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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Chow DWS, Goi A, Salm MF, Kupewa J, Mollel G, Mninda Y, et al. Through the looking glass: empowering youth community advisory boards in Tanzania as a sustainable youth engagement model to inform policy and practice. Front Public Health. 2024;12:1348242.Dow D, Mmbaga B. Who Will Suffer Most if US AIDS Funding Ends. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2023 Nov 30;12(11):572–3.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.Lowenthal ED, DeLong SM, Zanoni B, Njuguna I, Beima-Sofie K, Dow D, et al. Impact of COVID-19 on Adolescent HIV Prevention and Treatment Research in the AHISA Network. AIDS Behav. 2023 May;27(Suppl 1):73–83.
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