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Articles and Publications

Publications 2021

Amid devastating climate report and heat waves coming our way, we need courage | Opinion
Gaurab Basu
The Philadelphia Inquirer. 2021-08-10
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Africa shouldn't be forced to go it alone when it comes to Covid vaccines
Paul Farmer, Ishaan Desai, and Agnes Binagwaho
The Guardian. 2021-07-06
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Beyond a symbolic gesture: What's needed to turn the IP waiver into Covid-19 vaccines

Parsa Erfani, Lawrence O. Gostin, Vanessa Kerry
STAT. 2021-05-19
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What I Saw As A Boy In India Shaped My View Of Global Health
Gaurab Basu
WBUR Commentary. 2021-05-11
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Re-imagining the asylum system: Recommendations from asylum medicine experts
Eleanor Emery, Katherine Peeler, Altaf Saadi
Health Affairs. 2021-05-12
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The need for protecting and enhancing TB health policies and services for forcibly displaced and migrant populations during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Michael Knipper, Ana Cristina Sedas, Salmaan Keshavjee, Aula Abbara, Naser Almhawish, Hani Ashawe, Leonid Lecca, Michael Wilson, Almuddin Zumla, Ibrahim Abubakar, Mirian Orcutt
Int J Infect Dis. 2021-03-25
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Equity Metrics Should Be An Essential Component Of Hospital Rankings.
Katherine Peeler, Crandall E. Peller, Joseph R. Betancourt, Jose F. Figueroa, Thea L. James, Valerie L. Ward, Grace J. Chan
Health Affairs. 2021-03-19
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Mass Casualty Incident Management for Resource-Limited Settings: Lessons From Central Haiti
Rouhani, Shada A; Rimpel, Linda; Plantin, Jean Jimmy; Calahan, Christopher H; Julmisse, Marc; Edmaond, Marie Cassandre; Checkett, Keegan A; Marsh, Regan H
Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2021-03-11
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For a faster end to COVID, waive intellectual property rights for its vaccines.
Vanessa Kerry and Parsa Erfani (opinion contributors)
The Hill. 2021-03-19
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Misrepresenting Race — The Role of Medical Schools in Propagating Physician Bias.
Amutha, Christina; Greenidge, Kaliya; Mante, Adjoa; Munyikwa, Michelle; Surya, Snajna; Higginbotham, Eve; Jones, David S; lavizzo-Mourey, Risa; Roberts, Dorothy; Tsai, Jennifer; Aysola, Jaya
NE Journal Med. 2021
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Scaling Up Maternal Mental healthcare by Increasing access to Treatment (SUMMIT) through non-specialist providers and telemedicine: a study protocol for a non-inferiority randomized controlled trial.
Singla, DR; Meltzer-Brody, SE; Silver, RK; Vigod, SN; Kim, JJ; La Porte, LM; Ravitz, P; Schiller, CE; Schoueri-Mychasiw, N; Hollon, SD; Kiss A; Clark D; Dalfen, AK; Dimidjian, S; Gaynes, BN; Katz, SR; Lawson, A; Leszcz, M;  Maunder, RG; Mulsant, BH; Murphy, KE; Naslund, JA; Reyes-Rodriguez, ML; Stuebe, AM; Dennis, C-L; Patel, V
Trials. 2021
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Announcing the Lancet Commission on Medicine and the Holocaust: Historical Evidence, Implications for Today, Teaching for Tomorrow.
Roelcke, Volker; Hildebrandt, Sabine; Reis, Shmuel
Lancet. 2021
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Vaccination plus Decarceration - Stopping Covid-19 in Jails and Prisons.
Barsky, Benjamin A; Reinhart, Eric; Farmer, Paul; Keshavjee, Salmaan
N Engl J Med. 2021
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Time-Driven, Activity-Based Costing of Presurgical Infant Orthopedics: A Critical Component of Establishing Value of Latham Appliance and Nasoalveolar Molding.
Ganske, Ingrid M; Sancez, Karl; Le, Elliot; Langa, Olivia C; Sharif-Askary, Banafsheh; Ross, Elizabeth; Santiago, Pedro; Meara, John G; Padwa, Bonnie L; Allori, Alexander C.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2021
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Tuberculosis preventive therapy for children and adolescents: an emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mohr-Holland, Erika; Douglas-Jones, Bianca; Apolisi, Ivy; Ngambu, Noluvo; Mathee, Shaheed; Cariem, Rabia; Mudaly, Vanessa; Pfaff, Colin; Isaakidis, Petros; Furin, Jennifer; Reuter, Anja
Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2021
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Building "Bridges" to Equity.
Miller, Ann; Bonds, Matthew
Am J Public Health. 2021
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Pandemics and Public Health History.
Brandt, Allan
Am J Public Health. 2021
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Initiation of hepatitis C treatment in two rural Rwandan districts: a mobile clinic approach.
Kamali, Innocent; Barnhart, Dale A; Nyirahabihirwe, Françoise; de la Paix Gakuru, Jean; Uwase, Mariam; Nizeyumuremyi, Esdra; Walker, Stephen; Mazimpaka, Christian; de Dieu Gatete, Jean; Damascene Makuza, Jean; Serumondo, Janvier; Kateera, Fredrick; d'Amour Ndahimana, Jean
BMC Infect Dis. 2021
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Access to Essential Surgical Care in Chiapas, Mexico: A System-Wide Geospatial Analysis.
Fowler, Zachary; Moeller, Ellie; Roa, Lina; Koch, Rachel; Caddell, Luke; Riviello, Robert; Meara, John G; Uribe-Leitz, Tarsicio
World J Surg. 2021
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Closing delivery gaps in the treatment of tuberculosis infection: Lessons from implementation research in Peru.
Yuen, Courtney; Galea, Jerome; Brooks, Meredith; Becerra; Lecca, Leonid; Mercedes; Keshavjee, Salmaan
PLos One. 2021
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Depression and Viral Suppression Among Adults Living with HIV in Tanzania.
Smith Fawzi, Mary Kay
AIDS Behav. 2021
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A Call for Global Vaccine Justice.
Richardson, Eugene
Aljazeera Option. 2021
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Examining Parity among Black and Hispanic Resident Physicians.
Marsh, Regan
J Gen Intern Med. 2021
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Publications 2020

