention Study I Maya Health Alliance, UCSF*
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Oladele Ogunseitan: The Environmental Justice Agenda for E-Waste Management I Stanford*
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Gilmar Reis: Early Treatment with Pegylated Interferon Lambda for COVID-19 I Stanford*
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Marion Déjosez: Bat Pluripotent Stem Cells Reveal Unusual Entanglement Between Host & Viruses
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Douglas M. Heithoff: A Broad-Spectrum Synthetic Antibiotic That Does Not Evoke Bacterial Resistance
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Catherine Kyobutungi: From Vaccine to Visa Apartheid, How Anti-Blackness Persists in Global Health
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our February 2023 Connections Newsletter
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Tracey Woodruff: A Science-Based Agenda for Health-Protective Chemical Assessments & Decisions I PHI, UC Berkeley, UCSF*
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Diane Chen: Psychosocial Functioning in Transgender Youth After 2 Years of Hormones I UCSF*
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Chris Collins: Leveraging the HIV Response to Strengthen Pandemic Preparedness I Friends of the Global Fight*
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Abraar Karan: Case Report: Monkeypox—Not Just a Rash I Stanford*
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Bennett M. Liu: Racial & Ethnic Disparities in Geographic Access to Autism Resources Across the US I Stanford*
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Marco Massimo: Haemorrhage of Human Foetal Cortex Associated with SARS-CoV-2 Infection
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Alan T. N. Tita: Azithromycin to Prevent Sepsis or Death in Women Planning a Vaginal Birth
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Eric Topol, Anna E. Davis: Long COVID: Major Findings, Mechanisms & Recommendations
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Thomas P. Van Boeckel: Global Trends in Antimicrobial Use in Food-Producing Animals: 2020 to 2030
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our January 2023 Connections Newsletter
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Julianne J.P. Cooley: Cervical Cancer Stage at Diagnosis & Survival Among Women ≥65 Years in California I UC Davis*
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Ashley Jowell: A Model for Comprehensive Climate & Medical Education I Stanford*
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Jeffrey V. Lazarus: A Survey of COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance Across 23 Countries in 2022
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PREVAC Study Team: Randomized Trial of Vaccines for Zaire Ebola Virus Disease
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our December 2022 Connections Newsletter
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Idara Akpandak: Assessment of Herpes Zoster Risk Among Recipients of COVID-19 Vaccine I UCSF*
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Oladele Ogunseitan: Bending the Curve of the Electronics Revolution toward a Circular Economy of e-Waste I Stanford*
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PREVAC: Randomized Trial of Vaccines for Zaire Ebola Virus Disease I Merck*
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Jorge Saavedra, Stefano Bertozzi: Funding Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, & Response Through Partnership Models I UC Berkeley*
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Julia Schaletzky: Discovery of SARS‐CoV‐2 Antiviral Synergy Between Remdesivir & Approved Drugs in Human Lung Cells I UC Berkeley CEND*
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Sinisa Bratulic: Noninvasive Detection of Any-Stage Cancer Using Free Glycosaminoglycans
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David J. Leggat: Vaccination Induces HIV Broadly Neutralizing Antibody Precursors in Humans
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Qingyung Liu: Tuberculosis Treatment Failure Associated with Evolution of Antibiotic Resilience
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Tao Xue: Estimation of Stillbirths Attributable to Ambient Fine Particles in 137 Countries
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our November 2022 Connections Newsletter
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Kristen Aiemjoy: Seroincidence of Enteric Fever, Juba, South Sudan I UC Davis*
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Xammy Nguyenla: Discovery of SARS‐CoV‐2 Antiviral Synergy Between Remdesivir & Approved Drugs in Human Lung Cells I UC Berkeley CEND*
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Tori L. Cowger: Lifting Universal Masking in Schools—COVID-19 Incidence Among Students & Staff
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Kassoum Kayentau: Safety & Efficacy of a Monoclonal Antibody Against Malaria in Mali
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Jeffrey V. Lazarus: A Multinational Delphi Consensus to End the COVID-19 Public Health Threat
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Thomas Ward: Transmission Dynamics of Monkeypox in the UK: Contact Tracing Study
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our October 2022 Connections Newsletter
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Mary-Ann Etiebet: Maintaining Continuity of Care for Expectant Mothers in Kenya During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Study of MomCare I Merck for Mothers*
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Erin M. Euliano: Translating Diagnostics & Drug Delivery Technologies to Low-Resource Settings I OmniVis*
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Florian A. Lempp: The Potent Broadly Neutralizing Antibody Vir-3434 Controls Hepatitis B & D Virus Infection & Reduces HBsAg in Humanized Mice I Vir Biotechnology*
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Omar Reva: Maturation & Circuit Integration of Transplanted Human Cortical Organoids I Stanford*
