Dr. Lurie, a native South African, is an infectious disease epidemiologist who earned his BA in Political Science and Film Studies from Boston University in 1986, a Masters Degree in African History from the University of Florida in 1991 and his PhD in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health in 2001. He did his post-doc at Miriam Hospital's Division of Infectious Diseases and joined the Brown faculty in 2003. He was promoted with tenure to Associate Professor of Epidemiology in 2015 and began directing the International Health Institute in 2021.
Sikweyiya Y, Nkosi S, Langa M, Operario D, Lurie MN. "You see this thing is hard… ey, this thing is painful": The burden of the provider role and construction of masculinities amongst Black male mineworkers in Marikana, South Africa." PLoS ONE, vol. 17, no. 5, 2022, pp. e0268227. |
Zang X, Goedel WC, Bessey SE, Lurie MN, Galea S, Galvani AP, Friedman SR, Nosyk B, Marshall BDL. "The impact of syringe services program closure on the risk of rebound HIV outbreaks among people who inject drugs: a modeling study." AIDS, vol. 36, no. 6, 2022, pp. 881-888. |
Jin H, Biello K, Garofalo R, Lurie M, Sullivan PS, Stephenson R, Mimiaga MJ. "Better Communication Regarding Sexual Agreements Within Serodiscordant Male Couples Leads to Improved Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Among the HIV-Positive Partner." Arch Sex Behav, vol. 50, no. 4, 2021, pp. 1771-1779. |
Lurie MN, Frank D, Williams BG. "COVID-19 in South Africa: Correcting the record." Global epidemiology, 2021, pp. 100056. |
Jin H, Biello K, Garofalo R, Lurie M, Sullivan PS, Stephenson R, Mimiaga MJ. "Examining the Longitudinal Predictive Relationship Between HIV Treatment Outcomes and Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Use by Serodiscordant Male Couples." JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, vol. 86, no. 1, 2021, pp. 38-45. |
Jin, Harry, Biello, Katie B., Garofalo, Robert, Lurie, Mark, Sullivan, Patrick S., Stephenson, Rob, Mimiaga, Matthew J. "HIV Treatment Cascade and PrEP Care Continuum Among Serodiscordant Male Couples in the United States." AIDS and Behavior, 2021. |
Ganley KY, Wilson-Barthes M, Zullo AR, Sosa-Rubí SG, Conde-Glez CJ, García-Cisneros S, Lurie MN, Marshall BDL, Operario D, Mayer KH, Galárraga O. "Incidence and time-varying predictors of HIV and sexually transmitted infections among male sex workers in Mexico City." Infectious diseases of poverty, vol. 10, no. 1, 2021, pp. 7. |
Ginsburg C, Collinson MA, Gómez-Olivé FX, Gross M, Harawa S, Lurie MN, Mukondwa K, Pheiffer CF, Tollman S, Wang R, White MJ. "Internal migration and health in South Africa: determinants of healthcare utilisation in a young adult cohort." BMC Public Health, vol. 21, no. 1, 2021, pp. 554. |
Bengtson AM, Espinosa Dice AL, Kirwa K, Cornell M, Colvin CJ, Lurie MN. "Patient Transfers and Their Impact on Gaps in Clinical Care: Differences by Gender in a Large Cohort of Adults Living with HIV on Antiretroviral Therapy in South Africa." AIDS and Behavior, vol. 25, no. 10, 2021, pp. 3337-3346. |
Espinosa Dice, Ana Lucia, Bengtson, Angela M, Mwenda, Kevin M, Colvin, Christopher J, Lurie, Mark N. "Quantifying clinic transfers among people living with HIV in the Western Cape, South Africa: a retrospective spatial analysis." BMJ Open, vol. 11, no. 12, 2021, pp. e055712. |
Bengtson AM, Kumwenda W, Lurie M, Kutengule A, Go V, Miller WC, Cui E, Owino M, Hosseinipour M. "Beyond mobile phones: exploring using technology to support sustained engagement in care for HIV-infected women on antiretroviral therapy." AIDS Care, vol. 32, no. 8, 2020, pp. 959-964. |
Lurie MN, Silva J, Yorlets RR, Tao J, Chan PA. "Coronavirus Disease 2019 Epidemic Doubling Time in the United States Before and During Stay-at-Home Restrictions." The Journal of Infectious Diseases, vol. 222, no. 10, 2020, pp. 1601-1606. |
Bengtson AM, Colvin C, Kirwa K, Cornell M, Lurie MN. "Estimating retention in HIV care accounting for clinic transfers using electronic medical records: evidence from a large antiretroviral treatment programme in the Western Cape, South Africa." Tropical Medicine & International Health, vol. 25, no. 8, 2020, pp. 936-943. |
Mbokazi N, Madzima R, Leon N, Lurie MN, Cornell M, Schmidt BM, Colvin CJ. "Health Worker Experiences of and Perspectives on Engaging Men in HIV Care: A Qualitative Study in Cape Town, South Africa." Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, vol. 19, 2020, pp. 2325958220935691. |
Goedel WC, King MRF, Lurie MN, Galea S, Townsend JP, Galvani AP, Friedman SR, Marshall BDL. "Implementation of Syringe Services Programs to Prevent Rapid Human Immunodeficiency Virus Transmission in Rural Counties in the United States: A Modeling Study." Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 70, no. 6, 2020, pp. 1096-1102. |
Bengtson AM, Kumwenda W, Lurie M, Klyn B, Owino M, Miller WC, Go V, Hosseinipour MC. "Improving Monitoring of Engagement in HIV Care for Women in Option B+: A Pilot Test of Biometric Fingerprint Scanning in Lilongwe, Malawi." AIDS and Behavior, vol. 24, no. 2, 2020, pp. 551-559. |
Adams JW, Khan MR, Bessey SE, Friedman SR, McMahon JM, Lurie MN, Galea S, Marshall BDL. "Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) strategies for African American Women Affected by Mass Incarceration: A Modeling Study." AIDS, vol. 35, no. 3, 2020, pp. 453-462. |
