Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (United Kingdom) 2009
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Associate Professor of the Practice of Global Health, Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2021 - 2022
  • Assistant Professor of the Practice of Global Health, Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2016 - 2021
  • Assistant Professor of the Practice of Global Health, Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2016 - 2019
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Developing an mHealth Intervention that Leverages Social Networks to Improve ART Adherence among HIV-Infected Adolescents in South Africa awarded by National Institutes of Health 2019 - 2024
  • mHealth Tympanometer: A Digital Innovation to Address Childhood Hearing Loss in Low- and Middle-Income Countries awarded by National Institutes of Health 2021 - 2023
  • VITAA - Adolescent Wellness Visits to Reduce Health Risks awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 2021 - 2023
  • Multifactorial Determinants of Childhood Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska awarded by National Institutes of Health 2020 - 2022
  • Family psychoeducation for adults with psychotic disorders in Tanzania awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2021
  • Evaluation of LifeNet Interventions on Maternal & Newborn Quality of Healthcare in Uganda awarded by LifeNet International 2017 - 2019
  • Heath Mpowerment.org: A Novel Internet and Mobile Phone HIV Intervention for Young Black MSM awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 2011 - 2017
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Kim, Min Kyung, Joy Noel Baumgartner, Jennifer Headley, Julius Kirya, James Kaggwa, and Joseph R. Egger. “Medical record bias in documentation of obstetric and neonatal clinical quality of care indicators in Uganda.” Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 136 (August 2021): 10–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2021.02.024.
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    • Gallis, John A., Kristie Kusibab, Joseph R. Egger, Maren K. Olsen, Sandy Askew, Dori M. Steinberg, and Gary Bennett. “Can Electronic Health Records Validly Estimate the Effects of Health System Interventions Aimed at Controlling Body Weight?” Obesity (Silver Spring) 28, no. 11 (November 2020): 2107–15. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.22958.
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    • Hightow-Weidman, Lisa, Kate Muessig, Joseph R. Egger, Sara LeGrand, and Alyssa Platt. “Predictors of Condomless Anal Intercourse in Young HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex With Men With Detectable Viral Loads.” The Journal of Adolescent Health : Official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 66, no. 6 (June 2020): 672–83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2019.12.006.
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    • Egger, Joseph R., Jennifer Headley, Yixuan Li, Min Kyung Kim, Julius Kirya, Luke Aldridge, Stefanie Weiland, and Joy Noel Baumgartner. “Beneath the Surface: A Comparison of Methods for Assessment of Quality of Care for Maternal and Neonatal Health Care in Rural Uganda.” Maternal and Child Health Journal 24, no. 3 (March 2020): 328–39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-019-02862-w.
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    • Simmons, Ryan A., and Joseph R. Egger. “A CACE for assessing non-compliance: Addressing non-compliance in randomised controlled trials.” Bjog : An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 126, no. 13 (December 2019): 1558–59. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.15506.
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    • Berger, Miriam B., Dori M. Steinberg, Sandy Askew, John A. Gallis, Cayla C. Treadway, Joseph R. Egger, Melissa C. Kay, et al. “The Balance protocol: a pragmatic weight gain prevention randomized controlled trial for medically vulnerable patients within primary care.” Bmc Public Health 19, no. 1 (May 17, 2019): 596. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6926-7.
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    • Khandekar, Eeshan, Randall Kramer, Abdullah S. Ali, Abdul-Wahid Al-Mafazy, Joseph R. Egger, Sara LeGrand, Humphrey R. Mkali, Michael McKay, and Jeremiah M. Ngondi. “Evaluating Response Time in Zanzibar's Malaria Elimination Case-Based Surveillance-Response System.” The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 100, no. 2 (February 2019): 256–63. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.17-0546.
