Publications

CYP2B6 Genetic Polymorphisms, Depression, and Viral Suppression in Adults Living with HIV Initiating Efavirenz-Containing Antiretroviral Therapy Regimens in Uganda: Pooled Analysis of Two Prospective Studies.

Abstract

Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in CYP2B6 have been shown to predict variation in plasma efavirenz concentrations, but associations between these SNPs and efavirenz-mediated depression and viral suppression are less well described.

Chang JL Lee SA Tsai AC Musinguzi N Muzoora C Bwana B Boum Y Haberer JE Hunt PW Martin J Bangsberg DR Kroetz DL Siedner MJ
AIDS research and human retroviruses 2018 Nov ; 34(11); 982-992. doi: 10.1089/AID.2018.0062. Epub 2018 08 15
CYP2B6 HIV depression efavirenz single-nucleotide polymorphisms viral suppression

Complex interactions between malaria and malnutrition: a systematic literature review.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Despite substantial improvement in the control of malaria and decreased prevalence of malnutrition over the past two decades, both conditions remain heavy burdens that cause hundreds of thousands of deaths in children in re

Das D Grais RF Okiro EA Stepniewska K Mansoor R van der Kam S Terlouw DJ Tarning J Barnes KI Guerin PJ
BMC medicine 2018 10 29; 16(1); 186. doi: 10.1186/s12916-018-1177-5. Epub 2018 10 29
Anthropometry Malaria Stunting Underweight Wasting

The 'indirect costs' of underfunding foreign partners in global health research: A case study.

Abstract

This study of a global health research partnership assesses how U.S. fiscal administrative policies impact capacity building at foreign partner institutions.

Crane JT Andia Biraro I Fouad TM Boum Y R Bangsberg D
Global public health 2018 Oct ; 13(10); 1422-1429. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2017.1372504. Epub 2017 09 16
Global health capacity building collaboration inequality partnership

A life in waiting: Refugees' mental health and narratives of social suffering after European Union border closures in March 2016.

Abstract

RATIONALE: In 2015, an estimated 856,723 refugees, predominantly from Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq arrived in Greece as an entry point into the European Union.

Bjertrup PJ Bouhenia M Mayaud P Perrin C Ben Farhat J Blanchet K
Social science & medicine (1982) 2018 Oct ; 215 53-60. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.08.040. Epub 2018 08 31
Disruption Greece Mental health Refugee camps Refugees Social suffering Uncertainty “European refugee crisis”

HIV-1 drug resistance testing at second-line regimen failure in Arua, Uganda: avoiding unnecessary switch to an empiric third-line.

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: The number of patients on second-line antiretroviral therapy is growing, but data on HIV drug resistance patterns at failure in resource-constrained settings are scarce.

Fily F Ayikobua E Ssemwanga D Nicholas S Kaleebu P Delaugerre C Pasquier E Amoros Quiles I Balkan S Schramm B
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 2018 Oct ; 23(10); 1075-1083. doi: 10.1111/tmi.13131. Epub 2018 10 02
HIV-1 Ouganda Uganda VIH-1 drug resistance résistance aux médicaments second-line antiretroviral therapy traitement antirétroviral de seconde ligne

Determinants of dietary practices during pregnancy: A longitudinal qualitative study in Niger.

Abstract

Undernutrition is associated with maternal morbidity and poor pregnancy outcomes. This qualitative study seeks to understand the multilevel factors influencing maternal dietary practices in Niger, including the impact of pregnancy illnesses on diet.

Rosen JG Clermont A Kodish SR Matar Seck A Salifou A Grais RF Isanaka S
Maternal & child nutrition 2018 10 ; 14(4); e12629. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12629. Epub 2018 06 28
Niger diet maternal nutrition nutrition during pregnancy pregnancy outcomes qualitative research

MUAC as the sole discharge criterion from community-based management of severe acute malnutrition in Burkina Faso.

Abstract

The use of mid upper arm circumference (MUAC) measurement to screen and determine eligibility for admission to therapeutic feeding programs has been established, but evidence and programmatic experience to inform guidance on the use of MUAC as a discha

Isanaka S Hanson KE Frison S Andersen CT Cohuet S Grais RF
Maternal & child nutrition 2018 Sep 08; e12688. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12688. Epub 2018 09 08
Burkina Faso community-based management of acute malnutrition discharge mid upper arm circumference proportional weight gain severe acute malnutrition