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CURRICULUM
VITAE
Alain Bernard Labrique, MS, MHS, PhD, MACE
PERSONAL DATA
Home:
1107 Chatterleigh Circle
Towson, MD 21286
Phone: (410) 853-7957
Office:
BIOGRAPHIC DETAILS
Belgian Citizen / US Resident (H1B)
Birthplace: Bangladesh
Wife: Kimberly Labrique
Children: David (age 7 years)
Natalie (age 3 years)
Global Disease Epidemiology and Control Program
Department of International Health
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
E5543, 615 N. Wolfe St.
Baltimore, MD 21205-2103
Phone: +1 (443) 287-4744
Cell: +1 (443) 857-7332
Fax: +1 (410) 510 1055
Email: alabriqu@jhsph.edu
EDUCATION
PhD / 2007
Johns Hopkins University
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Baltimore, Maryland
Epidemiology / Infectious Diseases
MHS / 1999
Johns Hopkins University
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Baltimore, Maryland
Epidemiology
MS / 1997
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Molecular Biology
BS / 1996
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Biology
With commendation for Undergraduate Research
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor
Department of International Health
Global Disease Epidemiology and Control
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
2007 to present
Joint Appointments in:
Department of Epidemiology
2007 to present
Center Appointments
International Injury Research Unit
2010 to present
Center for Global Health
2006 to present
Center for Human Nutrition
2001 to present
Visiting Professor (10/2010-9/2013)
National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development
Xiamen University
Xiamen, Fujian, China
Director (8/2010 – present)
Board of Directors, and Founding Member-Secretary
Johns Hopkins Bangladesh, Ltd
Research Associate (2001 to 2007)
Department of International Health
Human Nutrition
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
JHU Project Scientist / Country Representative (2001 to 2007)
Johns Hopkins-JiVitA Research Program
Rangpur / Gaibandha, Bangladesh
Teaching and Research Assistant (1999-2001)
Department of Epidemiology
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
Epidemiology Consultant (1999-2001)
Distance Education Division
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
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Internet Services Consultant (2000-2001)
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Genotyping Center / JHMI DNA Diagnostic Lab
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Harm Reduction Technician (1999)
Needle Exchange Program
Baltimore City Department of Health
Baltimore, MD
Internet and Technical Support (Webmaster) (1998-2000)
Hopkins Population Center
Computing & Library and Information Services Core
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
Research Assistant (1996-1997)
Molecular Biology Laboratories (S. cerevisiae - K. Bloom)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Teaching Assistant (1996-1997)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
INTERNSHIPS
Rural Primary Health Care Assistant (May-July 1995)
Oblate Father's Clinic
Lokhipur, Bangladesh
Clinical Laboratory Technician / Leprosy Control Assistant (May-Aug 1994)
Damien Leprosy and Tuberculosis Foundation
Jalchatra Hospital, Tangail, Bangladesh
Leprosy Control Assistant (May - August 1993)
Mymensingh Leprosy Control Project
Mymensingh, Bangladesh
Asst. Radiology Technician / Rural Health Educator / Physician Asst. (May-Aug 1992)
Tangail Leprosy Control Project
Tangail, Bangladesh
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Society Membership and Leadership – Active
Global mHealth Initiative at Johns Hopkins University – Founder and Chair (2011)
American College of Epidemiology, Elected Member (2000 to present)
JHSPH Faculty Budget Advisory Committee – Chair (2010 to present)
JHSPH GDEC Program Data Security Ad Hoc Committee – Chair (2010 to present)
JHSPH Departmental Strategic Planning (SWOT) Committee – (2011)
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JHSPH Faculty Budget Advisory Committee – Member (2009 to 2010)
JHSPH Technology Transfer Committee – Member (2009 to present)
Center for Global Health (2007 to present)
Global Health Council – Associate Member (2006 to present)
Global White Ribbon Alliance for Maternal Mortality Reduction (2005 to present)
American College of Epidemiology – Member (2000 to present)
International Society for Infectious Diseases (2000 to present)
Society for Epidemiologic Research (1999 to present)
Past
Tropical Medicine Dinner Club, Baltimore - Board Member (2000 to 2002)
Students Teaching and Reaching Students (STARS) - Executive Committee (2001 to 2002)
American Public Health Association (1998-2000)
Epidemiology Student Organization - Coordinator (1999-2000), Member (1998-2002)
JHSPH School-Wide Committee on Information Technology (1998 to 2000)
JHSPH Student Outbreak Response Team (1998 to 1999)
JHSPH Special WWW Steering Committee (1998)
Participation on Advisory Panels
2012 – Speaker, Expert Workshop “Hepatitis E Virus Infection in the United States”,
NIH, Bethesda, MD., March 19.
