Scholars@Duke

• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Biostatistics
  • Design of experiments
  • SAS (Computer program language)
  • Stata
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Once bitten: A longitudinal, observational study of successful malaria parasite transmission events between humans and mosquitos awarded by National Institutes of Health 2019 - 2024
  • Malaria diagnostic testing and conditional subsidies to target ACTs in the retail sector: the TESTsmART trial awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2023
  • Marcus Foundation Phase II MSC ASD 2019 - 2022
  • Novel Diagnostics to Improve Antimicrobial Stewardship for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in Resource-Limited Settings awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2022
  • Tailoring treatment targets for early autism intervention in Africa awarded by National Institutes of Health 2019 - 2021
  • Swine Influenza Virus Transmission in Confined Animal Feeding Operations, China awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2020
  • Defeat Malaria Initiative Myanmar 2017 - 2020
  • Duke CTSA (UL1) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2018
  • Heath Mpowerment awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 2011 - 2017
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Hertz, Julian T., Deng B. Madut, Revogatus A. Tesha, Gwamaka William, Ryan A. Simmons, Sophie W. Galson, Francis M. Sakita, et al. “Knowledge of myocardial infarction symptoms and perceptions of self-risk in Tanzania..” Am Heart J 210 (April 2019): 69–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2019.01.003.
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    • Hertz, Julian T., Deng B. Madut, Revogatus A. Tesha, Gwamaka William, Ryan A. Simmons, Sophie W. Galson, Venance P. Maro, John A. Crump, and Matthew P. Rubach. “Self-medication with non-prescribed pharmaceutical agents in an area of low malaria transmission in northern Tanzania: a community-based survey..” Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 113, no. 4 (April 1, 2019): 183–88. https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/try138.
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    • Tillekeratne, L Gayani, Champica K. Bodinayake, Ryan Simmons, Ajith Nagahawatte, Vasantha Devasiri, Wasantha Kodikara Arachchi, Bradly P. Nicholson, et al. “Respiratory Viral Infection: An Underappreciated Cause of Acute Febrile Illness Admissions in Southern Sri Lanka..” Am J Trop Med Hyg 100, no. 3 (March 2019): 672–80. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.18-0699.
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    • Hertz, Julian T., Deng B. Madut, Revogatus A. Tesha, Gwamaka William, Ryan A. Simmons, Sophie W. Galson, Francis M. Sakita, et al. “Perceptions of chest pain and healthcare seeking behavior for chest pain in northern Tanzania: A community-based survey..” Plos One 14, no. 2 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212139.
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    • Sun, Jessica M., Allen W. Song, Laura E. Case, Mohamad A. Mikati, Kathryn E. Gustafson, Ryan Simmons, Ricki Goldstein, et al. “Effect of Autologous Cord Blood Infusion on Motor Function and Brain Connectivity in Young Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial..” Stem Cells Transl Med 6, no. 12 (December 2017): 2071–78. https://doi.org/10.1002/sctm.17-0102.
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    • Simmons, Ryan A., Leonard Mboera, Marie Lynn Miranda, Alison Morris, Gillian Stresman, Elizabeth L. Turner, Randall Kramer, Chris Drakeley, and Wendy P. O’Meara. “A longitudinal cohort study of malaria exposure and changing serostatus in a malaria endemic area of rural Tanzania..” Malar J 16, no. 1 (August 2, 2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-1945-2.
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    • Dawson, Geraldine, Jessica M. Sun, Katherine S. Davlantis, Michael Murias, Lauren Franz, Jesse Troy, Ryan Simmons, Maura Sabatos-DeVito, Rebecca Durham, and Joanne Kurtzberg. “Autologous Cord Blood Infusions Are Safe and Feasible in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Results of a Single-Center Phase I Open-Label Trial..” Stem Cells Transl Med 6, no. 5 (May 2017): 1332–39. https://doi.org/10.1002/sctm.16-0474.
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    • Anthopolos, Rebecca, Ryan Simmons, and Wendy Prudhomme O’Meara. “A retrospective cohort study to quantify the contribution of health systems to child survival in Kenya: 1996-2014..” Sci Rep 7 (March 14, 2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/srep44309.
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    • Wheeler, A. R., K. A. Fulton, J. E. Gaudette, R. A. Simmons, I. Matsuo, and J. A. Simmons. “Echolocating big brown bats, eptesicus fuscus, modulate pulse intervals to over come range ambiguity in cluttered surroundings.” Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 10, no. Jun (June 22, 2016). https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00125.
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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 and Behavior, 23:1166–77, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-018-2289-9.
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    • Muñiz Alers, Saisha M., Kristin Page, Ryan Simmons, Barbara Waters-Pick, Lynn Cheatham, Jesse D. Troy, and Joanne Kurtzberg. “Automated thawing increases recovery of colony-forming units from banked cord blood unit grafts..” In Transfusion, 58:2911–17, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1111/trf.14938.
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    • Sun, Jessica, Mohamad Mikati, Jesse D. Troy, Kathryn Gustafson, Ryan Simmons, Ricki Goldstein, Jodi Petry, et al. “Adequately Dosed Autologous Cord Blood Infusion Is Associated with Motor Improvement in Children with Cerebral Palsy.” In Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, 22:S61–62. Elsevier BV, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbmt.2015.11.354.
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