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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.

Correction: Ethics in Community-Based Research with Vulnerable Children: Perspectives from Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Betancourt TS, Smith Fawzi MC, Stevenson A, Kanyanganzi F, Kirk C, Ng L, Mushashi C, Bizimana J, Beardslee W, Raviola G, Smith S, Kayiteshonga Y, Binagwaho A.
PLoS One
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Ethics in Community-Based Research with Vulnerable Children: Perspectives from Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Betancourt T, Smith Fawzi MC, Stevenson A, Kanyanganzi F, Kirk C, Ng L, Mushashi C, Bizimana JI, Beardslee W, Raviola G, Smith S, Kayiteshonga Y, Binagwaho A.
PLoS One
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Risk and protective factors for internalizing and externalizing outcomes among HIV-affected youth in Haiti.
Authors: Authors: Li M, Betancourt T, Eustache E, Oswald C, Louis E, Mukherjee J, Surkan PJ, Smith Fawzi MC.
AIDS Care
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Rwanda 20 years on: investing in life.
Authors: Authors: Binagwaho A, Farmer PE, Nsanzimana S, Karema C, Gasana M, de Dieu Ngirabega J, Ngabo F, Wagner CM, Nutt CT, Nyatanyi T, Gatera M, Kayiteshonga Y, Mugeni C, Mugwaneza P, Shema J, Uwaliraye P, Gaju E, Muhimpundu MA, Dushime T, Senyana F, Mazarati JB, Gaju CM, Tuyisenge L, Mutabazi V, Kyamanywa P, Rusanganwa V, Nyemazi JP, Umutoni A, Kankindi I, Ntizimira C, Ruton H, Mugume N, Nkunda D, Ndenga E, Mubiligi JM, Kakoma JB, Karita E, Sekabaraga C, Rusingiza E, Rich ML, Mukherjee JS, Rhatigan J, Cancedda C, Bertrand-Farmer D, Bukhman G, Stulac SN, Tapela NM, van der Hoof Holstein C, Shulman LN, Habinshuti A, Bonds MH, Wilkes MS, Lu C, Smith-Fawzi MC, Swain JD, Murphy MP, Ricks A, Kerry VB, Bush BP, Siegler RW, Stern CS, Sliney A, Nuthulaganti T, Karangwa I, Pegurri E, Dahl O, Drobac PC.
Lancet
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Randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of an interactive group counseling intervention for HIV-positive women on prenatal depression and disclosure of HIV status.
Authors: Authors: Kaaya SF, Blander J, Antelman G, Cyprian F, Emmons KM, Matsumoto K, Chopyak E, Levine M, Smith Fawzi MC.
AIDS Care
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Caregiver and adolescent mental health in Ethiopian Kunama refugees participating in an emergency education program.
Authors: Authors: Betancourt TS, Yudron M, Wheaton W, Smith-Fawzi MC.
J Adolesc Health
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Quality of life of people with HIV/AIDS receiving antiretroviral therapy in Cuba: a cross-sectional study of the national population.
Authors: Authors: Aragonés-López C, Pérez-Ávila J, Smith Fawzi MC, Castro A.
Am J Public Health
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Psychosocial support intervention for HIV-affected families in Haiti: implications for programs and policies for orphans and vulnerable children.
Authors: Authors: Smith Fawzi MC, Eustache E, Oswald C, Louis E, Surkan PJ, Scanlan F, Hook S, Mancuso A, Mukherjee JS.
Soc Sci Med
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Underdiagnosis of malnutrition in infants and young children in Rwanda: implications for attainment of the Millennium Development Goal to end poverty and hunger.
Authors: Authors: Binagwaho A, Agbonyitor M, Rukundo A, Ratnayake N, Ngabo F, Kayumba J, Dowdle B, Chopyak E, Smith Fawzi MC.
Int J Equity Health
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The right to water in rural Punjab: assessing equitable access to water in the context of the ongoing Punjab Rural Water Supply Proejct.
Authors: Authors: Samra S, Crowley J, Smith Fawzi MC.
Health Hum Rights
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