Adrienne Epstein, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Medicine
School of Medicine

Publications (30)

Top publication keywords:
MalariaChild Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaUgandaSpouse AbuseRainAfrica South of the SaharaSex OffensesHealth FacilitiesNutritional StatusChild HealthMosquito ControlInsecticide-Treated BednetsMarriageDroughtsPhysical Abuse

• LLIN Evaluation in Uganda Project (LLINEUP2) - Effect of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) treated with pyrethroid plus pyriproxyfen vs LLINs treated with pyrethroid plus piperonyl butoxide in Uganda: A cluster-randomised trial.
  PLOS global public health 2025 Gonahasa S, Namuganga JF, Nassali MJ, Maiteki-Sebuguzi C, Nabende I, Epstein A, Snyman K, Nankabirwa JI, Opigo J, Donnelly MJ, Dorsey G, Kamya MR, Staedke SG
• Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine and Nirsevimab Uptake Among Pregnant People and Their Neonates.
  JAMA network open 2025 Blauvelt CA, Zeme M, Natarajan A, Epstein A, Roh ME, Morales A, Bourdoud N, Flaherman VJ, Prahl MK, Gaw SL
• LLIN evaluation in Uganda project (LLINEUP2): association between housing construction and malaria burden in 32 districts.
  Malaria journal 2024 Gonahasa S, Nassali M, Maiteki-Sebuguzi C, Namuganga JF, Opigo J, Nabende I, Okiring J, Epstein A, Snyman K, Nankabirwa JI, Kamya MR, Dorsey G, Staedke SG
• The association between timing in pregnancy of drought and excess rainfall, infant sex, and birthweight: Evidence from Nepal.
  Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2023 Diamond-Smith NG, Epstein A, Zlatnik MG, Treleaven E
• Mapping malaria incidence using routine health facility surveillance data in Uganda.
  BMJ global health 2023 Epstein A, Namuganga JF, Nabende I, Kamya EV, Kamya MR, Dorsey G, Sturrock H, Bhatt S, Rodríguez-Barraquer I, Greenhouse B

