Matthew Wiens
BSc, PharmD, PhD
Investigator, BC Children's Hospital
PLOS One
Abhroneel Ghosh and Chris A Rees and Vuong Nguyen and J. Mark Ansermino and Yashodani Pillay and Angella Namala and Joseph Ngonzi and Nathan Kenya-Mugisha and Niranjan Kissoon and Matthew O. Wiens
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.033278702 / 2026
R. Smunyahirun and T. Filhol and T. Trakoolwilaiwan and R. Al-Ani and M. Lynn and L. Liang and G. Balasundaram and J. Lombay and G. Singh and M. O. Wiens and P. Moschovis and M. Olivo
DOI: 10.1101/2025.10.24.2533869310 / 2025
Matthew O Wiens and Cherri Zhang and Vuong Nguyen and Jeffrey N Bone and Elias Kumbakumba and Stephen Businge and Abner Tagoola and Emmanuel Tenywa and Sheila Oyella Sherine and Emmanuel Byaruhanga and Edward Ssemwanga and Jesca Nsungwa and Charles Olaro and J Mark Ansermino and Niranjan Kissoon and Joel Singer and Charles P Larson and Pascal M Lavoie and Dustin Dunsmuir and Peter P Moschovis and Stefanie Novakowski and Jessica Trawin and Clare Komugisha and Bernard T Opar and Mellon Tayebwa and Douglas Mwesigwa and Nicholas West and Nathan Kenya Mugisha and Jerome Kabakyenga
DOI: 10.1101/2025.08.25.2533433608 / 2025
PLOS One
Gurvir S. Dhutt and Srijan Lal Shrestha and Cherri Zhang and Elias Kumbakumba and Abner Tagoola and Peter Moschovis and Stephen Businge and Niranjan Kissoon and Nathan Kenya Mugisha and Jerome Kabakyenga and Matthew O. Wiens
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.032610507 / 2025
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Matthew O. Wiens and Enitan D. Carrol and Mohammod Jobayer Chisti and Daniela Carla de Souza and Rakesh Lodha and Suchitra Ranjit and Niranjan Kissoon
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.000000000000366302 / 2025
PLOS Global Public Health
Ahmad Asdo and Alishah Mawji and Isaac Omara and Ivan Aine Aye Ishebukara and Clare Komugisha and Stefanie K. Novakowski and Yashodani Pillay and Matthew O. Wiens and Samuel Akech and Florence Oyella and Abner Tagoola and Niranjan Kissoon and John Mark Ansermino and Dustin Dunsmuir
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.000309701 / 2025
PLOS ONE
Justine Behan and Olive Kabajaasi and Brooklyn Derksen and George Sendegye and Brenda Kugumikiriza and Clare Komugisha and Radhika Sundararajan and Shevin T. Jacob and Nathan Kenya-Mugisha and Matthew O. Wiens
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.030708910 / 2024
PLOS Digital Health
Cherri Zhang and Matthew O. Wiens and Dustin Dunsmuir and Yashodani Pillay and Charly Huxford and David Kimutai and Emmanuel Tenywa and Mary Ouma and Joyce Kigo and Stephen Kamau and Mary Chege and Nathan Kenya-Mugisha and Savio Mwaka and Guy A. Dumont and Niranjan Kissoon and Samuel Akech and J Mark Ansermino
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pdig.000031107 / 2024
PLOS Global Public Health
Matthew O. Wiens and Vuong Nguyen and Jeffrey N. Bone and Elias Kumbakumba and Stephen Businge and Abner Tagoola and Sheila Oyella Sherine and Emmanuel Byaruhanga and Edward Ssemwanga and Celestine Barigye and Jesca Nsungwa and Charles Olaro and J. Mark Ansermino and Niranjan Kissoon and Joel Singer and Charles P. Larson and Pascal M. Lavoie and Dustin Dunsmuir and Peter P. Moschovis and Stefanie Novakowski and Clare Komugisha and Mellon Tayebwa and Douglas Mwesigwa and Martina Knappett and Nicholas West and Nathan Kenya Mugisha and Jerome Kabakyenga