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Michael R. Springborn: Amphibian Collapses Increased Malaria Incidence in Central America I UC Davis*
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our September 2022 Connections Newsletter
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Amanda Brewster: Effect of Social Needs Case Management on Hospital Use Among Adult Medicaid Beneficiaries I UC Berkeley*
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Desiree LeBeaud: Why Climate Action Is Global Health Action I Stanford*
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Germán Garabano: Open Tibial Fracture Treatment in Argentina: Reoperation Rates Following Surgical Management I UCSF/IGOT*
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Abraar Karan: Human Monkeypox Without Viral Prodrome or Sexual Exposure I Stanford*
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Skylar R. Hopkins: Evidence Gaps & Diversity Among Potential Win-Win Solutions for Conservation & Human Infectious Disease Control I Stanford, UC Berkeley*
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Sheri A. Lippman: A Community Mobilisation Intervention to Improve Engagement in HIV Testing, Linkage to Care, & Retention in Care in South Africa: A Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial I UC Berkeley, UCSF*
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Celine Perier: Workshop-Based Learning & Networking: A Scalable Model for Research Capacity Strengthening in Low- & Middle-Income Countries I CEND, UC Berkeley*
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Lonnie R. Snowden: Racial & Ethnic Disparities in Health Status & Community Functioning Among Persons with Untreated Mental Illness I UC Berkeley*
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Chi Zhu: An Intranasal ASO Therapeutic Targeting SARS-CoV-2 I UC Berkeley*
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Ronen Arbel: Nirmatrelvir Use & Severe COVID-19 Outcomes During the Omicron Surge
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Ying Fu: A Humanized Nanobody Phage Display Library Yields Potent Binders of SARS CoV-2 Spike
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Jenny C. Jin: SARS CoV-2 Detected in Neonatal Stool Remote from Maternal COVID-19 During Pregnancy
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our August 2022 Connections Newsletter
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Scott B. Biering: Genome-Wide Bidirectional CRISPR Screens Identify Mucins as Host Factors Modulating SARS-CoV-2 Infection I UC Berkeley*
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Sita S. Chandrasekaran: Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Saliva via Cas13 I UC Berkeley*
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Leonardo Martinez: Infant BCG Vaccination & Risk of Pulmonary & Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis Throughout the Life Course: A Systematic Review & Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis I Stanford, UC Berkeley, UC Davis*
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Kristin L. Stevens: Patient-Centered Climate Action & Health Equity I Americares*
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Richard L. Wu: Low-Dose Subcutaneous or Intravenous Monoclonal Antibody to Prevent Malaria
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Xiao-Ai Zhang: A Zoonotic Henipavirus in Febrile Patients in China
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our July 2022 Connections Newsletter
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Jason Andrews: Estimating Typhoid Incidence from Community-Based Serosurveys: A Multicohort Study [Stanford]*
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Jay A. Pandit: Smartphone Apps in the COVID-19 Pandemic [Google | Stanford]*
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Manali I. Patel: Racial & Ethnic Disparities in Cancer Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic [Stanford]*
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Celine Perier: Workshop-Based Learning & Networking: A Scalable Model for Research Capacity Strengthening in Low- & Middle-Income Countries [CEND, UC Berkeley]*
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Matthew B. Ross: Women are Credited Less in Science than are Men
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our June 2022 Connections Newsletter
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Andrew D. Kerkhoff: Integrating Rapid Diabetes Screening Into a Latinx Focused Community-Based Low-Barrier COVID-19 Testing Program [UC Berkeley]*
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Anna Luan: Expansion of Reconstructive Surgical Capacity in Vietnam: Experience from the ReSurge Global Training Program [ReSurge International]*
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Amanda D. Perez: Superwoman Schema & John Henryism Among African American Women: An Intersectional Perspective on Coping with Racism [UC Berkeley]*
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Vojtěch Bartoš: Communicating Doctors’ Consensus Persistently Increases COVID-19 Vaccinations
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Charles P. Larson: The Equity Tool for Valuing Global Health Partnerships
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our May 2022 Connections Newsletter
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Katherine N. Clayton: PD-Lamp Smartphone Detection of SARS-CoV-2 on Chip [OmniVis]*
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Robert Marty: The Evolution of the COVID-19 Pandemic Through the Lens of Google Searches (preprint) [Google]*
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Justin Reese: Risk of New-Onset Psychiatric Sequelae of COVID-19 in the Early & Late Post-Acute Phase [UC Berkeley]*
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Sayeed Al-Zaman: Prevalence & Source Analysis of COVID-19 Misinformation in 138 Countries
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Tobias Boettler: SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Can Elicit a CD8 T-Cell Dominant Hepatitis
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Timothy J. Chapman: Antibiotic Use & Vaccine Antibody Levels