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• Do precipitation anomalies influence short-term mobility in sub-saharan Africa? An observational study from 23 countries.
  BMC public health 2023 Epstein A, Harris OO, Benmarhnia T, Camlin CS, Weiser SD
• Assessing sustainment of health worker outcomes beyond program end: Evaluation results from an infant and young child feeding intervention in Bangladesh.
  Frontiers in health services 2023 Moucheraud C, Epstein A, Sarma H, Kim SS, Nguyen PH, Rahman M, Tariquijaman M, Glenn J, Payán DD, Menon P, Bossert TJ
• Characterizing pyrethroid resistance and mechanisms in Anopheles gambiae (s.s.) and Anopheles arabiensis from 11 districts in Uganda.
  Current research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases 2022 Mawejje HD, Weetman D, Epstein A, Lynd A, Opigo J, Maiteki-Sebuguzi C, Lines J, Kamya MR, Rosenthal PJ, Donnelly MJ, Dorsey G, Staedke SG
• East Africa International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research: Summary of Key Research Findings.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2022 Nankabirwa JI, Rek J, Arinaitwe E, Namuganga JF, Nsobya SL, Asua V, Mawejje HD, Epstein A, Greenhouse B, Rodriguez-Barraquer I, Briggs J, Krezanoski PJ, Rosenthal PJ, Conrad M, Smith D, Staedke SG, …
• Drought and migration: An analysis of the effects of drought on temporary labor and return migration from a migrant-sending area in Nepal.
  Population and environment 2022 Epstein A, Treleaven E, Ghimire D, Diamond-Smith N
• Drought, HIV Testing, and HIV Transmission Risk Behaviors: A Population-Based Study in 10 High HIV Prevalence Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
  AIDS and behavior 2022 Epstein A, Nagata JM, Ganson KT, Nash D, Saberi P, Tsai AC, Charlebois ED, Weiser SD
• Analysis of Heavy Rainfall in Sub-Saharan Africa and HIV Transmission Risk, HIV Prevalence, and Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2005-2017.
  JAMA network open 2022 Nagata JM, Hampshire K, Epstein A, Lin F, Zakaras J, Murnane P, Charlebois ED, Tsai AC, Nash D, Weiser SD
• Using sero-epidemiology to monitor disparities in vaccination and infection with SARS-CoV-2.
  Nature communications 2022 Routledge I, Takahashi S, Epstein A, Hakim J, Janson O, Turcios K, Vinden J, Risos JT, Baniqued MR, Pham L, Di Germanio C, Busch M, Kushel M, Greenhouse B, Rodríguez-Barraquer I
• Gender difference in the incidence of malaria diagnosed at public health facilities in Uganda.
  Malaria journal 2022 Okiring J, Epstein A, Namuganga JF, Kamya EV, Nabende I, Nassali M, Sserwanga A, Gonahasa S, Muwema M, Kiwuwa SM, Staedke SG, Kamya MR, Nankabirwa JI, Briggs J, Jagannathan P, Dorsey G
• Associations between environmental covariates and temporal changes in malaria incidence in high transmission settings of Uganda: a distributed lag nonlinear analysis.
  BMC public health 2021 Okiring J, Routledge I, Epstein A, Namuganga JF, Kamya EV, Obeng-Amoako GO, Sebuguzi CM, Rutazaana D, Kalyango JN, Kamya MR, Dorsey G, Wesonga R, Kiwuwa SM, Nankabirwa JI
• Using sero-epidemiology to monitor disparities in vaccination and infection with SARS-CoV-2.
  medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2021 Routledge I, Takahashi S, Epstein A, Hakim J, Janson O, Turcios K, Vinden J, Risos JT, Baniqued MR, Pham L, Di Germanio C, Busch M, Kushel M, Greenhouse B, Rodríguez-Barraquer I
• Drought and child vaccination coverage in 22 countries in sub-Saharan Africa: A retrospective analysis of national survey data from 2011 to 2019.
  PLoS medicine 2021 Nagata JM, Epstein A, Ganson KT, Benmarhnia T, Weiser SD
• What is the impact of removing performance-based financial incentives on community health worker motivation? A qualitative study from an infant and young child feeding program in Bangladesh.
  BMC health services research 2021 Glenn J, Moucheraud C, Payán DD, Crook A, Stagg J, Sarma H, Ahmed T, Epstein A, Luies SK, Rahman M, Kruk ME, Bossert TJ
• Citywide serosurveillance of the initial SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in San Francisco using electronic health records.
  Nature communications 2021 Routledge I, Epstein A, Takahashi S, Janson O, Hakim J, Duarte E, Turcios K, Vinden J, Sujishi K, Rangel J, Coh M, Besana L, Ho WK, Oon CY, Ong CM, Yun C, Lynch K, Wu AHB, Wu W, Karlon W, Thornborrow …
• The impact of stopping and starting indoor residual spraying on malaria burden in Uganda.
  Nature communications 2021 Namuganga JF, Epstein A, Nankabirwa JI, Mpimbaza A, Kiggundu M, Sserwanga A, Kapisi J, Arinaitwe E, Gonahasa S, Opigo J, Ebong C, Staedke SG, Shililu J, Okia M, Rutazaana D, Maiteki-Sebuguzi C, Belay …
• Citywide serosurveillance of the initial SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in San Francisco.
  Research square 2021 Routledge I, Epstein A, Takahashi S, Janson O, Hakim J, Duarte E, Turcios K, Vinden J, Sujishi K, Rangel J, Coh M, Besana L, Ho WK, Oon CY, Ong CM, Yun C, Lynch K, Wu AHB, Wu W, Karlon W, Thornborrow …
• Relationships between test positivity rate, total laboratory confirmed cases of malaria, and malaria incidence in high burden settings of Uganda: an ecological analysis.
  Malaria journal 2021 Okiring J, Epstein A, Namuganga JF, Kamya V, Sserwanga A, Kapisi J, Ebong C, Kigozi SP, Mpimbaza A, Wanzira H, Briggs J, Kamya MR, Nankabirwa JI, Dorsey G
• Estimating malaria incidence from routine health facility-based surveillance data in Uganda.
  Malaria journal 2020 Epstein A, Namuganga JF, Kamya EV, Nankabirwa JI, Bhatt S, Rodriguez-Barraquer I, Staedke SG, Kamya MR, Dorsey G, Greenhouse B
• Association between recent overnight travel and use of long-lasting insecticidal nets in rural Uganda: a prospective cohort study in Tororo.
  Malaria journal 2020 Arinaitwe E, Nankabirwa JI, Krezanoski P, Rek J, Kamya V, Epstein A, Rosenthal PJ, Drakeley C, Kamya MR, Dorsey G, Staedke SG
• Can complex programs be sustained? A mixed methods sustainability evaluation of a national infant and young child feeding program in Bangladesh and Vietnam.
  BMC public health 2020 Moucheraud C, Sarma H, Ha TTT, Ahmed T, Epstein A, Glenn J, Hanh HH, Huong TTT, Luies SK, Moitry AN, Nhung DP, Payán DD, Rahman M, Tariqujjaman M, Thuy TT, Tuan T, Bossert TJ, Kruk ME
• Rapid shifts in the age-specific burden of malaria following successful control interventions in four regions of Uganda.
  Malaria journal 2020 Kigozi SP, Kigozi RN, Epstein A, Mpimbaza A, Sserwanga A, Yeka A, Nankabirwa JI, Halliday K, Pullan RL, Rutazaana D, Sebuguzi CM, Opigo J, Kamya MR, Staedke SG, Dorsey G, Greenhouse B, Rodriguez-…
• Drought and intimate partner violence towards women in 19 countries in sub-Saharan Africa during 2011-2018: A population-based study.
  PLoS medicine 2020 Epstein A, Bendavid E, Nash D, Charlebois ED, Weiser SD
• Drought and Illness among Young Children in Uganda, 2009-2012.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2020 Epstein A, Benmarhnia T, Weiser SD
• Do Deviations From Historical Precipitation Trends Influence Child Nutrition? An Analysis From Uganda.
  American journal of epidemiology 2019 Epstein A, Torres JM, Glymour MM, López-Carr D, Weiser SD
• Does health worker performance affect clients' health behaviors? A multilevel analysis from Bangladesh.
  BMC health services research 2019 Epstein A, Moucheraud C, Sarma H, Rahman M, Tariqujjaman M, Ahmed T, Glenn J, Bossert T, Kruk ME