Robert Peck

Linkage to Care Intervention to Improve Post-Hospital Outcomes Among Children with Sickle Cell Disease in Tanzania: A Pilot Study.

Authors:

Duncan K Hau Emmanuela E Ambrose Luke R Smart Neema M Kayange Robert N Peck

J Pediatr 2021 Jan 28. Epub 2021 Jan 28.

Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Department of Pediatrics, Mwanza, Tanzania; Weill Cornell Medical College, Center for Global Health, New York, NY, USA.

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January 2021

Retinopathy in adults with hypertension and diabetes mellitus in Western Tanzania: a cross-sectional study.

Authors:

Richmond Woodward Evarista Mgaya Christopher Mwanansao Robert N Peck Alan Wu Grace Sun

Trop Med Int Health 2020 Oct 3;25(10):1214-1225. Epub 2020 Aug 3.

Department of Ophthalmology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.

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October 2020

Ambrosia Beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Communities and Frass Production in 'Ōhi'a (Myrtales: Myrtaceae) Infected With Ceratocystis (Microascales: Ceratocystidaceae) Fungi Responsible for Rapid 'Ōhi'a Death.

Authors:

Kylle Roy Kelly A Jaenecke Robert W Peck

Environ Entomol 2020 12;49(6):1345-1354

Hawai'i Cooperative Studies Unit, University of Hawai'i at Hilo, Hilo, HI.

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December 2020

The burden of HIV, syphilis and schistosome infection and associated factors among adults in the fishing communities in northwestern Tanzania.

Authors:

Saidi Kapiga Christian H Hansen Jennifer A Downs Simon Sichalwe Ramadhan Hashim Julius Mngara Govert J van Dam Paul L A M Corstjens Justin R Kingery Robert N Peck Heiner Grosskurth

Trop Med Int Health 2021 Feb 2;26(2):204-213. Epub 2020 Dec 2.

Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit, National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza, Tanzania.

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February 2021

Blood pressure, T cells, and mortality in people with HIV in Tanzania during the first 2 years of antiretroviral therapy.

Authors:

Karl G Reis Bernard Desderius Justin Kingery Annet Kirabo Abel Makubi Christina Myalla Myung Hee Lee Saidi Kapiga Robert N Peck

J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2020 Sep 20;22(9):1554-1562. Epub 2020 Aug 20.

Center for Global Health, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.

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September 2020

Hypertensive Urgency in Tanzanian Adults: A 1-Year Prospective Study.

Authors:

Karl G Reis Raymond Wilson Fredrick Kalokola Bahati Wajanga Myung-Hee Lee Monika Safford Robert N Peck

Am J Hypertens 2020 12;33(12):1087-1091

Center for Global Health, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA.

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December 2020

Learning from People with HIV: Their Insights are Critical to Our Response to the Intersecting COVID-19 and HIV Pandemics in Africa.

Authors:

Christine Aristide Samson Okello Mwebesa Bwana Mark J Siedner Robert N Peck

AIDS Behav 2020 12;24(12):3295-3298

Center for Global Health, Weill Cornell Medical College, 402 East 67th Street, 2nd Fl., New York, NY, 10021, USA.

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December 2020

Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Associated Myocardial Diastolic Dysfunction and Soluble ST2 Concentration in Tanzanian Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Authors:

Justin R Kingery Parag Goyal Rahul Hosalli Myung Hee Lee Bernard Desderius Fredrick Kalokola Abel Makubi Salama Fadhil Saidi Kapiga Dipan Karmali Daniel Kaminstein Richard Devereux Margaret McNairy Warren Johnson Daniel Fitzgerald Robert Peck

J Infect Dis 2021 Jan;223(1):83-93

Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA.

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January 2021

Diabetic Microvascular Complications Among Children and Adolescents in Northwestern Tanzania: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Authors:

Delfina Msanga Karl Reis Neema Kayange Respicious Bakalemwa Benson Kidenya Duncan Hau Christopher Mwanansao Dina Mahamba Sofia Ottaru Elizabeth Kwiyolecha Robert Peck

Ann Glob Health 2020 04 24;86(1):43. Epub 2020 Apr 24.

Weill Bugando School of Medicine, Mwanza, TZ.

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April 2020

Immunology of Hypertension in People With HIV.

Authors:

Robert N Peck Justin R Kingery

J Am Heart Assoc 2020 02 17;9(4):e015725. Epub 2020 Feb 17.

Center for Global Health Weill Cornell Medical College New York NY.

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February 2020

Prevention of cardiovascular disease among people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa.

Authors:

Samson Okello Abdallah Amir Gerald S Bloomfield Katie Kentoffio Henry M Lugobe Zahra Reynolds Itai M Magodoro Crystal M North Emmy Okello Robert Peck Mark J Siedner

Prog Cardiovasc Dis 2020 Mar - Apr;63(2):149-159. Epub 2020 Feb 5.

Department of Internal Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda; Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

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June 2020

Morbidity and Mortality Due to Related Periportal Fibrosis: Could Early Diagnosis of Varices Improve the Outcome Following Available Treatment Modalities in Sub Saharan Africa? A Scoping Review.

Authors:

Daniel W Gunda Semvua B Kilonzo Paulina M Manyiri Robert N Peck Humphrey D Mazigo

Trop Med Infect Dis 2020 Feb 3;5(1). Epub 2020 Feb 3.

Department of Parasitology, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza 1464, Tanzania.

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February 2020

Dyslipidemias and cardiovascular risk scores in urban and rural populations in north-western Tanzania and southern Uganda.