2011 – Expert Panel “Mortality Reduction after Oral Azithromycin” Study Design
Meeting, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA. April 11-12.
2010 – Moderator / Presenter, “Building an mHealth Alliance in Bangladesh”, Dhaka,
Bangladesh.
2010 – Expert Panel “Using Mobile Technology for Improving Health Outcomes for
Health Services Delivery”, 2nd Annual mHealth Summit, Washington, D.C.
2010 – Expert Panel “Maternal and Child Health: Achieving Health Priority Needs
with ICT and mobile interventions”, 2nd Annual mHealth Summit,
Washington, D.C.
2010 – Expert Panel “New Applications for Existing Technologies to Improve
Maternal Health”, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,
Washington, D.C., October 27.
2010 – Harmonization Meeting on Maternal Data and Specimens, Global Alliance to
Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth (GAPPS), Seattle, WA
2010 – Expert Panel on Hidden Hunger Mapping, Sight and Life, DSM,
Washington, D.C.
2010 – WHO Technical Advisory Group for Global Burden of Diseases (Hepatitis E)
2010 - Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group (CHERG) Meeting on Low
Birth Weight and Preterm Birth, Baltimore, MD
2009 – Expert Panel on Hidden Hunger, DSM, Bangkok
2009 – IMPAC Review Group, World Health Organization
2007 - Bangladesh Newborn Health Strategy Working Group
2007 - Scaling-Up FP-MNCH Best Practices in Asia and the Near East, Rapporteur
2006 - Commonwealth Association of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Session
Chair
Consultancies
2011- AAAS – Research and Competitiveness, Saudi Arabia – Expert Reviewer
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2010-2011- Wellcome Trust- Technology Transfer – Expert Reviewer
2010- International Symposium on Hepatitis E Virus, IVI, Seoul, Korea
2009- Technical Consultation on Vitamin A in Newborn Health – Mechanistic
Studies. World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland (December, 2009)
2000- Graphic Design – Design of ACE Materials / American College of
Epidemiology
EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES
Editorial Boards
World Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases (2011 to present)
Peer Review Activities
American Journal of Opthamology (2009 to present)
Congress of Epidemiology, Montreal 2010, Reviewer (2010)
Clinical Infectious Diseases (2011 to present)
Environmental Research (2010 to present)
Global Public Health Journal (2007 to present)
Health Policy and Planning (2011 to present)
International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics (2009 to present)
Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (2009 to present)
Journal of Global Infectious Diseases (2010 to present)
Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition (2006 to present)
Journal of Infectious Diseases (2010 to present)
Journal of Perinatology (2009 to present)
WHO Bulletin – Reviewer (2006 to present)
HONORS AND AWARDS
2011 Johns Hopkins University President’s Award for Excellence in Advising (Global Health)
2011 Fellow, NIH mHealth Summer Institute, La Jolla, CA
2011 Johns Hopkins Faculty Innovation Fund Awardee
2010 Inaugural Member, International Consortium for Control and Prevention of Viral Hepatitis E
2010 Elected Faculty Member, Delta Omega Society, Alpha Chapter
2010 Elected Member, American College of Epidemiology
2010 Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in America, 64th Edition
2010 19th International Congress of Nutrition Distinguished Poster
2009 Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Technology Transfer SEED Awardee
2008 Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health Awardee
2006 Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Technology Transfer SEED Awardee
2002 The David and Elinor Bodian Scholarship (JHU SPH)
2001 Ruth Rice Puffer Award for International Students (JHU SPH)
2001 Charlotte Silverman Award for Outstanding Community Service (JHU SPH)
2001 Delta Omega (Alpha Chapter) Scholarship Recipient
1999-2001 JHSPH Infectious Disease Program (Epidemiology) Tuition Scholarship
1998 JHSPH Student Volunteer InterAction Certificate for Exemplary Service
1996 University of North Carolina Dean's List
1994 Office of North Carolina Fellows Leadership Program
PUBLICATIONS
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Book Chapters
1. AB Labrique, MH Kuniholm, KE Nelson. The global impact of Hepatitis E – new
horizons for an emerging virus. In: Scheld WM, Murray BE, Hughes JM, editors.
Emerging Infections. 9th Edition. Virginia: ASM Press; 2010.
Patents
2. AB Labrique, KP West, Jr. A. Sommer. A Portable Field Dark Adaptometer. July
30, 2010. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. Provisional Patent
Number 61/369,283.
