Christine McGrath, MPH, PhD

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

  1. Yousafzai, MT, Cornick, J, Penataro Yori, P, Hossain, MJ, Keita, AM, Atlas, HE et al.. The incidence and antimicrobial resistance of Shigella-attributable diarrhoea in young children in low-income and middle-income countries from the multicountry Enterics for Global Health (EFGH) Shigella Surveillance Study: a prospective, facility-based hybrid surveillance study. Lancet Glob Health. 2026; :. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(25)00534-0. PubMed PMID:41831467 .
  2. Schultes, OL, Hotwani, A, Pavlinac, PB, Hossain, MJ, Nasrin, D, Omore, R et al.. Defining Severe Shigellosis in the Enterics for Global Health Study: A Comparison of Leading Diarrhea Severity Definitions Among Children With Shigella Diarrhea. J Infect Dis. 2026;233 (3):607-617. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaf630. PubMed PMID:41379743 .
  3. Atlas, HE, Mogeni, P, Shawon, RA, Tickell, KD, Bunyige, L, Monchari, I et al.. Effect of azithromycin on post-discharge growth in Kenyan children. BMJ Glob Health. 2025;10 (11):. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2025-020294. PubMed PMID:41285436 PubMed Central PMC12645614.
  4. Nthambi, L, Temmerman, M, Macharia, WM, Nyagol, J, Mogere, S, Neary, J et al.. Factors associated with cervical cancer screening among women attending maternal child health clinics in Kenya. BMC Womens Health. 2025;25 (1):549. doi: 10.1186/s12905-025-04048-9. PubMed PMID:41214674 PubMed Central PMC12604322.
  5. Muranda, M, King'e, M, Moraa, H, Onyango, A, Oricho, R, Neary, J et al.. Comparison of height-for-age and weight-for-age Z-scores between HIV-exposed and -unexposed children aged 3-10 years old. J Trop Pediatr. 2025;71 (6):. doi: 10.1093/tropej/fmaf043. PubMed PMID:41206211 PubMed Central PMC12596142.
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