A study protocol to engage religious leaders to reduce blood pressure in Tanzanian communities: A cluster randomized trial.
Kavishe B, Willkens M, Mwakisole AH, Kalokola F, Okello E, Ayieko P, Kisanga E, Lee MH, Kapiga S, Downs JA, Peck R. Contemp Clin Trials. 2025 May;152:107884.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2025.107884. Epub 2025 Mar 19.
PMID: 40118143;
PMCID: PMC11994286.

Exposure to toxic chemical elements (Pb, Cd, and Hg) and its association with sustained high blood pressure among secondary school attending adolescents in Northwestern Tanzania.
Nsanya MK, Willkens M, Peck RN, Kapiga SH, Nyanza EC.
Environ Res. 2025 Apr 29;278:121738.
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2025.121738. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 40311907.

A multifaceted menstrual health intervention to improve psychosocial outcomes and menstrual practices among secondary schoolgirls in Northwest Tanzania: a pilot intervention study.
Ayieko P, Torondel B, Renju J, Rubli J, Mcharo O, Luwayi JR, Thomas KA, Greco G, Kapiga S, Okello ES.
BMC Womens Health. 2025 Apr 18;25(1):190.
DOI: 10.1186/s12905-025-03723-1.
PMID: 40251620;
PMCID: PMC12007168.

Validation of rapid point-of-care tests for herpes simplex virus-type 2 in rural Tanzania.
Maganga JK, Riley K, Mukerebe C, Mhango L, Miyaye D, Shigella P, Lee MH, Mazigo HD, Downs JA, Changalucha JM. Int J STD AIDS. 2025 Mar 25:9564624251327241.
DOI: 10.1177/09564624251327241. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 40130665.

Arterial stiffness in people with HIV: a cross-sectional, comparative study with echocardiographic outcomes in Tanzania.
Reis K, Stephano PF, Fadhil S, Willkens M, Karand J, Nyanza E, Ruselu G, Garubindi A, Issarow B, Lee MH, Cichowitz C, Peck RN.
AIDS. 2025 Mar 20.
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000004184. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 40116067.

Development of a curriculum to educate religious leaders about blood pressure using community-based participatory research and educational theory in Mwanza, Tanzania.
Cohen EY, Kavishe BB, Urry M, Okello E, Kapiga S, Mwakisole AH, Kalokola F, Malibwa D, Peck RN, Downs JA.
BMC Med Educ. 2025 Feb 19;25(1):265.
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-025-06836-1.
PMID: 39966863;
PMCID: PMC11837377.

Durability of immunogenicity at 5 years after a single dose of human papillomavirus vaccine compared with two doses in Tanzanian girls aged 9-14 years: results of the long-term extension of the DoRIS randomised trial.
Watson-Jones D, Changalucha J, Maxwell C, Whitworth H, Mutani P, Kemp TJ, Kamala B, Indangasi J, Constantine G, Hashim R, Mwanzalima D, Wiggins R, Mmbando D, Connor N, Pavon MA, Lowe B, Kapiga S, Mayaud P, de Sanjosé S, Dillner J, Hayes RJ, Lacey CJ, Pinto L, Baisley K.
Lancet Glob Health. 2025 Feb;13(2):e319-e328.
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00477-7.
PMID: 39890232;
PMCID: PMC11783036.

Hospitalization outcomes in people living with HIV on Dolutegravir-based regimen in Mwanza, Tanzania: a comparative cohort.
AIDS Res Ther. 2025 Feb 3;22(1):11. Kisigo GA, Barongo E, Issarow B, Cichowitz C, Wajanga B, Kalluvya S, Peck RN.
DOI: 10.1186/s12981-025-00706-y.
PMID: 39901186;
PMCID: PMC11789402.

HIV and CKD in the Tenofovir Era: A Prospective Parallel-Group Cohort Study From Tanzania.
Roberts NLS, Fadhil S, Willkens M, Ruselu G, Desderius B, Kanenda S, Rudovick L, Kavishe BB, Koenig SP, Tummalapalli SL, Lee MH, Peck RN. Kidney Med. 2024 Nov 15;7(1):100937.
DOI: 10.1016/j.xkme.2024.100937.
PMID: 39790232;
PMCID:PMC11714399.

“Ashamed of being seen in an HIV clinic”: a qualitative analysis of barriers to engaging in HIV care from the perspectives of patients and healthcare workers in the Daraja clinical trial.
Okello ES, Peck RN, Issarow B, Kisigo G, Abel K, Malibwa D, Kabakama S, Charles M, Lee M, Rutachunzibwa T, Fitzgerald D, Ayieko P, Grosskurth H, Metsch LR, Kapiga S.
BMC Public Health. 2025 Jan 7;25(1):69.
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-21231-z.
PMID: 39773172;
PMCID: PMC11706178.