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Ann C. Miller, PhD, MPH, Ph.D.

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Dr. Miller earned her MPH from Boston University and holds a PhD in epidemiology from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. As part of the Global Health Research Core, Dr. Miller is the lead epidemiologist and analyst for research projects in Madagascar, Malawi, Rwanda, Russian Federation, Guatemala and Peru. She is the co-founder and co-chair of the Global Health Delivery Partnership’s Working Group on Early Child Development. Dr. Miller co-developed a course with Dr. Molly Franke titled “Introduction to Epidemiology and Operational Research” and has taught the course to local clinicians and researchers in Rwanda and Haiti. She is the research advisor for the Doris and Howard Hiatt Residency in Global Health Equity, a lecturer in HMS GH 706: Mixed Methods for Global Health Research course, and has also been a tutorial group leader for AC 511: Clinical Epidemiology and Population Health.

Ann C. Miller, PhD, MPH is a principal associate in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Her research focuses on evaluation of tools and strategies for use in public health practice at the community level, and the translation of health and child development programs into resource-poor settings. Recent projects include:

  • a longitudinal study of population health and economic conditions in a district in Madagascar in the context of a health system strengthening intervention
  • exploration of factors associated with HIV risk behavior in a population of TB patients with alcohol use disorders in Russian Federation
  • community-based family coaching interventions to improve neurodevelopment in at-risk children in Peru
  • clinical and programmatic outcomes of a community-based antiretroviral therapy program for HIV positive patients in rural Rwanda
  • assessment of infection control programs for MDR-TB in hospitals in Karelia and Voronezh, Russian Federation
  • analysis of population-level stunting and child development data in 15 low and middle income countries
  • prevalence study and exploration of factors associated with non-traditional chronic kidney disease in Guatemala
  • a study of a novel pediatric development clinic for children with low birth weight, prematurity and other birth risks in rural Rwanda
  • field-based evaluation of ebola virus diagnostic tools in Sierra Leone
  • cohort studies of pediatric MDR-TB and evaluation of diagnostic tests for tuberculosis in pediatric patients in Peru

Prior work includes collaborative projects such as MDR-TB treatment outcomes in alcohol users in Russia, evaluation of a heart failure screening and treatment program in Rwanda and evaluation of a screening tool for severity of childhood illness in resource-poor settings.

In the past, Dr. Miller worked as an epidemiologist and assistant director of epidemiology and surveillance in the Massachusetts Department of Public Health's Division of Tuberculosis Prevention and Control, where she collaborated on research evaluating the utility of genotyping for public health practice; and at the Johns Hopkins Center for Tuberculosis Research, where she worked on collaborations with the Rio de Janeiro Health Department on community-randomized trials of tuberculosis control strategies

Baseline population health conditions ahead of a health system strengthening program in rural Madagascar.
Authors: Authors: Miller AC, Ramananjato RH, Garchitorena A, Rabeza VR, Gikic D, Cripps A, Cordier L, Rahaniraka Razanadrakato HT, Randriamanambintsoa M, Hall L, Murray M, Safara Razanavololo F, Rich ML, Bonds MH.
Glob Health Action
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A Clinical Mentorship and Quality Improvement Program to Support Health Center Nurses Manage Type 2 Diabetes in Rural Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Ndayisaba A, Harerimana E, Borg R, Miller AC, Kirk CM, Hann K, Hirschhorn LR, Manzi A, Ngoga G, Dusabeyezu S, Mutumbira C, Mpunga T, Ngamije P, Nkikabahizi F, Mubiligi J, Niyonsenga SP, Bavuma C, Park PH.
J Diabetes Res
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Strengthening Health Systems While Responding to a Health Crisis: Lessons Learned by a Nongovernmental Organization During the Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic in Sierra Leone.
Authors: Authors: Cancedda C, Davis SM, Dierberg KL, Lascher J, Kelly JD, Barrie MB, Koroma AP, George P, Kamara AA, Marsh R, Sumbuya MS, Nutt CT, Scott KW, Thomas E, Bollbach K, Sesay A, Barrie A, Barrera E, Barron K, Welch J, Bhadelia N, Frankfurter RG, Dahl OM, Das S, Rollins RE, Eustis B, Schwartz A, Pertile P, Pavlopoulos I, Mayfield A, Marsh RH, Dibba Y, Kloepper D, Hall A, Huster K, Grady M, Spray K, Walton DA, Daboh F, Nally C, James S, Warren GS, Chang J, Drasher M, Lamin G, Bangura S, Miller AC, Michaelis AP, McBain R, Broadhurst MJ, Murray M, Richardson ET, Philip T, Gottlieb GL, Mukherjee JS, Farmer PE.
J Infect Dis
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Baseline Predictors of Treatment Outcomes in Children With Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
Authors: Authors: Chiang SS, Starke JR, Miller AC, Cruz AT, Del Castillo H, Valdivia WJ, Tunque G, García F, Contreras C, Lecca L, Alarcón VA, Becerra MC.
Clin Infect Dis
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How consistent are associations between stunting and child development? Evidence from a meta-analysis of associations between stunting and multidimensional child development in fifteen low- and middle-income countries.
Authors: Authors: Miller AC, Murray MB, Thomson DR, Arbour MC.
Public Health Nutr
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Performance of the GeneXpert Ebola Assay for Diagnosis of Ebola Virus Disease in Sierra Leone: A Field Evaluation Study.
Authors: Authors: Semper AE, Broadhurst MJ, Richards J, Foster GM, Simpson AJ, Logue CH, Kelly JD, Miller A, Brooks TJ, Murray M, Pollock NR.
PLoS Med
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Understanding HIV Risk Behavior among Tuberculosis Patients with Alcohol Use Disorders in Tomsk, Russian Federation.
Authors: Authors: Miller AC, Nelson AK, Livchits V, Greenfield SF, Yanova G, Yanov S, Connery HS, Atwood S, Lastimoso CS, Shin SS.
PLoS One
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Field Laboratory Evaluation of the GeneXpert Ebola Assay for Diagnosis of Ebola Virus Disease in Sierra Leone.
Authors: Authors: Semper A, Broadhurst MJ, Richards J, Foster GM, Simpson A, Groppelli E, Johnson J, Kelly JD, Brooks T, Logue CH, Miller A, Murray M, Pollock NR.
Open Forum Infect Dis
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Modeling the burden of poultry disease on the rural poor in Madagascar.
Authors: Authors: Rist CL, Ngonghala CN, Garchitorena A, Brook CE, Ramananjato R, Miller AC, Randrianarivelojosia M, Wright PC, Gillespie TR, Bonds MH.
One Health
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ReEBOV Antigen Rapid Test kit for point-of-care and laboratory-based testing for Ebola virus disease: a field validation study.
Authors: Authors: Broadhurst MJ, Kelly JD, Miller A, Semper A, Bailey D, Groppelli E, Simpson A, Brooks T, Hula S, Nyoni W, Sankoh AB, Kanu S, Jalloh A, Ton Q, Sarchet N, George P, Perkins MD, Wonderly B, Murray M, Pollock NR.
Lancet
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