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Francesco Di Gennaro: Long COVID: A Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis of 120,970 Patients
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Charles P. Larson: The Equity Tool for Valuing Global Health Partnerships
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Michael Nikolaou: Revisiting the Standard for Modeling the Spread of Infectious Diseases
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Francesco Pieri: Online Misinformation Is Linked to Early COVID-19 Vaccination Hesitancy & Refusal
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our April 2022 Connections Newsletter
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Elissa J. Hamlat: Association of Subjective Social Status with Epigenetic Aging among Black & White Women (UC Berkeley I UCSF)*
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Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarek: End COVID-19 in Low- & Middle-Income Countries (Sabin Vaccine Institute I Stanford I UC Berkeley)*
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Andrew B. Pattison: Finding the Facts in an Infodemic: Framing Effective COVID-19 Messages to Connect People to Authoritative Content (Google I WHO Tech Task Force)*
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Arthur Reingold: Impact of 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Among Adults with HIV-US, 2008-18 (UC Berkeley)*
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Elina Reponen: Expert-Identified Practices for Achieving Measurable Performance Improvements with Lean Implementation (UC Berkeley)*
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Linda Rudolph: Health Benefits of Strategies for Carbon Mitigation in US Transportation, 2017‒2050 (PHI)*
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Amanda K. Weaver: Environmental Factors Influencing COVID-19 Incidence & Severity (UC Berkeley)*
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Yinon M. Bar-On: Protection by a Fourth Dose of BNT162b2 Against Omicron in Israel
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Nele Brusselaers: Evaluation of Science Advice During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Sweden
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Caroline Junqueira: FcγR-Mediated SARS-CoV-2 Infection of Monocytes Activates Inflammation
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Benjamin P. Linas: Projecting COVID-19 Mortality as States Relax Nonpharmacologic Interventions
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our March 2022 Connections Newsletter
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Emily Mary Gainor: Uncovering the Burden of Dengue in Africa: Considerations on Magnitude, Misdiagnosis, & Ancestry (UC Berkeley)*
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Michael Harvey: Structural Competency & Global Health Education (UC Berkeley I UCSF)*
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Tobias V. Lanz: Clonally Expanded B Cells in Multiple Sclerosis Bind EBV EBNA1 & GlialCAM (Stanford)*
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Gina Solomon: The Interplay of Environmental Exposures & Mental Health: Setting an Agenda (PHI)*
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Gwenaëlle Douaud: SARS-CoV-2 is Associated with Changes in Brain Structure in UK Biobank
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Shabir A. Madhi: Population Immunity & COVID-19 Severity with Omicron Variant in South Africa
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E. A. Murphy: Machine Learning Outperforms Clinical Experts in Classification of Hip Fractures
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Justin E. Silpe: The Bacterial Toxin Colibactin Triggers Prophage Induction
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John L. Wilkinson: Pharmaceutical Pollution of the World’s Rivers
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our February 2022 Connections Newsletter
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Andrew Y. Chang, Michele Barry: Mortality Along the Rheumatic Heart Disease Cascade of Care in Uganda (Stanford)*
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Anu Kumar: Five Years from Now, Who Will Be Setting the Global Health Agenda? (Ipas)*
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Eric Lebel: Methane & NOx Emissions from Natural Gas Stoves, Cooktops, & Ovens in Residential Homes (Stanford)*
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Yaya Li: The Presence of Neighbours in Informal Supportive Interactions Is Important for Mental Health in Later Life (UC Berkeley)*
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Kari C. Nadeau, Michele Barry: Climate Change & Global Health: A Call to More Research & More Action (Stanford)*
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Kari C. Nadeau: World Health Organization Global Air Quality Guideline Recommendations—Executive Summary (Stanford)*
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Ziad Obermeyer: The Potential for Bias In Machine Learning & Opportunities for Health Insurers to Address It (UC Berkeley)*
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Gunther Fink: Mosquito Net Use in Early Childhood & Survival to Adulthood in Tanzania
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Tasleem J. Padamsee: Changes in COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Black & White Individuals in the US
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Steve Reiken: Alzheimer’s-Like Signaling in Brains of COVID-19 Patients
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our January 2022 Connections Newsletter
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Mark Sagar: “I Felt Her Company”: A Qualitative Study on Factors Affecting Closeness & Emotional Support Seeking with an Embodied Conversational Agent (Soul Machines)*
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Stephen Luby: Impact of Community Masking on COVID-19: A Cluster-Randomized Trial in Bangladesh (Stanford)*
