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Ann C. Miller, PhD, MPH

Principal Associate in Global Health and Social Medicine
617-432-7297

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

Socio-demographic, not environmental, risk factors explain fine-scale spatial patterns of diarrhoeal disease in Ifanadiana, rural Madagascar.
Authors: Authors: Evans MV, Bonds MH, Cordier LF, Drake JM, Ihantamalala F, Haruna J, Miller AC, Murdock CC, Randriamanambtsoa M, Raza-Fanomezanjanahary EM, Razafinjato BR, Garchitorena AC.
Proc Biol Sci
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Population Estimates of GFR and Risk Factors for CKD in Guatemala.
Authors: Authors: Miller AC, Tuiz E, Shaw L, Flood D, Garcia P, Dhaenens E, Thomson DR, Barnoya J, Montano CM, Rohloff P.
Kidney Int Rep
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Estimating the local spatio-temporal distribution of malaria from routine health information systems in areas of low health care access and reporting.
Authors: Authors: Hyde E, Bonds MH, Ihantamalala FA, Miller AC, Cordier LF, Razafinjato B, Andriambolamanana H, Randriamanambintsoa M, Barry M, Andrianirinarison JC, Andriamananjara MN, Garchitorena A.
Int J Health Geogr
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Community-Based Interventions to Reduce Child Stunting in Rural Guatemala: A Quality Improvement Model.
Authors: Authors: Juarez M, Dionicio C, Sacuj N, Lopez W, Miller AC, Rohloff P.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
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Hybrid type 1 effectiveness/implementation trial of the international Guide for Monitoring Child Development: protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial.
Authors: Authors: Raut A, Mustafayev R, Srinivasan R, Chary A, Ertem I, Grazioso MDP, Gupta S, Krishnamurthy V, Lu C, Maliye C, Miller AC, Wagenaar BH, Rohloff P.
BMJ Paediatr Open
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Integrating Health Systems and Science to Respond to COVID-19 in a Model District of Rural Madagascar.
Authors: Authors: Rakotonanahary RJL, Andriambolamanana H, Razafinjato B, Raza-Fanomezanjanahary EM, Ramanandraitsiory V, Ralaivavikoa F, Tsirinomen'ny Aina A, Rahajatiana L, Rakotonirina L, Haruna J, Cordier LF, Murray MB, Cowley G, Jordan D, Krasnow MA, Wright PC, Gillespie TR, Docherty M, Loyd T, Evans MV, Drake JM, Ngonghala CN, Rich ML, Popper SJ, Miller AC, Ihantamalala FA, Randrianambinina A, Ramiandrisoa B, Rakotozafy E, Rasolofomanana A, Rakotozafy G, Andriamahatana Vololoniaina MC, Andriamihaja B, Garchitorena A, Rakotonirina J, Mayfield A, Finnegan KE, Bonds MH.
Front Public Health
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Feasibility of satellite image and GIS sampling for population representative surveys: a case study from rural Guatemala.
Authors: Authors: Miller AC, Rohloff P, Blake A, Dhaenens E, Shaw L, Tuiz E, Grandesso F, Mendoza Montano C, Thomson DR.
Int J Health Geogr
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District-level health system strengthening for universal health coverage: evidence from a longitudinal cohort study in rural Madagascar, 2014-2018.
Authors: Authors: Garchitorena A, Miller AC, Cordier LF, Randriamanambintsoa M, Razanadrakato HR, Randriamihaja M, Razafinjato B, Finnegan KE, Haruna J, Rakotonirina L, Rakotozafy G, Raharimamonjy L, Atwood S, Murray MB, Rich M, Loyd T, Solofomalala GD, Bonds MH.
BMJ Glob Health
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Assessing factors associated with poor maternal mental health among mothers of children born small and sick at 24-47?months in rural Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Abimana MC, Karangwa E, Hakizimana I, Kirk CM, Beck K, Miller AC, Havugarurema S, Bahizi S, Uwamahoro A, Wilson K, Nemerimana M, Nshimyiryo A.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth
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High Burden of Undernutrition among At-Risk Children in Neonatal Follow-Up Clinic in Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Mutsindashyaka T, Nshimyiryo A, Beck K, Kirk CM, Wilson K, Mutaganzwa C, Bradford JD, Havugarurema S, Bihibindi V, Ngamije PK, Mubiligi JM, Miller AC.
Ann Glob Health
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