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.000305004 / 2024
PLOS Global Public Health
Omolabake Akinseye and Constantin R. Popescu and Msandeni Chiume-Kayuni and Michael A. Irvine and Norman Lufesi and Tisungane Mvalo and Niranjan Kissoon and Matthew O. Wiens and Pascal M. Lavoie
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.000199011 / 2023
Justine Behan and Olive Kabajaasi and Brooklyn Derksen and George Sendegye and Brenda Kugumikiriza and Clare Komugisha and Radhika Sundararajan and Shevin T. Jacob and Nathan Kenya-Mugisha and Matthew O. Wiens
DOI: 10.1101/2023.07.18.2329284207 / 2023
Omolabake Akinseye and Constantin R. Popescu and Msandeni Chiume-Kayuni and Michael A. Irvine and Norman Lufesi and Tisungane Mvalo and Niranjan Kissoon and Matthew O. Wiens and Pascal M. Lavoie
DOI: 10.1101/2023.05.09.2328973905 / 2023
Ahmad Asdo and Alishah Mawji and Collins Agaba and Clare Komugisha and Stefanie K Novakowski and Yashodani Pillay and Stephen Kaumu and Matthew O Wiens and Samuel Akech and Abner Tagoola and Niranjan Kissoon and J Mark Ansermino and Dustin Dunsmuir
DOI: 10.1101/2022.12.21.2228380012 / 2022
PLOS Digital Health
Alishah Mawji and Holly Longstaff and Jessica Trawin and Dustin Dunsmuir and Clare Komugisha and Stefanie K. Novakowski and Matthew O. Wiens and Samuel Akech and Abner Tagoola and Niranjan Kissoon and J. Mark Ansermino
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pdig.000002708 / 2022
Environmental Research Letters
Radhika Sundararajan and Helen DCouto and Joseph Mugerwa and Mellon Tayebwa and Nicholas L Lam and Eli S Wallach and Matthew O Wiens and Matthew Ponticiello and Debbi Stanistreet and Alexander C Tsai and Jose Vallarino and Joseph G Allen and Daniel Muyanja and Mark G Shrime and Edwin Nuwagira and Peggy S Lai
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac3f0501 / 2022
Wellcome Open Research
Alishah Mawji and Samuel Akech and Paul Mwaniki and Dustin Dunsmuir and Jeffrey Bone and Matthew O. Wiens and Matthias Grges and David Kimutai and Niranjan Kissoon and Mike English and Mark J. Ansermino
DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15387.304 / 2021
SSRN
Sundararajan, R. and D?Couto, H. and Mugerwa, J. and Tayebwa, M. and Lam, N. and Wallach, E. and Wiens, M. and Stanistreet, D. and Tsai, A.C. and Vallarino, J. and Allen, J.G. and Muyanja, D. and Nuwagira, E. and Lai, P.S.
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3756809PLoS ONE
Mawji, A. and Li, E. and Chandna, A. and Kortz, T. and Akech, S. and Wiens, M.O. and Kissoon, N. and Ansermino, M.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253051BMJ Global Health
Chandna, A. and Osborn, J. and Bassat, Q. and Bell, D. and Burza, S. and D'Acremont, V. and Leticia Fernandez-Carballo, B. and Kain, K.C. and Mayxay, M. and Wiens, M. and Dittrich, S.
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006057Translational Pediatrics
Wiens, M.O. and Kissoon, N. and Holsti, L.
DOI: 10.21037/tp-20-390BMC Health Services Research
Krepiakevich, A. and Khowaja, A.R. and Kabajaasi, O. and Nemetchek, B. and Ansermino, J.M. and Kissoon, N. and Mugisha, N.K. and Tayebwa, M. and Kabakyenga, J. and Wiens, M.O.