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Abdulrahman Jbaily: Air Pollution Exposure Disparities across Us Population and Income Groups
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Prabhat Jha: COVID Mortality in India: National Survey Data & Health Facility Deaths
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Stephanie S. Perez: Human Milk SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies up to 6 Months After Vaccination
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our December 2021 Connections Newsletter
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Michele Berry, Alison Phillips: Tackling the Ubiquity of Plastic Waste for Human & Planetary Health (Stanford)*
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Ayush Chayann: What’s Next in Design for Global Health? How Design and Global Health Must Adapt for a Preferable Future (Equalize Health)*
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Michael Ganslmeier: The Impact of Weather on COVID-19 Pandemic
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Luke Laffin: Rise in Blood Pressure Observed Among US Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Ting Shi: Risk of COVID-19 Hospital Admission Among Children Aged 5–17 Years with Asthma in Scotland
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our November 2021 Connections Newsletter
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Michele Barry: Tackling the Ubiquity of Plastic Waste for Human & Planetary Health (Stanford)*
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Barbara A. Cohn: SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Protection & Deaths Among US Veterans During 2021 (PHI)*
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Zeynep Ertem: The Impact of School Opening Model on SARS-CoV-2 Community Incidence & Mortality
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Anil Gupta: Early Treatment for COVID-19 with SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Antibody Sotrovimab (VIR Biotechnology)*
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Marios Koutsakos: Influenza Lineage Extinction During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
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B.Y.H. Lam: MC3R Links Nutritional State to Childhood Growth and the Timing of Puberty
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Shruti Magesh: Disparities in COVID-19 Outcomes by Race, Ethnicity & Socioeconomic Status
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Nicole Starr: Sustainability of a Surgical Quality Improvement Program at Hospitals in Ethiopia (Stanford)*
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Leo Swadling: Pre-Existing Polymerase-Specific T Cells Expand in Abortive Seronegative SARS-CoV-2
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Abdullah M. Syed: Rapid Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Evolved Variants Using Virus-like Particles (UCSF I UC Berkeley)*
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Stacy Wood: Novel Strategies to Support Global Promotion of COVID-19 Vaccination (Stanford)*
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our October 2021 Connections Newsletter
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Ayesha Ahmad: Urgent Health & Humanitarian Needs of the Afghan Population Under the Taliban
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Sebastian Contreras: Low Case Numbers Enable Long-Term Stable Pandemic Control Without Lockdowns
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Susan D. Hillis: COVID-19-Associated Orphanhood & Caregiver Death in the US
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Wendy Prosser: Designing Supply Chains to Meet the Growing Need of Vaccines (JSI)*
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Marina Romanello: Tracking Progress on Health & Climate Change in Europe
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our September 2021 Connections Newsletter
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Tessa J. Barrett: Platelets Amplify Endotheliopathy in COVID-19
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Daniel Chandramohan: Seasonal Malaria Vaccination with or without Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention
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Sumedha Gupta: Vaccinations Against COVID-19 May Have Averted Up to 140,000 Deaths in the US
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Philip R. Krause: Considerations in Boosting COVID-19 Vaccine Immune Responses
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Lancet: Worldwide Trends in Hypertension Prevalence & Progress in Treatment & Control, 1990–2019
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Weimin Liu: Predictors of Nonseroconversion after SARS-CoV-2 Infection
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Oscar A. Ortega-Rivera: Trivalent Subunit Vaccine Candidates for COVID-19 & Their Delivery Devices
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*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our August 2021 Connections Newsletter
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Heather Anderson: Redefining Urgency: Social Impact Leadership & Dynamic Resilience
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Moriah Bergwerk: COVID-19 Breakthrough Infections in Vaccinated Health Care Workers
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Joe Parkin Daniels: HIV in the Amazon’s Indigenous Populations
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Carey Farquhar: Capacity Building for Global Health Leadership Training
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William J. Ripple: World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency 2021
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our July 2021 Connections Newsletter
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Jonathan Bryant-Genevier: Symptoms of Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, & Suicidal Ideation Among State, Tribal, Local, & Territorial Public Health Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic—US, Mar.–Apr., 2021
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Marcia C. Castro: Reduction in Life Expectancy in Brazil after COVID-19
