Biography

Dr. Sabin is a health and development economist based at the Center for Global Health and Development and in the Department of International Health, where she teaches courses in health economics, antiretroviral therapy management, and social and behavioral sciences. Her research focuses on behavioral interventions, applied economics, and program evaluations related to child health and welfare, HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other infectious diseases in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Her current and recent projects include: an evaluation of a real-time feedback and counseling intervention designed to improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-positive individuals in southern China; exploratory studies in Ghana on men who have sex with men and on retaining HIV-positive patients in care and treatment; a validation study of the Child Status Index in Malawi; and other quantitative and qualitative evaluations of interventions in Zambia, India, Vietnam, Ecuador, and Ethiopia. Dr. Sabin teaches in executive and professional training programs based in the US (Harvard University, Duke University) and abroad. She was also a member of the core faculty of the Vietnam AIDS Policy and Planning Project, a training program on the response to the HIV epidemic for local and national government officials in Vietnam. Lora has also taught courses or conducted trainings at universities and research centers in numerous countries, including China, Taiwan, India, Uganda, Malawi, Ethiopia, Canada, and Haiti. She was Co-Program Director, and continues to consult for, the Health and Community programs organized by the International Honors Program, a Boston-based non-profit organization that offers study-abroad programs for US-based college students. Before joining the BUSPH, Lora worked in the Asia Public Policy Program at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and at the Harvard Institute for International Development. While there, she served as the Academic Director of the Fulbright Economics Teaching Program, a Harvard-managed academic center in Ho Chi Minh City, from 1998-2000. Lora spent ten years living in East Asia in the 1980s and 1990s, including in China, Taiwan, and Vietnam. She holds a PhD in Political Economy and Government from Harvard University.

Projects

• Addressing the Needs of Women Living with HIV in Vietnam
• AIDS Policy and Planning Project in Vietnam
• Assessing the Karnataka Cash Transfer Program
• Baseline Evaluation of USAID/Pact Program for Highly Vulnerable Children: Yekokeb Berhan
• Children of Sex Workers and Drug Users
• China Adherence for Life (China AFL) Study
• China Adherence through Technology Study (CATS)
• Effects of Zinc as an Adjunct to Treatment of Pneumonia in Young Children
• Evaluation of Community Outreach HIV Prevention Programs in Vietnam
• Evaluation of the Child Status Index Tool: A Validation Study in Malawi
• Lufwanyama Neonatal Survival Project (LUNESP)
• Prevalence of Malaria among Pregnant Women in India
• Understanding the HIV Prevention Needs of Highly Vulnerable Populations in Ghana
• Zambia Integrated Management of Malaria and Pneumonia Study (ZIMMAPS)

Publications