Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Medical Microbiology Fellowship, Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine 2014 - 2015
  • Infectious Diseases Fellowship, Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine 2011 - 2014
  • Combined Medicine-Pediatrics Residency, University of Utah School of Medicine 2007 - 2011
  • M.D., University of Arizona College of Medicine 2007
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • APR 20, 2016

    Technology Enables DGHI Professors To Teach Across the World
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Viral Zoonoses and Severe Febrile Illness in Northern Tanzania awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2021
  • Investigating Febrile Deaths in Tanzania (INDITe) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2020
  • NICHD International and Domestic Pediatric and Maternal HIV Studies awarded by Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre 2014 - 2018
  • Estimating the burden of invasive Salmonella infections in Tanzania awarded by University of Otago (New Zealand) 2016 - 2018
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Hertz, JT, Madut, DB, William, G, Maro, VP, Crump, JA, and Rubach, MP. "Perceptions of Stroke and Associated Health-Care-Seeking Behavior in Northern Tanzania: A Community-Based Study." Neuroepidemiology (April 15, 2019): 1-7.  Full Text
    • Hertz, JT, Madut, DB, Tesha, RA, William, G, Simmons, RA, Galson, SW, Maro, VP, Crump, JA, and Rubach, MP. "Self-medication with non-prescribed pharmaceutical agents in an area of low malaria transmission in northern Tanzania: a community-based survey." Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 113, no. 4 (April 2019): 183-188.  Full Text
    • Hertz, JT, Madut, DB, Tesha, RA, William, G, Simmons, RA, Galson, SW, Sakita, FM, Maro, VP, Bloomfield, GS, Crump, JA, and Rubach, MP. "Knowledge of myocardial infarction symptoms and perceptions of self-risk in Tanzania." American Heart Journal 210 (April 2019): 69-74.  Full Text
    • Maze, MJ, Sharples, KJ, Allan, KJ, Rubach, MP, and Crump, JA. "Diagnostic accuracy of leptospirosis whole-cell lateral flow assays: a systematic review and meta-analysis." Clinical Microbiology and Infection : the Official Publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 25, no. 4 (April 2019): 437-444. (Review)  Full Text
    • Rubach, MP, Zhang, H, Florence, SM, Mukemba, JP, Kalingonji, AR, Anstey, NM, Yeo, TW, Lopansri, BK, Thompson, JW, Mwaikambo, ED, Young, S, Millington, DS, Weinberg, JB, and Granger, DL. "Kinetic and Cross-Sectional Studies on the Genesis of Hypoargininemia in Severe Pediatric Plasmodium falciparum Malaria." Infection and Immunity 87, no. 4 (April 2019).  Full Text
    • Hertz, JT, Madut, DB, Tesha, RA, William, G, Simmons, RA, Galson, SW, Sakita, FM, Maro, VP, Bloomfield, GS, Crump, JA, and Rubach, MP. "Perceptions of chest pain and healthcare seeking behavior for chest pain in northern Tanzania: A community-based survey." Plos One 14, no. 2 (January 2019): e0212139-null.  Full Text
    • Maze, MJ, Cash-Goldwasser, S, Rubach, MP, Biggs, HM, Galloway, RL, Sharples, KJ, Allan, KJ, Halliday, JEB, Cleaveland, S, Shand, MC, Muiruri, C, Kazwala, RR, Saganda, W, Lwezaula, BF, Mmbaga, BT, Maro, VP, and Crump, JA. "Risk factors for human acute leptospirosis in northern Tanzania." Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases 12, no. 6 (June 7, 2018): e0006372-null.  Full Text
    • Carugati, M, Biggs, HM, Maze, MJ, Stoddard, RA, Cash-Goldwasser, S, Hertz, JT, Halliday, JEB, Saganda, W, Lwezaula, BF, Kazwala, RR, Cleaveland, S, Maro, VP, Rubach, MP, and Crump, JA. "Incidence of human brucellosis in the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania in the periods 2007-2008 and 2012-2014." Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 112, no. 3 (March 2018): 136-143.  Full Text
    • Snavely, ME, Maze, MJ, Muiruri, C, Ngowi, L, Mboya, F, Beamesderfer, J, Makupa, GF, Mwingwa, AG, Lwezaula, BF, Mmbaga, BT, Maro, VP, Crump, JA, Ostermann, J, and Rubach, MP. "Sociocultural and health system factors associated with mortality among febrile inpatients in Tanzania: a prospective social biopsy cohort study." Bmj Global Health 3, no. 1 (January 2018): e000507-null.  Full Text