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Abu Bakarr Rogers: Equitable & Feasible Distribution of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines for All in Africa
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Jingmin Zhu: COVID-19 Pandemic in BRICS Countries & Its Association with Socio-Economic & Demographic Characteristics, Health Vulnerability, Resources, & Policy Response
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our June 2021 Connections Newsletter
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Joshua Borin: Trained Viruses Prove More Effective at Fighting Antibiotic Resistance
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Karin Bosh: Estimated Annual Number of HIV Infections, US, 1981–2019
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Guillaume P. Chossière: Air Pollution Impacts of COVID-19–Related Containment Measures
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Adam Gaffney: Socioeconomic Inequality in Respiratory Health in the US, 1959 to 2018
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Alba Grifoni: SARS-CoV-2 Human T Cell Epitopes: Adaptive Immune Response Against COVID-19
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Jessica L. Howe: Accessibility & Usability of State Health Department COVID-19 Vaccine Websites
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Nadine K Jawad: Refugee Access to COVID-19 Vaccines in Lebanon
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Sophia N Nesamoney: Gendered Effects of COVID-19 on Young Girls in Regions of Conflict
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Krutika Kuppalli: India’s COVID-19 Crisis: A Call for International Action
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Kasuen Mauldin: Performing Nutrition Assessment Remotely via Telehealth
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Nambi Ndugga: Latest Data on COVID-19 Vaccinations Race/Ethnicity
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William Sargent: Counting the Costs of Trauma: The Need for a New Paediatric Injury Severity Score
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*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our May 2021 Connections Newsletter
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Patience Afluani: Development of the Person-Centered Prenatal Care Scale for People of Color
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Raj Fadadu: Association of Wildfire Air Pollution and Health Care Use for Atopic Dermatitis & Itch
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A.S. Murthy: Dermatology Has No Walls: A Perspective on International Exchange
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Claudia Nau: COVID-19 Inequities Across Multiple Racial & Ethnic Groups
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Calistus N. Ngonghala: Effects of Changes in Temperature on Zika Dynamics & Control
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Mike Reid; How Will COVID-19 Transform Global Health Post-Pandemic?
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Mike Reid: Tackling TB & COVID-19: US Leadership Is Needed on Global Health, Now More Than Ever
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Mike Reid: World TB Day: A New Opportunity to Reimagine Workplace Health
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Katharine S. Walter: The Escalating Tuberculosis Crisis in Central & South American Prisons
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N. Ewen Wang: When Undoing Is Not Enough—Repairing Harms Inflicted on Immigrant Children
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Fengyun Yun: Knowledge About COVID-19 Among Adults in China: Cross-sectional Online Survey
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our April 2021 Connections Newsletter
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Zoë L. Grange: Ranking the Risk of Animal-to-Human Spillover for Newly Discovered Viruses
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Nistara Randhawa: Fine Scale Infectious Disease Modeling Using Satellite-Derived Data
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Marcela Maria Uhart: Redefining Our Relationship with Nature to Avoid Future Pandemics
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Daniel Ayoubkhani: Post-COVID Syndrome in Individuals Admitted to Hospital with COVID-19
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Barbara Chmielewska: Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Maternal & Perinatal Outcomes
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Alexandre Duvignaud: Lassa Fever Outcomes & Prognostic Factors in Nigeria
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Raul G Nogueira: Global Impact of COVID-19 on Stroke Care & Intravenous Thrombolysis
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Roy H. Perlis: Association of Acute Symptoms of COVID-19 & Symptoms of Depression in Adults
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Suman P. N. Rao: Small & Sick Newborn Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Felix Sayinzoga: Assessing the Impact of Group Antenatal Care on Gestational Length in Rwanda
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Maxime Taquet: Six-Month Neurological & Psychiatric Outcomes in 236,379 Survivors of COVID-19
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our March 2021 Connections Newsletter
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Christopher M. Hoover: Effects of Agrochemical Pollution on Schistosomiasis Transmission
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Ellicott Mathay: Projected All-Cause Deaths Attributable to COVID-19–Related Unemployment in the US
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H. L. Wells: The Evolutionary History of ACE2 Usage Within the Coronavirus Subgenus Sarbecovirus
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Amani Al-Oraibi: Migrant Health Is Public Health: A Call for Equitable Access to COVID-19 Vaccines
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Eran Bendavid: The Effects of Armed Conflict on the Health of Women & Children