Goedel WC, Bessey S, Lurie MN, Biello KB, Sullivan PS, Nunn AS, Marshall BDL. "Projecting the impact of equity-based pre-exposure prophylaxis implementation on racial disparities in HIV incidence among men who have sex with men." AIDS, vol. 34, no. 10, 2020, pp. 1509-1517. |
Restar A, Ogunbajo A, Adia A, Nazareno J, Hernandez L, Sandfort T, Lurie M, Cu-Uvin S, Operario D. "Using structural equation modelling to characterise multilevel socioecological predictors and mediators of condom use among transgender women and cisgender men who have sex with men in the Philippines." BMJ Global Health, vol. 5, no. 7, 2020, pp. e002463. |
Bengtson AM, Go V, Kumwenda W, Lurie M, Kutengule A, Owino M, Hosseinipour M. "A way of escaping": a qualitative study exploring reasons for clinic transferring and its impact on engagement in care among women in Option B." AIDS Care, vol. 32, no. 1, 2019, pp. 1-4. |
Pellowski JA, Price DM, Harrison AD, Tuthill EL, Myer L, Operario D, Lurie MN. "A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Adherence Interventions for Women Living with HIV." AIDS and Behavior, vol. 23, no. 8, 2019, pp. 1998-2013. |
Restar, Arjee J., Adia, Alexander, Nazareno, Jennifer, Hernandez, Laufred, Sandfort, Theo, Lurie, Mark, Cu-Uvin, Susan, Operario, Don. "Barriers and facilitators to uptake of condoms among Filipinx transgender women and cisgender men who have sex with men: A situated socio-ecological perspective." Global Public Health, vol. 15, no. 4, 2019, pp. 520-531. |
Adams JW, Lurie MN, King MRF, Brady KA, Galea S, Friedman SR, Khan MR, Marshall BDL. "Decreasing HIV transmissions to African American women through interventions for men living with HIV post-incarceration: An agent-based modeling study." PLoS ONE, vol. 14, no. 7, 2019, pp. e0219361. |
Osetinsky B, Hontelez JAC, Lurie MN, McGarvey ST, Bloomfield GS, Pastakia SD, Wamai R, Bärnighausen T, de Vlas SJ, Galárraga O. "Epidemiological And Health Systems Implications Of Evolving HIV And Hypertension In South Africa And Kenya." Health Affairs, vol. 38, no. 7, 2019, pp. 1173-1181. |
Maughan-Brown B, Harrison A, Galárraga O, Kuo C, Smith P, Bekker LG, Lurie MN. "Factors affecting linkage to HIV care and ART initiation following referral for ART by a mobile health clinic in South Africa: evidence from a multimethod study." Journal of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 42, no. 5, 2019, pp. 883-897. |
Restar AJ, Santamaria EK, Adia A, Nazareno J, Chan R, Lurie M, Sandfort T, Hernandez L, Cu-Uvin S, Operario D. "Gender affirmative HIV care framework: Decisions on feminizing hormone therapy (FHT) and antiretroviral therapy (ART) among transgender women." PLoS ONE, vol. 14, no. 10, 2019, pp. e0224133. |
Osetinsky, Brianna, Genberg, Becky L., Bloomfield, Gerald S., Hogan, Joseph, Pastakia, Sonak, Sang, Edwin, Ngressa, Anthony, Mwangi, Ann, Lurie, Mark N., McGarvey, Stephen T., Galárraga, Omar. "Hypertension Control and Retention in Care Among HIV-Infected Patients: The Effects of Co-located HIV and Chronic Noncommunicable Disease Care." JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, vol. 82, no. 4, 2019, pp. 399-406. |
Peterson, Meghan, Macmadu, Alexandria, Truong, Ashley Q., Rich, Josiah, Pognon, Kimberly, Lurie, Mark, Clarke, Jennifer G., Brinkley-Rubinstein, Lauren. "Pre-exposure prophylaxis awareness and interest among participants in a medications for addiction treatment program in a unified jail and prison setting in Rhode Island." Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, vol. 106, 2019, pp. 73-78. |
Lurie MN, Kirwa K, Callaway J, Cornell M, Boulle A, Bengtson AM, Smith M, Leon N, Colvin C. "Quantifying the HIV treatment cascade in a South African health sub-district by gender: retrospective cohort study." Tropical Medicine & International Health, vol. 25, no. 2, 2019, pp. 186-192. |
Clouse K, Fox MP, Mongwenyana C, Motlhatlhedi M, Buthelezi S, Bokaba D, Norris SA, Bassett J, Lurie MN, Aronoff DM, Vermund SH. "I will leave the baby with my mother": Long-distance travel and follow-up care among HIV-positive pregnant and postpartum women in South Africa." Journal of the International AIDS Society, vol. 21 Suppl 4, 2018, pp. e25121. |
Maughan-Brown, Brendan, Smith, Philip, Kuo, Caroline, Harrison, Abigail, Lurie, Mark N., Bekker, Linda-Gail, Galárraga, Omar. "A Conditional Economic Incentive Fails to Improve Linkage to Care and Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation Among HIV-Positive Adults in Cape Town, South Africa." AIDS Patient Care and STDs, vol. 32, no. 2, 2018, pp. 70-78. |
Goedel WC, King MRF, Lurie MN, Nunn AS, Chan PA, Marshall BDL. "Effect of Racial Inequities in Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Use on Racial Disparities in HIV Incidence Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Modeling Study." JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, vol. 79, no. 3, 2018, pp. 323-329. |
Adams JW, Lurie MN, King MRF, Brady KA, Galea S, Friedman SR, Khan MR, Marshall BDL. "Potential drivers of HIV acquisition in African-American women related to mass incarceration: an agent-based modelling study." BMC Public Health, vol. 18, no. 1, 2018, pp. 1387. |
