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 teaches courses in health economics, antiretroviral therapy management, public health ethics, and individual, community and population health for MPH and DrPH students, and conducts research on behavioral interventions and applied economics related to child health and welfare, HIV and AIDS, malaria, and other infectious diseases in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Her current and recent projects include: investigating TB-related stigma in India; 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; evaluating active text messaging to improve knowledge and support continuing medical education among medical care providers (community-based health workers and HIV providers) in Vietnam; assessing the impact of real-time feedback to improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-positive individuals in China; exploratory studies of men who have sex with men and of barriers and facilitators of retention in HIV care in Ghana; studies assessing the attitudes, knowledge, and behaviors related to malaria prevention and treatment among pregnant women in East and Central India; a validation study of the Child Status Index in Malawi; and a cost-effectiveness study of a package of neonatal interventions designed to reduce neonatal mortality in rural Zambia. Dr. Sabin frequently teaches in 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 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 1998-2001. Lora has lived in East Asia for ten years and has taught at universities and academic centers in China, Taiwan, and Vietnam. She holds a MA in East Asian Studies and PhD in Political Economy and Government from Harvard University.

Other Positions

  • Center Faculty Member, Center for Global Health & Development - Boston University School of Public Health
  • 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 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).
  • Published on 5/5/2023

    Jennings L, West RL, Halim N, Kaiser JL, Gwadz M, MacLeod WB, Gifford AL, Haberer JE, Orrell C, Sabin LL. Protocol for an evaluation of adherence monitoring and support interventions among people initiating antiretroviral therapy in Cape Town, South Africa-a multiphase optimization strategy (MOST) approach using a fractional factorial design. Trials. 2023 May 05; 24(1):310. PMID: 37147725.

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  • Published on 1/10/2023

    Fletcher L, Burrowes SAB, Khan GK, Sabin L, Johnson S, Kimmel SD, Ruiz-Mercado G, Pierre C, Drainoni ML. Perspectives on long-acting injectable HIV antiretroviral therapy at an alternative care site: a qualitative study of people with HIV experiencing substance use and/or housing instability. Harm Reduct J. 2023 Jan 10; 20(1):4. PMID: 36627679.

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  • Published on 12/1/2022

    Stevens JR, Sabin LL, Onyango MA, Sarker M, Declercq E. Midwifery centers as enabled environments for midwifery: A quasi experimental design assessing women's birth experiences in three models of care in Bangladesh, before and during covid. PLoS One. 2022; 17(12):e0278336. PMID: 36454986.

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  • Published on 10/9/2022

    Kershaw K, Martelly L, Stevens C, McInnes DK, Silverman A, Byrne T, Aycinena D, Sabin LL, Garvin LA, Vimalananda VG, Hass R. Text messaging to increase patient engagement in a large health care for the homeless clinic: Results of a randomized pilot study. Digit Health. 2022 Jan-Dec; 8:20552076221129729. PMID: 36238754.

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  • Published on 9/8/2022

    Solomon H, Thea DM, Galea S, Sabin LL, Lucey DR, Hamer DH. Adherence to and enforcement of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) for COVID-19 prevention in Nigeria, Rwanda, and Zambia: A mixed methods analysis. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2022; 9(2):e0000389.
  • Published on 8/30/2022

    Sabin LL, Mesic A, Le BN, Halim N, Cao CTH, Bonawitz R, Nguyen HV, Larson A, Nguyen TTT, Le AN, Gill CJ. Costs and Cost-Effectiveness of mCME Version 2.0: An SMS-Based Continuing Medical Education Program for HIV Clinicians in Vietnam. Glob Health Sci Pract. 2022 08 30; 10(4). PMID: 36041848.

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