    • Cleaveland, S, Sharp, J, Abela-Ridder, B, Allan, KJ, Buza, J, Crump, JA, Davis, A, Del Rio Vilas, VJ, de Glanville, WA, Kazwala, RR, Kibona, T, Lankester, FJ, Lugelo, A, Mmbaga, BT, Rubach, MP, Swai, ES, Waldman, L, Haydon, DT, Hampson, K, and Halliday, JEB. "One Health contributions towards more effective and equitable approaches to health in low- and middle-income countries." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 372, no. 1725 (July 2017). (Review)  Full Text
    • Moore, CC, Hazard, R, Saulters, KJ, Ainsworth, J, Adakun, SA, Amir, A, Andrews, B, Auma, M, Baker, T, Banura, P, Crump, JA, Grobusch, MP, Huson, MAM, Jacob, ST, Jarrett, OD, Kellett, J, Lakhi, S, Majwala, A, Opio, M, Rubach, MP, Rylance, J, Michael Scheld, W, Schieffelin, J, Ssekitoleko, R, Wheeler, I, and Barnes, LE. "Derivation and validation of a universal vital assessment (UVA) score: a tool for predicting mortality in adult hospitalised patients in sub-Saharan Africa." Bmj Global Health 2, no. 2 (January 2017): e000344-null.  Full Text
    • Maze, MJ, Biggs, HM, Rubach, MP, Galloway, RL, Cash-Goldwasser, S, Allan, KJ, Halliday, JEB, Hertz, JT, Saganda, W, Lwezaula, BF, Cleaveland, S, Mmbaga, BT, Maro, VP, and Crump, JA. "Comparison of the Estimated Incidence of Acute Leptospirosis in the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania between 2007-08 and 2012-14." Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases 10, no. 12 (December 2, 2016): e0005165-null.  Full Text
    • Zhang, HL, Omondi, MW, Musyoka, AM, Afwamba, IA, Swai, RP, Karia, FP, Muiruri, C, Reddy, EA, Crump, JA, and Rubach, MP. "Challenges of Maintaining Good Clinical Laboratory Practices in Low-Resource Settings:  A Health Program Evaluation Framework Case Study From East Africa." American Journal of Clinical Pathology 146, no. 2 (August 2016): 199-206.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Weinberg, JB, Volkheimer, AD, Rubach, MP, Florence, SM, Mukemba, JP, Kalingonji, AR, Langelier, C, Chen, Y, Bush, M, Yeo, TW, Granger, DL, Anstey, NM, and Mwaikambo, ED. "Monocyte polarization in children with falciparum malaria: relationship to nitric oxide insufficiency and disease severity." Scientific Reports 6 (July 7, 2016): 29151-null.  Full Text
    • Al-Emran, HM, Krumkamp, R, Dekker, DM, Eibach, D, Aaby, P, Adu-Sarkodie, Y, Ali, M, Rubach, MP, Bjerregaard-Andersen, M, Crump, JA, Cruz Espinoza, LM, Løfberg, SV, Gassama Sow, A, Hertz, JT, Im, J, Jaeger, A, Kabore, LP, Konings, F, Meyer, CG, Niang, A, Pak, GD, Panzner, U, Park, SE, Rabezanahary, H, Rakotozandrindrainy, R, Raminosoa, TM, Razafindrabe, TJL, Sampo, E, Schütt-Gerowitt, H, Sarpong, N, Soura, AB, Tall, A, von Kalckreuth, V, Wierzba, TF, May, J, and Marks, F. "Validation and Identification of Invasive Salmonella Serotypes in Sub-Saharan Africa by Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction." Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 62 Suppl 1 (March 2016): S80-S82.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Nichols, C, Cruz Espinoza, LM, von Kalckreuth, V, Aaby, P, Ahmed El Tayeb, M, Ali, M, Aseffa, A, Bjerregaard-Andersen, M, Breiman, RF, Cosmas, L, Crump, JA, Dekker, DM, Gassama Sow, A, Gasmelseed, N, Hertz, JT, Im, J, Kabore, LP, Keddy, KH, Konings, F, Valborg Løfberg, S, Meyer, CG, Montgomery, JM, Niang, A, Njariharinjakamampionona, A, Olack, B, Pak, GD, Panzner, U, Park, JK, Park, SE, Rabezanahary, H, Rakotondrainiarivelo, JP, Rakotozandrindrainy, R, Raminosoa, TM, Rubach, MP, Teferi, M, Seo, HJ, Sooka, A, Soura, A, Tall, A, Toy, T, Yeshitela, B, Clemens, JD, Wierzba, TF, Baker, S, and Marks, F. "Bloodstream Infections and Frequency of Pretreatment Associated With Age and Hospitalization Status in Sub-Saharan Africa." Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 61 Suppl 4 (November 2015): S372-S379.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Rubach, MP, Mukemba, J, Florence, S, Lopansri, BK, Hyland, K, Volkheimer, AD, Yeo, TW, Anstey, NM, Weinberg, JB, Mwaikambo, ED, and Granger, DL. "Impaired systemic tetrahydrobiopterin bioavailability and increased oxidized biopterins in pediatric falciparum malaria: association with disease severity." PLoS pathogens 11, no. 3 (March 12, 2015): e1004655-.  Full Text