Maughan-Brown, Brendan, Smith, Philip, Kuo, Caroline, Harrison, Abigail, Lurie, Mark N., Bekker, Linda-Gail, Galárraga, Omar. "Readiness for Antiretroviral Therapy: Implications for Linking HIV-Infected Individuals to Care and Treatment." AIDS and Behavior, vol. 22, no. 3, 2018, pp. 691-700. |
Mathews C, Kalichman MO, Laubscher R, Hutchison C, Nkoko K, Lurie M, Kalichman SC. "Sexual relationships, intimate partner violence and STI partner notification in Cape Town, South Africa: an observational study." Sexually Transmitted Infections, vol. 94, no. 2, 2018, pp. 144-150. |
Maughan-Brown, B., Kuo, C., Galárraga, O., Smith, P., Lurie, M., Bekker, L-G., Harrison, A. "Stumbling blocks at the clinic: experiences of seeking HIV treatment and care in South Africa." AIDS and Behavior, vol. 22, no. 3, 2018, pp. 765-773. |
Galárraga, Omar, Harries, Jane, Maughan-Brown, Brendan, Cooper, Diane, Short, Susan E, Lurie, Mark N, Harrison, Abigail. "The Empower Nudge lottery to increase dual protection use: a proof-of-concept randomised pilot trial in South Africa." Reproductive Health Matters, vol. 26, no. 52, 2018, pp. 1510701. |
Clouse K, Vermund SH, Maskew M, Lurie MN, MacLeod W, Malete G, Carmona S, Sherman G, Fox MP. "Mobility and Clinic Switching Among Postpartum Women Considered Lost to HIV Care in South Africa." JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, vol. 74, no. 4, 2017, pp. 383-389. |
Kalichman SC, Mathews C, Kalichman M, Lurie MN, Dewing S. "Perceived barriers to partner notification among sexually transmitted infection clinic patients, Cape Town, South Africa." Journal of public health (Oxford, England), vol. 39, no. 2, 2017, pp. 407-414. |
Wang, Timothy, Lurie, Mark, Govindasamy, Darshini, Mathews, Catherine. "The Effects of School-Based Condom Availability Programs (CAPs) on Condom Acquisition, Use and Sexual Behavior: A Systematic Review." AIDS and Behavior, vol. 22, no. 1, 2017, pp. 308-320. |
Escudero DJ, Lurie MN, Mayer KH, King M, Galea S, Friedman SR, Marshall BDL. "The risk of HIV transmission at each step of the HIV care continuum among people who inject drugs: a modeling study." BMC Public Health, vol. 17, no. 1, 2017, pp. 614. |
Escudero DJ, Lurie MN, Mayer KH, Weinreb C, King M, Galea S, Friedman SR, Marshall BD. "Acute HIV infection transmission among people who inject drugs in a mature epidemic setting." AIDS, vol. 30, no. 16, 2016, pp. 2537-2544. |
Sau MS, Balamane M, Lurie M, Harwell J, Welle E, Mean C, Cu-Uvin S. "Assessment of Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission HIV Services in the Bantey Meanchey Province in Cambodia." Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, vol. 15, no. 4, 2016, pp. 345-9. |
Escudero DJ, Kerr T, Wood E, Nguyen P, Lurie MN, Sued O, Marshall BD. "Acceptability of HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PREP) Among People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) in a Canadian Setting." AIDS and Behavior, vol. 19, no. 5, 2015, pp. 752-7. |
Bennett, Brady W., Marshall, Brandon D. L., Gjelsvik, Annie, McGarvey, Stephen T., Lurie, Mark N. "HIV Incidence Prior to, during, and after Violent Conflict in 36 Sub-Saharan African Nations, 1990-2012: An Ecological Study." PLoS ONE, vol. 10, no. 11, 2015, pp. e0142343. |
Rosenthal, Samantha R., Ostfeld, Richard S., McGarvey, Stephen T., Lurie, Mark N., Smith, Katherine F. "Redefining disease emergence to improve prioritization and macro-ecological analyses." One Health, vol. 1, 2015, pp. 17-23. |
Harrison A, Colvin CJ, Kuo C, Swartz A, Lurie M. "Sustained High HIV Incidence in Young Women in Southern Africa: Social, Behavioral, and Structural Factors and Emerging Intervention Approaches." Current HIV/AIDS Reports, vol. 12, no. 2, 2015, pp. 207-15. |
Chimbindi, Natsayi, Bor, Jacob, Newell, Marie-Louise, Tanser, Frank, Baltussen, Rob, Hontelez, Jan, de Vlas, Sake J., Lurie, Mark, Pillay, Deenan, Bärnighausen, Till. "Time and Money." JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, vol. 70, no. 2, 2015, pp. e52-60. |
Chimbindi, Natsayi, Bor, Jacob, Newell, Marie-Louise, Tanser, Frank, Baltussen, Rob, Hontelez, Jan, de Vlas, Sake J., Lurie, Mark, Pillay, Deenan, Bärnighausen, Till. "Time and Money." JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, vol. 70, no. 2, 2015, pp. e52-e60. |
Lurie MN, Kirwa K, Daniels J, Berteler M, Kalichman SC, Mathews C. "High burden of STIs among HIV-infected adults prior to initiation of ART in South Africa: a retrospective cohort study." Sexually Transmitted Infections, vol. 90, no. 8, 2014, pp. 615-9. |
Escudero DJ, Lurie MN, Kerr T, Howe CJ, Marshall BD. "HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis for people who inject drugs: a review of current results and an agenda for future research." Journal of the International AIDS Society, vol. 17, 2014, pp. 18899. |
Adjei, Andrew A., Brandful, James, Lurie, Mark, Lartey, Margaret, Krampa, Francis, Kwara, Awewura, Adiku, Theophilus K., Tettey, Yao, Gyasi, Richard K., Lawson, Aaron L., Flanigan, Timothy. "Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Syphilis Prevalence and Risk Factors among Migrant Workers in Konongo, Ghana." AID, vol. 04, no. 03, 2014, pp. 132-141. |
Lurie, Mark N., Williams, Brian G. "Migration and health in Southern Africa: 100 years and still circulating." Health psychology and behavioral medicine, vol. 2, no. 1, 2014, pp. 34-40. |
