Gesine Meyer-Rath
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Gesine Meyer-Rath, MD, PhD

Research Professor, Global Health - Boston University School of Public Health

(617) 414-1260
gesine@bu.edu
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Biography

Prof Meyer-Rath is a Research Professor at the Department of Global Health of the Boston University School of Public Health. She is a physician and health economist working on the economics of HIV, TB and COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries. Her focus lies on modeling methods for economic evaluation, including infectious disease modeling and decision analysis, and translating research into recommendations for public policy. Before joining BUSPH she has worked in the Pediatrics Department of Charité University Hospital Berlin, at the World Health Organization and at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Prof Meyer-Rath is based in Johannesburg where she works at the Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office (HE2RO), a collaboration between Boston University and the University of the Witwatersrand. She holds a PhD in Health Economics from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine as well as a MD/PhD in Physiology from Free University Berlin.

Education

  • Freie Universität Berlin, MD Field of Study: Medicine
  • Freie Universität Berlin, PhD Field of Study: Physiology

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Publications

  • Published on 10/1/2025

    Stover J, Sonneveldt E, Tam Y, Horton KC, Phillips AN, Smith J, Martin-Hughes R, Ten Brink D, Citron DT, Kim HY, Akullian A, Mudimu E, Pickles M, Bershteyn A, Williamson J, Meyer-Rath G, Jamieson L, Sully EA, White JN, Heaton A, Clark RA, Tong H, Richards AS, McQuaid CF, Houben RMGJ, White RG, Dimitrov D, Kaftan D. Effects of reductions in US foreign assistance on HIV, tuberculosis, family planning, and maternal and child health: a modelling study. Lancet Glob Health. 2025 Oct; 13(10):e1669-e1680. PMID: 40975076.

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  • Published on 8/21/2025

    Bezuidenhout C, Long L, Nichols B, Meyer-Rath G, Fox MP, Olifant S, Theron G, Fiphaza K, Pieruccini M, Ruhwald M, Penn-Nicholson A, Fourie B, Medina-Marino A. Using sputum and tongue swab specimens for in-home point-of-care targeted universal testing for tuberculosis of household contacts: an acceptability and feasibility analysis. BMJ Glob Health. 2025 Aug 21; 10(8). PMID: 40840972.

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  • Published on 7/24/2025

    Bezuidenhout C, Long L, Nichols B, Meyer-Rath G, Fox MP, Theron G, Fourie B, Olifant S, Penn-Nicholson A, Ruhwald M, Medina-Marino A. Sputum and tongue swab molecular testing for the in-home diagnosis of tuberculosis in unselected household contacts: a cost and cost-effectiveness analysis. Clin Infect Dis. 2025 Jul 24. PMID: 40705837.

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  • Published on 7/1/2025

    Stansfield SE, Moore M, Jamieson L, Meyer-Rath G, Johnson LF, Kaftan D, Bershteyn A, Smith J, Cambiano V, Bansi-Matharu L, Phillips A, Heitner J, Barnabas RV, Hanscom B, Donnell DJ, Boily MC, Dimitrov D. Estimated impact of long-acting injectable PrEP in South Africa: a model comparison analysis. J Int AIDS Soc. 2025 Jul; 28 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):e26453. PMID: 40600502.

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  • Published on 6/20/2025

    Meyer-Rath G, Jamieson L, Mudimu E, Imai-Eaton JW, Johnson LF. The cost of the plunge: the impact and cost of a cessation of PEPFAR-supported services in South Africa. AIDS. 2025 Aug 01; 39(10):1476-1480. PMID: 40549501.

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  • Published on 5/27/2025

    Masuku SD, Mandrik O, Mdege ND, Mishra G, Muwonge R, Meyer-Rath G, Lince-Deroche N, Brennan A. Breast Cancer Screening Using Clinical Breast Examination: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis for South Africa. Value Health Reg Issues. 2025 Sep; 49:101127. PMID: 40435867.

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  • Published on 2/25/2025

    Majam M, Hatzold K, Mavhu W, Tembo A, Zishiri V, Phiri J, Conserve D, Haile Z, Chidarikire T, Johnson CC, Moyo S, Meyer-Rath G, Venter F. Reaching priority populations with different HIV self-testing distribution models in South Africa: an analysis of programme data. BMC Infect Dis. 2025 Feb 25; 22(Suppl 1):981. PMID: 40001039.

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  • Published on 11/2/2024

    Bezuidenhout C, Long L, Nichols B, Meyer-Rath G, Fox MP, Olifant S, Theron G, Fiphaza K, Ruhwald M, Penn-Nicholson A, Fourie B, Medina-Marino A. USING SPUTUM AND TONGUE SWAB SPECIMENS FOR IN-HOME POINT-OF-CARE TARGETED UNIVERSAL TESTING FOR TB OF HOUSEHOLD CONTACTS: AN ACCEPTABILITY AND FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS. medRxiv. 2024 Nov 02. PMID: 39574838.

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  • Published on 10/18/2024

    Bezuidenhout C, Long L, Nichols B, Meyer-Rath G, Fox MP, Theron G, Fourie B, Olifant S, Penn-Nicholson A, Ruhwald M, Medina-Marino A. Sputum and tongue swab molecular testing for the in-home diagnosis of tuberculosis in unselected household contacts: a cost and cost-effectiveness analysis. medRxiv. 2024 Oct 18. PMID: 39484233.

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  • Published on 9/13/2024

    Poteat T, Bothma R, Maposa I, Hendrickson C, Meyer-Rath G, Hill N, Pettifor A, Imrie J. Transgender-Specific Differentiated HIV Service Delivery Models in the South African Public Primary Health Care System (Jabula Uzibone): Protocol for an Implementation Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 Sep 13; 13:e64373. PMID: 39269745.

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