Molly Franke

Molly Forrest Franke, SD

Assistant Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine

Phone:

(617) 432-5224

molly_franke@hms.harvard.edu

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Research

Dr. Franke’s research focuses on risk factors for adverse outcomes among individuals with HIV and/or tuberculosis and the identification of effective care delivery strategies for these patient populations. In 2011, she received the Parker B. Francis Fellowship to study modifiable risk factors for tuberculosis in children. Specifically, she is examining the role of dietary factors on disease risk among Peruvian children.

Research Interests

Application of causal inference methods to observational HIV and tuberculosis data
Modifiable risk factors for adverse HIV and tuberculosis outcomes
Pediatric tuberculosis and HIV infection

Current Projects

Dietary Risk Factors for Tuberculosis Disease
Evaluation of Two Models of Antiretroviral Therapy Delivery for HIV-Infected Adults in Rwanda
Aggressive Regimens for the Treatment of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis
Immune Responses and Susceptibility to Vibrio cholerae infection in Haiti

Biography

Dr. Franke earned a B.A. degree in sociology and Spanish at Colby College in 2001. She then went to work as a research analyst for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Epidemiology & Immunization Surveillance Program and as a research assistant with Partners In Health in Lima, Peru. In 2004, she initiated studies in the Sc.D. degree program in epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. After completing her degree in 2010 she joined the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine. In addition to pursuing independent research, Dr. Franke is a member of the Global Health Research Core. In this role, she serves as lead epidemiologist and analyst for multiple research projects of the Global Health Delivery Partnership.

Publications

Impact of Vitamin A and Carotenoids on the Risk of Tuberculosis Progression.

Molly Forrest Franke, SD, Jerome T. Galea, Ph.D., Leonid Lecca, M.D., Megan Blanche Murray, DPH, MD

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, September 15, 2017

Aibana O, Franke MF, Huang CC, Galea JT, Calderon R, Zhang Z, Becerra MC, Smith ER, Ronnenberg AG, Contreras C, Yataco R, Lecca L, Murray MB

Link to abstract on PubMed

Comparison of two control groups for estimation of oral cholera vaccine effectiveness using a case-control study design.

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

Vaccine, September 12, 2017

Franke MF, Jerome JG, Matias WR, Ternier R, Hilaire IJ, Harris JB, Ivers LC

Link to abstract on PubMed

Household and Individual Risk Factors for Cholera among Cholera Vaccine Recipients in Rural Haiti.

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

The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, July 19, 2017

Matias WR, Teng JE, Hilaire IJ, Harris JB, Franke MF, Ivers LC

Link to abstract on PubMed

Evaluating process and clinical outcomes of a primary care mental health integration project in rural Rwanda: a prospective mixed-methods protocol.

Molly Forrest Franke, SD, Giuseppe James Raviola, MD

BMJ open, February 28, 2017

Smith SL, Misago CN, Osrow RA, Franke MF, Iyamuremye JD, Dusabeyezu JD, Mohand AA, Anatole M, Kayiteshonga Y, Raviola GJ

Link to abstract on PubMed

Validity and Utility of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)-2 and PHQ-9 for Screening and Diagnosis of Depression in Rural Chiapas, Mexico: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Giuseppe James Raviola, MD, Joia Stapleton Mukherjee, M.D., Daniel Palazuelos, M.D., Molly Forrest Franke, SD

Journal of clinical psychology, February 13, 2017

Arrieta J, Aguerrebere M, Raviola G, Flores H, Elliott P, Espinosa A, Reyes A, Ortiz-Panozo E, Rodriguez-Gutierrez EG, Mukherjee J, Palazuelos D, Franke MF

Link to abstract on PubMed

Community-Based Accompaniment with Supervised Antiretrovirals for HIV-Positive Adults in Peru: A Cluster-Randomized Trial.

Molly Forrest Franke, SD, Leonid Lecca, M.D.

AIDS and behavior, January 10, 2017

McLaughlin MM, Franke MF, Muñoz M, Nelson AK, Saldaña O, Cruz JS, Wong M, Zhang Z, Lecca L, Ticona E, Arevalo J, Sanchez E, Sebastián JL, Shin S

Link to abstract on PubMed

Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment in North Korea: Is Scale-Up Possible?

Molly Forrest Franke, SD

PLoS medicine, August 2, 2016

Seung KJ, Franke M, Linton SW

Link to abstract on PubMed

Discordant Treatment Responses to Combination Antiretroviral Therapy in Rwanda: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Molly Forrest Franke, SD

PloS one, July 20, 2016

Kayigamba FR, Franke MF, Bakker MI, Rodriguez CA, Bagiruwigize E, Wit FW, Rich ML, Schim van der Loeff MF

Link to abstract on PubMed

Antibody Secreting Cell Responses following Vaccination with Bivalent Oral Cholera Vaccine among Haitian Adults.

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

PLoS neglected tropical diseases, June 16, 2016

Matias WR, Falkard B, Charles RC, Mayo-Smith LM, Teng JE, Xu P, Kovác P, Ryan ET, Qadri F, Franke MF, Ivers LC, Harris JB

Link to abstract on PubMed

Aggressive Regimens Reduce Risk of Recurrence After Successful Treatment of MDR-TB.

Molly Forrest Franke, SD, Sonya Sunhi Shin, MD, Mercedes Corina Becerra, Sc.D., Salmaan A. Keshavjee, MD, PhD

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, May 8, 2016

Ahmad Khan F, Gelmanova IY, Franke MF, Atwood S, Zemlyanaya NA, Unakova IA, Andreev YG, Berezina VI, Pavlova VE, Shin SS, Yedilbayev AB, Becerra MC, Keshavjee S

Link to abstract on PubMed

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Impact of Vitamin A and Carotenoids on the Risk of Tuberculosis Progression.

Comparison of two control groups for estimation of oral cholera vaccine effectiveness using a case-control study design.

Household and Individual Risk Factors for Cholera among Cholera Vaccine Recipients in Rural Haiti.

Evaluating process and clinical outcomes of a primary care mental health integration project in rural Rwanda: a prospective mixed-methods protocol.

Validity and Utility of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)-2 and PHQ-9 for Screening and Diagnosis of Depression in Rural Chiapas, Mexico: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Community-Based Accompaniment with Supervised Antiretrovirals for HIV-Positive Adults in Peru: A Cluster-Randomized Trial.

Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment in North Korea: Is Scale-Up Possible?

Discordant Treatment Responses to Combination Antiretroviral Therapy in Rwanda: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Antibody Secreting Cell Responses following Vaccination with Bivalent Oral Cholera Vaccine among Haitian Adults.

Aggressive Regimens Reduce Risk of Recurrence After Successful Treatment of MDR-TB.