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Faculty Profile:
Mkaya Mwamburi, M.D., Ph.D.
|  Assistant Professor
Department of Public Health and Community Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
150 Harrison Ave, Jaharis 2
Boston, MA 02111
| Phone: |
617-636-3665 |
| Fax: |
617-636-3810 |
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| Education |
Ph.D., Clinical Research
Tufts University
MBChB, University of Nairobi, College of Health Sciences |
| Research Focus |
Operational research on HIV care and treatment in Kenya and South Africa; HIV treatment strategies including modified directly observed therapy (MDOT); HIV outcomes research including nutritional, weight loss and body composition issues in HIV; discrete event modeling (microsimulations) for long-term HIV outcomes and cost effectiveness analyses, and; geographic translation of research findings across disparate population settings. |
| Selected Publications |
- Mwamburi DM, Ghosh M, Fauntleroy J, Gorbach SL, Wanke CA. Predicting CD4 count using total lymphocyte count: a sustainable tool for clinical decisions during HAART use. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2005 Jul;73(1):58-62.
- Mwamburi DM, Dladla N, Qwana E, Lurie MN. Factors associated with wanting to know HIV results in South Africa. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2005 Aug;19(8):518-25.
- Mwamburi DM, Wilson IB, Jacobson DL, Spiegelman D, Gorbach SL, Knox TA, Wanke CA. Understanding the role of HIV load in determining weight change in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy. Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Jan 1;40(1):167-73. Epub 2004 Dec 8.
- Mwamburi DM, Gerrior J, Wilson IB, Chang H, Scully E, Saboori S, Miller L, Forfia J, Albrecht M, Wanke CA. Combination megestrol acetate, oxandrolone, and dietary advice restores weight in human immunodeficiency virus. Nutr Clin Pract. 2004 Aug;19(4):395-402.
- Mwamburi DM, Gerrior J, Wilson IB, Chang H, Scully E, Saboori S, Miller L, Forfia J, Albrecht M, Wanke CA. Comparing megestrol acetate therapy with oxandrolone therapy for HIV-related weight loss: similar results in 2 months. Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Mar 15;38(6):895-902. Epub 2004 Mar 1.
- Kent DM, Mwamburi DM, Bennish ML, Kupelnick B, Ioannidis JP. Clinical trials in sub-Saharan Africa and established standards of care: a systematic review of HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria trials. JAMA. 2004 Jul 14;292(2):237-42. Review.
- Kent DM, Mwamburi M, Cash RA, Rabin TL, Bennish ML. Testing therapies less effective than the best current standard: ethical beliefs in an international sample of researchers. Am J Bioeth. 2003 Spring;3(2):W11.
- Zuma K, Lurie MN, Williams BG, Mkaya-Mwamburi D, Garnett GP, Sturm AW. Risk factors of sexually transmitted infections among migrant and non-migrant sexual partnerships from rural South Africa. Epidemiol Infect. 2005 Jun;133(3):421-8.
- Lurie MN, Williams BG, Zuma K, Mkaya-Mwamburi D, Garnett G, Sturm AW, Sweat MD, Gittelsohn J, Abdool Karim SS. The impact of migration on HIV-1 transmission in South Africa: a study of migrant and nonmigrant men and their partners. Sex Transm Dis. 2003 Feb;30(2):149-56.
- Lurie MN, Williams BG, Zuma K, Mkaya-Mwamburi D, Garnett GP, Sweat MD, Gittelsohn J, Karim SS. Who infects whom? HIV-1 concordance and discordance among migrant and non-migrant couples in South Africa. AIDS. 2003 Oct 17;17(15):2245-52.
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