Kenyon, Chris, Colebunders, Robert, Voeten, Helene, Lurie, Mark. "Migration intensity has no effect on peak HIV prevalence: an ecological study." BMC Infect Dis, vol. 14, no. 1, 2014, pp. 350. |
Maughan-Brown B, Kenyon C, Lurie MN. "Partner age differences and concurrency in South Africa: Implications for HIV-infection risk among young women." AIDS and Behavior, vol. 18, no. 12, 2014, pp. 2469-76. |
Wolpaw BJ, Mathews C, Mtshizana Y, Chopra M, Hardie D, Lurie MN, De Azevedo V, Jennings K. "Patient experiences following acute HIV infection diagnosis and counseling in South Africa." PLoS ONE, vol. 9, no. 8, 2014, pp. e105459. |
Dewing, Sarah, Mathews, Cathy, Lurie, Mark, Kagee, Ashraf, Padayachee, Trishanta, Lombard, Carl. "Predictors of poor adherence among people on antiretroviral treatment in Cape Town, South Africa: a case-control study." AIDS Care, vol. 27, no. 3, 2014, pp. 342-349. |
Monteiro JF, Marshall BD, Escudero D, Sosa-Rubí SG, González A, Flanigan T, Operario D, Mayer KH, Lurie MN, Galárraga O. "Preventing HIV Transmission Among Partners of HIV-Positive Male Sex Workers in Mexico City: A Modeling Study." AIDS Behav, vol. 19, no. 9, 2014, pp. 1579-1588. |
Marshall BD, Friedman SR, Monteiro JF, Paczkowski M, Tempalski B, Pouget ER, Lurie MN, Galea S. "Prevention and treatment produced large decreases in HIV incidence in a model of people who inject drugs." Health Affairs, vol. 33, no. 3, 2014, pp. 401-9. |
Poole DN, Tracy JK, Levitz L, Rochas M, Sangare K, Yekta S, Tounkara K, Aboubacar B, Koita O, Lurie M, De Groot AS. "A cross-sectional study to assess HPV knowledge and HPV vaccine acceptability in Mali." PLoS ONE, vol. 8, no. 2, 2013, pp. e56402. |
Mann M, Lurie MN, Kimaiyo S, Kantor R. "Effects of political conflict-induced treatment interruptions on HIV drug resistance." AIDS reviews, vol. 15, no. 1, 2013, pp. 15-24. |
Hontelez JA, Lurie MN, Bärnighausen T, Bakker R, Baltussen R, Tanser F, Hallett TB, Newell ML, de Vlas SJ. "Elimination of HIV in South Africa through expanded access to antiretroviral therapy: a model comparison study." PLOS Medicine, vol. 10, no. 10, 2013, pp. e1001534. |
Stuckler, D., Steele, S., Lurie, M., Basu, S. "Introduction: 'Dying for Gold': The Effects of Mineral Miningon HIV, Tuberculosis, Silicosis, and Occupational Diseases in Southern Africa." International Journal of Health Services, vol. 43, no. 4, 2013, pp. 639-649. |
Stuckler D, Steele S, Lurie M, Basu S. "Introduction: 'dying for gold': the effects of mineral miningon HIV, tuberculosis, silicosis, and occupational diseases in southern Africa." International Journal of Health Services, vol. 43, no. 4, 2013, pp. 639-49. |
Kenyon C, Colebunders R, Voeten H, Lurie M. "Peak HIV prevalence: a useful outcome variable for ecological studies." International Journal of Infectious Diseases, vol. 17, no. 5, 2013, pp. e286-8. |
Zuch M, Lurie M. "'A virus and nothing else': the effect of ART on HIV-related stigma in rural South Africa." AIDS and Behavior, vol. 16, no. 3, 2012, pp. 564-70. |
Zhou J, Lurie MN, Bärnighausen T, McGarvey ST, Newell ML, Tanser F. "Determinants and spatial patterns of adult overweight and hypertension in a high HIV prevalence rural South African population." Health & Place, vol. 18, no. 6, 2012, pp. 1300-6. |
Poole, D, Tracy, K, Levitz, L, Yekta, S, Kossow, E, Huang, T, Rochas, M, Sangare, K, Tounkara, K, Aboubacar, B, Koita, O, Diallo, F, Sow, S, Téguété, I, Dolo, A, Bougoudogo, F, Lurie, M, De Groot, AS. "Knowledge/attitude/practices of HPV & cervical cancer, willingness to participate in vaccine trial in preparation for HIV & HPV vaccine trials in Mali." Retrovirology, vol. 9, no. Suppl 2, 2012, pp. O27. |
Venkatesh KK, de Bruyn G, Lurie MN, Modisenyane T, Triche EW, Gray GE, Welte A, Martinson NA. "Sexual risk behaviors among HIV-infected South African men and women with their partners in a primary care program: implications for couples-based prevention." AIDS and Behavior, vol. 16, no. 1, 2012, pp. 139-50. |
Hontelez JA, de Vlas SJ, Baltussen R, Newell ML, Bakker R, Tanser F, Lurie M, Bärnighausen T. "The impact of antiretroviral treatment on the age composition of the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa." AIDS, vol. 26 Suppl 1, 2012, pp. S19-30. |
Venkatesh KK, van der Straten A, Mayer KH, Blanchard K, Ramjee G, Lurie MN, Chipato T, Padian NS, de Bruyn G. "African women recently infected with HIV-1 and HSV-2 have increased risk of acquiring Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis in the Methods for Improving Reproductive Health in Africa trial." Sexually Transmitted Diseases, vol. 38, no. 6, 2011, pp. 562-70. |
Ott MQ, Bärnighausen T, Tanser F, Lurie MN, Newell ML. "Age-gaps in sexual partnerships: seeing beyond 'sugar daddies'." AIDS, vol. 25, no. 6, 2011, pp. 861-3. |
Hontelez JA, Lurie MN, Newell ML, Bakker R, Tanser F, Bärnighausen T, Baltussen R, de Vlas SJ. "Ageing with HIV in South Africa." AIDS, vol. 25, no. 13, 2011, pp. 1665-7. |
Wolpaw BJ, Mathews C, Chopra M, Hardie D, Lurie MN, Jennings K. "Diagnosis and counselling of patients with acute HIV infection in South Africa." Sexually Transmitted Infections, vol. 87, no. 1, 2011, pp. 71-2. |
Burton, Nicole T., Forson, Audrey, Lurie, Mark, Kudzawu, Samuel, Kwarteng, Ernest, Kwara, Awewura. "Factors Associated With All-Cause Mortality Among Adult Patients With Tuberculosis Attending A Ghanaian Teaching Hospital Chest Clinic." A56. EPIDEMIOLOGY OF TUBERCULOSIS, 2011. |
