Nora West, PhD, MPH
Specialist
Medicine
School of Medicine

I am a specialist in the UCSF Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. My research focuses on understanding trajectories of mental health during TB diagnosis and treatment, the influence of mental health on engagement with the TB diagnosis and care cascade, and implementation science approaches for the integration of mental health services into TB care and treatment.

Education & Training

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• PhD International Health, Social and Behavioral Interventions Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 08/2021
• MPH Health Behavior University of North Carolina 05/2012

Publications (20)

Top publication keywords:
HIV InfectionsTanzaniaInfectious Disease Transmission, VerticalSocial SupportBreast FeedingFertilizationSubstance-Related DisordersHealth PersonnelSouth AfricaSexual PartnersAnxietyMental HealthTuberculosisHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeFamily Characteristics

• From trauma to transmission: exploring the intersection of adversity, substance use, and HIV risk in women's life histories.
  International journal for equity in health 2023 West NS, Kussaga F, Rittenhouse A, Duroseau B, Knight D, Mbwambo J, Likindikoki S, Saleem HT
• Prevalence and predictors of depressive and anxiety symptoms in a sample of women who use drugs in Tanzania: the key role of drug use stigma.
  BMC psychiatry 2023 Saleem HT, West NS, Likindikoki S
• Household- Versus Incentive-Based Contact Investigation for Tuberculosis in Rural South Africa: A Cluster-Randomized Trial.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2023 Hanrahan CF, Nonyane BAS, Lebina L, Mmolawa L, Siwelana T, West NS, Albaugh N, Martinson N, Dowdy DW
• Economic, social, and clinic influences on opioid treatment program retention in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: a qualitative study.
  Addiction science & clinical practice 2023 Knight D, Nkya IH, West NS, Yang C, Kidorf M, Latkin C, Saleem HT
• Mental Health Problems Across the HIV Care Continuum for Adolescents Living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review.
  AIDS and behavior 2023 Poku OB, West NS, Eschliman EL, Dangerfield DT, Bass J, Kennedy CE, Murray SM

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• "A Double Stress": The Mental Health Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic Among People Living with HIV in Rakai, Uganda.
  AIDS and behavior 2021 West NS, Ddaaki W, Nakyanjo N, Isabirye D, Nakubulwa R, Nalugoda F, Kagaayi J, Kennedy CE
• Post-trial perceptions of a symptom-based TB screening intervention in South Africa: implementation insights and future directions for TB preventive healthcare services.
  BMC nursing 2021 Salazar-Austin N, Milovanovic M, West NS, Tladi M, Barnes GL, Variava E, Martinson N, Chaisson RE, Kerrigan D
• Selfie consents, remote rapport, and Zoom debriefings: collecting qualitative data amid a pandemic in four resource-constrained settings.
  BMJ global health 2021 Reñosa MDC, Mwamba C, Meghani A, West NS, Hariyani S, Ddaaki W, Sharma A, Beres LK, McMahon S
• Perceptions of Community and Clinic-Based Adherence Clubs for Patients Stable on Antiretroviral Treatment: A Mixed Methods Study.
  AIDS and behavior 2020 Mudavanhu M, West NS, Schwartz SR, Mutunga L, Keyser V, Bassett J, Van Rie A, Hanrahan CF
• Risk factors for catastrophic costs associated with tuberculosis in rural South Africa.
  The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2019 Stracker N, Hanrahan C, Mmolawa L, Nonyane B, Tampi R, Tucker A, West N, Lebina L, Martinson N, Dowdy D
• The impact of community- versus clinic-based adherence clubs on loss from care and viral suppression for antiretroviral therapy patients: Findings from a pragmatic randomized controlled trial in South Africa.
  PLoS medicine 2019 Hanrahan CF, Schwartz SR, Mudavanhu M, West NS, Mutunga L, Keyser V, Bassett J, Van Rie A
• Contact tracing versus facility-based screening for active TB case finding in rural South Africa: A pragmatic cluster-randomized trial (Kharitode TB).
  PLoS medicine 2019 Hanrahan CF, Nonyane BAS, Mmolawa L, West NS, Siwelana T, Lebina L, Martinson N, Dowdy DW
• Infant feeding by South African mothers living with HIV: implications for future training of health care workers and the need for consistent counseling.
  International breastfeeding journal 2019 West NS, Schwartz SR, Yende N, Schwartz SJ, Parmley L, Gadarowski MB, Mutunga L, Bassett J, Van Rie A
• Siyaphambili protocol: An evaluation of randomized, nurse-led adaptive HIV treatment interventions for cisgender female sex workers living with HIV in Durban, South Africa.
  Research in nursing & health 2019 Comins CA, Schwartz SR, Phetlhu DR, Guddera V, Young K, Farley JE, West N, Parmley L, Geng E, Beyrer C, Dowdy D, Mishra S, Hausler H, Baral S
• Mental health in South African adolescents living with HIV.
  AIDS care 2018 West N, Schwartz S, Mudavanhu M, Hanrahan C, France H, Nel J, Mutunga L, Bernhardt S, Bassett J, Van Rie A
• Improving active case finding for tuberculosis in South Africa: informing innovative implementation approaches in the context of the Kharitode trial through formative research.
  Health research policy and systems 2017 Kerrigan D, West N, Tudor C, Hanrahan CF, Lebina L, Msandiwa R, Mmolawa L, Martinson N, Dowdy D
• Acceptability and Preferences among Men and Women for Male Involvement in Antenatal Care.
  Journal of pregnancy 2017 Yende N, Van Rie A, West NS, Bassett J, Schwartz SR
• Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection and predictive factors in an urban informal settlement in Johannesburg, South Africa: a cross-sectional study.
  BMC infectious diseases 2016 Ncayiyana JR, Bassett J, West N, Westreich D, Musenge E, Emch M, Pettifor A, Hanrahan CF, Schwartz SR, Sanne I, van Rie A
• "I don't know if this is right … but this is what I'm offering": healthcare provider knowledge, practice, and attitudes towards safer conception for HIV-affected couples in the context of Southern African guidelines.
  AIDS care 2015 West N, Schwartz S, Phofa R, Yende N, Bassett J, Sanne I, Van Rie A
• Acceptability and preferences for safer conception HIV prevention strategies: a qualitative study.
  International journal of STD & AIDS 2015 Schwartz SR, West N, Phofa R, Yende N, Sanne I, Bassett J, Van Rie A