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-021-07272-9PLoS ONE
Lee, V. and Dunsmuir, D. and Businge, S. and Tumusiime, R. and Karugaba, J. and Wiens, M.O. and Grges, M. and Kissoon, N. and Orach, S. and Kasyaba, R. and Ansermino, J.M.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240092Gates Open Research
Lavoie, P.M. and Popescu, C.R. and Tembo, B. and Chifisi, R. and Cavanagh, M.M.M. and Lee, A.-Y. and Chiluzi, B. and Ciccone, E.J. and Tegha, G. and Alonso-Prieto, E. and Claydon, J. and Dunsmuir, D. and Irvine, M. and Dumont, G. and Ansermino, J.M. and Wiens, M.O. and Juliano, J.J. and Kissoon, N. and Mvalo, T. and Lufesi, N. and Chiume-Kayuni, M.
DOI: 10.12688/gatesopenres.13172.2BMC Health Services Research
Mawji, A. and Li, E. and Komugisha, C. and Akech, S. and Dunsmuir, D. and Wiens, M.O. and Kissoon, N. and Kenya-Mugisha, N. and Tagoola, A. and Kimutai, D. and Bone, J.N. and Dumont, G. and Ansermino, J.M.
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-020-05344-wPLoS ONE
Fung, J.S.T. and Akech, S. and Kissoon, N. and Wiens, M.O. and English, M. and Mark Ansermino, J.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211274bioRxiv
Chami, N. and Hau, D.K. and Masoza, T.S. and Smart, L.R. and Kayange, N.M. and Hokororo, A. and Ambrose, E.E. and Moschovis, P.P. and Wiens, M.O. and Peck, R.N.
DOI: 10.1101/581462The Pediatric infectious disease journal
Iroh Tam, P.-Y. and Wiens, M.O. and Moschovis, P.P.
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002250American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Ansermino, J.M. and Wiens, M.O. and Kissoon, N.
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0411aProgress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
Pagano, R. and Askari, S. and Petersen, C. and Beaudry, S. and Dunsmuir, D. and Wiens, M.O. and Kumbakumba, E. and Napoleone, G. and Mark Ansermino, J. and Dumont, G.A.
DOI: 10.1117/12.2510769BMJ Open
Nemetchek, B. and Khowaja, A. and Kavuma, A. and Kabajaasi, O. and Olirus Owilli, A. and Ansermino, J.M. and Fowler-Kerry, S. and Jacob, S.T. and Kenya-Mugisha, N. and Kabakyenga, J. and Wiens, M.O.
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029526PLoS ONE
Nabukalu, D. and Ntaro, M. and Seviiri, M. and Reyes, R. and Wiens, M. and Sundararajan, R. and Mulogo, E. and Boyce, R.M.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211482Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine
Scheuermeyer, F.X. and Wong, H. and Barrett, T.W. and Christenson, J. and Grafstein, E. and Grunau, B. and Wiens, M. and Innes, G.
DOI: 10.1017/cem.2018.475BMJ Open
Brooklyn Nemetchek and Lacey English and Niranjan Kissoon and John Mark Ansermino and Peter P Moschovis and Jerome Kabakyenga and Susan Fowler-Kerry and Elias Kumbakumba and Matthew O Wiens
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-02344512 / 2018
JMIR Formative Research
Li Liang and Matthew O Wiens and Phaisal Lubega and Ian Spillman and Samuel Mugisha
DOI: 10.2196/formative.965809 / 2018
Guohai Zhou and Walter Karlen and Rollin Brant and Matthew Wiens and Niranjan Kissoon and J Mark Ansermino
DOI: 10.1101/39129208 / 2018
BMJ Open
Peter P Moschovis and Matthew O Wiens and Lauren Arlington and Olga Antsygina and Douglas Hayden and Walter Dzik and Julius P Kiwanuka and David C Christiani and Patricia L Hibberd
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-01965405 / 2018
CMAJ
Ansermino, J.M. and Wiens, M.O. and Kissoon, N.
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.180434American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Chang, J.L. and Reyes, R. and Matte, M. and Ntaro, M. and Mulogo, E. and Wiens, M.O. and Meshnick, S.R. and Siedner, M.J. and Boyce, R.M.
