Alana Brennan, PhD, MPH is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Global Health at the Boston University School of Public Health. She received both her MPH in Epidemiology and PhD in Epidemiology from the Boston University School of Public Health. Her areas of expertise are in HIV, tuberculosis, non-communicable chronic disease, and health systems research.
Assistant Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Epidemiology
2017 Harvard Chan School of Public Health, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study:
Rising Star Epidemiologist’, Presentation at ‘Next in Science’ Epidemiology Forum
2016 Epidemiological Congress of the Americas:
Carol Buck Prize Student Prize Paper for International/Global Epidemiology
2016 Boston University School of Public Health:
Award for Excellence in Teaching for Infectious Disease Epidemiology
2016 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infection:
Young Investigators Award
2014 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infection:
Young Investigators Award
2013 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infection:
Young Investigators Award
2012 Boston University School of Public Health:
Annual Research Day Student Prize Poster
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Rosen S, Maskew M, Brennan AT, Fox MP, Vezi L, Ehrenkranz PD, Venter WDF. Improved simplified clinical algorithm for identifying patients eligible for immediate initiation of antiretroviral therapy for HIV (SLATE II): protocol for a randomized evaluation. Trials. 2018 Oct 11; 19(1):548.View Related Profiles. PMID: 30305142.
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Bor J, MacLeod W, Oleinik K, Potter J, Brennan AT, Candy S, Maskew M, Fox MP, Sanne I, Stevens WS, Carmona S. Building a national HIV cohort from routine laboratory data: probabilistic record-linkage with graphs. BioRxiv. 2018; (450304). View Publication
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Brennan AT, Jamieson L, Crowther NJ, Fox MP, George JA, Berry KM, Stokes A, Maskew M, Sanne I, Long L, Cassim N, Rosen S. Prevalence, incidence, predictors, treatment, and control of hypertension among HIV-positive adults on antiretroviral treatment in public sector treatment programs in South Africa. PLoS One. 2018; 13(10):e0204020.View Related Profiles. PMID: 30281618.
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Long LC, Evans D, Rosen S, Sauls C, Brennan AT, Sanne IM, Fox MP. Can routine inpatient mortality data improve HIV mortality estimates? Inpatient mortality at an urban hospital in South Africa. S Afr Med J. 2018 Oct 02; 108(10):870-875.View Related Profiles. PMID: 30421717.
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Brennan AT, Bor J, Davies MA, Wandeler G, Prozesky H, Fatti G, Wood R, Stinson K, Tanser F, Bärnighausen T, Boulle A, Sikazwe I, Zanolini A, Fox MP. Medication Side Effects and Retention in HIV Treatment: A Regression Discontinuity Study of Tenofovir Implementation in South Africa and Zambia. Am J Epidemiol. 2018 Sep 01; 187(9):1990-2001.View Related Profiles. PMID: 29767681.
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Fox MP, Bor J, Brennan AT, MacLeod WB, Maskew M, Stevens WS, Carmona S. Correction: Estimating retention in HIV care accounting for patient transfers: A national laboratory cohort study in South Africa. PLoS Med. 2018 08; 15(8):e1002643.View Related Profiles. PMID: 30096137.
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Fox MP, Bor J, Brennan AT, MacLeod WB, Maskew M, Stevens WS, Carmona S. Estimating retention in HIV care accounting for patient transfers: A national laboratory cohort study in South Africa. PLoS Med. 2018 06; 15(6):e1002589.View Related Profiles. PMID: 29889844.
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Haber N, Smith ER, Moscoe E, Andrews K, Audy R, Bell W, Brennan AT, Breskin A, Kane JC, Karra M, McClure ES, Suarez EA. Causal language and strength of inference in academic and media articles shared in social media (CLAIMS): A systematic review. PLoS One. 2018; 13(5):e0196346. PMID: 29847549.
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Bonawitz R, Brennan AT, Long L, Heeren T, Maskew M, Sanne I, Fox MP. Regimen durability in HIV-infected children and adolescents initiating first-line antiretroviral therapy in a large public sector HIV cohort in South Africa. Trop Med Int Health. 2018 06; 23(6):650-660.View Related Profiles. PMID: 29656449.
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Brooks DR, Getz KD, Brennan AT, Fox MP. Current Epidemiology Reports. The impact of joint misclassification of exposures and outcomes on the results of epidemiological research. 2018; 2(5):166-174. View Publication
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Meyer-Rath G, Johnson LF, Pillay Y, Blecher M, Brennan AT, Long L, Moultrie H, Sanne I, Fox MP, Rosen S. Changing the South African national antiretroviral therapy guidelines: The role of cost modelling. PLoS One. 2017; 12(10):e0186557.View Related Profiles. PMID: 29084275.
