Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Fellowship, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Duke University School of Medicine 2010 - 2014
  • MScGH, Duke University 2012
  • Residency, Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio 2006 - 2009
  • M.D., University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio 2006
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Medical Instructor in the Department of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics 2014 - 2015
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • JAN 25, 2019

    Duke Global Health Institute

    A Novel Approach to Treating Teen HIV in Tanzania

  • NOV 14, 2017

    Duke Global Health Institute Newsletter

    DGHI Assistant Professor Tests Mental Health Interventions in Teens with HIV in Tanzania

  • SEP 26, 2017

    Fogarty International Newsletter

    Profile: Fogarty Fellow Dr Dorothy Dow studies suicide prevention in teens with HIV in Tanzania
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  Awards & Honors

  • Society for Pediatric Research. SPR. 2017
• Expertise
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  Global Scholarship

  • Research

    • United Republic of Tanzania (Country) 
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Integrating Mental Health into HIV Clinic to Improve Outcomes in Tanzanian Youth awarded by National Institutes of Health 2015 - 2020
  • LOC-IMPAACT 2016 Protocol Co-Chair support awarded by Johns Hopkins University 2017 - 2019
  • Vanderbilt-Emory-Cornell-Duke Consortium for Global Health Fellows (VECDor) awarded by Vanderbilt University 2014 - 2016
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Dow, Dorothy E., Aisa M. Shayo, Coleen K. Cunningham, and Blandina T. Mmbaga. “HIV-1 Drug Resistance and Virologic Outcomes Among Tanzanian Youth Living With HIV..” Pediatr Infect Dis J 38, no. 6 (June 2019): 617–19. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000002288.
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    • Ryakitimbo, Amon, Amos Msekandiana, Zachary Tabb, Grace Kinabo, and Dorothy Dow. “A 12-Year-Old Tanzanian Boy With Headache: A Case Report..” Glob Pediatr Health 6 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1177/2333794X18822995.
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    • Gichane, Margaret W., Kristen A. Sullivan, Aisa M. Shayo, Blandina T. Mmbaga, Karen O’ Donnell, Coleen K. Cunningham, and Dorothy E. Dow. “Caregiver role in HIV medication adherence among HIV-infected orphans in Tanzania..” Aids Care 30, no. 6 (June 2018): 701–5. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2017.1391986.
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    • Tabb, Zachary J., Blandina T. Mmbaga, Monica Gandhi, Alexander Louie, Karen Kuncze, Hideaki Okochi, Aisa M. Shayo, Elizabeth L. Turner, Coleen K. Cunningham, and Dorothy E. Dow. “Antiretroviral drug concentrations in hair are associated with virologic outcomes among young people living with HIV in Tanzania..” Aids 32, no. 9 (June 1, 2018): 1115–23. https://doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000001788.
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    • Dow, D. E., and P. C. Seed. “Clostridium difficile cure with fecal microbiota transplantation in a child with Pompe disease: a case report..” J Med Case Rep 12, no. 1 (April 28, 2018). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-018-1659-2.
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    • Dow, Dorothy E., Blandina T. Mmbaga, Elizabeth L. Turner, John A. Gallis, Zachary J. Tabb, Coleen K. Cunningham, and Karen E. O’Donnell. “Building resilience: a mental health intervention for Tanzanian youth living with HIV..” Aids Care 30, no. sup4 (2018): 12–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2018.1527008.
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    • Ramos, Julia V., Blandina T. Mmbaga, Elizabeth L. Turner, Leonia L. Rugalabamu, Severa Luhanga, Coleen K. Cunningham, and Dorothy E. Dow. “Modality of Primary HIV Disclosure and Association with Mental Health, Stigma, and Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence in Tanzanian Youth Living with HIV..” Aids Patient Care Stds 32, no. 1 (January 2018): 31–37. https://doi.org/10.1089/apc.2017.0196.
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    • Dow, Dorothy E., Werner Schimana, Balthazar M. Nyombi, Blandina T. Mmbaga, Aisa M. Shayo, John A. Bartlett, Charles G. Massambu, et al. “HIV Resistance and Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission Regimen in HIV-Infected Infants in Northern Tanzania..” Aids Res Hum Retroviruses 33, no. 11 (November 2017): 1107–13. https://doi.org/10.1089/AID.2017.0025.
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    • Boerma, Ragna S., Torsak Bunupuradah, Dorothy Dow, Joseph Fokam, Azar Kariminia, Dara Lehman, Cissy Kityo, et al. “Multicentre analysis of second-line antiretroviral treatment in HIV-infected children: adolescents at high risk of failure..” J Int Aids Soc 20, no. 1 (September 15, 2017). https://doi.org/10.7448/IAS.20.1.21930.
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    • Dahinten, Alexander P., Dorothy E. Dow, Coleen K. Cunningham, Levina J. Msuya, Blandina T. Mmbaga, and Robert A. Malkin. “Providing Safe and Effective Preventative Antiretroviral Prophylaxis to HIV-exposed Newborns via a Novel Drug Delivery System in Tanzania..” Pediatr Infect Dis J 35, no. 9 (September 2016): 987–91. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000001224.