3. AB Labrique. Automatic, Digital MUAC (Mid-Upper Arm Circumference)
Measurement. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. Provisional Patent
Number 61/424,369
.
4. AB Labrique, S Shaikh, KP West, Jr. Portable Acrylic Infant Length Board.
February, 2011. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. Provisional Patent
Number 61/450,949.
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles* 1
1. AB Labrique, MW Merritt, LA Bartlett., Cultural and contextual challenges to
validating consent to research. 2011. (JAMA, In Press).
2. AB Labrique, K Zaman, M Yunus, Z Hossain, A Hossain, T Azim, J Ticehurst, KE
Nelson. Epidemiology of acute hepatitis E illness in a rural population – a case
control study. 2011. (PLOS One, In Press).
3. AB Labrique, BL Kmush, KE Nelson. The emerging threat of Hepatitis E virus
infections in developed countries and among immunocompromised populations.
(Expert Reviews of Anti-infective Therapy, 2011, in Press)
4. RD Merrill, AA Shamim, H Ali, N Jahan, AB Labrique, K Schulze, P Christian, KP
West, Jr., Iron Status of Women Is Associated with the Iron Concentration of Potable
Groundwater in Rural Bangladesh. Journal of Nutrition, 2011. jn.111.138628
5. AB Labrique, RW Klemm, M Rashid, AA Shamim, A Massie, J Katz, P Christian,
KP West Jr. A Cluster-Randomized Maternal Vitamin A or Beta-Carotene
Supplementation Trial in Bangladesh: Design and Methods. Trials, 2011. 12:102 (21
April 2011)
6. KP West, Jr., P Christian, AB Labrique, M Rashid, AA Shamim, RDW Klemm, A
Massie, S Mehra, K Schulze, H Ali, B Ullah, L Wu, J Katz, H Banu, A Sommer.
Vitamin A or beta-carotene supplementation and mortality related to pregnancy: A
cluster-randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled trial in Bangladesh. 2010.
(JAMA, In Press).
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* Primary Faculty Mentor for Student or Trainee Author for this manuscript
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7. KP West Jr., P Christian, J Katz, AB Labrique, R Klemm, A Sommer. Effect of
vitamin A supplementation on maternal survival. The Lancet. 2010; 376(9744); 873874.
8. *J Sugimoto, AB Labrique, S Ahmad, M Rashid, AA Shamim, B Ullah, RDW
Klemm, P Christian, KP West, Jr. Epidemiology of a tornado in rural northern
Bangladesh: Risk factors for death and injury. Disasters 2011; 35(2); 329-345.
9. AB Labrique, KE Nelson. Hepatitis E Virus Infections Among U.S. Military
Personnel Deployed to Afghanistan. JID. 2010; 202(9); 1297-9.
10. RD Merrill, AA Shamim, H Ali, N Jahan, AB Labrique, P Christian, KP West, Jr.
Groundwater iron assessment and consumption by women in rural northwestern
Bangladesh. IJVNR. 2010. Accepted.
11. S Shaikh, KJ Schulze, H Ali, AB Labrique, AA Shamim, M Rashid, S Mehra, P
Christian, KP West, Jr.. Bioelectrical impedance among Rural Bangladeshi Women
during Pregnancy and in the Postpartum Period. EJCN. 2010. Accepted.
12. AA Shamim, P Christian, KJ Schulze, H Ali, A Kabir, M Rashid, AB Labrique, Q
Salamatullah, KP West Jr. Iodine status in pregnancy and household salt iodine
content in rural Bangladesh. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 2010. In Press.
13. AB Labrique, K Zaman, Z Hossain, P Saha, M Yunus, A Hossain, J Ticehurst, KE
Nelson. Epidemiology and Risk Factors of Incident Hepatitis E Virus Infections in
Rural Bangladesh. AJE. 2010 Aug; 172(8): 952-961.
14. * S Gunnsteinsson, AB Labrique, KP West Jr., P Christian, S Mehra, AA Shamim,
M Rashid, J Katz, RDW Klemm. Constructing indices of rural living standards in
Northwestern Bangladesh. JHPN. 2010 Oct; 28(5):509-519.
15. MW Merritt, AB Labrique, J Katz, KP West, Jr., J Pettit. A Field Training Guide for
Human Subjects Research Ethics. PLoS Med. 2010; 7 (10). e1000349.
16. AB Labrique, WK Pan. Diagnostic Tests: Understanding results, assessing utility
and predicting performance (Editorial).. Am J Opthalmol. 2010 Jun; 149(6):878881.e2.
17. * RD Merrill, AB Labrique, AA Shamim, K Schulze, P Christian, RK Merrill, KP
West, Jr. Elevated and variable groundwater iron in rural northwest Bangladesh.
