Keshet Ronen, MPH, PhD

Acting Assistant Professor, Department of Global Health, UW

Dr. Keshet Ronen, MPH, PhD, is an Acting Assistant Professor in the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington. Her primary research interest is in the use of mobile communication technology such as text messaging and social media to support behavioral health in underserved and marginalized populations in Kenya and the US. She is also interested in the health of immigrants, refugees, and gender and sexual minorities. Dr. Ronen is passionate about social justice and committed to working with communities to develop strategies to improve health equity.

Publications

  1. Peng, J, Wetzler, E, Wandika, B, Kithao, P, Moraa, J, Udren, JI et al.. Associations between text communication engagement and maternal-neonatal outcomes in the Mobile WACh NEO Trial. PLOS Digit Health. 2025;4 (8):e0000968. doi: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000968. PubMed PMID:40773418 PubMed Central PMC12331090.
  2. Pearce, J, Rao, D, Proeschold-Bell, RJ, Hedt-Gauthier, B, Ronen, K, Pfeiffer, J et al.. Exploring supportive roles for global north investigators in global health research. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025;5 (4):e0004358. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004358. PubMed PMID:40267051 PubMed Central PMC12017523.
  3. Lopez, AR, Haight, E, Guijosa, L, Williams, B, Unger, J, Messina, L et al.. Experiences of social support and the role of engagement in a digital educational support group for adolescent mothers' health in the Dominican Republic. PLOS Digit Health. 2025;4 (4):e0000808. doi: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000808. PubMed PMID:40258038 PubMed Central PMC12011247.
  4. Unger, JA, Kinuthia, J, Wandika, B, Hedstrom, A, Wetzler, E, Udren, JI et al.. The impact of interactive text communication on neonatal mortality in Kenya: a randomized controlled trial. Nat Med. 2025;31 (6):1847-1854. doi: 10.1038/s41591-025-03576-z. PubMed PMID:40075230 .
  5. Ronen, K, Pothan, LC, Apondi, V, Otieno, FA, Mwakanema, D, Otieno, FO et al.. Digital communication between mothers and community health workers to support neonatal health (CHV-NEO): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2024;25 (1):657. doi: 10.1186/s13063-024-08501-2. PubMed PMID:39367450 PubMed Central PMC11451148.
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