From the Editor's Desk: Medicine Past and Present
Scott Podolsky
J Gen Intern Med. 2020
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How Biden can use 'Covid diplomacy' to rein in North Korea's nuclear program
Kee Park
CNN. 2020
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Poverty, depression, and anxiety: Causal evidence and mechanisms
Vikram Patel
Science. 2020
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Reimagining India's health system: a Lancet Citizens' Commission
Vikram Patel
The Lancet. 2020
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Data for action on early childhood development
Chunling Lu
The Lancet. 2020
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Trustworthiness before Trust — Covid-19 Vaccine Trials and the Black Community
Robert Truong
N Engl J Med. 2020
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Achieving coordinated national immunity and cholera elimination in Haiti through vaccination: a modelling study
Louise Ivers
The Lancet, Global Health. 2020
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Burden of non-communicable diseases from infectious causes in 2017: a modelling study
Gupta, Neal; Wroe, Emily; Kwan, Gene, Park, Paul, Bukhman, Gene
The Lancet, Global Health. 2020
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Brain Death-Moving Beyond Consistency in the Diagnostic Criteria
Robert Truong
JAMA. 2020
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Distinct thalamocortical network dynamics are associated with the pathophysiology of chronic low back pain
Ted Kaptchuk
Nature Communications. 2020
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District-level health system strengthening for universal health coverage: evidence from a longitudinal cohort study in rural Madagascar, 2014-2018
Miller, Ann; Finnegan, Karen; Murray, Megan; Bonds, Matthew
BMJ Global Health. 2020
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‘Starting to tick up’: Cape Cod officials fear coronavirus clusters as summer continues
Vanessa Kerry
WHDH. 2020
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As temperatures rise with coronavirus cases, experts eye impact of air conditioning
Ed Nardell
ABC News. 2020
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The Psychological Toll of Health Care Rationing Should Not Be Underestimated
Sadath Sayeed
Newsweek Opinion. 2020
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