Helen Jenkins
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Helen E Jenkins, PhD

Associate Professor, Biostatistics - Boston University School of Public Health

Biography

Helen Jenkins was selected as a Rafik Hariri Institute Junior Faculty Fellow beginning in Fall 2017. Helen has a M.Sc. in Biostatistics from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a Ph.d. in Infectious Disease Epidemiology from Imperial College, London. She is interested in novel ways to analyze data that can have a public health impact in the field of infectious diseases. In recent years, she has focused on tuberculosis including developing new estimates of pediatric TB incidence and mortality, and spatial methods to understand geographic heterogeneity of TB.

Education

  • Imperial College London, PhD Field of Study: Infectious Disease Epidemiology
  • London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, MSc Field of Study: Medical Statistics
  • University of Birmingham, BSc Field of Study: Mathematics

Classes Taught

  • SPHBS401
  • SPHBS825

Publications

  • Published on 1/1/2025

    du Preez K, Jenkins HE, Martinez L, Chiang SS, Dlamini SS, Dolynska M, Aleksandrin A, Kobe J, Graham SM, Hesseling AC, Starke JR, Seddon JA, Dodd PJ. Global burden of tuberculous meningitis in children aged 0-14 years in 2019: a mathematical modelling study. Lancet Glob Health. 2025 Jan; 13(1):e59-e68. PMID: 39706662.

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  • Published on 11/1/2024

    Shapiro AN, Scott L, Moultrie H, Jacobson KR, Bor J, Conradie F, da Silva P, Mlisana K, Jenkins HE, Stevens WS. Risk factors for and timing of presumptive recurrent TB. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2024 Nov 01; 28(11):527-533. PMID: 39468024.

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  • Published on 10/4/2024

    Hansen MA, Han AX, Chevalier JM, Klock E, Pandithakoralage H, Nooy A, Ockhuisen T, Girdwood SJ, Lekodeba NA, Khan S, Jenkins HE, Johnson CC, Sacks JA, Russell CA, Nichols BE. Cost-effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 self-testing at routine gatherings to minimize community-level infections in lower-middle income countries: A mathematical modeling study. PLoS One. 2024; 19(10):e0311198. PMID: 39365802.

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  • Published on 8/28/2024

    Campbell JI, Lavache D, Garing A, Sabharwal V, Haberer JE, Dubois M, Jenkins HE, Brooks MB, Joseph NT, Kissler K, Horsburgh CR, Jacobson KR. Evaluation of the Tuberculosis Infection Care Cascade Among Pregnant Individuals in a Low-Tuberculosis-Burden Setting. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024 Sep; 11(9):ofae494. PMID: 39238842.

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  • Published on 6/1/2024

    Shapiro AN, Dolynska M, Chiang SS, Rybak N, Petrenko V, Horsburgh CR, Kobe J, Terleieva I, Sakalska O, Jenkins HE. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on TB notifications in Ukraine in 2020. IJTLD Open. 2024 Jun; 1(6):258-265. PMID: 39021447.

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  • Published on 6/1/2024

    Chiang SS, Jenkins HE. Pediatric TB treatment outcomes: targets for improvement. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2024 Jun 01; 28(6):263-265. PMID: 38822487.

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  • Published on 3/1/2024

    Yamkovoy K, Self JL, Jenkins HE, Horsburgh CR, White LF. Patterns of TB transmission in the United States, 2011-2017. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2024 Mar 01; 28(3):154-156. PMID: 38454181.

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  • Published on 3/1/2024

    Leavitt SV, Rodriguez CA, Bouton TC, Horsburgh CR, Abel Zur Wiesch P, Nichols BE, White LF, Jenkins HE. Outcomes for people with TB by disease severity at presentation. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2024 Mar 01; 28(3):142-147. PMID: 38454178.

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  • Published on 3/1/2024

    Xiong Y, Millones AK, Farroñay S, Torres I, Acosta D, Jordan DR, Jimenez J, Wippel C, Jenkins HE, Lecca L, Yuen CM. Impact of the private sector on spatial accessibility to chest radiography services in Lima, Peru. IJTLD Open. 2024 Mar 01; 1(3):144-146. PMID: 38698907.

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  • Published on 2/27/2024

    Chevalier JM, Han AX, Hansen MA, Klock E, Pandithakoralage H, Ockhuisen T, Girdwood SJ, Lekodeba NA, de Nooy A, Khan S, Johnson CC, Sacks JA, Jenkins HE, Russell CA, Nichols BE. Impact and cost-effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 self-testing strategies in schools: a multicountry modelling analysis. BMJ Open. 2024 Feb 27; 14(2):e078674. PMID: 38417953.

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