Louise Ivers

Louise Catherine Ivers, MB, BCh, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Medicine; Associate Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine

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(617) 432-6942

livers@pih.org

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Research

Dr. Ivers implements health programs, and is interested in improving the delivery of healthcare in resource poor settings, the provision of care to the rural and urban poor, as well as patient-oriented investigation that offers solutions to barriers to healthcare. She served as clinical director and then chief of mission of PIH Haiti from 2003 until 2012 and led responses to the major earthquake in 2010 and the ongoing cholera epidemic. In addition to direct clinical service, Dr. Ivers has contributed to published research articles on HIV/AIDS, food insecurity and cholera treatment and prevention. Current research projects include investigating the impact of targeted food assistance on people with HIV infection in rural Haiti and evaluating comprehensive responses to cholera. Dr. Ivers has served as a Technical Advisor to the WHO and also mentors Haitian and American physicians in global health implementation and research.

Biography

Dr. Louise Ivers is senior health and policy advisor for Partners In Health (PIH), an international non-profit organization that provides direct health care and social services to poor communities around the world, supported by research and advocacy. She is an associate professor of global health and social medicine and associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and an associate physician in the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH). She completed her residency in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and a fellowship in infectious diseases at the combined MGH/BWH program. Dr. Ivers also received a diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and a master of public health from the Harvard School of Public Health.

Publications

Food Insecurity, Dietary Diversity, and Body Mass Index of HIV-Infected Individuals on Antiretroviral Therapy in Rural Haiti.

Molly Forrest Franke, SD, Louise Catherine Ivers, MB, BCh, MD, MPH

AIDS and behavior, May 1, 2016

Rebick GW, Franke MF, Teng JE, Gregory Jerome J, Ivers LC

Link to abstract on PubMed

Acceptability and use of ready-to-use supplementary food compared to corn-soy blend as a targeted ration in an HIV program in rural Haiti: a qualitative study.

Louise Catherine Ivers, MB, BCh, MD, MPH

AIDS research and therapy, February 17, 2016

Beckett AG, Humphries D, Jerome JG, Teng JE, Ulysse P, Ivers LC

Link to abstract on PubMed

Safe water, sanitation, hygiene, and a cholera vaccine.

Louise Catherine Ivers, MB, BCh, MD, MPH

Lancet (London, England), January 2, 2016

Azman AS, Ivers LC, Legros D, Luquero FJ, Mintz ED

Link to abstract on PubMed

Effectiveness of reactive oral cholera vaccination in rural Haiti: a case-control study and bias-indicator analysis.

Louise Catherine Ivers, MB, BCh, MD, MPH, Megan Blanche Murray, DPH, MD, Molly Forrest Franke, SD

The Lancet. Global health, March 1, 2015

Ivers LC, Hilaire IJ, Teng JE, Almazor CP, Jerome JG, Ternier R, Boncy J, Buteau J, Murray MB, Harris JB, Franke MF

Link to abstract on PubMed

Immunogenicity of the Bivalent Oral Cholera Vaccine Shanchol in Haitian Adults With HIV Infection.

Louise Catherine Ivers, MB, BCh, MD, MPH, Molly Forrest Franke, SD

The Journal of infectious diseases, February 26, 2015

Ivers LC, Charles RC, Hilaire IJ, Mayo-Smith LM, Teng JE, Jerome JG, Rychert J, LaRocque RC, Xu P, Kovác? P, Ryan ET, Qadri F, Almazor CP, Franke MF, Harris JB

Link to abstract on PubMed

Evaluation of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry for identification of Vibrio cholerae.

Louise Catherine Ivers, MB, BCh, MD, MPH

Journal of clinical microbiology, November 12, 2014

Rychert J, Creely D, Mayo-Smith LM, Calderwood SB, Ivers LC, Ryan ET, Boncy J, Qadri F, Ahmed D, Ferraro MJ, Harris JB

Link to abstract on PubMed

Evolutionary consequences of intra-patient phage predation on microbial populations.

Louise Catherine Ivers, MB, BCh, MD, MPH

eLife, August 26, 2014

Seed KD, Yen M, Shapiro BJ, Hilaire IJ, Charles RC, Teng JE, Ivers LC, Boncy J, Harris JB, Camilli A

Link to abstract on PubMed

Using Mobile Health (mHealth) and geospatial mapping technology in a mass campaign for reactive oral cholera vaccination in rural Haiti.

Louise Catherine Ivers, MB, BCh, MD, MPH

PLoS neglected tropical diseases, July 31, 2014

Teng JE, Thomson DR, Lascher JS, Raymond M, Ivers LC

Link to abstract on PubMed

Immunogenicity of a killed bivalent (O1 and O139) whole cell oral cholera vaccine, Shanchol, in Haiti.

Molly Forrest Franke, SD, Louise Catherine Ivers, MB, BCh, MD, MPH

PLoS neglected tropical diseases, May 1, 2014

Charles RC, Hilaire IJ, Mayo-Smith LM, Teng JE, Jerome JG, Franke MF, Saha A, Yu Y, Kovác P, Calderwood SB, Ryan ET, LaRocque RC, Almazor CP, Qadri F, Ivers LC, Harris JB

Link to abstract on PubMed

A randomized trial of ready-to-use supplementary food versus corn-soy blend plus as food rations for HIV-infected adults on antiretroviral therapy in rural Haiti.

Louise Catherine Ivers, MB, BCh, MD, MPH, Matthew Bonds, Molly Forrest Franke, SD

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, February 17, 2014

Ivers LC, Teng JE, Jerome JG, Bonds M, Freedberg KA, Franke MF

Link to abstract on PubMed

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Food Insecurity, Dietary Diversity, and Body Mass Index of HIV-Infected Individuals on Antiretroviral Therapy in Rural Haiti.

Acceptability and use of ready-to-use supplementary food compared to corn-soy blend as a targeted ration in an HIV program in rural Haiti: a qualitative study.

Safe water, sanitation, hygiene, and a cholera vaccine.

Effectiveness of reactive oral cholera vaccination in rural Haiti: a case-control study and bias-indicator analysis.

Immunogenicity of the Bivalent Oral Cholera Vaccine Shanchol in Haitian Adults With HIV Infection.

Evaluation of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry for identification of Vibrio cholerae.

Evolutionary consequences of intra-patient phage predation on microbial populations.

Using Mobile Health (mHealth) and geospatial mapping technology in a mass campaign for reactive oral cholera vaccination in rural Haiti.

Immunogenicity of a killed bivalent (O1 and O139) whole cell oral cholera vaccine, Shanchol, in Haiti.

A randomized trial of ready-to-use supplementary food versus corn-soy blend plus as food rations for HIV-infected adults on antiretroviral therapy in rural Haiti.