Burton NT, Forson A, Lurie MN, Kudzawu S, Kwarteng E, Kwara A. "Factors associated with mortality and default among patients with tuberculosis attending a teaching hospital clinic in Accra, Ghana." Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, vol. 105, no. 12, 2011, pp. 675-82. |
Stuckler D, Basu S, McKee M, Lurie M. "Mining and risk of tuberculosis in sub-Saharan Africa." American Journal of Public Health, vol. 101, no. 3, 2011, pp. 524-30. |
Venkatesh KK, de Bruyn G, Marinda E, Otwombe K, van Niekerk R, Urban M, Triche EW, McGarvey ST, Lurie MN, Gray GE. "Morbidity and mortality among infants born to HIV-infected women in South Africa: implications for child health in resource-limited settings." Journal of tropical pediatrics, vol. 57, no. 2, 2011, pp. 109-19. |
Moshabela M, Pronyk P, Williams N, Schneider H, Lurie M. "Patterns and implications of medical pluralism among HIV/AIDS patients in rural South Africa." AIDS and Behavior, vol. 15, no. 4, 2011, pp. 842-52. |
Venkatesh KK, Srikrishnan AK, Safren SA, Triche EW, Thamburaj E, Prasad L, Lurie MN, Kumar MS, Kumarasamy N, Solomon S, Mayer KH. "Sexual risk behaviors among HIV-infected South Indian couples in the HAART era: implications for reproductive health and HIV care delivery." AIDS Care, vol. 23, no. 6, 2011, pp. 722-33. |
Hontelez JA, de Vlas SJ, Tanser F, Bakker R, Bärnighausen T, Newell ML, Baltussen R, Lurie MN. "The impact of the new WHO antiretroviral treatment guidelines on HIV epidemic dynamics and cost in South Africa." PLoS ONE, vol. 6, no. 7, 2011, pp. e21919. |
Hontelez JA, Nagelkerke N, Bärnighausen T, Bakker R, Tanser F, Newell ML, Lurie MN, Baltussen R, de Vlas SJ. "The potential impact of RV144-like vaccines in rural South Africa: a study using the STDSIM microsimulation model." Vaccine, vol. 29, no. 36, 2011, pp. 6100-6. |
Venkatesh KK, van der Straten A, Cheng H, Montgomery ET, Lurie MN, Chipato T, Ramjee G, Blanchard K, Padian NS, Mayer KH, de Bruyn G. "The relative contribution of viral and bacterial sexually transmitted infections on HIV acquisition in southern African women in the Methods for Improving Reproductive Health in Africa study." International journal of STD & AIDS, vol. 22, no. 4, 2011, pp. 218-24. |
Venkatesh KK, Madiba P, De Bruyn G, Lurie MN, Coates TJ, Gray GE. "Who gets tested for HIV in a South African urban township? Implications for test and treat and gender-based prevention interventions." JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, vol. 56, no. 2, 2011, pp. 151-65. |
Kumta S, Lurie M, Weitzen S, Jerajani H, Gogate A, Row-kavi A, Anand V, Makadon H, Mayer KH. "Bisexuality, sexual risk taking, and HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men accessing voluntary counseling and testing services in Mumbai, India." JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, vol. 53, no. 2, 2010, pp. 227-33. |
Lurie MN, Rosenthal S. "Concurrent partnerships as a driver of the HIV Epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa? The evidence is limited." AIDS and Behavior, vol. 14, no. 1, 2010, pp. 17-24; discussion 25-8. |
Venkatesh KK, de Bruyn G, Lurie MN, Mohapi L, Pronyk P, Moshabela M, Marinda E, Gray GE, Triche EW, Martinson NA. "Decreased sexual risk behavior in the era of HAART among HIV-infected urban and rural South Africans attending primary care clinics." AIDS, vol. 24, no. 17, 2010, pp. 2687-96. |
Venkatesh KK, Lurie MN, Triche EW, De Bruyn G, Harwell JI, McGarvey ST, Gray GE. "Growth of infants born to HIV-infected women in South Africa according to maternal and infant characteristics." Tropical Medicine & International Health, vol. 15, no. 11, 2010, pp. 1364-74. |
Firth J, Jeyaseelan L, Christina S, Vonbara V, Jeyaseelan V, Elan S, Abraham S, Joseph I, David S, Cu-Uvin S, Lurie M, Wanke C, Lionel J. "HIV-1 seroprevalence and awareness of mother-to-child transmission issues among women seeking antenatal care in Tamil Nadu, India." Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (Chicago, Ill. : 2002), vol. 9, no. 4, 2010, pp. 206-13. |
Venkatesh KK, Lurie MN, Mayer KH. "How HIV treatment could result in effective prevention." Future Virology, vol. 5, no. 4, 2010, pp. 405-415. |
Akileswaran, Chitra, Lurie, Mark. "OVERCOMING SOCIOECONOMIC STRUGGLE AND ENCOUNTERING RISK: LIVED EXPERIENCES OF SOUTH AFRICAN FEMALE MIGRANTS." NAPA Bulletin, vol. 34, no. 1, 2010, pp. 176-194. |
Venkatesh, Kartik K., de Bruyn, Guy, Lurie, Mark N., Lentle, Kgotso, Tshabangu, Nkeko, Moshabela, Mosa, Martinson, Neil A. "Patient referral from nurses to doctors in a nurse-led HIV primary care clinic in South Africa: implications for training and support." AIDS Care, vol. 22, no. 11, 2010, pp. 1332-1339. |
Venkatesh KK, de Bruyn G, Lurie MN, Lentle K, Tshabangu N, Moshabela M, Martinson NA. "Patient referral from nurses to doctors in a nurse-led HIV primary care clinic in South Africa: implications for training and support." AIDS Care, vol. 22, no. 11, 2010, pp. 1332-9. |
Lurie MN, Rosenthal S. "The Concurrency Hypothesis in Sub-Saharan Africa: Convincing Empirical Evidence is Still Lacking. Response to Mah and Halperin, Epstein, and Morris." AIDS and Behavior, vol. 14, no. 1, 2010, pp. 34. |