Journal of Water and Health. 8: 818-825. 2010.
18. * MH Kuniholm, AB Labrique, KE Nelson. Should HIV-Infected Patients with
Unexplained Chronic Liver Enzyme Elevations Be Tested For Hepatitis E Virus ?
Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2010 Jun 1; 50(11): 1545-6.
19. JH Rah, AA Shamim, UT Arju, AB Labrique, RDW Klemm, M Rashid, P Christian.
Difference in ponderal growth and body composition among pregnant versus never-
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pregnant adolescents varies by birth outcomes. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 6(1).
27-37(11). January 2010.
20. AB Labrique, K Zaman, M Yunus, Z Hossain, A Hossain, T Azim, J Ticehurst, KE
Nelson. Seroprevalence of HEV antibodies in rural Bangladesh. Am J Trop Med Hyg.
81(5). p875-881. 2009.
21. JH Rah, AA Shamim, UT Arju, AB Labrique, M Rashid, P Christian. Age of Onset
and Nutritional and Seasonal Variations in Menarche in Rural Bangladesh. JHPN
2009 Dec; 27(6). 802-807.
22. JH Rah, AA Shamim, UT Arju, AB Labrique, RDW Klemm, M Rashid, P Christian.
Predictors of stunting and thinness in post-menarcheal adolescent girls in rural
Bangladesh. Public Health Nutrition. 12(12), 2400-2409. 2009.
23. RD Merrill, AA Shamim, AB Labrique, H Ali, K Schulze, M Rashid, P Christian,
K.P. West, Jr. Validation of Two Portable Instruments to Measure Iron Concentration
in Groundwater in Rural Bangladesh. JPHN 2009; 27(3):414-8.
24. JH Rah, P Christian, AA Shamim, UT Arju, AB Labrique, M Rashid. Pregnancy and
Lactation Hinder Growth and Nutritional Status of Adolescent Girls in Rural
Bangladesh. J Nutr. 2008; 138: 1505-1511.
25. RW Klemm, AB Labrique, P Christian, M Rashid, AA Shamim, J Katz, A Sommer,
KP West Jr. Newborn Vitamin A Supplementation Reduced Infant Mortality in Rural
Bangladesh, Pediatrics 2008; 122; e242-e250.
26. * JD Sugimoto, AB Labrique, S Ahmad, M Rashid, RW Klemm, P Christian, KP
West Jr. Development and Management of a Geographic Information System for
Health Research in a Developing-country Setting: A Case Study from Bangladesh.
JHPN 2007: 25(4):436-447.
27. * JD Sugimoto, S Ahmad, M Rashid, AA Shamim, AB Labrique. A Low-cost
Method to Identify Tubewells for Longitudinal Research on Arsenic in Groundwater.
JHPN 2007: 25(3):377-381.
28. KP West Jr, P Christian, R Klemm, AB Labrique, M Rashid, AA Shamim, J Katz, A
Sommer. The JiVitA Bangladesh Project: Research to improve nutrition and health
among mothers and infants in rural South Asia. Sight and Life, Newsletter 1/2006.
PO box 2116, 4002 Basel, Switzerland. http://sightandlife.org
29. C Beyrer, MH Razak, AB Labrique, R Brookmeyer. Assessing the magnitude of the
HIV/AIDS epidemic in Burma. J AIDS 2003;32:311-317.
30. AB Labrique, DL Thomas, SK Stoszek, KE Nelson. Hepatitis E: An Emerging
Infectious Disease. Epidemiologic Reviews. Vol.21(2): 162-179. 1999.
Revised May 2011
31. AB Labrique, HE Elnaggar. The Grameen Experience, 1992. Grameen Bank: Dhaka,
Bangladesh.
Journal Articles Submitted / Under Review
1. * S Sikder, P Christian, B Ullah, S Mehra, M Rashid, KP West Jr, AB Labrique,
Beyond the numbers: Accounts of obstetric near miss experiences in rural
Bangladesh. 2010. (Soc Sci Medicine, Submitted).
2. P Christian, AB Labrique, H Ali, M Richman, L Wu, M Rashid, KP West, Jr.,
Maternal vitamin A and beta-carotene supplementation and risk of bacterial
vaginosis. A randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh. 2010. (Journal of
Nutrition, Submitted).
3. AB Labrique, P Christian, M Rashid, S Sikder, B Ullah, H Ali, A Shamim, S
Mehra, N Jahan, R Klemm KP West, Jr,. Beyond maternal mortality: non
pregnancy-related deaths in rural Bangladeshi women of reproductive age. 2010.