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0338Frontiers in Pediatrics
(Danny) Liang, L. and Kotadia, N. and English, L. and Kissoon, N. and Mark Ansermino, J. and Kabakyenga, J. and Lavoie, P.M. and Wiens, M.O.
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2018.00277The Pediatric infectious disease journal
Iroh Tam, P.-Y. and Wiens, M.O. and Kabakyenga, J. and Kiwanuka, J. and Kumbakumba, E. and Moschovis, P.P.
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001971JAMA Pediatrics
Wiens, M.O. and Kissoon, N. and Kabakyenga, J.
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2017.4519African Health Sciences
Nemetchek, B.R. and Liang, L. and Kissoon, N. and Ansermino, J.M. and Kabakyenga, J. and Lavoie, P.M. and Fowler-Kerry, S. and Wiens, M.O.
DOI: 10.4314/AHS.V18I4.43Li Liang and Matthew O Wiens and Phisal Lubega and Ian Spillman and Samuel Mugisha
DOI: 10.2196/preprints.965812 / 2017
Journal of the International AIDS Society
Mutasa-Apollo, T. and Ford, N. and Wiens, M. and Socias, M.E. and Negussie, E. and Wu, P. and Popoff, E. and Park, J. and Mills, E.J. and Kanters, S.
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.20.5.21647The Lancet HIV
Kanters, S. and Socias, M.E. and Paton, N.I. and Vitoria, M. and Doherty, M. and Ayers, D. and Popoff, E. and Chan, K. and Cooper, D.A. and Wiens, M.O. and Calmy, A. and Ford, N. and Nsanzimana, S. and Mills, E.J.
DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(17)30109-1Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Wiens, M.O. and Kissoon, N. and Moschovis, P. and Kabakyenga, J.
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000001022Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Matthew O. Wiens and Steve Kanters and Edward Mills and Alejandro A. Peregrina Lucano and Silvia Gold and Dieter Ayers and Luis Ferrero and Alejandro Krolewiecki
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01567-1612 / 2016
JMIR mHealth and uHealth
Lauren Lacey English and Dustin Dunsmuir and Elias Kumbakumba and John Mark Ansermino and Charles P Larson and Richard Lester and Celestine Barigye and Andrew Ndamira and Jerome Kabakyenga and Matthew O Wiens
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.516702 / 2016
Maternal and Child Health Journal
English, L.L. and Mugyenyi, G. and Nightingale, I. and Kiwanuka, G. and Ngonzi, J. and Grunau, B.E. and MacLeod, S. and Koren, G. and Delano, K. and Kabakyenga, J. and Wiens, M.O.
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-016-2025-xGlobal Health Science and Practice
Wiens, M.O. and Kumbakumba, E. and Larson, C.P. and Moschovis, P.P. and Barigye, C. and Kabakyenga, J. and Ndamira, A. and English, L. and Kissoon, N. and Zhou, G. and Mark Ansermino, J.A.
DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00069PLoS ONE
Lowlaavar, N. and Larson, C.P. and Kumbakumba, E. and Zhou, G. and Ansermino, J.M. and Singer, J. and Kissoon, N. and Wong, H. and Ndamira, A. and Kabakyenga, J. and Kiwanuka, J. and Wiens, M.O.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150683African Health Sciences
Wiens, M.O. and Kissoon, N. and Kumbakumba, E. and Singer, J. and Moschovis, P.P. and Ansermino, J.M. and Ndamira, A. and Kiwanuka, J. and Larson, C.P.
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v16i1.22Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Wiens, M.O. and Larson, C.P. and Kumbakumba, E. and Kissoon, N. and Ansermino, J.M. and Singer, J. and Wong, H. and Ndamira, A. and Kabakyenga, J. and Moschovis, P. and Kiwanuka, J.
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000708African Health Sciences
English, L. and Kumbakumba, E. and Larson, C.P. and Kabakyenga, J. and Singer, J. and Kissoon, N. and Ansermino, J.M. and Wong, H. and Kiwanuka, J. and Wiens, M.O.