Wolpaw BJ, Mathews C, Chopra M, Hardie D, de Azevedo V, Jennings K, Lurie MN. "The failure of routine rapid HIV testing: a case study of improving low sensitivity in the field." BMC Health Services Research, vol. 10, 2010, pp. 73. |
Lurie MN, Stuckler D. "The role of mining in the spread of TB in Africa: policy implications." Expert review of anti-infective therapy, vol. 8, no. 11, 2010, pp. 1205-7. |
Eisele TP, Mathews C, Chopra M, Lurie MN, Brown L, Dewing S, Kendall C. "Changes in risk behavior among HIV-positive patients during their first year of antiretroviral therapy in Cape Town South Africa." AIDS and Behavior, vol. 13, no. 6, 2009, pp. 1097-105. |
Lurie M, Rosenthal S, Williams B. "Concurrency driving the African HIV epidemics: where is the evidence?." The Lancet, vol. 374, no. 9699, 2009, pp. 1420; author reply 1420-1. |
Gebrekristos HT, Lurie MN, Mthethwa N, Karim QA. "Disclosure of HIV status: Experiences of Patients Enrolled in an Integrated TB and HAART Pilot Programme in South Africa." African Journal of AIDS Research, vol. 8, no. 1, 2009, pp. 1-6. |
Basu S, Stuckler D, Gonsalves G, Lurie M. "The production of consumption: addressing the impact of mineral mining on tuberculosis in southern Africa." Globalization and Health, vol. 5, 2009, pp. 11. |
Sok P, Harwell JI, Dansereau L, McGarvey S, Lurie M, Mayer KH. "Patterns of sexual behaviour of male patients before testing HIV-positive in a Cambodian hospital, Phnom Penh." Sexual Health, vol. 5, no. 4, 2008, pp. 353-8. |
Lurie M, Pronyk P, de Moor E, Heyer A, de Bruyn G, Struthers H, McIntyre J, Gray G, Marinda E, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Martinson N. "Sexual behavior and reproductive health among HIV-infected patients in urban and rural South Africa." JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, vol. 47, no. 4, 2008, pp. 484-93. |
Zuma K, Lurie M, Jorgensen M. "Analysis of interval-censored data from circular migrant and non-migrant sexual partnerships using the EM algorithm." Statistics in Medicine, vol. 26, no. 2, 2007, pp. 309-19. |
Lurie MN. "Comment: fertility, mobility, and changing household dynamics in South Africa." Scandinavian journal of public health. Supplement, vol. 69, 2007, pp. 94-5. |
Myung P, Pugatch D, Brady MF, Many P, Harwell JI, Lurie M, Tucker J. "Directly observed highly active antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected children in Cambodia." American Journal of Public Health, vol. 97, no. 6, 2007, pp. 974-7. |
Coffee M, Lurie MN, Garnett GP. "Modelling the impact of migration on the HIV epidemic in South Africa." AIDS, vol. 21, no. 3, 2007, pp. 343-50. |
Vijayakumar G, Mabude Z, Smit J, Beksinska M, Lurie M. "A review of female-condom effectiveness: patterns of use and impact on protected sex acts and STI incidence." International journal of STD & AIDS, vol. 17, no. 10, 2006, pp. 652-9. |
Sok P, Harwell JI, McGarvey ST, Lurie M, Lynen L, Flanigan T, Mayer KH. "Demographic and clinical characteristics of HIV-infected inpatients and outpatients at a Cambodian hospital." AIDS Patient Care and STDs, vol. 20, no. 5, 2006, pp. 369-78. |
Lurie, Mark N. "The Epidemiology of Migration and HIV/AIDS in South Africa." Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 32, no. 4, 2006, pp. 649-666. |
Gebrekristos HT, Resch SC, Zuma K, Lurie MN. "Estimating the impact of establishing family housing on the annual risk of HIV infection in South African mining communities." Sexually Transmitted Diseases, vol. 32, no. 6, 2005, pp. 333-40. |
Mwamburi DM, Dladla N, Qwana E, Lurie MN. "Factors associated with wanting to know HIV results in South Africa." AIDS Patient Care and STDs, vol. 19, no. 8, 2005, pp. 518-25. |
Gebrekristos HT, Lurie MN, Mthethwa N, Karim QA. "Knowledge and acceptability of HAART among TB patients in Durban, South Africa." AIDS Care, vol. 17, no. 6, 2005, pp. 767-72. |
Quach L, Mayer K, McGarvey ST, Lurie MN, Do P. "Knowledge, attitudes, and practices among physicians on HIV/AIDS in Quang Ninh, Vietnam." AIDS Patient Care and STDs, vol. 19, no. 5, 2005, pp. 335-46. |
Akileswaran C, Lurie MN, Flanigan TP, Mayer KH. "Lessons learned from use of highly active antiretroviral therapy in Africa." Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 41, no. 3, 2005, pp. 376-85. |
Crush, Jonathan, Williams, Brian, Gouws, Eleanor, Lurie, Mark. "Migration and HIV/AIDS in South Africa." Development Southern Africa, vol. 22, no. 3, 2005, pp. 293-318. |
Lurie MN, Akileswaran C, Mayer KH. "Opportunities for preventing HIV in treatment settings in developing countries." The Lancet Infectious Diseases, vol. 5, no. 2, 2005, pp. 66-8. |
Zuma K, Lurie MN, Williams BG, Mkaya-Mwamburi D, Garnett GP, Sturm AW. "Risk factors of sexually transmitted infections among migrant and non-migrant sexual partnerships from rural South Africa." Epidemiology and Infection, vol. 133, no. 3, 2005, pp. 421-8. |
Lurie MN, Carter EJ, Cohen J, Flanigan TP. "Directly observed therapy for HIV/tuberculosis co-infection." The Lancet Infectious Diseases, vol. 4, no. 3, 2004, pp. 137-8. |
Zuma K, Gouws E, Williams B, Lurie M. "Risk factors for HIV infection among women in Carletonville, South Africa: migration, demography and sexually transmitted diseases." International journal of STD & AIDS, vol. 14, no. 12, 2003, pp. 814-7. |
