Kimberly Baltzell, RN, PhD, MS
Professor
Family Health Care Nursing
School of Nursing

My work focuses on vulnerable populations, both in the US and in sub-Saharan Africa. Currently I lead a project called Global Action in Nursing (GAIN) to promote nursing leadership and clinical skill development in Africa. Clinical content of the GAIN project is led by in-country partners and may include maternal neonatal health, cancer risk, and other NCDs.

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In addition, I am a member of the Institute for Global Health Sciences Director's Executive Team where I work closely with leadership to establish core faculty support and quality of care in LMICs. I am also affiliated with the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health and the Global Cancer Program.

Education & Training

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• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California, San Francisco 2020
• M.S. Medicine (Global Health Sciences) University of California, San Francisco 2010
• Ph.D. Nursing University of California, San Francisco 2005
• B.S.N Nursing University of San Francisco 1990

Interests

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• quality of care in global health
• global cancer
• portable pulse oximetry
• global health nursing education
• viral etiology of breast cancer
• malaria diagnostics
• malaria elimination
• global health education
• sub-Saharan Africa
• non-malarial febrile illness
• midwifery mentorship

Websites

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• Global Action in Nursing (GAIN) (gainproject.ucsf.edu)

Grants and Projects

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• Global Action in Nursing (GAIN), Wyss Medical Foundation, 2019-2024

Publications (41)

Top publication keywords:
MalariaFever of Unknown OriginMobile Health UnitsCarcinoma, Ductal, BreastAntimalarialsMidwiferyCarcinoma, LobularMalawiMentorsFeverCommunity ParticipationEducation, Nursing, ContinuingEnzootic Bovine LeukosisMass Drug AdministrationDiagnostic Tests, Routine

• Exploring the long-term impact of a nurse-midwife mentorship intervention in Neno district, Malawi: a secondary data analysis of maternal and neonatal complications.
  BMC global and public health 2024 Rouse M, Mphande I, Mwale N, Kapira S, Sayenda M, Mvula MG, Openshaw M, Kapito E, Kutsamba M, Maweu D, Mitchell A, Dandu M, Muller A, Blair AH, Baltzell K
• Evaluating a clinical mentorship intervention on maternal and neonatal complications in primary health facilities in Blantyre district, Malawi: A longitudinal analysis of the Global Action in Nursing program.
  International journal of nursing studies 2024 Blair A, Mwanza O, Rouse M, Magid S, Simwinga L, Phiri M, Malirakwenda R, Muller A, Jere J, Baltzell K
• Midwives' experience of telehealth and remote care: a systematic mixed methods review.
  BMJ open 2024 Golden BN, Elrefaay S, McLemore MR, Alspaugh A, Baltzell K, Franck LS
• Assessing the acceptability and feasibility of reactive drug administration for malaria elimination in a Plasmodium vivax predominant setting: a qualitative study in two provinces in Thailand.
  BMC public health 2023 Suwannarong K, Cotter C, Ponlap T, Bubpa N, Thammasutti K, Chaiwan J, Finn TP, Kitchakarn S, Mårtensson A, Baltzell KA, Hsiang MS, Lertpiriyasuwat C, Sudathip P, Bennett A
• Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on reported maternal and neonatal complications and access to maternal health care in five government health facilities in Blantyre, Malawi.
  PloS one 2023 Blair A, Haile W, Muller A, Simwinga L, Malirakwenda R, Baltzell K

