Laura Packel, MPH, PhD
Project Director
Institute for Health & Aging
School of Nursing

Education & Training

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• PhD Health Policy University of California, Berkeley 2010
• MPH Public Health University of California, Berkeley 1997

Publications (51)

Top publication keywords:
Family Planning ServicesReproductive Health ServicesContraception, PostcoitalContact TracingHIV InfectionsReproductive HealthSocietiesTanzaniaMotivationPatient AdvocacySex WorkersAnti-HIV AgentsHealth Plan ImplementationStudentsPharmacies

• A Mixed Methods Evaluation of Pharmacists' Readiness to Provide Long-Acting Injectable HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis in California.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2024 Beltran RM, Hunter LA, Packel LJ, De Martini L, Holloway IW, Dong BJ, Lam J, McCoy SI, Ochoa AM
• Prevention of adverse HIV treatment outcomes: machine learning to enable proactive support of people at risk of HIV care disengagement in Tanzania.
  BMJ open 2024 Xie Z, Hu H, Kadota JL, Packel LJ, Mlowe M, Kwilasa S, Maokola W, Shabani S, Sabasaba A, Njau PF, Wang J, McCoy SI
• Effect of a digital school-based intervention on adolescent family planning and reproductive health in Rwanda: a cluster-randomized trial.
  Nature medicine 2024 Hémono R, Gatare E, Kayitesi L, Hunter LA, Packel L, Ippoliti N, Cerecero-García D, Contreras-Loya D, Gadsden P, Bautista-Arredondo S, Sayinzoga F, Mugisha M, Bertozzi SM, Hope R, McCoy SI
• Impact of financial incentives on viral suppression among adults initiating HIV treatment in Tanzania: a hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial.
  The lancet. HIV 2024 Njau PF, Katabaro E, Winters S, Sabasaba A, Hassan K, Joseph B, Maila H, Msasa J, Fahey CA, Packel L, Dow WH, Jewell NP, Ulenga N, Mwenda N, McCoy SI
• Supporting young women's health through girl-friendly drug vendors in Lake Zone, Tanzania: protocol for the AmbassADDOrs for Health cluster-randomised controlled trial.
  BMJ open 2024 Mnyippembe A, Sheira LA, McCoy SI, Njau PF, Packel LJ, Hassan K, Solorzano-Barrera C, Maokola W, Kang Dufour MS, Sabasaba A, Liu J

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• Outcomes of an Emergency Department Program to Identify and Link Patients at Increased Risk for Acquiring HIV Infection to Outpatient HIV Prevention Services: The HIV PreventED Program.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2024 White DAE, Godoy A, Jewett M, Burns M, Pinto CM, Packel LJ, Garcia-Chinn M, Anderson ES, McCoy SI
• Willingness of Pharmacists to Prescribe Medication Abortion in California.
  JAMA network open 2024 Cohen C, Hunter LA, Beltran RM, Serpico J, Packel L, Ochoa AM, McCoy SI, Conron KJ
• CyberRwanda's Pathway to Impact: Results From a Cluster-Randomized Trial of Adolescent Family Planning Knowledge, Beliefs, Self-Efficacy, and Behavior.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2024 Hémono R, Gatare E, Kayitesi L, Packel L, Hunter LA, Kunesh J, Mwali MM, Bertozzi S, Sayinzoga F, Mugisha M, Hope R, McCoy SI
• Age-disparate relationships at first sex and reproductive autonomy, empowerment, and sexual violence among adolescent girls and young women in Rwanda.
  SSM - population health 2024 Kunesh J, Hémono R, Gatare E, Kayitesi L, Packel L, Hope R, McCoy SI
• Rudi Kundini, Pamoja Kundini (RKPK): study protocol for a hybrid type 1 randomized effectiveness-implementation trial using data science and economic incentive strategies to strengthen the continuity of care among people living with HIV in Tanzania.
