Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Project Planner I
Emergency Medicine,
Clinical Science Departments
Recent Scholarly Works
Translation and adaptation of the Brief Intervention Adherence Scale for the Tanzanian culture.
Journal article Glob Ment Health (Camb) · 2026 Harmful and hazardous alcohol use poses significant health risks globally. Brief interventions (BIs) have shown promise in reducing hazardous alcohol use, but fidelity to the protocol needs to be ensured, especially in low- and middle-income countries like ... Full text Link to item CiteThe impact and experience of a culturally adapted brief intervention for harmful alcohol use in an emergency care setting (PPKAY: Punguza Pombe Kwa Afya Yako): A case series.
Preprint · October 14, 2025 BACKGROUND: Harmful alcohol use is widespread in Tanzania, yet specialized resources to address this remain limited. This case series explores outcomes of three individuals who received a culturally-adapted brief intervention to reduce harmful alcohol use ... Full text Link to item CiteEffectiveness of a brief intervention and text-based booster in the emergency department to reduce harmful and hazardous alcohol use: A pragmatic randomized adaptive clinical trial in Moshi, Tanzania.
Journal article PLoS Med · October 2025 BACKGROUND: Alcohol use contributes to over 3 million deaths annually. In Tanzania, there are no evidence-based culturally adapted interventions to address harmful alcohol use behaviors. Our hypothesis was that "Punguza Pombe Kwa Afya Yako" (PPKAY, Reduce ... Full text Open Access Link to item CiteRecent Grants
PRACT: A Pragmatic Randomized Adaptive Clinical Trial to Investigate Controlling Alcohol related harms in a Low-Income Setting; Emergency Department Brief Interventions in Tanzania
Clinical TrialProject Planner · Awarded by National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism · 2020 - 2026Developing Capacity to Improve Care Transitions for Injury Patients in Tanzania
ResearchProject Coordinator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2023What are the functionality harms chosen by snakebite envenomation patients responding to the Patient Specific Functional Scale?
ResearchStudy Coordinator · Awarded by BTG International Inc · 2019 - 2021View All Grants