Patricia L. Hibberd, MD, PhD
Chair and Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Global Health

MD, Harvard Medical School
PhD, University of Leicester
BSc, King's College London



Dr. Patricia Hibberd, MD, PhD is the Chair of Global Health in the Boston University School of Public Health. Dr. Hibberd is also a professor of Global Health for the BUSPH and professor of Medicine in Infectious Diseases for the BUSM. Prior to her positions at Boston University, Dr. Hibberd was professor of Global Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, and served as director of the Division of Global Health in the Department of Pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital. She received a BSc (honors) from King’s College, London, and a PhD degree in information science/epidemiology from Leicester University in 1978. She came to the US in 1980 as an epidemiologist researcher and obtained an MD from Harvard Medical School in 1986. Dr. Hibberd trained in internal medicine and infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She has had leadership roles in infectious diseases, epidemiology, clinical research, and global health at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Tufts Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine. She was also a General Clinical Research Center program director while she was at Tufts.

Dr. Hibberd is a practicing infectious disease consultant who also leads a clinical and translational research program focusing on the prevention and treatment of childhood pneumonia, neonatal sepsis, and diarrhea—the leading killers of children under age 5 worldwide. She has worked in India for 20 years, and her research in India has been funded by NIH/NICHD’s Global Network for Women’s and Children’s Health Research since 2008. She is supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in Malawi and by Saving Lives at Birth in Pakistan for the development of novel point of care diagnostics for pneumonia in young children. One of her passions is mentorship and fostering the development of the next generation of global health leaders—these include undergraduate, public health, and medical students, residents, fellows, and junior faculty. Dr. Hibberd is also a Paul G. Rogers Society Ambassador for Global Health Research and is currently chair of the Data and Safety Monitoring Board for the CDC’s STRIVE Trial, testing one of the vaccines (rVSV-ZEBOV) to prevent Ebola in Sierra Leone. She has published more than 300 articles, chapters, and books and serves on advisory boards to many US and international organizations.

Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Medicine
Infectious Diseases

Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Pediatrics
General Pediatrics



Boston University/Lata Medical Research Foundation Global Network for Women's Children's Health Research Unit
08/01/2023 - 07/31/2030 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
5UG1HD078439-14

Boston University-University of Liberia Partnership to Enhance Emerging Epidemic Viruses Research in Liberia (BULEEVR)
07/23/2025 - 03/31/2030 (Multi-PI)
PI: Patricia L. Hibberd, MD, PhD
NIH/Fogarty International Center
2D43TW011293-06A1

Influenza & COVID Obstetric and Perinatal Epidemiology Study in India
09/23/2022 - 08/31/2027 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
5R01HD107054-04

COVID Transmission and Morbidity in Malawi (COVID-TMM)
04/01/2022 - 03/31/2027 (Multi-PI)
PI: Patricia L. Hibberd, MD, PhD
NIH/National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
5R01AI164686-03

Postpartum IV Iron to Treat Maternal Anemia
05/01/2022 - 10/31/2025 (Subcontract PI)
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Bill & Melinda Gates


BU-UL Partnership to Enhance Emerging Epidemic Virus Research in Liberia (BULEEVR)
07/22/2019 - 07/22/2025 (Multi-PI)
PI: Patricia L. Hibberd, MD, PhD
NIH/Fogarty International Center
5U2RTW011293-05

A-PLUS Trial: Multi-site Efficacy and Safety Trial of Intrapartum Azithromycin in LMICs
10/01/2019 - 03/31/2025 (Subcontract PI)
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Bill & Melinda Gates


Boston University/Lata Medical Research Foundation and Indira Gandhi Government Medical Center Global Network for Women's Children's Health Research Unit
05/01/2018 - 07/31/2023 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
5UG1HD078439-11

Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarkers for Childhood Bacterial Pneumonia in Sub-Saharan Africa
03/01/2019 - 05/31/2022 (Multi-PI)
PI: Patricia L. Hibberd, MD, PhD
NIH/National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
5R21AI140258-03

Understanding Gaps and Needs for Integrated Bundles of Equipment to Improve Decision Making and Neonatal Outcomes in Special Newborn Care Units in India
11/05/2018 - 09/30/2021 (PI)
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation


