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Mary C. Smith-Fawzi, C. Smith Fawzi, Sc.D.

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.

Limitations in knowledge of HIV transmission among HIV-positive patients accessing case management services in a resource-poor setting.
Authors: Authors: Smith Fawzi MC, Jagannathan P, Cabral J, Banares R, Salazar J, Farmer P, Behforouz H.
AIDS Care
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Identification of chlamydia and gonorrhoea among women in rural Haiti: maximising access to treatment in a resource poor setting.
Authors: Authors: Smith Fawzi MC, Lambert W, Singler J, Léandre F, Nevil P, Bertrand D, Claude MS, Bertrand J, Louissaint M, Jeannis L, Ferrer JG, Cook EF, Salazar JJ, Farmer P, Mukherjee JS.
Sex Transm Infect
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Drug resistance profiles of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates: five years' experience and insight into treatment strategies for MDR-TB in Lima, Peru.
Authors: Authors: Timperi R, Han LL, Sloutsky A, Becerra MC, Nardell EA, Salazar JJ, Smith-Fawzi MC.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
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Factors associated with forced sex among women accessing health services in rural Haiti: implications for the prevention of HIV infection and other sexually transmitted diseases.
Authors: Authors: Smith Fawzi MC, Lambert W, Singler JM, Tanagho Y, Léandre F, Nevil P, Bertrand D, Claude MS, Bertrand J, Louissaint M, Jeannis L, Mukherjee JS, Goldie S, Salazar JJ, Farmer PE.
Soc Sci Med
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Psychiatric issues in the management of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
Authors: Authors: Vega P, Sweetland A, Acha J, Castillo H, Guerra D, Smith Fawzi MC, Shin S.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
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Programmes and principles in treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
Authors: Authors: Mukherjee JS, Rich ML, Socci AR, Joseph JK, Virú FA, Shin SS, Furin JJ, Becerra MC, Barry DJ, Kim JY, Bayona J, Farmer P, Smith Fawzi MC, Seung KJ.
Lancet
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Identifying early treatment failure on category I therapy for pulmonary tuberculosis in Lima Ciudad, Peru.
Authors: Authors: Chavez Pachas AM, Blank R, Smith Fawzi MC, Bayona J, Becerra MC, Mitnick CD.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
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Prevalence and risk factors of STDs in rural Haiti: implications for policy and programming in resource-poor settings.
Authors: Authors: Smith Fawzi MC, Lambert W, Singler JM, Koenig SP, Léandre F, Nevil P, Bertrand D, Claude MS, Bertrand J, Salazar JJ, Louissaint M, Joanis L, Farmer PE.
Int J STD AIDS
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Predictors of HIV-1 serostatus disclosure: a prospective study among HIV-infected pregnant women in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Authors: Authors: Antelman G, Smith Fawzi MC, Kaaya S, Mbwambo J, Msamanga GI, Hunter DJ, Fawzi WW.
AIDS
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Community-based approaches to HIV treatment in resource-poor settings.
Authors: Authors: Farmer P, Léandre F, Mukherjee JS, Claude M, Nevil P, Smith-Fawzi MC, Koenig SP, Castro A, Becerra MC, Sachs J, Attaran A, Kim JY.
Lancet
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