  Trials 2024 Kadota JL, Packel LJ, Mlowe M, Ulenga N, Mwenda N, Njau PF, Dow WH, Wang J, Sabasaba A, McCoy SI
• Rudi Kundini, Pamoja Kundini (RKPK): study protocol for a hybrid type 1 randomized effectiveness-implementation trial using data science and economic incentive strategies to strengthen the continuity of care among people living with HIV in Tanzania.
  Research square 2023 Kadota JL, Packel LJ, Mlowe M, Ulenga N, Mwenda N, Njau PF, Dow WH, Wang J, Sabasaba A, McCoy SI
• Opportunities to Increase Access to HIV Prevention: Evaluating the Implementation of Pharmacist-Initiated Pre-exposure Prophylaxis in California.
  Open forum infectious diseases 2023 Hunter LA, Packel LJ, Chitle P, Beltran RM, Rafie S, De Martini L, Dong B, Harris O, Holloway IW, Miyashita Ochoa A, McCoy SI
• Food Insecurity and Engagement in Transactional Sex Among Female Secondary Students in Rwanda.
  AIDS and behavior 2023 Sheira LA, Izudi J, Gatare E, Packel L, Kayitesi L, Sayinzoga F, Hope R, McCoy SI
• Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on sales of sexual and reproductive health products: an ecological study of pharmacies in Kenya.
  BMJ open 2023 Chiu C, Wong A, Melvin O, Vernon J, Liu JX, McCoy SI, Packel LJ
• Increased prevalence of depression and anxiety among adults initiating antiretroviral therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic in Shinyanga region, Tanzania.
  AIDS research and therapy 2023 Winters S, Sabasaba A, Fahey CA, Packel L, Katabaro E, Ndungile Y, Njau PF, McCoy SI
• Measuring sexual behavior among in-school youth in Rwanda: a cross-sectional analysis of self-reported timing of first sex and correlates of early sexual debut.
  Annals of epidemiology 2023 Hémono R, Gatare E, Kayitesi L, Hunter LA, Kunesh J, Packel L, Hope R, McCoy SI
• Monitoring SARS-CoV-2 incidence and seroconversion among university students and employees: a longitudinal cohort study in California, June-August 2020.
  BMJ open 2023 Hunter LA, Wyman S, Packel LJ, Facente SN, Li Y, Harte A, Nicolette G, IGI SARS-CoV-2 Testing Consortium, Di Germanio C, Busch MP, Reingold AL, Petersen ML
• Adaptive Strategies for Retention in Care among Persons Living with HIV.
  NEJM evidence 2023 Geng EH, Odeny TA, Montoya LM, Iguna S, Kulzer JL, Adhiambo HF, Eshun-Wilson I, Akama E, Nyandieka E, Guzé MA, Shade S, Packel L, Fox B, Camlin C, Thirumurthy H, Lyons C, Bukusi EA, Petersen ML
• Patient preferences for HIV service delivery models; a Discrete Choice Experiment in Kisumu, Kenya.
  PLOS global public health 2022 Mando RO, Moghadassi M, Juma E, Ogollah C, Packel L, Kulzer JL, Kadima J, Odhiambo F, Eshun-Wilson I, Kim HY, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Geng E
• Machine learning with routine electronic medical record data to identify people at high risk of disengagement from HIV care in Tanzania.
  PLOS global public health 2022 Fahey CA, Wei L, Njau PF, Shabani S, Kwilasa S, Maokola W, Packel L, Zheng Z, Wang J, McCoy SI
• Anticipated and Experienced Stigma After Testing Positive for SARS-CoV-2: A Qualitative Study.
  Health promotion practice 2022 Facente SN, De Zuzuarregui M, Frank D, Gomez-Aladino S, Muñoz A, Williamson S, Wang E, Hunter LA, Packel L, Reingold A
• Risky business: A mixed methods study of decision-making regarding COVID-19 risk at a public university in the United States.
