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

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



Lora is a professor of global health in the Department of Global Health. Since joining the School of Public Health in 2001, Lora has conducted applied research on behavioral interventions and applied economics related to HIV, malaria, and other infectious diseases, child and adolescent health, and maternal health in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Her current and recent major projects include assessing effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of combined interventions to improve HIV treatment and retention outcomes in South Africa; analyzing the cost-effectiveness of implementing interventions to improve the health of veterans across the US; designing and implementing HIV treatment interventions for adolescents in Kenya; evaluating implementation and effectiveness of providing long-acting injectable HIV treatment in non-hospital sites in a US urban center; 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; and evaluating interactive text messaging to improve knowledge and continuing medical education among community-based health workers and HIV providers in Vietnam. In addition to her research, Lora serves as Director of the school’s Program Management certificate and teaches courses in health economics; program management in global settings; and poverty, health, and development. She also co-directs a module that focuses on data, determinants, and decision-making for public health in the school’s new online MPH program. Lora has taught in numerous 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 was based at the Asia Public Policy Program at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and at the Harvard Institute for International Development, including serving as the resident Academic Director of the Fulbright Economics Teaching Program based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from 1998-2001. She has lived in East Asia for ten years and has taught at universities and academic centers in China, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Lora holds a MA in East Asian Studies and PhD in Political Economy and Government from Harvard University.

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Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research




The SUSTAIN 2 study - SUStained HIV Treatment for Adherence After Interruption in Care
09/16/2024 - 03/31/2029 (Subcontract PI)
The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. NIH NIMH
5R01MH138297-02

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
5K01TW012174-05

Supporting Sustained HIV Treatment Adherence after Initiation (SUSTAIN)
09/10/2021 - 06/30/2026 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Mental Health
5R01MH125703-04

Personnel Agreement for Research Services of Lora Sabin
10/01/2023 - 09/30/2025 (PI)
Bedford VA


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

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Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2025 The SUSTAIN 2 study - SUStained HIV Treatment for Adherence After Interruption in Care 3R01MH138297-02S1
2025 The SUSTAIN 2 study - SUStained HIV Treatment for Adherence After Interruption in Care 5R01MH138297-02
2025 Supporting Sustained HIVTreatment Adherence after Initiation (SUSTAIN) 3R01MH125703-05S1
2025 Supporting Sustained HIVTreatment Adherence after Initiation (SUSTAIN) 5R01MH125703-05
2024 The SUSTAIN 2 study - SUStained HIV Treatment for Adherence After Interruption in Care 1R01MH138297-01
2024 Supporting Sustained HIVTreatment Adherence after Initiation (SUSTAIN) 5R01MH125703-04
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
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  1. Carwile ME, Prakash Babu S, Cintron C, Dauphinais M, Pan SJ, Thulasingam M, Horsburgh CR, Sarkar S, Hochberg NS, Sabin LL, Flynn D, Kumar B, Sinha P, Singh UB. TB stigma in India: A narrative review of types of stigma, gender differences, and potential interventions. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025; 5(9):e0005109.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40982550; PMCID: PMC12453202; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0005109;
     
  2. Hariprasad S, Phiri K, Thorp M, Holland K, Nyirenda R, Gupta S, Phiri S, Sabin LL, Dovel K. Stakeholder priorities for ART initiation and early retention strategies in Malawi: a qualitative study comparing international and national perspectives. BMC Public Health. 2025 Jul 05; 25(1):2388. PMID: 40618054; PMCID: PMC12228217; DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-23484-8;
     
  3. Keene CM, Sabin LL, Jennings L, Schreuder C, Källström-Ståhlgren CO, Katz IT, Singh Y, Orrell C, Rivet Amico K. Oral antiretroviral adherence interventions in the era of U=U. Lancet HIV. 2025 Aug; 12(8):e587-e595. PMID: 40582365; DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(25)00096-7;
     
  4. Carwile ME, Jain K, Dauphinais MR, Narasimhan PB, Maloomian K, Rajaram M, Cintron C, McQuaid CF, Locks LM, Sabin LL, Lakshminarayanan S, Sinha P. Food insecurity in South Indian households with TB during COVID-19 lockdowns and the impact of nutritional interventions: A qualitative study. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025; 5(4):e0004242.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40203031; PMCID: PMC11981200; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004242;
     
  5. Akolbire D, Sabin LL, Lethunya PP, Sharma A, Cabral HJ, Jack BW, Scott NA. Implementation effectiveness of 'Problem solving for better health' training in Lesotho using mixed methods and the reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation and maintenance (RE-AIM) framework. BMC Med Educ. 2025 Jan 17; 25(1):86.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39825403; PMCID: PMC11742190; DOI: 10.1186/s12909-025-06666-1;
     
  6. Ameli V, Wong G, Barlow J, Mohraz M, Meinck F, Taj L, Amiri T, Boosiraz A, Sabin L, Haberer JE. How Mobile Health Can Change the Contexts of Living With HIV and Engaging With Treatment and Care in Iran: A Realist-Informed Qualitative Study. Qual Health Res. 2025 Feb; 35(2):156-173. PMID: 39106351; PMCID: PMC11755970; DOI: 10.1177/10497323241256865;
     
  7. Killian C, West RL, Orrell C, Gifford A, Haberer JE, Halim N, Jennings L, Berkowitz N, Fourie S, Sabin L. Negative clinic experiences as a barrier to care for people with HIV and their impact on patient preferences for intervention support: a qualitative study in Cape Town, South Africa. AIDS Care. 2024 Apr 27; 1-10.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38676915
     
  8. Fletcher L, Burrowes S, Sabin LL, McCann N, Khan GK, Ruiz-Mercado G, Johnson S, Kimmel SD, Pierre C, Drainoni ML. Long-Acting Injectable ART in Practice: A Mixed Methods Implementation Study Assessing the Feasibility of Using LAI ART in High Risk Populations and At Alternative Low Barrier Care Sites. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2024 May; 38(5):221-229.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38656905; PMCID: PMC11971555; DOI: 10.1089/apc.2024.0048;
     
  9. Bharti Sahu, Archana Thakur, Deepti Gupta, Mrigendra P. Singh, Ananya Shrivastava, Priyanka Diwakar, Lora L. Sabin. Factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding knowledge and practices in a tertiary hospital of Central India. International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics. 2024; 11(4):435-443. View Publication
  10. 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;
     
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Bar chart showing 104 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 10 publications in 2022

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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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