Johns Hopkins University
Bloomberg School of Public Health
615 North Wolfe Street, Suite E8132
Baltimore,
MD
USA
21205
Biographical Sketch:
Director, Health Systems Program; Director, Center for American Indian Health; Professor, International Health and Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Selected Publications:
Coles CL, Bose A, Moses PD, Mathew L, Agarwal I, Mammen T, Santosham M. Infectious etiology modifies the treatment effect of zinc in severe pneumonia. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007; 86: 397-403.
Millar EV, O達rien KL, Bronsdon MA, Madore D, Hackell J, Reid R, Santosham M. Anti-capsular serum antibody concentration and protection against pneumococcal colonization induced by 7-valent conjugate pneumococcal vaccine (PnCRM7). Clin Infect Dis. 2007;44(9):1173-9. PMID 17407035
Lipsitch M, O誰eill K, Bugalter B, Trzcinski K, Cordy D, Thompson CM, Goldstein R, Pelton S, Huot H, Bouchet V, Reid R, Santosham M, O達rien KL. Strain characteristics of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from carriage and invasive disease during a cluster-randomized clinical trial of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. J Infect Dis. In Press.
Basset A, Trzcinxki K, Hermos C, O達rien KL, Reid R, Santosham M. McAdam A, Lipsitch M, Malley R. Frequency of the pilus in pneumococcal isolates: Association with certain capsular serotypes but not with increased virulence. J Clin Microbiol 2007 Mar 28 (E-pub) PMID 17392439
Eick A, Shaw J, Thumar B, Reid R, Santosham M, Karron R, O達rien KL. The role of RSV neutralizing antibodies in protecting infants from severe and non-severe RSV disease. Pediatr Infect Dis J. In Press.
O達rien KL, Millar E, Zell E, Bronsdon M, Weatherholtz R, Reid R, Becenti J, Kvamme S, Whitney CG, Santosham M. Effect of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on nasopharyngeal colonization among immunized and unimmunized children. J Infect Dis. In Press.
Watt JP, O達rien KL, Benin AL, McCoy SI, Donaldson CM, Reid R, Schuchat A, Zell ER, Hochman M, Santosham M, Whitney CG. Risk factors for invasive pneumococcal disease among Navajo adults. Am J Epidemiol. In Press.
Rosenberg RR, Ahmed S, Saha SK, Ahmed NU, Chowdhury MAKZ, Law PA, Choi Y, Mullany LC, Tielsch JM, Katz J, Black RE, Santosham M, Darmstadt GL. Simplified age-weight-sex (SAWS) mortality risk score for very low birth weight infants in low-resource settings. (submitted)
Darmstadt GL, Saha SK, Ahmed ASMNU, Ahmed S, Chowdhury MAKA, Law PA, Black RE, Santosham M. Effect of skin barrier therapy on mortality in very preterm infants in Bangladesh: a randomized, controlled clinical trial. (submitted).
Baqui AH, Rosecrans AM, Williams EK, Agrawal PK, Ahmed S, Darmstadt GL, Kumar V, Kiran U, Panwar D, Ahuga RC, Srivashava VK, Black RE, Santosham M. NGO facilitation of a government maternal and neonatal health programme in rural India: improvements in equity. (submitted).
Baqui AH, Williams EK, Rosecrans AM, Agrawal PK, Ahmed S, Darmstadt GL, Kumar V, Kiran U, Panwar D, Ahuja RC, Srivashava WK, Black RE, Santosham M. Evaluation of an NGO-facilitated and government implemented large-scale integrated nutrition and health programme in rural North India: impact on neonatal mortality. (submitted)
Baqui AB, Williams EK, Rosecrans AM, Agrawal PK, Ahmed S, Darmstadt GL, Kumar V, Kiran U, Panwar D, Ahuja RC, Srivashava VK, Black RE, Santosham M. Evaluation of the newborn health component of a large scale NGO-facilitated community-based integrated nutrition and health programme in rural North India: improvements in coverage and care practices. (submitted).
Saha SK, Darmstadt GL, Baqui AH, Islam MN, Qazi S, Islam M, El Arifeen S, Santosham M, Black RE, Crook DW. Direct detection of the multi-drug resistance genome of Haemophilus influenzae in cerebrospinal fluid of children with meningitis in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Ped Inf Dis J (in press).
Baqui AH, Arifeen SE, Darmstadt GL, Ahmed S, Seraji HR, Winch P, Santosham M, Black RE and the Projhonmo Study Group. Differentials in neonatal mortality in two adjacent rural areas of Bangladesh: Lessons for neonatal health interventions. (in press).
Bari S, Mannan I, Rahman MA, Darmstadt GL, Seragi MHR, Baqui AH, Arifeen SE, Rahman SM, Saha SK, Ahmed ASMNU, Ahmed S, Santosham M, Black RE, Winch PJ. Trends in utilization of referral hospital services for care of sick newborns in a community-based intervention in Tangail District, Bangladesh. J Health Pop Nutr (in press).
Darmstadt GL, Saha SK, Ahmed ASMNU, Ahmed S, Choi Y, Chowdhury MAK A, Islam M, Law PA, Ahmed S, Black RE, Santosham M. Effect of topical emollient treatment of preterm neonates in Bangladesh on invasion of pathogens into the bloodstream. Ped Res (in press).
Osendarp SJM, Prabhakar H, Fuchs GJ, van Raaij JMA, Mahmud H, Tofail F, Santosham M, Black RE. Immunization with the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Bangladeshi infants and effects of zinc supplementation. Vaccine. (in press).
Baqui AH, Rahman M, Zaman K, Arifeen E, Chowdhury HR, Begum N, Bhattacharya G, Chotani RA, Yunus M, Santosham M, Black RE. A population-based study of hospital admission incidence rate and bacterial aetiology of acute lower respiratory infections in children aged under 5 years in Bangladesh. JHPN (in press).
Moulton H., O達rien KL., Reid R., Weatherholtz R., Siber G, Santosham M. Evaluation of the indirect effects of a pneumococcal vaccine in a community-randomized study. J Biopharm Stat. (In press.)
Millar EV, O達rien KL, Bronsdon MA, Madore D, Hackell JG, Reid R, Santosham M. Anti-capsular serum antibody concentration and protection against pneumococcal colonization among children immunized with 7-valent conjugate pneumococcal vaccine (PnCRM7). Clin Infect Dis. 2007; 44:1173-79.