Authors:

Bazil Kavishe Fiona Vanobberghen David Katende Saidi Kapiga Paula Munderi Kathy Baisley Samuel Biraro Neema Mosha Gerald Mutungi Janneth Mghamba Peter Hughes Liam Smeeth Heiner Grosskurth Robert Peck

PLoS One 2019 6;14(12):e0223189. Epub 2019 Dec 6.

Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit, National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza, Tanzania.

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March 2020

Electrocardiographic Evidence of Cardiac Disease by Sex and HIV Serostatus in Mbarara, Uganda.

Authors:

Katherine Kentoffio Alfred Albano Bruce Koplan Maggie Feng Rahul G Muthalaly Jeffrey I Campbell Ruth Sentongo Russell P Tracy Robert Peck Samson Okello Alexander C Tsai Mark J Siedner

Glob Heart 2019 12 1;14(4):395-397. Epub 2019 Oct 1.

Center for Global Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.

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December 2019

Very severe anemia and one year mortality outcome after hospitalization in Tanzanian children: A prospective cohort study.

Authors:

Neema Chami Duncan K Hau Tulla S Masoza Luke R Smart Neema M Kayange Adolfine Hokororo Emmanuela E Ambrose Peter P Moschovis Matthew O Wiens Robert N Peck

PLoS One 2019 20;14(6):e0214563. Epub 2019 Jun 20.

Department of Pediatrics, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania.

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January 2020

The ethical imperative to treat NCDs during research in Africa.

Authors:

Majaliwa Mzombwe Bernard Desderius Saidi Kapiga Luke Smart Robert Peck

Lancet Glob Health 2019 04;7(4):e406-e407

Center for Global Health and Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA; Department of Medicine, Weill Bugando School of Medicine, Mwanza, Tanzania.

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April 2019

Hypertension prevalence and risk factors among residents of four slum communities: population-representative findings from Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Authors:

Olga Tymejczyk Margaret L McNairy Jacky S Petion Vanessa R Rivera Audrey Dorélien Mireille Peck Grace Seo Kathleen F Walsh Daniel W Fitzgerald Robert N Peck Ashish Joshi Jean W Pape Denis Nash

J Hypertens 2019 04;37(4):685-695

Institute of Implementation Science in Population Health.

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April 2019

Impact of Global Health Electives on US Medical Residents: A Systematic Review.

Authors:

Paul M Lu Elizabeth E Park Tracy L Rabin Jeremy I Schwartz Lee S Shearer Eugenia L Siegler Robert N Peck

Ann Glob Health 2018 11 5;84(4):692-703. Epub 2018 Nov 5.

Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, US.

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November 2018

Reply.

Authors:

Robert N Peck Myung Hee Lee

J Hypertens 2019 01;37(1):224-225

Weill Cornell Medicine, Department of Medicine, New York, USA.

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January 2019

Invasive rat control is an efficient, yet insufficient, method for recovery of the critically endangered Hawaiian plant hau kuahiwi (Hibiscadelphus giffardianus).

Authors:

Nathan S Gill Stephanie Yelenik Paul Banko Christopher B Dixon Kelly Jaenecke Robert Peck

PLoS One 2018 28;13(11):e0208106. Epub 2018 Nov 28.

Hawai'i Cooperative Studies Unit, University of Hawai'i at Hilo, Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, HI, United States of America.

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May 2019

Integrating hypertension services at an HIV clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A report from the field.

Authors:

Kathleen F Walsh Myung Hee Lee Shoria Martelly Marie Melissa Pierre Junon Joseph Myrlene Gustin Robert N Peck Daniel W Fitzgerald Jean William Pape Margaret McNairy

J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2018 10 26;20(10):1485-1492. Epub 2018 Sep 26.

Center for Global Health, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York City, New York.

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October 2018

Pre-post effects of a tetanus care protocol implementation in a sub-Saharan African intensive care unit.

Authors:

Riaz Aziz Soledad Colombe Gibonce Mwakisambwe Solomon Ndezi Jim Todd Samuel Kalluvya Halinder S Mangat Reed Magleby Arndt Koebler Bernard Kenemo Robert N Peck Jennifer A Downs

PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2018 08 30;12(8):e0006667. Epub 2018 Aug 30.

Center for Global Health, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America.

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August 2018

Post-hospital mortality in children aged 2-12 years in Tanzania: A prospective cohort study.

Authors:

Duncan K Hau Neema Chami Aynsley Duncan Luke R Smart Adolfine Hokororo Neema M Kayange Robert N Peck

PLoS One 2018 14;13(8):e0202334. Epub 2018 Aug 14.

Department of Pediatrics, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania.

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February 2019

Hypertension in HIV-Infected Adults: Novel Pathophysiologic Mechanisms.

Authors:

Sasha A Fahme Gerald S Bloomfield Robert Peck

Hypertension 2018 07 18;72(1):44-55. Epub 2018 May 18.

From the Center for Global Health, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY (S.A.F., R.P.).

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July 2018

The magnitude of antibiotic resistance to Helicobacter pylori in Africa and identified mutations which confer resistance to antibiotics: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Authors:

Hyasinta Jaka Jee Ah Rhee Linda Östlundh Luke Smart Robert Peck Andreas Mueller Christa Kasang Stephen E Mshana

BMC Infect Dis 2018 04 24;18(1):193. Epub 2018 Apr 24.

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Bugando School of Medicine, Catholic University of Heath and Allied Sciences Mwanza, Mwanza, Tanzania.

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April 2018