Faculty Profile: Patricia L. Hibberd, M.D., Ph.D.

Director
Center for Global Health Research

Professor
Departments of Public Health and Community Medicine,
Medicine, and Pediatrics
Tufts University School of Medicine

Faculty
Sackler Graduate Program in Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Tufts University School of Medicine
150 Harrison Ave., Jaharis 2
Boston, MA 02111

1. Asghar R, Banajeh S, Egas J, Hibberd P, Iqbal I, Katep-Bwalya M, Kundi Z, Law P, MacLeod W, Maulen-Radovan I, Mino G, Saha S, Sempertegui F, Simon J, Santosham M, Singhi S, Thea DM, Qazi S; Severe Pneumonia Evaluation Antimicrobial Research Study Group. Chloramphenicol versus ampicillin plus gentamicin for community acquired very severe pneumonia among children aged 2-59 months in low resource settings: multicentre randomised controlled trial (SPEAR study). BMJ. 2008 Jan 12;336(7635):80-4. Epub 2008 Jan 8.

2. Fewtrell MS, Morgan JB, Duggan C, Gunnlaugsson G, Hibberd PL, Lucas A, Kleinman RE. Optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding: what is the evidence to support current recommendations? Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Feb;85(2):635S-638S.

3. Fu LY, Ruthazer R, Wilson I, Patel A, Fox LM, Tuan TA, Jeena P, Chisaka N, Hassan M, Lozano J, Maulen-Radovan I, Thea DM, Qazi S, Hibberd P. Brief hospitalization and pulse oximetry for predicting amoxicillin treatment failure in children with severe pneumonia. Pediatrics. 2006 Dec;118(6):e1822-30.

4. McGovern BH, Ditelberg JS, Taylor LE, Gandhi RT, Christopoulos KA, Chapman S, Schwartzapfel B, Rindler E, Fiorino AM, Zaman MT, Sax PE, Graeme-Cook F, Hibberd PL. Hepatic steatosis is associated with fibrosis, nucleoside analogue use, and hepatitis C virus genotype 3 infection in HIV-seropositive patients. Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Aug 1;43(3):365-72. Epub 2006 Jun 22.

5. Curley MA, Arnold JH, Thompson JE, Fackler JC, Grant MJ, Fineman LD, Cvijanovich N, Barr FE, Molitor-Kirsch S, Steinhorn DM, Matthay MA, Hibberd PL; Pediatric Prone Positioning Study Group. Clinical trial design - effect of prone positioning on clinical outcomes in infants and children with acute respiratory distress syndrome. J Crit Care. 2006 Mar;21(1):23-32; discussion 32-7.

6. Bousvaros A, Guandalini S, Baldassano RN, Botelho C, Evans J, Ferry GD, Goldin B, Hartigan L, Kugathasan S, Levy J, Murray KF, Oliva-Hemker M, Rosh JR, Tolia V, Zholudev A, Vanderhoof JA, Hibberd PL. A randomized, double-blind trial of Lactobacillus GG versus placebo in addition to standard maintenance therapy for children with Crohn's disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2005 Sep;11(9):833-9.

7. Hibberd PL, Weiner DL. Monitoring participant safety in phase I and II interventional trials: options and controversies. J Investig Med. 2004 Nov;52(7):446-52.

8. Khan WA, Rogers KA, Karim MM, Ahmed S, Hibberd PL, Calderwood SB, Ryan ET, Ward HD. Cryptosporidiosis among Bangladeshi children with diarrhea: a prospective, matched, case-control study of clinical features, epidemiology and systemic antibody responses. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2004 Oct;71(4):412-9.

9. Hibberd PL, Patel A; Amoxicillin Penicillin Pneumonia International Study (APPIS) Group. Challenges in the design of antibiotic equivalency studies: the multicenter equivalency study of oral amoxicillin versus injectable penicillin in children aged 3-59 months with severe pneumonia. Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Aug 15;39(4):526-31. Epub 2004 Aug 3.

10. Addo-Yobo E, Chisaka N, Hassan M, Hibberd P, Lozano JM, Jeena P, MacLeod WB, Maulen I, Patel A, Qazi S, Thea DM, Nguyen NT. Oral amoxicillin versus injectable penicillin for severe pneumonia in children aged 3 to 59 months: a randomised multicentre equivalency study. Lancet. 2004 Sep 25-Oct 1;364(9440):1141-8.