Dorothy Dow
Associate Professor in Pediatrics: Infectious Diseases
Associate Professor of Research in Global Health
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Dorothy Dow
Associate Professor in Pediatrics: Infectious Diseases
Associate Professor of Research in 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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Dow D, Mmbaga B. Who Will Suffer Most if U.S. AIDS Funding Ends. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2023 Oct 7;Hosaka KRJ, Mandewo D, Mmbaga BT, Ngowi H, Dow DE, Stewart KA, et al. "I am not alone with tears": embodying stigma and longing among youth living with perinatally acquired HIV in Tanzania through a collaborative arts-based approach. Med Humanit. 2023 Sep;49(3):396–406.Subramanian S, Namusoke-Magongo E, Edwards P, Atujuna M, Chimulwa T, Dow D, et al. Integrated Health Care Delivery for Adolescents Living with and at Risk of HIV Infection: A Review of Models and Actions for Implementation. AIDS Behav. 2023 May;27(Suppl 1):50–63.Nelson LE, Ogunbajo A, Abu-Ba’are GR, Conserve DF, Wilton L, Ndenkeh JJ, et al. Using the Implementation Research Logic Model as a Lens to View Experiences of Implementing HIV Prevention and Care Interventions with Adolescent Sexual Minority Men-A Global Perspective. AIDS Behav. 2023 May;27(Suppl 1):128–43.
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