Lora Sabin
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Lora L. Sabin, PhD

Professor, Global Health - Boston University School of Public Health

617-358-2231
lsabin@bu.edu
Crosstown Center - 361
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Biography

Lora is a professor of global health in the Department of Global Health, where she also serves as Director of Education. Since joining the School of Public Health in 2001, Lora has conducted applied research on behavioral interventions and applied economics related to HIV, malaria, and other infectious diseases, child and adolescent health, and maternal health in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Her current and recent major projects include assessing effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of combined interventions to improve HIV treatment and retention outcomes in South Africa; analyzing the cost-effectiveness of implementing interventions to improve the health of veterans across the US; designing and implementing HIV treatment interventions for adolescents in Kenya; evaluating implementation and effectiveness of providing long-acting injectable HIV treatment in non-hospital sites in a US urban center; studying the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a hospital quality improvement intervention in Ghana; assessing the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of triggered reminders to improve HIV treatment retention and adherence among pregnant and post-partum women in Uganda; and evaluating interactive text messaging to improve knowledge and continuing medical education among community-based health workers and HIV providers in Vietnam. In addition to her research, Lora serves as Director of the school’s Program Management certificate and teaches courses in health economics; program management in global settings; and poverty, health, and development. She also co-directs a module that focuses on data, determinants, and decision-making for public health in the school’s new online MPH program. Lora has taught in numerous executive and professional training programs based in the US (Harvard University, Duke University) and was a member of the core faculty of the Vietnam AIDS Policy and Planning Project, a training program designed to strengthen the response to the HIV epidemic for local and national government officials in Vietnam. Before joining the BUSPH, Lora was based at the Asia Public Policy Program at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and at the Harvard Institute for International Development, including serving as the resident Academic Director of the Fulbright Economics Teaching Program based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from 1998-2001. She has lived in East Asia for ten years and has taught at universities and academic centers in China, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Lora holds a MA in East Asian Studies and PhD in Political Economy and Government from Harvard University.

Other Positions

  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research - Boston University

Education

  • Harvard University, PhD Field of Study: Political Economy
  • Harvard University, MA Field of Study: East Asian Studies
  • Stanford University, BA Field of Study: History

Websites

Classes Taught

  • SPHGH715
  • SPHGH770
  • SPHGH854
  • SPHPH702
  • SPHPH845
  • SPHPH856
  • SPHPH857
  • SPHPM733

Publications

  • Published on 4/9/2025

    Carwile ME, Jain K, Dauphinais MR, Narasimhan PB, Maloomian K, Rajaram M, Cintron C, McQuaid CF, Locks LM, Sabin LL, Lakshminarayanan S, Sinha P. Food insecurity in South Indian households with TB during COVID-19 lockdowns and the impact of nutritional interventions: A qualitative study. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025; 5(4):e0004242. PMID: 40203031.

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  • Published on 1/17/2025

    Akolbire D, Sabin LL, Lethunya PP, Sharma A, Cabral HJ, Jack BW, Scott NA. Implementation effectiveness of 'Problem solving for better health' training in Lesotho using mixed methods and the reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation and maintenance (RE-AIM) framework. BMC Med Educ. 2025 Jan 17; 25(1):86. PMID: 39825403.

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  • Published on 8/6/2024

    Ameli V, Wong G, Barlow J, Mohraz M, Meinck F, Taj L, Amiri T, Boosiraz A, Sabin L, Haberer JE. How Mobile Health Can Change the Contexts of Living With HIV and Engaging With Treatment and Care in Iran: A Realist-Informed Qualitative Study. Qual Health Res. 2025 Feb; 35(2):156-173. PMID: 39106351.

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  • Published on 4/27/2024

    Killian C, West RL, Orrell C, Gifford A, Haberer JE, Halim N, Jennings L, Berkowitz N, Fourie S, Sabin L. Negative clinic experiences as a barrier to care for people with HIV and their impact on patient preferences for intervention support: a qualitative study in Cape Town, South Africa. AIDS Care. 2024 Apr 27; 1-10. PMID: 38676915.

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  • Published on 4/24/2024

    Fletcher L, Burrowes S, Sabin LL, McCann N, Khan GK, Ruiz-Mercado G, Johnson S, Kimmel SD, Pierre C, Drainoni ML. Long-Acting Injectable ART in Practice: A Mixed Methods Implementation Study Assessing the Feasibility of Using LAI ART in High Risk Populations and At Alternative Low Barrier Care Sites. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2024 May; 38(5):221-229. PMID: 38656905.

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  • Published on 3/27/2024

    Bharti Sahu, Archana Thakur, Deepti Gupta, Mrigendra P. Singh, Ananya Shrivastava, Priyanka Diwakar, Lora L. Sabin. Factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding knowledge and practices in a tertiary hospital of Central India. International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics. 2024; 11(4):435-443.

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  • Published on 3/16/2024

    Alattas M, Gordon S, Sabin LL, El-Jardali F, Wirtz VJ. Equity and unmet need of non-communicable diseases services in Saudi Arabia using a National Household Survey (2019). BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Mar 16; 24(1):346. PMID: 38491481.

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  • Published on 12/21/2023

    Hariprasad S, Phiri K, Thorp M, Holland K, Nyirenda R, Gupta S, Phiri S, Sabin L, Dovel K. Stakeholder Priorities for ART Initiation and Early Retention Interventions in Malawi: A Qualitative Study Comparing International and National Perspectives. Res Sq. 2023 Dec 21. PMID: 38196656.

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  • Published on 12/15/2023

    Salma M Abdalla, Samuel B Rosenberg, Gregory H Cohen, Catherine K Ettman, Laura Magana, Elaine O Nsoesie, Lora L Sabin, Sandro Galea. Disruptions to the social determinants of health and mental health indicators during the pandemic in eight countries. SSM-Mental Health. 2023; 4:100249.
  • Published on 12/1/2023

    Catherine Orrell, Lauren Jennings, Chantel Schreuder, Richard Madimabe, Tebogo Mosina, Lora Sabin. BMJ Global Health. PA-613 Early identification of ART missed doses: baseline data from the RETAIN study. 2023; 8(Supp 10).

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