(NEJM, Internal Review).
4. * M Al-Saeidan, P Christian, B Ullah, H Ali, M Rashid, KP West Jr, AB Labrique,
Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy is protective of pregnancy loss. 2010. (IJGO,
Internal review).
5. * Z Hossain, K Zaman, P Saha, M Yunus, AB Labrique. Community perceptions
and traditional treatment of jaundice in rural Bangladesh. 2011. (JHPN, Internal
review).
PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS
1. AB Labrique, B Kmush, RE Engle, K Schulze, KP West, Jr., RH Purcell, KE
Nelson. Seroincidence of intrapartum hepatitis E virus infections declines in pregnant
Bangladeshi women between 2001 and 2010. 3rd North American Congress of
Epidemiology, June 21-24, 2011. Montreal, Canada.
2. AB Labrique, B Kmush, H Ali, RE Engle, K Schulze, KP West, Jr., RH Purcell, KE
Nelson. Seroincidence of intrapartum hepatitis E virus infections in pregnant
Bangladeshi women between 2001 and 2010. 2011 DMID International Research in
Infectious Diseases (IRID) Annual Meeting, May 31-June 2, 2011, Bethesda, MD.
3. AB Labrique. P Christian. H Ali, M Richman, L Wu, M Rashid, KP West, Jr.
Maternal vitamin A and beta-carotene supplementation and risk of bacterial
vaginosis: A randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh. 2011 DMID
International Research in Infectious Diseases (IRID) Annual Meeting, May 31-June
2, 2011, Bethesda, MD.
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4. AB Labrique, S Sikder, L Wu, N Jahan, P Christian, R Klemm, KP West, Jr. Mobile
phone ownership and use during emergency obstetric crises in rural Bangladesh.
Seamlessly Mobile ICA Pre-Conference, May 2011, Cambridge, MA, USA.
5. R Paul, RD Merrill, AB Labrique, M Rashid, AA Shamim, RW Klemm, P Christian,
KP West, Jr. (2011) Labor events and breastfeeding initiation in rural Bangladesh as
recorded by families on Home-based Delivery Cards. Annual Scientific Conference
of ICDDR,B, Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 14 – 17.
6. H Ali, M Barkat, AA Shamim, P Christian, KP West, Jr, RW Klemm, AB Labrique.
(2011) Causes and timing of infant death in rural northwestern Bangladesh. Annual
Scientific Conference of ICDDR,B, Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 14 – 17.
7. RD Merrill, AA Shamim, H Ali, AB Labrique, K Schulze, P Christian, KP West, Jr
(2011) Anemia interventions in Bangladesh should consider iron in groundwater and
thalassemia. Annual Scientific Conference of ICDDR,B, Dhaka, Bangladesh, March
14 – 17.
8. ME Sundaram, AA Shamim, H Ali, N Jahan, A Kabir, P Christian, KP West, Jr. AB
Labrique. Early newborn feeding is associated with demographic characteristics and
breastfeeding practices in rural Bangladesh Presentation. Bangladesh Pediatric
Association Conference, January 2010. Rangpur, Bangladesh.
9. H Ali, A Massie, R Klemm, AA Shamim, A Huq, M Rashid, M Barkat, P Christian,
KP West Jr. AB Labrique. The “Baby Square” - A Low-Cost Screening Tool to
Identify High-Risk Neonates in Rural Communities. Presentation.Bangladesh
Pediatric Association Conference, January 2010. Rangpur, Bangladesh.
10. AA Shamim, K Schulze, A Kabir, H Ali, M Rashid, P Christian, AB Labrique, R
Klemm, K Salamatullah, KP West, Jr. Iodine insufficiency during pregnancy in rural
Bangladesh and its association with size at birth. Presentation.Bangladesh Pediatric
Association Conference, January 2010. Rangpur, Bangladesh
11. AB Labrique, S Sikder, L Wu, N Jahan, P Christian, RDW Klemm, KP West, Jr.
Mobile phone ownership and use during emergency obstetric crises in rural
Bangladesh. 2nd Annual mHealth Summit. November 2010. Washington, DC, USA.
12. AB Siddique, H Ali, B Ullah, AA Shamim, S Sikder, P Christian, R Klemm, AB
Labrique. Using GPS data timestamps and other mobile ICT methods to improve
community-based worker accountability: a rural Bangladesh experience. 2nd Annual
mHealth Summit. November 2010. Washington, DC, USA.
