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. Karume, AK, Ngumbau, N, Ongeri, L, Neema, A, Kaggiah, A, Owaga, D et al.. Integration of stepped care for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders among women attending maternal and child health clinics in Kenya: Protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial. PLoS One. 2026;21 (6):e0349732. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0349732. PubMed PMID:42275413 PubMed Central PMC13257984.
  2. Karume, AK, Ngumbau, N, Ongeri, L, Neema, A, Kaggiah, A, Owaga, D et al.. Integration of stepped care for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders among women attending maternal and child health clinics in Kenya: Protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial. medRxiv. 2026; :. doi: 10.64898/2026.05.06.26352574. PubMed PMID:42145615 PubMed Central PMC13174732.
  3. Moraa, H, Mutahi, J, Atieno, W, John-Stewart, G, Kinuthia, J, Kumar, M et al.. Correction: "When a man is stressed, it replicates in the house": Kenyan women's perspectives on the influence of male partners on perinatal mental health among women affected by HIV. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2026;6 (5):e0006451. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0006451. PubMed PMID:42101972 PubMed Central PMC13155598.
  4. Neema, A, Larsen, A, Karume, AK, Kaggiah, A, Wagner, AD, Richardson, B et al.. Assessing the approach to perinatal mental health screening and treatment in maternal-child health clinics in Western Kenya. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2026;6 (5):e0005191. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0005191. PubMed PMID:42090431 PubMed Central PMC13148656.
  5. Moraa, H, Mutahi, J, Atieno, W, John-Stewart, G, Kinuthia, J, Kumar, M et al.. "When a man is stressed, it replicates in the house": Kenyan women's perspectives on the influence of male partners on perinatal mental health among women affected by HIV. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2026;6 (3):e0006047. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0006047. PubMed PMID:41779726 PubMed Central PMC12959676.
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