Davidson Hamer
Profiles

David H. Hamer, MD

Professor, Global Health - Boston University School of Public Health

dhamer@bu.edu

Biography

Davidson Hamer, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FASTMH, FISTM is a Professor of Global Health and Medicine at the Boston University School of Public Health and Chobanian & Avesidian School of Medicine, and Adjunct Professor of Nutrition at the Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. Dr. Hamer, a board-certified specialist in infectious diseases with a particular interest in tropical infectious diseases, has extensive field experience in neonatal and child survival research including studies of micronutrient interventions, maternal and neonatal health, malaria, pneumonia, and diarrheal diseases. During the last 20+ years, he has supervised and provided technical support to numerous studies in developing countries that evaluated interventions for improving neonatal survival, integrated community case management (iCCM), improving access for pregnant women to emergency obstetrical care, treatment and prevention of malaria, HIV/AIDS, micronutrient deficiencies, diarrheal disease, and pneumonia. Dr. Hamer received a MD from the University of Vermont College of Medicine and a BA in biology and French from Amherst College. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, Infectious Diseases Society of America, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, and the International Society of Travel Medicine.

Dr. Hamer currently has active projects in Bangladesh, Uganda, Zambia, and the United States. Major current projects include neonatal sepsis prevention using prebiotics and probiotics in Bangladesh; an autopsy study of fungal infections in HIV-infected patients in Uganda; etiologies of sepsis in HIV-exposed and uninfected children in Zambia; and a prospective cohort study of Chagas disease among US immigrants that includes a biobank. In addition, Dr. Hamer is the Surveillance Lead for the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network, a global network of 70 sites in 31 countries that conducts surveillance of emerging infectious diseases using returning travelers, immigrants, and refugees as sentinels of infection (https://geosentinel.org).

Other Positions

  • Professor, Medicine - Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Faculty, National Emerging Infectious Disease Lab - Boston University
  • Faculty, Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy & Research - Boston University
  • Core Co-lead for EIDs, One Health, and Climate Change, Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy & Research - Boston University
  • Faculty, African Studies Center - Boston University
  • Member, Pulmonary Center - Boston University
  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research - Boston University
  • Graduate Faculty (Primary Mentor of Grad Students) - Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences

Education

  • University of Vermont College of Medicine, MD Field of Study: Medicine
  • Amherst College, BA Field of Study: Biology

Classes Taught

  • SPHPH708
  • SPHPH825

Publications

  • Published on 8/27/2024

    Kuhfeldt KJ, Kaiser JL, Morgan AJ, Ngoma T, Hamer DH, Fink G, Rockers PC, Chirwa B, Scott NA. Motivation, Cues to Action, and Barriers to COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake: A Qualitative Application of the Health Belief Model among Women in Rural Zambia. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Aug 27. PMID: 39191235.

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  • Published on 7/4/2024

    Javelle E, Itani O, Rapp C, Hamer DH, Huits R. Will the Olympic flame spark dengue outbreaks during the Paris 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic games? J Travel Med. 2024 Jul 04. PMID: 38963939.

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  • Published on 7/2/2024

    Duvignaud A, Stoney RJ, Angelo D O KM, Chen LH, Cattaneo P, Motta L, Gobbi FG, Bottieau E, Bourque DL, Popescu CP, Glans H, Asgeirsson H, Oliveira-Souto I, Vaughan SD, Amatya B, Norman FF, Waggoner J, Diaz-Menendez M, Beadsworth M, Odolini S, Camprubí-Ferrer D, Epelboin L, Connor BA, Eperon G, Schwartz E, Libman M, Malvy D, Hamer DH, Huits R. Epidemiology of Travel-Associated Dengue from 2007 to 2022: A GeoSentinel Analysis. J Travel Med. 2024 Jul 02. PMID: 38951998.

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  • Published on 6/25/2024

    Bongomin F, Kibone W, Nantale R, Lukande R, Bromley R, Muzoora C, Hamer DH. Self-Rated Competence of Ugandan Healthcare Workers to Obtain Informed Consent for Autopsy. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Aug 07; 111(2):433-439. PMID: 38917811.

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  • Published on 6/18/2024

    Wheelock A, Sandhu S, Reifler K, Carrion M, Bourque DL, Hamer DH, Hochberg NS. Improving Clinician Awareness of and Screening for Chagas Disease with an Educational Intervention. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Aug 07; 111(2):380-386. PMID: 38889732.

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  • Published on 6/3/2024

    Steffen R, Hamer DH, Chen LH, Caumes E, Lau CL. Novel chikungunya and dengue vaccines: travel medicine applications. J Travel Med. 2024 Jun 03; 31(4). PMID: 38637307.

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  • Published on 6/3/2024

    Heidema S, Stoepker IV, Flaherty G, Angelo KM, Post RAJ, Miller C, Libman M, Hamer DH, van den Heuvel ER, Huits R. From GeoSentinel data to epidemiological insights: a multidisciplinary effort towards artificial intelligence-supported detection of infectious disease outbreaks. J Travel Med. 2024 Jun 03; 31(4). PMID: 38236181.

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  • Published on 5/29/2024

    Tarullo AR, Evans D, Coetzee L, Lopera-Perez DC, Brady SP, Gabard-Durnam LJ, Fink G, Hamer DH, Yousafzai AK, Rockers PC. Neonatal Physical Growth Predicts Electroencephalography Power in Rural South African Children. Brain Sci. 2024 May 29; 14(6). PMID: 38928552.

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  • Published on 5/29/2024

    Bongomin F, Nantale R, Kibone W, Awekonimungu B, Oyoo N, Okello J, Muzoora C, Hamer DH. Organ donation and HIV: Awareness and willingness to be a living donor among people with HIV in Uganda. Transpl Infect Dis. 2024 Jun; 26(3):e14300. PMID: 38809085.

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  • Published on 5/7/2024

    Centor RM, Hamer DH, Huits R. Web Exclusive. Annals On Call - A Resurgence of Dengue. Ann Intern Med. 2024 May; 177(5):eA240003. PMID: 38710090.

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