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    • Dow, Dorothy E., Elizabeth L. Turner, Aisa M. Shayo, Blandina Mmbaga, Coleen K. Cunningham, and Karen O’Donnell. “Evaluating mental health difficulties and associated outcomes among HIV-positive adolescents in Tanzania..” Aids Care 28, no. 7 (July 2016): 825–33. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2016.1139043.
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    • Ramaiya, Megan K., Kristen A. Sullivan, Karen O’ Donnell, Coleen K. Cunningham, Aisa M. Shayo, Blandina T. Mmbaga, and Dorothy E. Dow. “A Qualitative Exploration of the Mental Health and Psychosocial Contexts of HIV-Positive Adolescents in Tanzania..” Plos One 11, no. 11 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165936.
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    • Dow, Dorothy E., and John A. Bartlett. “Dolutegravir, the Second-Generation of Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitors (INSTIs) for the Treatment of HIV..” Infect Dis Ther 3, no. 2 (December 2014): 83–102. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40121-014-0029-7.
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    • Dow, Dorothy E., Aisa M. Shayo, Coleen K. Cunningham, and Elizabeth A. Reddy. “Durability of antiretroviral therapy and predictors of virologic failure among perinatally HIV-infected children in Tanzania: a four-year follow-up..” Bmc Infect Dis 14 (November 7, 2014). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-014-0567-3.
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    • Dow, Dorothy E., Coleen K. Cunningham, and Ann M. Buchanan. “A Review of Human Herpesvirus 8, the Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus, in the Pediatric Population..” J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 3, no. 1 (March 2014): 66–76. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/pit051.
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    • Buchanan, Ann M., Dorothy E. Dow, Charles G. Massambu, Balthazar Nyombi, Aisa Shayo, Rahma Musoke, Sheng Feng, John A. Bartlett, Coleen K. Cunningham, and Werner Schimana. “Progress in the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in three regions of Tanzania: a retrospective analysis..” Plos One 9, no. 2 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088679.
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    • Nsheha, Amos Haki, Dorothy Elizabeth Dow, Gabriel Erick Kapanda, Bernardus Carolus Hamel, and Levina January Msuya. “Adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected children receiving care at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC), Northern Tanzania: A cross- sectional analytical study..” Pan Afr Med J 17 (2014). https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.17.238.2280.
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    • O’Donnell, Karen, Jia Yao, Jan Ostermann, Nathan Thielman, Elisabeth Reddy, Rachel Whetten, Venance Maro, et al. “Low rates of child testing for HIV persist in a high-risk area of East Africa..” Aids Care 26, no. 3 (2014): 326–31. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2013.819405.
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    • Guadalupe, Moraima, Brad H. Pollock, Steven Westbrook, Spencer Redding, Delia Bullock, Gregory Anstead, Brian K. Agan, et al. “Risk factors influencing antibody responses to Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus latent and lytic antigens in patients under antiretroviral therapy..” J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 56, no. 1 (January 1, 2011): 83–90. https://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181fdc928.
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• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Presentations & Appearances

  • Association of Self-Reported Adherence and Antiretroviral Drug Concentrations in Hair with Virologic Outcomes Among Tanzanian Youth. CFAR Fall Retreat. Center for AIDS Research. September 18, 2017  2017
  • Adolescent HIV:  How to Break the Mortality Wave. John Hope Franklin Center. October 19, 2016  2016
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  Outreach & Engaged Scholarship

  • Global Health Outreach. Understanding Barriers and Successes in Transition of Adolescent to Adult HIV Care in Tanzania. Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center . December 2016  2016
  • Global Health Outreach. Evaluation of mental health difficulties in HIV infected adolescents. Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center . July 2015  2015
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  Service to the Profession

  • Member. Adolescent HIV Prevention and Treatment Implementation Science Alliance (AHISA). Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health. March 2017  2017
  • IMPAACT 2016, co-chair. International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Network. 2015  2015
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  Academic & Administrative Activities

  • Co-site leader of Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre-Duke University Collaboration in Moshi, Tanzania
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  Clinical Activities

  • Inpatient pediatric infectious diseases consult service attending

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