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Stokes A, Berry KM, Mchiza Z, Parker WA, Labadarios D, Chola L, Hongoro C, Zuma K, Brennan AT, Rockers PC, Rosen S. Prevalence and unmet need for diabetes care across the care continuum in a national sample of South African adults: Evidence from the SANHANES-1, 2011-2012. PLoS One. 2017; 12(10):e0184264.View Related Profiles. PMID: 28968435.
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Onoya D, Sineke T, Brennan AT, Long L, Fox MP. Timing of pregnancy, postpartum risk of virologic failure and loss to follow-up among HIV-positive women. AIDS. 2017 Jul 17; 31(11):1593-1602.View Related Profiles. PMID: 28463877.
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Long LC, Maskew M, Brennan AT, Mongwenyana C, Nyoni C, Malete G, Sanne I, Fox MP, Rosen S. Initiating antiretroviral therapy for HIV at a patient's first clinic visit: a cost-effectiveness analysis of the rapid initiation of treatment randomized controlled trial. AIDS. 2017 Jul 17; 31(11):1611-1619.View Related Profiles. PMID: 28463879; DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001528;.
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Fox MP, Maskew M, Brennan AT, Evans D, Onoya D, Malete G, MacPhail P, Bassett J, Ebrahim O, Mabotja D, Mashamaite S, Long L, Sanne I. Cohort profile: the Right to Care Clinical HIV Cohort, South Africa. BMJ Open. 2017 06 10; 7(6):e015620.View Related Profiles. PMID: 28601835.
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Rosen S, Fox MP, Larson BA, Brennan AT, Maskew M, Tsikhutsu I, Bii M, Ehrenkranz PD, Venter WF. Simplified clinical algorithm for identifying patients eligible for immediate initiation of antiretroviral therapy for HIV (SLATE): protocol for a randomised evaluation. BMJ Open. 2017 05 28; 7(5):e016340.View Related Profiles. PMID: 28554939; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016340;.
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Jamieson L, Evans D, Brennan AT, Moyo F, Spencer D, Mahomed K, Maskew M, Long L, Rosen S, Fox MP. Changes in elevated cholesterol in the era of tenofovir in South Africa: risk factors, clinical management and outcomes. HIV Med. 2017 Sep; 18(8):595-603.View Related Profiles. PMID: 28332270; DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12495;.
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Dearden KA, Brennan AT, Behrman JR, Schott W, Crookston BT, Humphries DL, Penny ME, Fernald LC. Does household access to improved water and sanitation in infancy and childhood predict better vocabulary test performance in Ethiopian, Indian, Peruvian and Vietnamese cohort studies? BMJ Open. 2017 Mar 07; 7(3):e013201. PMID: 28270388.
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Brennan AT, Bonawitz R, Gill CJ, Thea DM, Long L, Fox MP. Prioritizing health outcomes of HIV-exposed, uninfected children in low and middle-income countries: response to Powis et al. AIDS. 2017 01 14; 31(2):317.View Related Profiles. PMID: 28002088; DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001318;.
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Brennan AT, Davies MA, Bor J, Wandeler G, Stinson K, Wood R, Prozesky H, Tanser F, Fatti G, Boulle A, Sikazwe I, Wool-Kaloustian K, Yuannoutsos C, Leroy V, de Rekeneire N, Fox MP. Has the phasing out of stavudine in accordance with changes in WHO guidelines led to a decrease in single-drug substitutions in first-line antiretroviral therapy for HIV in sub-Saharan Africa? AIDS. 2017 Jan 02; 31(1):147-157.View Related Profiles. PMID: 27776039.
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Brennan AT, Bor J, Davies MA, Conradie F, Maskew M, Long L, Sanne I, Fox MP. Tenofovir stock shortages have limited impact on clinic- and patient-level HIV treatment outcomes in public sector clinics in South Africa. Trop Med Int Health. 2017 Feb; 22(2):241-251.View Related Profiles. PMID: 27862762; DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12811;.
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Onoya D, Brennan AT, Berhanu R, van der Berg L, Buthelezi T, Fox MP. Changes in second-line regimen durability and continuity of care in relation to national ART guideline changes in South Africa. J Int AIDS Soc. 2016 Dec 21; 19(1):1-13.View Related Profiles. PMID: 28364563; DOI: 10.7448/IAS.19.1.20675;.
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Long LC, Rosen SB, Brennan A, Moyo F, Sauls C, Evans D, Modi SL, Sanne I, Fox MP. Treatment Outcomes and Costs of Providing Antiretroviral Therapy at a Primary Health Clinic versus a Hospital-Based HIV Clinic in South Africa. PLoS One. 2016; 11(12):e0168118.View Related Profiles. PMID: 27942005; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168118;.
