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Mary C. Smith-Fawzi, ScD

Lecturer on Global Health and Social Medicine

Mary C. Smith Fawzi, ScD, is a lecturer at Harvard Medical School in the Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine. Dr. Smith Fawzi is an epidemiologist trained at the Harvard School of Public Health with direct experience running NIH-funded research and training projects. She has international experience in study design and/or implementation in Tanzania, Iraq, Thailand, Peru, Haiti, and Kazakhstan. She has trained healthcare professionals in study design, statistical analysis, and proposal development at technical workshops funded by the Tropical Disease Research branch of the World Health Organization.

She has served as the primary instructor for a course titled “Epidemiologic and biostatistical Methods for Global Health” offered at Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School as part of the Global Health Delivery Intensive program. She also co-teaches courses in quantitative methods and mixed methods research through the MMSc-GHD program at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Fawzi has served as the co-PI of a Fogarty International Center-funded training grant in rural Haiti entitled “Scale-up of Community-based HIV Prevention and Care,” a research training program linked with the expansion of HIV services through support from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. She has also served as the co-PI of an NIH-funded research study entitled “Psychosocial intervention in HIV-affected children in Haiti” and has co-authored a number of program and policy-related manuscripts for the Joint Learning Initiative on Children and HIV/AIDS.

High burden of mental illness and low utilization of care among school-going youth in Central Haiti: A window into the youth mental health treatment gap in a low-income country.
Authors: Authors: Eustache E, Gerbasi ME, Smith Fawzi MC, Fils-Aimé JR, Severe J, Raviola GJ, Legha R, Darghouth S, Grelotti DJ, Thérosmé T, Pierre EL, Affricot E, Alcindor Y, Becker AE.
Int J Soc Psychiatry
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Maternal depressive symptoms and early childhood cognitive development: a meta-analysis.
Authors: Authors: Liu Y, Kaaya S, Chai J, McCoy DC, Surkan PJ, Black MM, Sutter-Dallay AL, Verdoux H, Smith-Fawzi MC.
Psychol Med
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Depression at antiretroviral therapy initiation and clinical outcomes among a cohort of Tanzanian women living with HIV.
Authors: Authors: Sudfeld CR, Kaaya S, Gunaratna NS, Mugusi F, Fawzi WW, Aboud S, Smith Fawzi MC.
AIDS
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Mental health training for secondary school teachers in Haiti: a mixed methods, prospective, formative research study of feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness in knowledge acquisition.
Authors: Authors: Eustache E, Gerbasi ME, Smith Fawzi MC, Fils-Aimé JR, Severe J, Raviola GJ, Legha R, Darghouth S, Grelotti DJ, Thérosmé T, Pierre EL, Affricot E, Alcindor Y, Stack MB, Becker AE.
Glob Ment Health (Camb)
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Risk Factors for Childhood Stunting in 137 Developing Countries: A Comparative Risk Assessment Analysis at Global, Regional, and Country Levels.
Authors: Authors: Danaei G, Andrews KG, Sudfeld CR, Fink G, McCoy DC, Peet E, Sania A, Smith Fawzi MC, Ezzati M, Fawzi WW.
PLoS Med
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Mental Health and Antiretroviral Adherence Among Youth Living With HIV in Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Smith Fawzi MC, Ng L, Kanyanganzi F, Kirk C, Bizimana J, Cyamatare F, Mushashi C, Kim T, Kayiteshonga Y, Binagwaho A, Betancourt TS.
Pediatrics
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Association of maternal depression and infant nutritional status among women living with HIV in Tanzania.
Authors: Authors: Kaaya S, Garcia ME, Li N, Lienert J, Twayigize W, Spiegelman D, Smith Fawzi MC.
Matern Child Nutr
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Schooling and wage income losses due to early-childhood growth faltering in developing countries: national, regional, and global estimates.
Authors: Authors: Fink G, Peet E, Danaei G, Andrews K, McCoy DC, Sudfeld CR, Smith Fawzi MC, Ezzati M, Fawzi WW.
Am J Clin Nutr
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Association between intimate partner violence and poor child growth: results from 42 demographic and health surveys.
Authors: Authors: Chai J, Fink G, Kaaya S, Danaei G, Fawzi W, Ezzati M, Lienert J, Smith Fawzi MC.
Bull World Health Organ
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Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms Predict Sustained Quality of Life Deficits in HIV-Positive Ugandan Adults Despite Antiretroviral Therapy: A Prospective Cohort Study.
Authors: Authors: Ezeamama AE, Woolfork MN, Guwatudde D, Bagenda D, Manabe YC, Fawzi WW, Smith Fawzi MC.
Medicine (Baltimore)
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