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Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2025 COVID Transmission and Morbidity in Malawi (COVID-TMM) 3R01AI164686-04S1
2025 COVID Transmission and Morbidity in Malawi (COVID-TMM) 3R01AI164686-04S2
2025 Influenza & COVID Obstetric and Perinatal Epidemiology Study in India 3R01HD107054-04S1
2025 Influenza & COVID Obstetric and Perinatal Epidemiology Study in India 5R01HD107054-04
2025 COVID Transmission and Morbidity in Malawi (COVID-TMM) 5R01AI164686-04
2025 Boston University-University of Liberia Partnership to Enhance Emerging Epidemic Viruses Research in Liberia (BULEEVR) 2D43TW011293-06A1
2025 Boston University/Lata Medical Research Foundation Global Network for Women's Children's Health Research Unit 5UG1HD078439-14
2024 Influenza & COVID Obstetric and Perinatal Epidemiology Study in India 5R01HD107054-03
2024 COVID Transmission and Morbidity in Malawi (COVID-TMM) 5R01AI164686-03
2024 Boston University/Lata Medical Research Foundation Global Network for Women's Children's Health Research Unit 5UG1HD078439-13
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  1. Tan R, Chandna A, Colbourn T, Hooli S, King C, Lufesi N, McCollum ED, Mwansambo C, Mathew JL, Cutland CL, Madhi SA, Nunes M, Basnet S, Strand TA, O'Grady KF, Gessner B, Addo-Yobo E, Chisaka N, Hibberd P, Jeena PM, Lozano JM, MaLeod WB, Patel A, Thea DM, Nguyen NTV, Lucero M, Akram Uz Zaman SM, Bhatnagar S, Wadhwa N, Lodha R, Aneja S, Santosham M, Awasthi S, Bavdekar A, Chou M, Nymadawa P, Pape JW, Paranhos-Baccala G, Picot VS, Rakoto-Andrianarivelo M, Rouzier V, Russomando G, Sylla M, Vanhems P, Wang J, Libster R, Clara AW, Beynon F, Levine G, Rees CA, Neuman MI, Qazi S, Nisar YB. Development and validation of a novel clinical risk score to predict hypoxaemia in children with pneumonia using the WHO PREPARE dataset. BMJ Glob Health. 2025 Jul 07; 10(7).View Related Profiles. PMID: 40623791; PMCID: PMC12232467; DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-017256;
     
  2. Halim N, Patel A, Turan JM, Shrikhande AV, Kavanagh PL, Drainoni ML, Henderson D, Anand SM, Agarwal N, Hibberd PL. Intimate partner violence related to disclosure of sickle cell disease during pregnancy: evidence from the sickle cell belt of central India. Front Glob Womens Health. 2025; 6:1525168.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40475119; PMCID: PMC12137264; DOI: 10.3389/fgwh.2025.1525168;
     
  3. Carlo WA, Tita ATN, Moore JL, Mwenechanya M, Chomba E, Hemingway-Foday JJ, Kavi A, Metgud MC, Goudar SS, Derman RJ, Lokangaka A, Tshefu A, Bauserman M, Patterson JK, Shivkumar P, Waikar M, Patel A, Hibberd PL, Nyongesa P, Esamai F, Ekhaguere OA, Bucher S, Jessani S, Tikmani SS, Saleem S, Goldenberg RL, Billah SM, Lennox R, Haque R, Petri W, Mazariegos M, Krebs NF, Babineau DC, McClure EM, Koso-Thomas M. Effectiveness of intrapartum azithromycin to prevent infections in planned vaginal births in low-income and middle-income countries: a post-hoc analysis of data from a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet Glob Health. 2025 Apr; 13(4):e689-e697. PMID: 40155106; PMCID: PMC11950427; DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00562-X;
     