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v16i4.2Annals of Emergency Medicine
Grunau, B.E. and Wiens, M.O. and Rowe, B.H. and McKay, R. and Li, J. and Yi, T.W. and Stenstrom, R. and Schellenberg, R.R. and Grafstein, E. and Scheuermeyer, F.X.
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.03.003BMJ Open
Wiens, M.O. and Kumbakumba, E. and Larson, C.P. and Ansermino, J.M. and Singer, J. and Kissoon, N. and Wong, H. and Ndamira, A. and Kabakyenga, J. and Kiwanuka, J. and Zhou, G.
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009449Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS
Forrest, J.I. and Wiens, M. and Kanters, S. and Nsanzimana, S. and Lester, R.T. and Mills, E.J.
DOI: 10.1097/COH.0000000000000198PLoS ONE
Wiens, M.O. and Gan, H. and Barigye, C. and Zhou, G. and Kumbakumba, E. and Kabakyenga, J. and Kissoon, N. and Ansermino, J.M. and Karlen, W. and Larson, C.P. and MacLeod, S.M.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118055International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy
Wilby, K.J. and Black, E.K. and MacLeod, C. and Wiens, M. and Lau, T.T.Y. and Paiva, M.A. and Gorman, S.
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-015-0123-2Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology
MacLeod, S.M. and Soon, J.A. and Sharma, S. and Wiens, M.O.
Annals of Emergency Medicine
Grunau, B.E. and Li, J. and Yi, T.W. and Stenstrom, R. and Grafstein, E. and Wiens, M.O. and Schellenberg, R.R. and Scheuermeyer, F.X.
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.10.017IET Conference Publications
Karlen, W. and Wiens, M.O. and Gan, H. and Dunsmuir, D. and Chiu, M. and Dumont, G.A. and Ansermino, J.M.
Academic Emergency Medicine
Grunau, B.E. and Pourvali, R. and Wiens, M.O. and Levin, A. and Li, J. and Grafstein, E. and Joo, D. and Scheuermeyer, F.X.
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12385Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology
Wiens, M.O. and Soon, J.A. and MacLeod, S.M. and Sharma, S. and Patel, A.
Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology
Culley, C.L. and Ramsey, T.D. and Mugyenyi, G. and Kiwanuka, G.N. and Ngonzi, J. and MacLeod, S. and Koren, G. and Grunau, B.E. and Wiens, M.O.
PLoS ONE
Wiens, M.O. and Pawluk, S. and Kissoon, N. and Kumbakumba, E. and Ansermino, J.M. and Singer, J. and Ndamira, A. and Larson, C.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066698Clinical Epidemiology
Wiens, M.O. and Kumbakumba, E. and Kissoon, N. and Ansermino, J.M. and Ndamira, A. and Larson, C.P.
DOI: 10.2147/CLEP.S35693Pediatric Drugs
Wiens, M.O. and MacLeod, S. and Musiime, V. and Ssenyonga, M. and Kizza, R. and Bakeera-Kitaka, S. and Odoi-Adome, R. and Ssali, F.
DOI: 10.2165/11599280-000000000-00000Academic Emergency Medicine
Hohl, C.M. and Yu, E. and Hunte, G.S. and Brubacher, J.R. and Hosseini, F. and Argent, C.P. and Chan, W.W.Y. and Wiens, M.O. and Sheps, S.B. and Singer, J.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2012.01379.xCanadian Journal of Diabetes
Wiens, M.O. and Grunau, B.E.
DOI: 10.1016/S1499-2671(11)80007-9Canadian Family Physician
Grunau, B.E. and Wiens, M.O. and Harder, K.K.
CMAJ
Wiens, M.O. and Son, W.K. and Ross, C. and Hayden, M. and Carleton, B.
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.090286Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine
Grunau, B.E. and Wiens, M.O. and Brubacher, J.R.
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500012598Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine
Grunau, B.E. and Wiens, M.O. and Greidanus, M.
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500012653Archives of Internal Medicine
Woolcott, J.C. and Richardson, K.J. and Wiens, M.O. and Patel, B. and Marin, J. and Khan, K.M. and Marra, C.A.
