Current Appointments & Affiliations
Adjunct Associate Professor of Global Health
·
2015 - Present
Duke Global Health Institute,
University Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
Design of an Automated Mobile Phone-Based Reminder and Incentive System: Application in a Quasi-Randomized Controlled Trial to Improve the Timeliness of Childhood Vaccinations in Tanzania.
Journal Article JMIR Form Res · September 10, 2025 BACKGROUND: The global penetration of mobile phones has offered novel opportunities for communicating health-related information to individuals. A low-cost system that facilitates autonomous communication with individuals via mobile phones holds potential ... Full text Link to item CiteWhat drives advanced practice nurses to stay in rural America? Insights from the 2022 National Survey of Registered Nurses.
Journal Article The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association · September 2025 PurposeRecruiting and retaining a robust rural health care workforce is critical to advancing health outcomes in rural communities. Although increasing the rural provider workforce has been a policy focus for decades, rural access continues to wor ... Full text CiteTo Whom Will You Send Automated Confidential SMS Invitations to Test for HIV? Results From an Acceptability Pilot Study in Northern Tanzania.
Journal Article Sex Transm Dis · August 1, 2025 The Confidential Social Network Referrals for HIV Testing (CONSORT) intervention leverages the ubiquity of mobile phones and social networks to nudge at-risk populations to test for HIV. Pilot results suggest that confidential SMS testing invitations are a ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
HIV/AIDs and Orphan Care
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2005 - 2017Does preference-based HIV testing increase uptake in high risk populations?
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2015Using Discrete Choice Experiments to Identify HIV Testing Preferences in Tanzania
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2015View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
2000
Ph.D.