Lora Sabin, PhD
Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Global Health

PhD, Harvard University
MA, Harvard University
BA, Stanford University



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.

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Boston University
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research




Adaptation and Pilot of a Peer-Facilitated Self-Help Plus Stress Management Intervention for Breast Cancer Patients in Viet Nam
09/01/2023 - 08/31/2026 (Key Person / Mentor)
PI: PhuongThao "PT" Le, PhD, MPH
NIH/Fogarty International Center
7K01TW012174-03

Supporting Sustained HIV Treatment Adherence after Initiation (SUSTAIN)
09/10/2021 - 06/30/2026 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Mental Health
5R01MH125703-03

Personnel Agreement for Research Services of Lora Sabin
05/16/2022 - 05/15/2023 (PI)
Department of Veterans Administration, Bedford


CAB-RPV LA Implementation Strategies for High-Risk Populations
04/01/2021 - 09/30/2022 (Subcontract PI)
Boston Medical Center Corporation ViiVHealthcareUK Ltd


Personnel Agreement for Research Services of Lora Sabin.
01/01/2021 - 12/31/2021 (PI)
Department of Veterans Administration, Bedford


Programme Evaluation of Timor-Leste PEN-HEARTS Intervention
09/15/2020 - 08/31/2021 (PI)
World Health Organization


Determining Barriers to TB Care
06/15/2018 - 12/18/2020 (Subcontract PI)
CRDF Global National Science Fdn
OISE-9531011

The Supporting Adolescent Adherence in Vietnam (SAAV) Study
08/24/2016 - 08/31/2019 (Subcontract PI)
University of New England NIH NIMH
5R21MH109381-02

Improving ART Retention and Adherence in Uganda: the WiseMama Study
09/01/2014 - 06/30/2018 (Multi-PI)
PI: Lora Sabin, PhD
NIH/National Institute of Mental Health
5R34MH103075-03

Catholics Care for Children in Zambia
03/30/2015 - 06/30/2016 (Co-Investigator)
Catholic Relief Services GHR Foundation


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Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2023 Supporting Sustained HIVTreatment Adherence after Initiation (SUSTAIN) 5R01MH125703-03
2022 Supporting Sustained HIVTreatment Adherence after Initiation (SUSTAIN) 5R01MH125703-02
2021 Supporting Sustained HIVTreatment Adherence after Initiation (SUSTAIN) 1R01MH125703-01A1
2016 Improving ART Retention and Adherence in Uganda, the WiseMama Study 5R34MH103075-03
2015 Improving ART Retention and Adherence in Uganda, the WiseMama Study 5R34MH103075-02
2014 WiseMama Zambia: Improving ART Retention and Adherence in Zambia (WIMZ) 1R34MH103075-01A1
2014 China Adherence through Technology Study (CATS) 5R34DA032423-03 3
2013 China Adherence through Technology Study (CATS) 5R34DA032423-02 3
2012 China Adherence through Technology Study (CATS) 1R34DA032423-01A1 3

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  1. 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.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38491481; PMCID: PMC10943914; DOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-10787-6;
     
  2. 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; PMCID: PMC10775367; DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3725505/v1;
     
  3. 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.
  4. 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).
  5. 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.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37147725; PMCID: PMC10163747; DOI: 10.1186/s13063-023-07322-z;
     
  6. 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.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36627679; PMCID: PMC9830853; DOI: 10.1186/s12954-023-00730-z;
     
  7. 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.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36454986; PMCID: PMC9714812; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0278336;
     
  8. 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.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36238754; PMCID: PMC9551340; DOI: 10.1177/20552076221129729;
     
  9. 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.
  10. 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).View Related Profiles. PMID: 36041848; PMCID: PMC9426988; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00008;
     
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Bar chart showing 93 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2012 and 2018 and 2022

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Suffolk County named ‘High Burden’ county for HIV

BU News Service 4/10/2019

2021 Boston University School of Public Health: Excellence in Teaching Award for Student Engagement
2016 Boston University School of Public Health: Excellence in Teaching Award
2014 Boston University School of Public Health: Excellence in Teaching Award
2012 Boston University School of Public Health : Excellence in Teaching Award
2011 Boston University School of Public Health: Excellence in Teaching Award
1993-1994 Harvard University: Graduate Fellowship
1991-1992 Committee on Scholarly Communication with the PRC: National Program for Advanced Study and Research in China
1990-1991 Harvard University: Foreign Languages and Area Studies Fellowship
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