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.357Canadian Journal of Cardiology
Wiens, M. and Gordon, W. and Baulcomb, D. and Mattman, A. and Mock, T. and Brown, R.
DOI: 10.1016/s0828-282x(09)70147-3Drugs and Aging
Samii, A. and Etminan, M. and Wiens, M.O. and Jafari, S.
DOI: 10.2165/11316780-000000000-00000CMAJ
Zed, P.J. and Abu-Laban, R.B. and Balen, R.M. and Loewen, P.S. and Hohl, C.M. and Brubacher, J.R. and Wilbur, K. and Wiens, M.O. and Samoy, L.J. and Lacaria, K. and Purssell, R.A.
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.071594Ophthalmic Epidemiology
Chuo, J.Y. and Wiens, M. and Etminan, M. and Maberley, D.A.L.
DOI: 10.1080/09286580701421684Journal of Internal Medicine
Wiens, M. and Etminan, M. and Gill, S.S. and Takkouche, B.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2006.01695.xCanadian Journal of Emergency Medicine
Wiens, M.O. and Zed, P.J. and Lepik, K.J. and Abu-Laban, R.B. and Brubacher, J.R. and Gorman, S.K. and Kent, D.A. and Purssell, R.A.
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500014214We are conducting two independent multisite, prospective before-and-after studies at 6 hospitals in Uganda to evaluate a counseling and referral-based intervention to improve post-discharge survival for (1) infants under 6 months of age and (2) children 6 months to 60 months of age. Briefly, these studies consist of two phases. The first phase is a model validation phase where previously derived prediction algorithms are validated and calibrated. This phase is enrolling approximately 3000 children under 6 months and 3800 children who are 6 – 60 months of age. These studies began in 2017 (6m-60m age group) and 2018 (0-6m age group) and the first phase of both of these studies has been completed. The second phase of these studies is an interventional phase, enrolling a similar number of children. This interventional phase uses the validated prediction algorithm and implements the Smart Discharges intervention, with intervention intensity based on risk. Those with lower vulnerability receive discharge counselling focused on understanding vulnerability, education on preventative practices (hygiene, mosquito net use, etc.), danger signs, and appropriate health seeking. Children at high risk receive referrals for post-discharge follow-up with community health workers or at a health facility near their residence.
It is a global priority to improve health of mothers and infants and to lower their mortality rates. Countries in sub-Saharan Africa bear the largest burden of maternal and newborn death, and the majority of these deaths are preventable. One third of maternal (30%) and more than half of newborn (55%) deaths occur during the first 6 weeks after birth, after a mother-newborn dyad has returned home from the hospital. To address this issue we are conducting a prospective cohort study among mothers and their newborn babies who have been discharged following a routine hospital birth. We are enrolling 3200 dyads and completing 6-week follow-up to assess post-discharge readmission and mortality. The use of dyads in this context is unique since the health of the mother and child are so intricately linked. Using candidate predictors selected through a systematic review and expert opinion we will derive a parsimonious model to identify vulnerable infant/mother pairs. This work will lead to future studies to (1) externally validate our model and (2) develop and test a Smart Discharge approach to improving outcomes in this vulnerable
group.
Thrasher Research Fund, $525,094 USD. Role: Principal Investigator. Project: Smart Discharges to improve post-discharge survival following admission for infection in young infants. Dec 1, 2020 – Nov 30, 2022.
Grand Challenges Canada, Transition to Scale, $1,000,000 CAD. Role: Principal Investigator. Project: Smart Discharges to improve post-discharge health outcomes in Uganda. Dec 1, 2017 – Jun 30, 2021.
Thrasher Research Fund, $400,000 USD. Role: Co-Principal Investigator. Project: Smart Discharges to improve post-discharge survival following admission for infection in newborns and young infants. May 2018 – Aug 2020.
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When the body’s immune system has an extreme response to an infection, it can cause organ dysfunction that leads to shock, multiple organ failure, and death. This life-threatening condition is known as sepsis, and is the leading cause of death among kids in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), such as Uganda. To help prevent more…
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