  Frontiers in psychology 2022 Facente SN, De Zuzuarregui M, Frank D, Gomez-Aladino S, Muñoz A, Williamson S, Wang E, Hunter L, Packel L, Reingold A, Petersen M
• Digital self-care for improved access to family planning and reproductive health services among adolescents in Rwanda: preliminary findings from a pilot study of CyberRwanda.
  Sexual and reproductive health matters 2022 Hémono R, Packel L, Gatare E, Baringer L, Ippoliti N, McCoy SI, Hope R
• Preparing a financial incentive program to improve retention in HIV care and viral suppression for scale: using an implementation science framework to evaluate an mHealth system in Tanzania.
  Implementation science communications 2021 Packel L, Fahey C, Kalinjila A, Mnyippembe A, Njau P, McCoy SI
• Feasibility and effectiveness of daily temperature screening to detect COVID-19 in a prospective cohort at a large public university.
  BMC public health 2021 Facente SN, Hunter LA, Packel LJ, Li Y, Harte A, Nicolette G, McDevitt S, Petersen M, Reingold AL
• HIV prevention at drug shops: awareness and attitudes among shop dispensers and young women about oral pre-exposure prophylaxis and the dapivirine ring in Shinyanga, Tanzania.
  AIDS research and therapy 2021 Tubert J, Packel L, Hunter LA, Mfaume R, Njau P, Ramadhani AA, Liu JX, McCoy SI
• Piloting an integrated SARS-CoV-2 testing and data system for outbreak containment among college students: A prospective cohort study.
  PloS one 2021 Packel L, Reingold A, Hunter L, Facente S, Li Y, Harte A, Nicolette G, Urnov FD, Lu M, Petersen M, IGI Testing Consortium
• Optimizing the efficiency and implementation of cash transfers to improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial.
  Trials 2020 Packel L, Njau P, Fahey C, Ramadhani A, Dow WH, Jewell NP, McCoy S
• Design and impact evaluation of a digital reproductive health program in Rwanda using a cluster randomized design: study protocol.
  BMC public health 2020 Nolan C, Packel L, Hope R, Levine J, Baringer L, Gatare E, Umubyeyi A, Sayinzoga F, Mugisha M, Turatsinze J, Naganza A, Idelson L, Bertozzi S, McCoy S
• Lessons from early stage pilot studies to maximize the impact of digital health interventions for sexual and reproductive health.
  mHealth 2020 McCoy SI, Packel L
• Implementation Science Using Proctor's Framework and an Adaptation of the Multiphase Optimization Strategy: Optimizing a Financial Incentive Intervention for HIV Treatment Adherence in Tanzania.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2019 Packel L, Fahey C, Njau P, McCoy SI
• A randomized trial of cash incentives for sexual behavior change among female sex workers in Dar es Salaam.
  Social science & medicine (1982) 2018 Packel LJ, de Walque D, Feeney KC, Balampama MP, Cooper JE, Kalolella A, Wechsberg WM, Dow WH
• The California HIV/AIDS Research Program: History, Impact, and HIV Cure Initiative.
  AIDS research and human retroviruses 2017 Stanga LL, Mujeeb A, Packel L, Martz T, Lemp G
• Female sex workers use power over their day-to-day lives to meet the condition of a conditional cash transfer intervention to incentivize safe sex.
  Social science & medicine (1982) 2017 Cooper JE, Dow WH, de Walque D, Keller AC, McCoy SI, Fernald LCH, Balampama MP, Kalolella A, Packel LJ, Wechsberg WM, Ozer EJ
• Scaling-up health information systems to improve HIV treatment: An assessment of initial patient monitoring systems in Mozambique.
  International journal of medical informatics 2016 Hochgesang M, Zamudio-Haas S, Moran L, Nhampossa L, Packel L, Leslie H, Richards J, Shade SB
• Going for the cure: patient interest groups and health advocacy in the United States.
  Journal of health politics, policy and law 2013 Keller AC, Packel L
• Association between transfusion with human herpesvirus 8 antibody-positive blood and subsequent mortality.