13. A Kabir, AA Shamim, M Rashid, AB Labrique, P Christian, R Klemm, KP West, Jr,
M Nasser. Canonical correlation analysis of infant’s size at birth and maternal sociodemographic factors: A study in rural northwest Bangladesh. 1st international
Conference on Theory and Application of Statistics. December 2010. University of
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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14. S Sikder, P Christian, M. Rashid, B. Ullah, KP West, Jr, R Klemm, AB Labrique.
Beyond maternal mortality: A qualitative study of non-pregnancy related deaths in
rural Bangladeshi women of reproductive age. Presentation at 138th American Public
Health Association Annual Meeting. September 2010. Denver, CO, USA.
15. AB Labrique, M Kuniholm, R E Engle, RH Purcell, M Rashid, H Ali, KE Nelson.
Intrapartum Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections in rural Bangladesh elicit a proinflammatory cytokine response and may contribute to an unrecognized high maternal
mortality. Poster. 58th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine
and Hygiene, November 18-22, 2009. Washington D.C., USA.
16. RD Merrill, AA Shamim, AB Labrique, P Christian, KP West. Iron consumed
through groundwater is associated with iron status of women of reproductive age in
rural Bangladesh. American Public Health Association 137th Annual Meeting and
Exposition, November 7 – 11, 2009. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
17. AB Labrique, KP West Jr, P Christian, A Sommer. An advanced portable dark
Adaptometer for assessing functional vitamin A deficiency. Poster. 19th International
Congress of Nutrition (ICN), October 4-9, 2009. Bangkok, Thailand.
18. K. Schulze, Cui H, Cheng T-Y, Klemm R, Christian P, Labrique AB, Wu L, Rashid
M, Ali H, West KP Jr. Maternal, not newborn Vitamin A (VA) supplementation
improved vitamin A status of 3 month old infants. 19th International Congress of
Nutrition (ICN), October 4-9, 2009. Bangkok, Thailand.
19. AB Labrique, M Khalequzzaman, Z Hossain, M Yunus, J Ticehurst, KE Nelson.
Prevalence, Incidence, Risk Factors and Genotype of Hepatitis E Virus Infections in
Southern Bangladesh. Presentation. 13th International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis
and Liver Disease, March 20-24, 2009. Washington D.C.
20. AB Labrique, M Kuniholm, R E Engle, RH Purcell, M Rashid, H Ali, KE Nelson,
Seroprevalence of Antibodies to Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) and HEV Incidence in
Pregnant Women in Northwest Rural Bangladesh. Presentation. 13th International
Symposium on Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease, March 20-24, 2009. Washington
D.C.
21. AB Labrique, KP West Jr, P Christian, A Sommer. An advanced portable dark
Adaptometer for assessing functional vitamin A deficiency. Poster. 2nd Micronutrient
Forum, 12-15 May, 2008. Beijing, China.
22. R Klemm, M Rashid, AB Labrique, Z Mahmud, S Ahmed, S Faillace, KP West Jr.,
Research to Policy: Early Experiences in Moving Newborn Vitamin A
Supplementation to National Policy in Bangladesh. Poster. 2nd Micronutrient Forum,
12-15 May, 2008. Beijing, China.
23. RD Merrill, AA Shamim, AB Labrique, M Rashid, H Ali, P Christian, KP West Jr.
Can consuming iron rich groundwater affect iron stores of women in rural
northwestern Bangladesh? Poster. 2nd Micronutrient Forum, 12-15 May, 2008.
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Beijing, China.
24. M Rashid, KP West Jr., K Schulze, A Kabir, AB Labrique, AA Shamim, R Klemm,
P Christian, M Rashid. Bleeding Disorders in Early Infancy in Rural Bangladesh and
Maternal Vitamin K Status. Poster. 2nd Micronutrient Forum, 12-15 May, 2008.
Beijing, China.
25. KP West Jr, P Christian, J Katz, S Khatry, M Rashid, S LeClerq, AB Labrique, L
Wu, A Sommer. Regional variation in nutrition, health and mortality may modify
impact of vitamin A interventions on pregnancy-related mortality: Case studies from
trials in rural Bangladesh and Nepal. Poster. 2nd Micronutrient Forum, 12-15 May,
2008. Beijing, China.
26. C Coles, R Klemm, SK Saha, H Ali, AB Labrique, M Rashid, P Christian, KP West
Jr., Vitamin A supplementation at birth protects against pneumococcal carriage in
Bangladeshi infants. Poster. 2nd Micronutrient Forum, 12-15 May, 2008. Beijing,
China.
27. H Jing, AB Labrique, K Schulze, P Christian, AA Shamim, M Rashid, L-MurrayKolb, KP West Jr., Categorization of Gestational Iodine Status by Multiple
Indicators. Poster. 2nd Micronutrient Forum, 12-15 May, 2008. Beijing, China.