Lurie MN, Williams BG, Zuma K, Mkaya-Mwamburi D, Garnett G, Sturm AW, Sweat MD, Gittelsohn J, Abdool Karim SS. "The impact of migration on HIV-1 transmission in South Africa: a study of migrant and nonmigrant men and their partners." Sexually Transmitted Diseases, vol. 30, no. 2, 2003, pp. 149-56. |
Lurie MN, Williams BG, Zuma K, Mkaya-Mwamburi D, Garnett GP, Sweat MD, Gittelsohn J, Karim SS. "Who infects whom? HIV-1 concordance and discordance among migrant and non-migrant couples in South Africa." AIDS, vol. 17, no. 15, 2003, pp. 2245-52. |
Wilkinson D, Karim SS, Lurie M, Harrison A. "Public-private health sector partnerships for STD control in South Africa--perspectives from the Hlabisa experience." South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde, vol. 91, no. 6, 2001, pp. 517-20. |
Harrison A, Montgomery ET, Lurie M, Wilkinson D. "Barriers to implementing South Africa's Termination of Pregnancy Act in rural KwaZulu/Natal." Health Policy and Planning, vol. 15, no. 4, 2000, pp. 424-31. |
Harrison A, Karim SA, Floyd K, Lombard C, Lurie M, Ntuli N, Wilkinson D. "Syndrome packets and health worker training improve sexually transmitted disease case management in rural South Africa: randomized controlled trial." AIDS, vol. 14, no. 17, 2000, pp. 2769-79. |
Lurie M, Lurie P, IJsselmuiden C, Gray G. "Denying effective antiretroviral drugs to HIV-positive pregnant women--the national government's flawed decision." South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde, vol. 89, no. 6, 1999, pp. 621-3. |
Connolly AM, Wilkinson D, Harrison A, Lurie M, Karim SS. "Inadequate treatment for sexually transmitted diseases in the South African private health sector." International journal of STD & AIDS, vol. 10, no. 5, 1999, pp. 324-7. |
Wilkinson D, Harrison A, Lurie M, Abdool Karim SS. "STD syndrome packets: improving syndromic management of sexually transmitted diseases in developing countries." Sexually Transmitted Diseases, vol. 26, no. 3, 1999, pp. 152-6. |
Wilkinson D, Gcabashe L, Lurie M. "Traditional healers as tuberculosis treatment supervisors: precedent and potential." The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, vol. 3, no. 9, 1999, pp. 838-42. |
Wilkinson D, Abdool Karim SS, Harrison A, Lurie M, Colvin M, Connolly C, Sturm AW. "Unrecognized sexually transmitted infections in rural South African women: a hidden epidemic." Bulletin of the World Health Organization, vol. 77, no. 1, 1999, pp. 22-8. |
Harrison A, Wilkinson D, Lurie M, Connolly AM, Karim SA. "Improving quality of sexually transmitted disease case management in rural South Africa." AIDS, vol. 12, no. 17, 1998, pp. 2329-35. |
Wilkinson D, Connolly AM, Harrison A, Lurie M, Karim SS. "Sexually transmitted disease syndromes in rural South Africa. Results from health facility surveillance." Sexually Transmitted Diseases, vol. 25, no. 1, 1998, pp. 20-3. |
Field ML, Price J, Niang C, N'tcha J, Zwane IT, Lurie M, Nxumalo M, Dialmy A, Manhart L, Gebre A, Saidel T, Dallabetta G. "Targeted intervention research studies on sexually transmitted diseases (STD): methodology, selected findings and implications for STD service delivery and communications." AIDS, vol. 12 Suppl 2, 1998, pp. S119-26. |
Harrison A, Lurie M, Wilkinson N. "Exploring partner communication and patterns of sexual networking: qualitative research to improve management of sexually transmitted diseases." Health transition review : the cultural, social, and behavioural determinants of health, vol. 7 Suppl 3, no. Suppl 3, 1997, pp. 103-7. |
Wilkinson D, Ndovela N, Harrison A, Lurie M, Connolly C, Sturm AW. "Family planning services in developing countries: an opportunity to treat asymptomatic and unrecognised genital tract infections?." Genitourinary Medicine, vol. 73, no. 6, 1997, pp. 558-60. |
Lurie M, Wilkinson D, Harrison A, Abdool Karim S. "Migrancy and HIV/STDs in South Africa--a rural perspective." South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde, vol. 87, no. 7, 1997, pp. 908-09. |
Mark Lurie, PhD, is an infectious disease epidemiologist working on HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections, silicosis and tuberculosis in sub-Saharan Africa. He has studied the role of migration in the spread of HIV in South Africa, examined the evidence for concurrency as a major driver of the HIV epidemic, and examined the impact of antiretroviral therapy on HIV epidemic dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa. His current work focuses on training the next generation of socials scientists in South Africa able to impact the HIV epidemic, an NIH funded R24 and D43 that is a collaboration between Brown and the University of Cape Town; a sudy aimed at improving men's access to HIV testing and treatment services; a study examining treatment access for migrants and non-migrants in South Africa; and a study examining XDR-TB transmssions in KwaZulu/Natal, South Africa.
Lurie's most recent project, Mobility Analysis for Pandemic Prevention Strategies (MAPPS), establishes a new center at Brown to prdect and prevent the next pandemic. Focused on all aspects of human migration and social interaction, the Center aims to catalogue existing information about mobility and social interaction, generate new knowledge on the topic, develop and test wearable or cell-phone based devices to measure social interaciton and geographical footprints and infuse our work with a strong ethics and confidentiality focus.
