DGHI Research Roundup: January 2017

Eighteen DGHI-affiliated authors—including faculty, staff and alumni—recently shared new discoveries on a variety of global health topics in peer-reviewed publications. Click on the article links below to learn more:

Keith Dear

• Journal of Cleaner Production – Region and Firm Level Determinants of Environmental Regulation Violations: An Empirical Study in Chongqing, China

Guido Ferrari

• Vaccine – DNA-MVA-Protein Vaccination of Rhesus Macaques induces HIV-Specific Immunity in Mucosal-Associated Lymph Nodes and Functional Antibodies

Brandon Kohrt 

• Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences – Mental Health and Psychosocial Problems in the Aftermath of the Nepal Earthquakes: Findings from a Representative Cluster Sample Survey

Benjamin Kuo (MSc-GH student), Joseph Egger, Emily Smith, Michael Haglund, Henry Rice 

• Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics – Perioperative Outcomes for Pediatric Neurosurgical Procedures: Analysis of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program-Pediatrics

Charles Nunn

• American Journal of Physical Anthropology – Hadza Sleep Biology: Evidence for Flexible Sleep-Wake Patterns in Hunter-Gatherers

Wendy O'Meara

• Trends in Parasitology – Changes in Malaria Epidemiology in Africa and New Challenges for Elimination
• Journal of Clinical Microbiology – Multicenter Pivotal Clinical Trial of Urine Malaria Test for Rapid Diagnosis of Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria

William Pan

• Vaccine – Vaccine Coverage and Adherence to EPI Schedules in Eight Resource Poor Settings in the MAL-ED Cohort Study

Subhrendu Pattanayak

• Environmental Health Perspectives – Implementation Science to Accelerate Clean Cooking for Public Health

Alyssa Platt, Dennis Clements, Elizabeth Turner

• American Journal of Clinical Nutrition – Efficacy of Iron Supplement Bars to Reduce Anemia in Urban Indian Women: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Mary Story

• Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior – Reasons Parents Buy Prepackaged, Processed Meals: It Is More Complicated than “I Don't Have Time”

Steve Taylor

• Scientific Reports – Overlap Extension Barcoding for the Next Generation Sequencing and Genotyping of Plasmodium Falciparum in individual Patients in Western Kenya
• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth – Providing Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplement During Pregnancy Does Not Reduce the Risk of Maternal P Falciparum Parasitaemia and Reproductive Tract infections: A Randomised Controlled Trial

Jeffrey Vincent

• Ecological Economics – Using the Delphi Method to Value Protection of the Amazon Rainforest

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