28. AA Shamim, K Schulze, AB Labrique, H Ali, M Rashid, P Christian, KP West Jr., Q
Salamatullah. Iodine Deficiency During Pregnancy in Rural Bangladesh: Extent and
Association with Iodized Salt Use. Poster. 2nd Micronutrient Forum, 12-15 May, 2008.
Beijing, China.
29. M Rashid, KP West, Jr. K Schulze, A Kabir, AB Labrique, AA Shamim, R Klemm, P
Christian, M Rashid. Bleeding disorders in early infancy in rural Bangladesh and
maternal vitamin K status. 16th Bangladesh Pediatric Association Conference, 20-21
March, 2008. Dhaka, Bangladesh.
30. RD Merrill, RK Merrill, AA Shamim, AB Labrique, H Ali, M Rashid, KP West Jr.,
Hydrogeology and Human Health: An intersection for nutrition research in Bangladesh.
3rd International Professional Geology Conference, September 20-24, 2008, Flagstaff, AZ
(USA).
31. KJ Schulze, S Shaikh, AB Labrique, A Kurpad, MH Ali, M Rashid, AA Shamim, L F-S
Wu, P Christian,KP West Jr., Maternal Body Composition of Postpartum Women in
Rural Bangladesh by Deuterium Oxide Dilution and Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis,
Experimental Biology, April 4-9, 2008, San Diego, CA.
32. R Klemm, AB Labrique, M Rashid, AA Shamim, P Christian, KP West Jr. Newborn
Vitamin A Supplementation: A Promising New Way to Reduce Infant Mortality in
Southern Asia. Presentation. Bangladesh Neonatal Forum, February 6-8, 2008, Dhaka,
Bangladesh.
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33. AB Labrique, R Klemm, M Rashid, AA Shamim, S Mehra, P Christian, KP West, Jr.
Size at Birth, Prematurity and Neonatal Mortality in a Large Rural Population in
Northwestern Bangladesh. Presentation. Bangladesh Neonatal Forum, February 6-8,
2008, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
34. KP West Jr, P Christian, AB Labrique, R Klemm, M Rashid, AA Shamim, S Mehra, The
JiVitA Project: A National Resource on Infant and Maternal Health, Nutrition and
Survival in Bangladesh. Presentation. Bangladesh Neonatal Forum, February 6-8, 2008,
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
35. M Rashid, AB Labrique, AA Shamim, R Klemm, P Christian, KP West, Jr. Bleeding
Disorders in Early Infancy in Rural Bangladesh: Due to Vitamin K Deficiency?
Presentation. Bangladesh Neonatal Forum, February 6-8, 2008, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
36. C Coles, M Hossain, M Rashid, M Shirin, AB Labrique. A randomized trial to assess the
clinical efficacy of vitamin A supplementation in the treatment of neonatal sepsis and
necrotizing enterocolitis. Bangladesh Neonatal Forum, February 6-8, 2008, Dhaka,
Bangladesh.
37. S Mehra, AB Labrique, R Klemm, M Rashid, AA Shamim, P Christian, KP West, Jr.
Can Mother’s Perception of Infant’s Size at Birth be a Proxy for Birth Weight? Poster.
Bangladesh Neonatal Forum, February 6-8, 2008, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
38. M Rashid, AB Labrique, AA Shamim, A Kabir, R Klemm, KP West, Jr., P Christian.
Newborn Care Practices and Risk of Neonatal Mortality in Rural Northwestern
Bangladesh. Presentation. Bangladesh Neonatal Forum, February 6-8, 2008, Dhaka,
Bangladesh.
39. AA Shamim, AB Labrique, M Rashid, S Mehra, A Kabir, RW Klemm, P Christian, KP
West, Jr. Newborn Prelacteal Feeding and Delayed Breastfeeding Initiation in Rural
Bangladesh. Poster. Bangladesh Neonatal Forum, February 6-8, 2008, Dhaka,
Bangladesh.
40. AB Labrique, S Mehra, R Klemm, M Rashid, AA Shamim, KP West, Jr, P Christian.
Perception of Evil Spirits being the Cause of Infant Death in Rural Bangladesh. Poster.
Bangladesh Neonatal Forum, February 6-8, 2008, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
41. B Ullah, H Ali, M Rashid, A.A. Shamim, AB Labrique, S Mehra, R Klemm, P
Christian, KP West, Jr. Community-based Birth Notification for Newborn Care and
Anthropometry in rural Bangladesh. Poster. Bangladesh Neonatal Forum, February 6-8,
2008, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
42. H Ali, B Ullah, M Rashid, AA Shamim, AB Labrique, P Christian, KP West, Jr., R
Klemm. Low Risk of Bulging Fontanel Following Newborn Vitamin A Supplementation.
