Assistant Professor, Global Health
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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.