Dr. Lurie's main research focuses on the following topics:
1. MAPPS: How can we best use exisiting data and generate new data on human mobility and social interaction that allows us to predict and prevent epidemics in real time? This NSF-funded project establishes at Brown the Center for Mobility Analysis for Pandemic Prevention Strategies (MAPPS). Actovities include cataloguing existing mobility and social mixing data, developing and pilot testing new wearable or app-based devices for measureing social mixing and mobility, using that data to develop a menu of complex mathematical models adpatable to specific pathogenic and human behavior, and infuse our work with a strong focus on ethics and confidentiality.
2. What impact does expanding access to antiretrovial therapy for the treatment of HIV/AIDS have on epidemic dynamics and new infections in South Africa? First through a NIMH funded K01 and more recently through a R01, we aim to quantify the impact of antiretroviral therapy on HIV epidemic dynamics in sub-Saharan Africa. This project is a collaboration between Brown University, the Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies in KwaZulu/Natal, South Africa and Erasmus Medical College in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. We use primary data and mathematical models to estimate the impact of interventions on reducing new infections an the eventual elimination of HIV/AIDS.
3. iALARM: an NIH-funded R01 that examines ways to use health information systems to improve men's access and adherence to HIV testing and treatment services in Gugulethu Township, South Africa.
4. SASH: An NIH-funded R24 in collaboration with the University of Cape Town, aimed at training the next generation of South African social scientists in order to more effetively address the HIV epidemic.
5. Tuberculosis Prevention in South Africa: Understanding the Role of Population movement. This is a pilot study to test the feasibility of using GPS-devices to track participants in a TB trail and accurately record their mobility. Connecting these real-time mobility data to the existing social network and genomic data will enable a new understanding of how and where TB transmission occurs.
In addition to the above collaborations, Dr. Lurie also works closely with colleagues at the Agincourt Demographic Surveillance System in Limpopo Province, South Africa (examining issues of migration and health); the Perinatal HIV Research Unit at Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, South Africa (focusing on behavioral issues among a clinical cohort of HIV-infected urban and rural patients); The South African Medical Research Council's Health Systems Research Unit in Cape Town (examining the feasibility of a HIV prevention among a group of HIV-positive patients).
ACTIVE RESEARCH GRANTS
NSF2154841 (Lurie PI) 08/01/2022 - 01/31/2024
National Science Foundation: Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention
Mobility Analysis for Pandemic Precention Strategies (MAPPS). This NSF-funded project aims to develop methodologis for best using mobility and social moxing data to predict and prevent the next pandemic. A collaboration with Brown scientists in Engineering, Public Health, Applied Mathematics and Computer Science.
1R01MH106600-01 (Colvin/Lurie) 05/01/2017 – 12/31/2021
NIMH/University of Cape Town
Using Information to Align Services and Link and Retain Men in HIV Cascade
This study will enhance the research environment for HIV social science by fostering a culture of excellence in interdisciplinary social science HIV research and by expanding collaborative and innovative HIV research to address HIV/AIDS.
NICHD: R01HD083374 (White) 07/15/2016 – 06/30/2022
Migration, Urbanization and health in a Transition Setting. The proposed study will examine the contemporary health transition in South Africa, helping to resolve confusion in the migration-urbanization-health nexus, with direct policy implications for South Africa and lessons for a broad array of scientific and policy concerns in Low and Middle Income Countries. Our aims are designed to better understand, at the individual level, how a complex pattern of migration and urbanization helps drive the health transition in these settings. Our study devotes particular attention to how migration and urbanization help determine both risk factors for health conditions and care access to treatment.
Lura Cook Hull Trust 12/18/20-12/18/22
Tuberculosis Prevention in South Africa: Understanding the role of population movement
This is a pilot study to test the feasibility of using GPS-devices to track participants in a TB trail and accurately record their mobility. Connecting these real-time mobility data to the existing social network and genomic data will enable a new understanding of how and where XDR-TB transmission occurs.
Integrated Modeling of Epidemiological and Economic Long-Term Outcomes in Africa (inMODELA): Training for Kenya020 FLP- GIOS
The objectives are to train 2 Kenyan scientists in mathematical modeling.
Year | Degree | Institution |
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2001 | PhD | The Johns Hopkins University |
Name | Title |
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Chrysanthopoulou, Stavroula | Director of Biostatistics, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics |
Galarraga, Omar | Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice, Director of the International Health Institute |
Goedel, William | Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Director of the Doctoral Program in Epidemiology |
Harrison, Abigail | Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences |
Khanna, Aditya | Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences |
Lysyanskaya, Anna | James A. and Julie N. Brown Professor of Computer Science |
McGarvey, Stephen | Professor of Epidemiology |
Ramachandran, Sohini | Director of the Data Science Institute, Hermon C. Bumpus Professor of Biology and Data Science and Professor of Computer Science. |
Toussaint, Kimani | Thomas J. Watson, Sr. Professor of Science |
Trikalinos, Thomas | Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice, Director of the Center for Evidence Synthesis in Health |
White, Michael | Robert E. Turner Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Population Studies and Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Professor of Population Studies (Research) |
Director Undergraduate Concentration in Public Health. Brown Univeristy , 2015- |
Dr. Lurie teaches PHP2120, Introduction to Methods in Epidemiological Research in the fall.
Dr. Lurie's new course Pandeic in Global Perspective: From HIV/AIDS to COIVID-19" will be taught for the first time in fall 2021.
Dr. Lurie at various times has also taught PHP2230, Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases; PHP2220H, Methodological Issues in the Epidemiology, Treatment and Prevention of HIV; PHP2090, Scientific Writing for Public Health, all graduate-level seminars.
Dr. Lurie also taught PHP1910, Health and Human Rights, a seminar for seniors who have an academic concentration in Community Health, for 5 years.
PHP 2090 - Research Grant Writing for Public Health |
PHP 2120 - Introduction to Methods in Epidemiologic Research |
PHP 2220H - The Epidemiology, Treatment and Prevention of HIV |
PHP 2235 - Pandemics in Global Perspective: From HIV/AIDS to COVID-19 |
PHP 2740 - Learning Global Health by Doing Global Health: Global Health Thesis Seminar |