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Vinod K. Bhutani: A Global Approach to Prevent Kernicterus: A Dedication to Lois Johnson-Hamerman
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Matthew J. Burton: The Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health: Vision Beyond 2020
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Serina Chang: Mobility Network Models of COVID-19 Explain Inequities & Inform Reopening
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Alexis J. Combes: Global Absence & Targeting of Protective Immune States in Severe COVID-19
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Lisa I. Couper: Impact of Prior & Projected Climate Change on US Lyme Disease Incidence
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Michele J. Gelfand: The Relationship Between Cultural Tightness–Looseness & COVID-19 Cases & Deaths
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Global Variation in Postoperative Mortality & Complications After Cancer Surgery
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Dylan Graetz: Global Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Pediatric Cancer Care
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Beatrice Kaufmann: Heat-Stability Study of Various Insulin Types in Tropical Temperature Conditions
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David U. Himmelstein: The Lancet Commission on Public Policy & Health in the Trump Era
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Oselyne T. W. Ong: Mosquito-Borne Viruses & Non-Human Vertebrates in Australia
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Jordan M. Rook: The Bolivian Trauma Patient’s Experience: A Qualitative Needs Assessment
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Melisa M. Shah: No Evidence of O’nyong-Nyong Viremia Among Children with Febrile Illness in Kenya
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Olivier Telle: Social and Environmental Risk Factors for Dengue in Delhi City
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*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our February 2021 Connections Newsletter
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Charlene Adaken: Ebola Virus Antibody Decay–Stimulation in a High Proportion of Survivors
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Zulfiqar A. Bhutta: Doing Better for Women & Children in Armed Conflict Settings
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Marshall Burke: The Changing Risk & Burden of Wildfire in the US
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Carlos Chaccour: The Effect of Early Treatment with Ivermectin on COVID-19 Viral Load
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Mohini Dasari: A Consensus Statement for Trauma Surgery Capacity Building in Latin America
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Global Variation in Postoperative Mortality & Complications After Cancer Surgery
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Margaret A. Honein: Data & Policy to Guide Opening Schools Safely to Limit Spread of SARS-CoV-2
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Tim F. Liao: Association of Social & Economic Inequality with Coronavirus
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Kevin Linka: Global & Local Mobility as a Barometer for COVID-19 Dynamics
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Katherine E. Lowe: Association of Smoking & Cumulative Pack-Year Exposure with COVID-19 Outcomes
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Paras Minhas: Restoring Metabolism of Myeloid Cells Reverses Cognitive Decline in Ageing
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Katlyn Nemani: Association of Psychiatric Disorders with Mortality Among COVID-19 Patients
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Tracy L. Rabin: Global Health Education in the Time of COVID-19
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Huan Wang: Tracking the Effects of COVID-19 in Rural China Over Time
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Stacy Wood: Beyond Politics—Promoting COVID-19 Vaccination in the US
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.
From Our January 2021 Connections Newsletter
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Grant: Circuits between Infected Macrophages & T Cells in SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia
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Juan-Giner: Immunogenicity & Safety of Fractional Doses of Yellow Fever Vaccines
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Libster: Early High-Titer Plasma Therapy to Prevent Severe COVID-19 in Older Adults
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Luby: Planetary Health Approaches for Dry Cities: Water Quality & Heat Mitigation
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Naylor: Articulating the Effect of Food Systems Innovation on the Sustainable Development Goals
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Pandy: Health & Economic Impact of Air Pollution in India: Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
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Pannu: Inclusive Biomedical Innovation During the COVID‐19 Pandemic
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Patel: COVID-19 Solutions Are Climate Solutions: Lessons From Reusable Gowns
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Patel: Progress Toward Regional Measles Elimination Worldwide, 2000–2019
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Relman: Opinion: To Stop the Next Pandemic, We Need to Unravel the Origins of COVID-19
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Rhea: The S1 Protein of SARS-CoV-2 Crosses the Blood-Brain Barrier in Mice
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Schulman: Beyond Politics — Promoting COVID-19 Vaccination in the US
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Ioannidis: Does the COVID-19 Pandemic Provide an Opportunity to Eliminate the Tobacco Industry?
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Wise: Multiomics Characterization of Preterm Birth in Low- & Middle-Income Countries
*These publications were produced by members of the Bay Area Global Health Alliance.