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    • Lalani, Hussain S., Wangari Waweru-Siika, Thomas Mwogi, Protus Kituyi, Joseph R. Egger, Lawrence P. Park, and Peter S. Kussin. “Intensive Care Outcomes and Mortality Prediction at a National Referral Hospital in Western Kenya.” Ann Am Thorac Soc 15, no. 11 (November 2018): 1336–43. https://doi.org/10.1513/AnnalsATS.201801-051OC.
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    • LeGrand, Sara, Kathryn E. Muessig, Alyssa Platt, Karina Soni, Joseph R. Egger, Nkechinyere Nwoko, Tobias McNulty, and Lisa B. Hightow-Weidman. “Epic Allies, a Gamified Mobile Phone App to Improve Engagement in Care, Antiretroviral Uptake, and Adherence Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men and Young Transgender Women Who Have Sex With Men: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.” Jmir Research Protocols 7, no. 4 (April 2018): e94. https://doi.org/10.2196/resprot.8811.
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    • Paul, D. W., D. K. Lagat, N. MacIntyre, J. R. Egger, D. M. Murdoch, L. G. Que, and P. S. Kussin. “Validation of spirometry prediction equations in western Kenya.” Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 22, no. 1 (January 1, 2018): 112–18. https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.17.0005.
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    • Egger, Joseph R., Kayla Stankevitz, Robert Korom, Philip Angwenyi, Brittney Sullivan, Jun Wang, Sonia Hatfield, Emma Smith, Karishma Popli, and Jessica Gross. “Evaluating the effects of organizational and educational interventions on adherence to clinical practice guidelines in a low-resource primary-care setting in Kenya.” Health Policy and Planning 32, no. 6 (July 2017): 761–68. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czx004.
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    • Kuo, Benjamin J., Joao Ricardo N. Vissoci, Joseph R. Egger, Emily R. Smith, Gerald A. Grant, Michael M. Haglund, and Henry E. Rice. “Perioperative outcomes for pediatric neurosurgical procedures: analysis of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program-Pediatrics.” J Neurosurg Pediatr 19, no. 3 (March 2017): 361–71. https://doi.org/10.3171/2016.10.PEDS16414.
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    • Hightow-Weidman, Lisa, Sara LeGrand, Seul Ki Choi, Joseph Egger, Christopher B. Hurt, and Kathryn E. Muessig. “Exploring the HIV continuum of care among young black MSM.” Plos One 12, no. 6 (January 2017): e0179688. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179688.
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    • Stanifer, John W., Joseph R. Egger, Elizabeth L. Turner, Nathan Thielman, Uptal D. Patel, and Uptal D. Comprehensive Kidney Disease Assessment for Risk factors, epidemiology, Knowledge, and Attitudes (CKD AFRiKA) Study. “Neighborhood clustering of non-communicable diseases: results from a community-based study in Northern Tanzania.” Bmc Public Health 16 (March 5, 2016): 226. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-2912-5.
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    • Lunyera, Joseph, John W. Stanifer, Prossie Ingabire, Wilson Etolu, Peace Bagasha, Joseph R. Egger, Uptal D. Patel, Gerald Mutungi, and Robert Kalyesubula. “Prevalence and correlates of proteinuria in Kampala, Uganda: a cross-sectional pilot study.” Bmc Res Notes 9 (February 16, 2016): 97. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-016-1897-6.
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    • Stanifer, John W., Elizabeth L. Turner, Joseph R. Egger, Nathan Thielman, Francis Karia, Venance Maro, Kajiru Kilonzo, Uptal D. Patel, and Karen Yeates. “Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Associated with Chronic Kidney Disease in Northern Tanzania: A Community-Based Study.” Plos One 11, no. 6 (2016): e0156336. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156336.
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    • Stanifer, John W., Charles R. Cleland, Gerald Jamberi Makuka, Joseph R. Egger, Venance Maro, Honest Maro, Francis Karia, Uptal D. Patel, Matthew J. Burton, and Heiko Philippin. “Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Complications of Diabetes in the Kilimanjaro Region: A Population-Based Study from Tanzania.” Plos One 11, no. 10 (2016): e0164428. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0164428.
