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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Mkumba LS, Nasuwa F, Mmbaga BT, Shayo AM, Cunningham CK, O’Donnell KE, et al. Mental health challenges and perceptions of stigma among youth living with HIV in Tanzania. PLoS One. 2025;20(1):e0318035.Chow D, Matungwa DJ, Blackwood ER, Pronyk P, Dow D. A scoping review on peer-led interventions to improve youth mental health in low- and middle-income countries. Glob Ment Health (Camb). 2025;12:e1.Zimmerman A, Fawole A, Shahid M, Dow D, Ogbuoji O. Evidence Gaps in Economic Evaluations of HIV Interventions Targeting Young People: A Systematic Review. J Adolesc Health. 2024 Nov;75(5):709–24.Vorkoper S, Agot K, Dow DE, Mbizvo M, Mugo C, Sam-Agudu NA, et al. Building locally anchored implementation science capacity: the case of the adolescent HIV implementation science alliance-supported local iS alliances. Frontiers in Health Services. 2024 Jan 1;4.
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