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Brennan AT, Bonawitz R, Gill CJ, Thea DM, Kleinman M, Useem J, Garrison L, Ceccarelli R, Udokwu C, Long L, Fox MP. A meta-analysis assessing all-cause mortality in HIV-exposed uninfected compared with HIV-unexposed uninfected infants and children. AIDS. 2016 Sep 24; 30(15):2351-60.View Related Profiles. PMID: 27456985; DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001211;.
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Brennan AT, Long L, Useem J, Garrison L, Fox MP. Mortality in the First 3 Months on Antiretroviral Therapy Among HIV-Positive Adults in Low- and Middle-income Countries: A Meta-analysis. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2016 Sep 01; 73(1):1-10.View Related Profiles. PMID: 27513571; DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001112;.
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Brennan AT, Bonawitz R, Schnippel K, Berhanu R, Maskew M, Long L, Bassett J, Sanne I, Fox MP. Incident tuberculosis in HIV-positive children, adolescents and adults on antiretroviral therapy in South Africa. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2016 Aug; 20(8):1040-5.View Related Profiles. PMID: 27393537; DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.15.0488;.
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Moyo F, Chasela C, Brennan AT, Ebrahim O, Sanne IM, Long L, Evans D. Treatment outcomes of HIV-positive patients on first-line antiretroviral therapy in private versus public HIV clinics in Johannesburg, South Africa. Clin Epidemiol. 2016; 8:37-47.View Related Profiles. PMID: 27051316; PMCID: PMC4807894; DOI: 10.2147/CLEP.S93014;.
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Onyango MA, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Agyarko-Poku T, Asafo MK, Sylvester J, Wondergem P, Green K, Wambugu S, Brennan AT, Beard J. "It's all about making a life": poverty, HIV, violence, and other vulnerabilities faced by young female sex workers in Kumasi, Ghana. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2015 Mar 1; 68 Suppl 2:S131-7.View Related Profiles. PMID: 25723977; DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000455;.
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Brennan AT, Shearer K, Maskew M, Long L, Sanne I, Fox MP. Impact of choice of NRTI in first-line antiretroviral therapy: a cohort analysis of stavudine vs. tenofovir. Trop Med Int Health. 2014 May; 19(5):490-8.View Related Profiles. PMID: 24589363; DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12285;.
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Brennan AT, Maskew M, Ive P, Shearer K, Long L, Sanne I, Fox MP. Increases in regimen durability associated with the introduction of tenofovir at a large public-sector clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa. J Int AIDS Soc. 2013; 16:18794.View Related Profiles. PMID: 24256692; PMCID: PMC3835788; DOI: 10.7448/IAS.16.1.18794;.
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Brennan AT, Thea DM, Semrau K, Goggin C, Scott N, Pilingana P, Botha B, Mazimba A, Hamomba L, Seidenberg P. In-home HIV testing and nevirapine dosing by traditional birth attendants in rural Zambia: a feasibility study. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2014 Mar-Apr; 59(2):198-204.View Related Profiles. PMID: 24106818; DOI: 10.1111/jmwh.12038;.
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Takuva S, Maskew M, Brennan AT, Sanne I, Macphail AP, Fox MP. Anemia among HIV-Infected Patients Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy in South Africa: Improvement in Hemoglobin regardless of Degree of Immunosuppression and the Initiating ART Regimen. J Trop Med. 2013; 2013:162950.View Related Profiles. PMID: 24069036; PMCID: PMC3771419.
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Larson BA, Schnippel K, Brennan A, Long L, Xulu T, Maotoe T, Rosen S, Sanne I, Fox MP. Same-Day CD4 Testing to Improve Uptake of HIV Care and Treatment in South Africa: Point-of-Care Is Not Enough. AIDS Res Treat. 2013; 2013:941493.View Related Profiles. PMID: 23956850; PMCID: PMC3730392; DOI: 10.1155/2013/941493;.
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Meyer-Rath G, Brennan AT, Fox MP, Modisenyane T, Tshabangu N, Mohapi L, Rosen S, Martinson N. Rates and cost of hospitalization before and after initiation of antiretroviral therapy in urban and rural settings in South Africa. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2013 Mar 1; 62(3):322-328.View Related Profiles. PMID: 23187948; PMCID: PMC3625673.
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Brennan AT, Maskew M, Sanne I, Fox MP. The interplay between CD4 cell count, viral load suppression and duration of antiretroviral therapy on mortality in a resource-limited setting. Trop Med Int Health. 2013 May; 18(5):619-31.View Related Profiles. PMID: 23419157; PMCID: PMC3625450; DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12079;.
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Maskew M, Brennan AT, Westreich D, McNamara L, MacPhail AP, Fox MP. Gender differences in mortality and CD4 count response among virally suppressed HIV-positive patients. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2013 Feb; 22(2):113-20.View Related Profiles. PMID: 23350862; PMCID: PMC3579326; DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2012.3585;.