  The Journal of infectious diseases 2012 Hladik W, Pellett PE, Hancock J, Downing R, Gao H, Packel L, Mimbe D, Nzaro E, Mermin J
• Evolving strategies, opportunistic implementation: HIV risk reduction in Tanzania in the context of an incentive-based HIV prevention intervention.
  PloS one 2012 Packel L, Keller A, Dow WH, de Walque D, Nathan R, Mtenga S
• Incentivising safe sex: a randomised trial of conditional cash transfers for HIV and sexually transmitted infection prevention in rural Tanzania.
  BMJ open 2012 de Walque D, Dow WH, Nathan R, Abdul R, Abilahi F, Gong E, Isdahl Z, Jamison J, Jullu B, Krishnan S, Majura A, Miguel E, Moncada J, Mtenga S, Mwanyangala MA, Packel L, Schachter J, Shirima K, Medlin …
• Sexual and reproductive health services for people living with HIV: a systematic review.
  AIDS care 2011 Brickley DB, Almers L, Kennedy CE, Spaulding AB, Mirjahangir J, Kennedy GE, Packel L, Osborne K, Mbizvo M, Collins L
• Depression and HIV in Botswana: a population-based study on gender-specific socioeconomic and behavioral correlates.
  PloS one 2010 Gupta R, Dandu M, Packel L, Rutherford G, Leiter K, Phaladze N, Korte FP, Iacopino V, Weiser SD
• Linking sexual and reproductive health and HIV interventions: a systematic review.
  Journal of the International AIDS Society 2010 Kennedy CE, Spaulding AB, Brickley DB, Almers L, Mirjahangir J, Packel L, Kennedy GE, Mbizvo M, Collins L, Osborne K
• Linking family planning with HIV/AIDS interventions: a systematic review of the evidence.
  AIDS (London, England) 2009 Spaulding AB, Brickley DB, Kennedy C, Almers L, Packel L, Mirjahangir J, Kennedy G, Collins L, Osborne K, Mbizvo M
• Validation of AIDS-related mortality in Botswana.
  Journal of the International AIDS Society 2009 Taffa N, Will JC, Bodika S, Packel L, Motlapele D, Stein E, Roels TH, Kennedy G, Shenaaz el-H
• Processes and outcomes of HIV serostatus disclosure to sexual partners among people living with HIV in Uganda.
  AIDS and behavior 2007 King R, Katuntu D, Lifshay J, Packel L, Batamwita R, Nakayiwa S, Abang B, Babirye F, Lindkvist P, Johansson E, Mermin J, Bunnell R
• Desire for children and pregnancy risk behavior among HIV-infected men and women in Uganda.
  AIDS and behavior 2006 Nakayiwa S, Abang B, Packel L, Lifshay J, Purcell DW, King R, Ezati E, Mermin J, Coutinho A, Bunnell R
• Patient-delivered partner therapy for chlamydial infections: attitudes and practices of California physicians and nurse practitioners.
  Sexually transmitted diseases 2006 Packel LJ, Guerry S, Bauer HM, Rhew M, Chow J, Samuel M, Bolan G
• An observational cohort study of Chlamydia trachomatis treatment in pregnancy.
  Sexually transmitted diseases 2006 Rahangdale L, Guerry S, Bauer HM, Packel L, Rhew M, Baxter R, Chow J, Bolan G
• Chlamydia screening and management practices of primary care physicians and nurse practitioners in California.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2005 Guerry SL, Bauer HM, Packel L, Samuel M, Chow J, Rhew M, Bolan G
• Chlamydia screening of youth and young adults in non-clinical settings throughout California.
  Sexually transmitted diseases 2004 Bauer HM, Chartier M, Kessell E, Packel L, Brammeier M, Little M, Bolan G, Get Tested Chlamydia Screening Project Group
• Integrating Chlamydia trachomatis control services for males in female reproductive health programs.
  Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2003 McConnell JK, Packel L, Biggs MA, Chow JM, Brindis C