    • Rubach, MP, Maro, VP, Bartlett, JA, and Crump, JA. "Etiologies of illness among patients meeting integrated management of adolescent and adult illness district clinician manual criteria for severe infections in northern Tanzania: implications for empiric antimicrobial therapy." The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 92, no. 2 (February 2015): 454-462.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Rubach, MP, and Hanson, KE. "ID learning unit-Diagnostics update: Current laboratory methods for rapid pathogen identification in patients with bloodstream infections." Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2, no. 4 (January 1, 2015).  Full Text
    • Weinberg, JB, Yeo, TW, Mukemba, JP, Florence, SM, Volkheimer, AD, Wang, H, Chen, Y, Rubach, M, Granger, DL, Mwaikambo, ED, and Anstey, NM. "Dimethylarginines: endogenous inhibitors of nitric oxide synthesis in children with falciparum malaria." The Journal of infectious diseases 210, no. 6 (September 2014): 913-922.  Full Text
    • Vanderburg, S, Rubach, MP, Halliday, JEB, Cleaveland, S, Reddy, EA, and Crump, JA. "Epidemiology of Coxiella burnetii infection in Africa: a OneHealth systematic review." Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases 8, no. 4 (April 10, 2014): e2787-null. (Review)  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Moon, AM, Biggs, HM, Rubach, MP, Crump, JA, Maro, VP, Saganda, W, and Reddy, EA. "Evaluation of in-hospital management for febrile illness in Northern Tanzania before and after 2010 World Health Organization Guidelines for the treatment of malaria." Plos One 9, no. 2 (January 2014): e89814-null.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Rubach, MP, Halliday, JEB, Cleaveland, S, and Crump, JA. "Brucellosis in low-income and middle-income countries." Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases 26, no. 5 (October 2013): 404-412. (Review)  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Rubach, MP, Pavlisko, EN, and Perfect, JR. "Pericarditis mediated by respiratory syncytial virus in a hematopoietic stem cell transplant patient." Transpl Infect Dis 15, no. 4 (August 2013): E152-E156.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Rubach, MP, Pavlisko, EN, and Perfect, JR. "Pericarditis mediated by respiratory syncytial virus in a hematopoietic stem cell transplant patient." Transplant Infectious Disease 15, no. 4 (2013): E152-E156.  Full Text
    • Rubach, MP, Mukemba, J, Florence, S, John, B, Crookston, B, Lopansri, BK, Yeo, TW, Piera, KA, Alder, SC, Weinberg, JB, Anstey, NM, Granger, DL, and Mwaikambo, ED. "Plasma Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein-2 concentrations are associated with malaria severity and mortality in Tanzanian children." PLoS One 7, no. 5 (2012): e35985-.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Rubach, MP, Bender, JM, Mottice, S, Hanson, K, Weng, HYC, Korgenski, K, Daly, JA, and Pavia, AT. "Increasing incidence of invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease in adults, Utah, USA." Emerging infectious diseases 17, no. 9 (September 2011): 1645-1650.  Full Text

  • Conference Papers

    • Carugati, M, Zhang, HL, Kilonzo, KG, Maze, MJ, Maro, VP, Rubach, MP, and Crump, JA. "Predicting Mortality for Adolescent and Adult Patients with Fever in Resource-Limited Settings." November 2018.  Full Text
    • Cash-Goldwasser, S, Maze, MJ, Rubach, MP, Biggs, HM, Stoddard, RA, Sharples, KJ, Halliday, JEB, Cleaveland, S, Shand, MC, Mmbaga, BT, Muiruri, C, Saganda, W, Lwezaula, BF, Kazwala, RR, Maro, VP, and Crump, JA. "Risk Factors for Human Brucellosis in Northern Tanzania." February 2018.  Full Text
• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • GLHLTH 777K: Infectious Disease Epidemiology in Global Settings — Surveillance, Prevention and Control 2019
  • GLHLTH 791: Independent Study in Global Health 2019

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