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• Basic emergency care course and longitudinal mentorship completed in a rural Neno District, Malawi: A feasibility, acceptability, and impact study.
  PloS one 2023 Khongo BD, Schmiedeknecht K, Aron MB, Nyangulu PN, Mazengera W, Ndarama E, Tenner AG, Baltzell K, Connolly E
• Assessing Combined Longitudinal Mentorship and Skills Training on Select Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes in Rural and Urban Health Facilities in Malawi.
  Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society 2022 Blair AH, Openshaw M, Mphande I, Jana O, Malirakwenda R, Muller A, Rankin S, Baltzell K
• SARS-CoV-2 PCR and antibody testing for an entire rural community: methods and feasibility of high-throughput testing procedures.
  Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique 2021 Appa A, Chamie G, Sawyer A, Baltzell K, Dippell K, Ribeiro S, Duarte E, Vinden J, Consortium C, Kramer-Feldman J, Rahdari S, MacIntosh D, Nicholson K, Im J, Havlir D, Greenhouse B
• Effectiveness and safety of reactive focal mass drug administration (rfMDA) using dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine to reduce malaria transmission in the very low-endemic setting of Eswatini: a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial.
  BMJ global health 2021 Vilakati S, Mngadi N, Benjamin-Chung J, Dlamini N, Dufour MK, Whittemore B, Bhangu K, Prach LM, Baltzell K, Nhlabathi N, Malambe C, Dlamini B, Helb D, Greenhouse B, Maphalala G, Pindolia D, Kalungero …
• Community acceptance of reactive focal mass drug administration and reactive focal vector control using indoor residual spraying, a mixed-methods study in Zambezi region, Namibia.
  Malaria journal 2021 Roberts KW, Smith Gueye C, Baltzell K, Ntuku H, McCreesh P, Maglior A, Whittemore B, Uusiku P, Mumbengegwi D, Kleinschmidt I, Gosling R, Hsiang MS
• The impact of pulse oximetry and Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) training on antibiotic prescribing practices in rural Malawi: A mixed-methods study.
  PloS one 2020 Sylvies F, Nyirenda L, Blair A, Baltzell K
• Alignment between expectations and experiences of egg donors: what does it mean to be informed?
  Reproductive biomedicine & society online 2020 Tober D, Garibaldi C, Blair A, Baltzell K
• Covariates and Spatial Interpolation of HIV Screening in Mozambique: Insight from the 2015 AIDS Indicator Survey.
  International journal of environmental research and public health 2020 Agbadi P, Nutor JJ, Darkwah E, Duah HO, Duodu PA, Alhassan RK, Baltzell K
• SARS-CoV-2 PCR and antibody testing for an entire rural community: methods and feasibility of high-throughput testing procedures.
  medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2020 Appa A, Chamie G, Sawyer A, Baltzell K, Dippell K, Ribeiro S, Duarte E, Vinden J, CLIAHUB Consortium, Kramer-Feldman J, Rahdari S, MacIntosh D, Nicholson K, Im J, Havlir D, Greenhouse B
• The World Needs 6 Million More Nurses: What Are We Waiting For?
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2020 Bialous SA, Baltzell K
• A 14-day follow-up of adult non-malarial fever patients seen by mobile clinics in rural Malawi.
  Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi 2020 Baltzell KA, Kortz TB, Blair A, Scarr E, Mguntha AM, Bandawe G, Schell E, Rankin SH
• What about the men? Perinatal experiences of men of color whose partners were at risk for preterm birth, a qualitative study.
  BMC pregnancy and childbirth 2020 Edwards BN, McLemore MR, Baltzell K, Hodgkin A, Nunez O, Franck LS
• Distinct Biomarker Profiles Distinguish Malawian Children with Malarial and Non-malarial Sepsis.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2019 Kortz TB, Nyirenda J, Tembo D, Elfving K, Baltzell K, Bandawe G, Rosenthal PJ, Macfarlane SB, Mandala W, Nyirenda TS
• What is community engagement and how can it drive malaria elimination? Case studies and stakeholder interviews.
  Malaria journal 2019 Baltzell K, Harvard K, Hanley M, Gosling R, Chen I
• "We were afraid of the lion that has roared next to us"; community response to reactive focal mass drug administration for malaria in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland).
  Malaria journal 2019 Baltzell KA, Maglior A, Bangu K, Mngadi N, Prach LM, Whittemore B, Ntshalintshali N, Saini M, Dlamini N, Kunene S, Hsiang MS
• 'Not all fevers are malaria': a mixed methods study of non-malarial fever management in rural southern Malawi.
  Rural and remote health 2019 Baltzell K, Kortz TB, Scarr E, Blair A, Mguntha A, Bandawe G, Schell E, Rankin S
• Pathogen Clearance and New Respiratory Tract Infections Among Febrile Children in Zanzibar Investigated With Multitargeting Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction on Paired Nasopharyngeal Swab Samples.