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    • Park, Paul H., Charity K. Wambui, Sabina Atieno, Joseph R. Egger, Lawrence Misoi, Jack S. Nyabundi, Sonak D. Pastakia, Gerald S. Bloomfield, and Jemima H. Kamano. “Erratum. Improving diabetes management and cardiovascular risk factors through peer-led self-management support groups in western Kenya. Diabetes Care 2015;38:e110-e111.” Diabetes Care 38, no. 10 (October 2015): 1993. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc15-er10c.
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    • Park, Paul H., Charity K. Wambui, Sabina Atieno, Joseph R. Egger, Lawrence Misoi, Jack S. Nyabundi, Sonak D. Pastakia, Gerald S. Bloomfield, and Jemima H. Kamano. “Improving Diabetes Management and Cardiovascular Risk Factors Through Peer-Led Self-management Support Groups in Western Kenya.” Diabetes Care 38, no. 8 (August 2015): e110–11. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc15-0353.
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    • Stanifer, John W., Venance Maro, Joseph Egger, Francis Karia, Nathan Thielman, Elizabeth L. Turner, Dionis Shimbi, Humphrey Kilaweh, Oliver Matemu, and Uptal D. Patel. “The epidemiology of chronic kidney disease in Northern Tanzania: a population-based survey.” Plos One 10, no. 4 (2015): e0124506. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0124506.
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    • Sumner, Steven A., Anthony J. Pallangyo, Elizabeth A. Reddy, Venance Maro, Brian W. Pence, Catherine Lynch, Elizabeth L. Turner, Joseph R. Egger, and Nathan M. Thielman. “Effect of free distribution of safety equipment on usage among motorcycle-taxi drivers in Tanzania--A cluster randomised controlled trial.” Injury 45, no. 11 (November 2014): 1681–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2014.04.034.
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    • Xie, Gaoqiang, Daniel T. Laskowitz, Elizabeth L. Turner, Joseph R. Egger, Ping Shi, Fuxiu Ren, Wei Gao, and Yangfeng Wu. “Baseline health-related quality of life and 10-year all-cause mortality among 1739 Chinese adults.” Plos One 9, no. 7 (2014): e101527. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0101527.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Hightow-Weidman, Lisa B., Sara LeGrand, Kathryn E. Muessig, Ryan A. Simmons, Karina Soni, Seul Ki Choi, Helene Kirschke-Schwartz, and Joseph R. Egger. “A Randomized Trial of an Online Risk Reduction Intervention for Young Black MSM.” In Aids Behav, 23:1166–77, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-018-2289-9.
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• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • GLHLTH 362: Understanding the Causes and Spread of Human Disease: Global Health Epidemiology 2022
  • GLHLTH 707: Biostatistics and Epidemiology for GH Science II 2022
  • GLHLTH 710: Intermediate Epidemiology 2022
  • GLHLTH 781: Ungraded Research in Global Health 2022
  • GLHLTH 782: Internship in Global Health 2022
  • GLHLTH 362: Understanding the Causes and Spread of Human Disease: Global Health Epidemiology 2021
  • GLHLTH 707: Biostatistics and Epidemiology for GH Science II 2021
  • GLHLTH 710: Intermediate Epidemiology 2021
  • GLHLTH 362: Understanding the Causes and Spread of Human Disease: Global Health Epidemiology 2020
  • GLHLTH 393: Research Independent Study in Global Health 2020
  • GLHLTH 707: Biostatistics and Epidemiology for GH Science II 2020
  • GLHLTH 710: Intermediate Epidemiology 2020
• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Outreach & Engaged Scholarship

  • Bass Connections Faculty Team Member. Evaluation of Scaling Innovative Healthcare Delivery in East Africa. August 2014 - May 2015  2014 - 2015

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