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Larson BA, Schnippel K, Ndibongo B, Xulu T, Brennan A, Long L, Fox MP, Rosen S. Rapid point-of-care CD4 testing at mobile HIV testing sites to increase linkage to care: an evaluation of a pilot program in South Africa. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2012 Oct 1; 61(2):e13-7.View Related Profiles. PMID: 22659650; PMCID: PMC3458178.
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Wandeler G, Keiser O, Mulenga L, Hoffmann CJ, Wood R, Chaweza T, Brennan A, Prozesky H, Garone D, Giddy J, Chimbetete C, Boulle A, Egger M. Tenofovir in second-line ART in Zambia and South Africa: collaborative analysis of cohort studies. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2012 Sep 01; 61(1):41-8. PMID: 22743595; PMCID: PMC3432418.
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Fox MP, Maskew M, MacPhail AP, Long L, Brennan AT, Westreich D, MacLeod WB, Majuba P, Sanne IM. Cohort profile: the Themba Lethu Clinical Cohort, Johannesburg, South Africa. Int J Epidemiol. 2013 Apr; 42(2):430-9.View Related Profiles. PMID: 22434860; PMCID: PMC3619949; DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys029;.
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Brennan AT, Long L, Maskew M, Sanne I, Jaffray I, MacPhail P, Fox MP. Outcomes of stable HIV-positive patients down-referred from a doctor-managed antiretroviral therapy clinic to a nurse-managed primary health clinic for monitoring and treatment. AIDS. 2011 Oct 23; 25(16):2027-36.View Related Profiles. PMID: 21997488; DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32834b6480;.
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Maskew M, Brennan AT, MacPhail AP, Sanne IM, Fox MP. Poorer ART outcomes with increasing age at a large public sector HIV clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa. J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic). 2012 Jan-Feb; 11(1):57-65.View Related Profiles. PMID: 21951728; PMCID: PMC3272319; DOI: 10.1177/1545109711421641;.
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Long L, Brennan A, Fox MP, Ndibongo B, Jaffray I, Sanne I, Rosen S. Treatment outcomes and cost-effectiveness of shifting management of stable ART patients to nurses in South Africa: an observational cohort. PLoS Med. 2011 Jul; 8(7):e1001055.View Related Profiles. PMID: 21811402; PMCID: PMC3139666; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001055;.
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Brennan AT, Maskew M, Sanne I, Fox MP. The importance of clinic attendance in the first six months on antiretroviral treatment: a retrospective analysis at a large public sector HIV clinic in South Africa. J Int AIDS Soc. 2010; 13:49.View Related Profiles. PMID: 21134297; PMCID: PMC3012655; DOI: 10.1186/1758-2652-13-49;.
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Rosen S, Larson B, Brennan A, Long L, Fox M, Mongwenyana C, Ketlhapile M, Sanne I. Economic outcomes of patients receiving antiretroviral therapy for HIV/AIDS in South Africa are sustained through three years on treatment. PLoS One. 2010; 5(9):e12731.View Related Profiles. PMID: 20856821; PMCID: PMC2939080; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012731;.
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Larson BA, Brennan A, McNamara L, Long L, Rosen S, Sanne I, Fox MP. Lost opportunities to complete CD4+ lymphocyte testing among patients who tested positive for HIV in South Africa. Bull World Health Organ. 2010 Sep 1; 88(9):675-80.View Related Profiles. PMID: 20865072; PMCID: PMC2930360; DOI: 10.2471/BLT.09.068981;.
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This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown,
or last author.
| Year | Publications |
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| 2010 | 5 |
| 2011 | 4 |
| 2012 | 3 |
| 2013 | 8 |
| 2014 | 4 |
| 2015 | 2 |
| 2016 | 7 |
| 2017 | 10 |
| 2018 | 10 |
I am Assistant Professor in the Department of Global Health. My research expertise are in the epidemiology of HIV in low- and middle-income countries. I am shifting my research interests to non-communicable chronic diseases in low- and middle-income countries. I have a fundamental commitment to the development and mentoring of young researchers in the field of epidemiology. I believe that mentoring is important, not only because of the knowledge and skills students can learn from mentors, but because mentoring provides professional socialization and personal support to facilitate success in graduate school and beyond. As such, I have shown good citizenship and service by mentoring BUSPH MPH students, fellows and PhD students through practicum, research projects and dissertations over the course of their educational career. My hope is that interaction with mentees will greatly enhance their chances for success, as research shows that students who experience good mentoring also have a greater chance of securing academic track positions, or greater career advancement potential in administration or sectors outside the university.
Available to Mentor as: (Review Mentor Role Definitions):
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