Assistant Professor, Global Health
Dr. Christine McGrath, MPH, PhD, received her PhD from the Department of Epidemiology in May 2011. Her primary research is focused on growth and nutrition in pediatric HIV-1 infection in Kenya. More specifically, her dissertation project determined growth patterns and defined cofactors that influence growth and growth failure in children infected with HIV-1. She is interested in the pathogenesis of growth faltering in HIV-1-infected children and the role of infant feeding, age-based preventative targeting of HAART initiation and nutritional supplementation on growth.
Publications
- Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition (CHAIN) Network. Hospital readmission following acute illness among children 2-23 months old in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: a secondary analysis of CHAIN cohort. EClinicalMedicine. 2024;73 :102676. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102676. PubMed PMID:38933099 PubMed Central PMC11200276.
- Diakhate, MM, Unger, JA, Langat, A, Singa, B, Kinuthia, J, Itindi, J et al.. Factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding by maternal HIV status: a population-based survey in Kenya. Int Breastfeed J. 2024;19 (1):44. doi: 10.1186/s13006-024-00651-y. PubMed PMID:38926772 PubMed Central PMC11210159.
- Njuguna, IN, King'e, M, Moraa, H, Kumar, M, Benki-Nugent, S, Wagner, AD et al.. Cohort profile: longitudinal and population comparison of children who are HIV-exposed uninfected and children who are HIV unexposed in Kenya (HOPE study). BMJ Open. 2024;14 (6):e081975. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081975. PubMed PMID:38844397 PubMed Central PMC11163661.
- Mwenda, V, McGrath, CJ. Choosing the Appropriate HPV Testing and Treatment Algorithm: What Works for Different Contexts?. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2024;33 (6):763-765. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-23-1369. PubMed PMID:38826081 .
- Somji, S, Ashorn, P, Manji, K, Ahmed, T, Chisti, M, Dhingra, U et al.. Clinical and nutritional correlates of bacterial diarrhoea aetiology in young children: a secondary cross-sectional analysis of the ABCD trial. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2024;8 (1):. doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2023-002448. PubMed PMID:38604769 PubMed Central PMC11015214.