Dorothy Dow
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Research Professor of Global Health
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Dorothy Dow
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Research Professor of Global Health
Dorothy Dow, MD, MSc is a physician-scientist whose research focuses on prevention and treatment of HIV in pediatric populations including prevention of mother-to-child transmission and adolescent and young adult populations. Her current projects target the intersection of HIV treatment adherence and mental health. She is co-director of the Duke Center For AIDS Research Clinical Core, member of the Adolescent HIV Prevention and Treatment Implementation Science Alliance (called AHISA), co-developer of Sauti ya Vijana (SYV-The Voice of Youth), a peer-led, group based mental health intervention for YLWH in Tanzania, and co-chair of IMPAACT 2016, Evaluating a Group-Based Intervention to Improve Mental Health and ART Adherence Among Youth Living with HIV in Low Resource Settings.
Projects
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Ushiriki wa Vijana: Youth Engagement to End the HIV Epidemic in Tanzania
Tanzania
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Tanzanian Adolescent HIV Prevention and Treatment Implementation Science Alliance (T-AHISA)
Tanzania
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Sauti ya Vijana (SYV): A Mental Health Intervention to Improve HIV Outcomes Among Tanzanian Youth
Tanzania
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IMPAACT 2016: Evaluating a Group-Based Intervention to Improve Mental Health and ART Adherence Among Youth Living with HIV in Low Resource Settings
Botswana, Malawi, South Africa, Zimbabwe
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Understanding Barriers and Successes in Transition of Adolescent to Adult HIV Care in Tanzania
Tanzania
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Evaluating a Mental Health Intervention to Improve Mental Health and HIV outcomes among HIV-Positive Tanzanian Youth
Tanzania
Publications
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Agina C, Nasuwa F, Mosha J, Abdul N, Sanga E, Samson L, et al. Peer-led interventions: Exploring the peer group leader experience of delivering Sauti ya Vijana, a group-based mental health intervention for youth living with HIV in Tanzania. PLOS Ment Health. 2026;3(1):e0000512.Agina C, Nasuwa F, Mosha J, Abdul N, Sanga E, Samson L, et al. Peer-led interventions: Exploring the peer group leader experience of delivering Sauti ya Vijana, a group-based mental health intervention for youth living with HIV in Tanzania. In: Plos Mental Health. 2026.Chow D, Pronyk P, Mgimba R, Elimwaria W, Ndaki R, Ambokile A, et al. Integrating a mental health referral system within adolescent HIV clinics in Tanzania. AIDS. 2025 Nov 1;39(13):1920–5.Dow D, Rahim F, Nasuwa F, O’Donnell K, Baumgartner JN, Mmbaga B. Mental Health Care Gaps for Adolescents With HIV: Lessons From Tanzania and the United States. Pediatrics. 2025 Sep 1;156(Suppl 1).
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