  The Pediatric infectious disease journal 2018 Elfving K, Shakely D, Andersson M, Baltzell K, Msellem MI, Björkman A, Mårtensson A, Petzold M, Trollfors B, Lindh M
• Characterizing Pediatric Non-Malarial Fever and Identifying the At-Risk Child in Rural Malawi.
  Global pediatric health 2018 Kortz TB, Blair A, Scarr E, Mguntha AM, Bandawe G, Schell E, Rankin S, Baltzell K
• Bovine leukemia virus linked to breast cancer but not coinfection with human papillomavirus: Case-control study of women in Texas.
  Cancer 2017 Baltzell KA, Shen HM, Krishnamurthy S, Sison JD, Nuovo GJ, Buehring GC
• Principles, practices and knowledge of clinicians when assessing febrile children: a qualitative study in Kenya.
  Malaria journal 2017 Hooft AM, Ripp K, Ndenga B, Mutuku F, Vu D, Baltzell K, Masese LN, Vulule J, Mukoko D, LaBeaud AD
• Impacts on Global Health from Nursing Research.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2017 Baltzell K, McLemore M, Shattell M, Rankin S
• Impact of introduction of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria on antibiotic prescribing: analysis of observational and randomised studies in public and private healthcare settings.
  BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2017 Hopkins H, Bruxvoort KJ, Cairns ME, Chandler CI, Leurent B, Ansah EK, Baiden F, Baltzell KA, Björkman A, Burchett HE, Clarke SE, DiLiberto DD, Elfving K, Goodman C, Hansen KS, Kachur SP, Lal S, Lalloo…
• Improving prescribing practices with rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs): synthesis of 10 studies to explore reasons for variation in malaria RDT uptake and adherence.
  BMJ open 2017 Burchett HE, Leurent B, Baiden F, Baltzell K, Björkman A, Bruxvoort K, Clarke S, DiLiberto D, Elfving K, Goodman C, Hopkins H, Lal S, Liverani M, Magnussen P, Mårtensson A, Mbacham W, Mbonye A, …
• Acute Uncomplicated Febrile Illness in Children Aged 2-59 months in Zanzibar - Aetiologies, Antibiotic Treatment and Outcome.
  PloS one 2016 Elfving K, Shakely D, Andersson M, Baltzell K, Ali AS, Bachelard M, Falk KI, Ljung A, Msellem MI, Omar RS, Parola P, Xu W, Petzold M, Trollfors B, Björkman A, Lindh M, Mårtensson A
• A New Master's Degree in Global Health: Reflections on a 5-year Experience.
  Annals of global health 2015 Dandu M, Baltzell K, Nelson K, Gulati S, Debas HT, Ziegler JL
• A qualitative study to assess community barriers to malaria mass drug administration trials in The Gambia.
  Malaria journal 2014 Dial NJ, Ceesay SJ, Gosling RD, D'Alessandro U, Baltzell KA
• The usefulness of rapid diagnostic tests in the new context of low malaria transmission in Zanzibar.
  PloS one 2013 Shakely D, Elfving K, Aydin-Schmidt B, Msellem MI, Morris U, Omar R, Weiping X, Petzold M, Greenhouse B, Baltzell KA, Ali AS, Björkman A, Mårtensson A
• Perception of malaria risk in a setting of reduced malaria transmission: a qualitative study in Zanzibar.
  Malaria journal 2013 Bauch JA, Gu JJ, Msellem M, Mårtensson A, Ali AS, Gosling R, Baltzell KA
• Febrile illness management in children under five years of age: a qualitative pilot study on primary health care workers' practices in Zanzibar.
  Malaria journal 2013 Baltzell K, Elfving K, Shakely D, Ali AS, Msellem M, Gulati S, Mårtensson A
• Prevalence of PCR detectable malaria infection among febrile patients with a negative Plasmodium falciparum specific rapid diagnostic test in Zanzibar.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2012 Baltzell KA, Shakely D, Hsiang M, Kemere J, Ali AS, Björkman A, Mårtensson A, Omar R, Elfving K, Msellem M, Aydin-Schmidt B, Rosenthal PJ, Greenhouse B
• Epstein-Barr virus is seldom found in mammary epithelium of breast cancer tissue using in situ molecular methods.
  Breast cancer research and treatment 2011 Baltzell K, Buehring GC, Krishnamurthy S, Kuerer H, Shen HM, Sison JD
• Limited evidence of human papillomavirus in [corrected] breast tissue using molecular in situ methods.
  Cancer 2011 Baltzell K, Buehring GC, Krishnamurthy S, Kuerer H, Shen HM, Sison JD
• Epithelial cells in nipple aspirate fluid and subsequent breast cancer risk: a historic prospective study.
  BMC cancer 2008 Baltzell KA, Moghadassi M, Rice T, Sison JD, Wrensch M
• A descriptive study of variables associated with obtaining nipple aspirate fluid in a cohort of non-lactating women.
  BMC women's health 2006 Baltzell KA, Wrensch M, Sison JD
• Strengths and limitations of breast cancer risk assessment.
  Oncology nursing forum 2005 Baltzell K, Wrensch MR
• Breast carcinogenesis: can the examination of ductal fluid enhance our understanding?
  Oncology nursing forum 2005 Baltzell K, Eder S, Wrensch M