  4. Patterson JK, Neuwahl S, Kirsch S, Moore JL, Tita ATN, Carlo WA, Lokangaka A, Tshefu A, Mwenechanya M, Chomba E, Kavi A, Metgud MC, Goudar SS, Derman RJ, Shivkumar P, Waikar M, Patel A, Hibberd PL, Nyongesa P, Esamai F, Ekhaguere OA, Bucher S, Jessani S, Tikmani SS, Saleem S, Wylie BJ, Goldenberg RL, Billah SM, Lennox R, Haque R, Petri WA, Mazariegos M, Krebs NF, Hemingway-Foday JJ, Babineau D, Koso-Thomas M, McClure EM, Bauserman M. Cost-effectiveness of intrapartum azithromycin to prevent maternal infection, sepsis, or death in low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling analysis of data from a randomised, multicentre, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet Glob Health. 2025 Apr; 13(4):e679-e688. PMID: 40155105; PMCID: PMC11950424; DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00517-5;
     
  5. Dhurde VS, Patel AB, Locks LM, Hibberd PL. Anaemia prevalence, its determinants and profile of micronutrient status among rural school adolescent girls aged 14-19 years: a cross-sectional study in Nagpur district, Maharashtra, India. Public Health Nutr. 2024 Nov 11; 27(1):e248.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39526451; PMCID: PMC11705018; DOI: 10.1017/S1368980024002234;
     
  6. Yasmin H, Tanveer S, Sunder Tikmani S, Moore JL, Shakeel I, Rahim A, Lokangaka A, Tshefu A, Bauserman M, Mwenechanya M, Chomba E, Goudar SS, Kavi A, Derman RJ, Krebs NF, Figueroa L, Mazariegos M, Nyongesa P, Bucher S, Esamai F, Patel A, Waikar M, Shivkumar P, Hibberd PL, Petri WA, Billah SM, Haque R, Carlo WA, Tita A, Koso-Thomas M, Hemingway-Foday J, Saleem S, McClure EM, Goldenberg RL. Antibiotic use in infants in the 6 weeks after delivery in seven low- and middle-income countries: findings from the A-PLUS trial. Paediatr Int Child Health. 2024; 44(3-4):111-121. PMID: 39462249; PMCID: PMC12187216; DOI: 10.1080/20469047.2024.2414472;
     
  7. Lauer JM, Bhaise S, Dhurde V, Gugel A, Shah M, Hibberd PL, Patel A, Locks LM. Maternal Anemia during Pregnancy and Infant Birth Outcomes: A Prospective Cohort Study in Eastern Maharashtra, India. Curr Dev Nutr. 2024 Nov; 8(11):104476.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39559722; PMCID: PMC11570827; DOI: 10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.104476;
     
  8. Austad KE, Rao SR, Hibberd PL, Patel AB. Trends and determinants of the use of episiotomy in a prospective population-based registry from central India. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2024 Sep 12; 24(1):598.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39267006; PMCID: PMC11396254; DOI: 10.1186/s12884-024-06762-y;
     
  9. Brennan AT, Kileel EM, Fox MP, George JA, Khoza S, Rosen S, Raal F, Hibberd P, Chetty K, Mlisana K, Bor J, Crowther NJ. Assessing compliance with national guidelines in diabetes care: A study leveraging data from south Africa's National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS). PLOS Glob Public Health. 2024; 4(9):e0003014.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39226276; PMCID: PMC11371240; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003014;
     
  10. Saleem S, Yasmin H, Moore JL, Rahim A, Shakeel I, Lokangaka A, Tshefu A, Bauserman M, Mwenechanya M, Chomba E, Goudar SS, Kavi A, Derman RJ, Krebs NF, Figueroa L, Mazariegos M, Nyongesa P, Bucher S, Esamai F, Patel A, Waikar M, Shivkumar P, Hibberd PL, Petri WA, Billah SM, Haque R, Carlo WA, Tita A, Koso-Thomas M, Hemingway-Foday J, McClure EM, Goldenberg RL. Intrapartum and postpartum antibiotic use in seven low- and middle-income countries: Findings from the A-PLUS trial. BJOG. 2025 Jan; 132(1):72-80. PMID: 39140197; PMCID: PMC11614705; DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.17930;
     
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Bar chart showing 297 publications over 41 distinct years, with a maximum of 24 publications in 2015

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