Poster. Bangladesh Neonatal Forum, February 6-8, 2008, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
43. RD Merrill, AA Shamim, K Schulze, P Christian, AB Labrique, M Rashid, KP West.
Dietary and socioeconomic factors unrelated to iron stores of women of reproductive
Revised May 2011
age in rural Bangladesh. Poster. Federation of American Societies for Experimental
Biology Conference, April 29 - May 2, 2007, Washington, D.C., USA
44. JH Rah, AA Shamim, UT Arju, AB Labrique, M Rashid, KP West Jr., P Christian.
Pregnancy and lactation hinder growth and nutritional status of adolescent girls in
rural Bangladesh. Presentation. Federation of American Societies for Experimental
Biology Conference, April 29 - May 2, 2007, Washington, D.C., USA
45. W Pan, AB Labrique, P Christian, R Klemm, S Ahmed, S Mehra, M Rashid, AA
Shamim, KP West Jr. Spatial distribution of high risk pregnancy and health care
access in Bangladesh. Presentation. The 2007 Meeting of the American Association
of Geographers, 19-21 April, 2007, San Francisco, CA, USA
46. M Rashid, H Ali, S Shaikh, AB Labrique, AA Shamim, RW Klemm, P Christian,
KP West Jr. Relationship between breastmilk fat and maternal adiposity in lactating
rural Bangladeshi mothers. Presentation. 2nd National Conference on Breastfeeding
and Complementary Feeding, 19-20 Aug, 2006, Dhaka, Bangladesh
47. AB Labrique, M Rashid, AA Shamim, S Mehra, M Barkat, RW Klemm, P Christian,
KP West Jr. When Is Breastfeeding Initiated in Rural Bangladesh? Poster. 2nd
National Conference on Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding, 19-20 Aug,
2006, Dhaka, Bangladesh
48. M Rashid, AB Labrique, AA Shamim, RW Klemm, P Christian, KP West Jr.
Complementary Feeding Begins Early in Rural Bangladesh. Poster. 2nd National
Conference on Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding, 19-20 Aug, 2006, Dhaka,
Bangladesh
49. M Rashid, AB Labrique, AA Shamim, R Klemm, P Christian, KP West Jr. Early
Complementary Feeding is Associated with Increased Risk of Morbidity.
Presentation. 2nd National Conference on Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding,
19-20 Aug, 2006, Dhaka, Bangladesh
50. JH Rah, P Christian, AA Shamim, UT Arju, M Rashid, AB Labrique, RW Klemm,
KP West Jr. Menarche and its Relation to Nutritional Status in Rural Bangladesh.
Presentation. Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
Conference, 1-4 April, 2006, San Francisco, USA
51. AB Labrique, H Ali, A Massie, R Klemm, AA Shamim, A Huq, M Rashid, M Barkat, P
Christian, KP West Jr., The “Baby Square” - A Low-Cost Screening Tool to Identify HighRisk Neonates in Rural Communities. Presentation. VIIIth CAPGAN Commonwealth
Congress on Diarrhea and Malnutrition, 6-8 February, 2006, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
52. AB Labrique, P Christian, M Rashid, A Massie, AA Shamim, R Klemm, KP West Jr,
The effect of age, parity and previous outcome on pregnancy in rural Bangladesh.
Presentation. VIIIth CAPGAN Commonwealth Congress on Diarrhea and Malnutrition,
6-8 February, 2006, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Revised May 2011
53. AB Labrique, A Massie, M Rashid, P Christian, AA Shamim, R Klemm, KP West Jr,
Community-based Estimation of Birth Defect Prevalence in Rural Bangladesh.
Presentation. VIIIth CAPGAN Commonwealth Congress on Diarrhea and Malnutrition,
6-8 February, 2006, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
54. M Rashid, AB Labrique, AA Shamim, R Klemm, P Christian, KP West Jr, Prelacteal
feeding delays breastfeeding initiation in rural Bangladesh. Presentation. VIIIth
CAPGAN Commonwealth Congress on Diarrhea and Malnutrition, 6-8 February, 2006,
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
55. AA Shamim, AB Labrique, A Massie, A Huq, M Rashid, JH Rah, P Christian, R
Klemm, KP West Jr, Potential effects of socioeconomic status (SES) and
seasonality on consumption of vitamin A (VA) and provitamin A-rich foods by
pregnant women in NW Bangladesh. Poster. VIIIth CAPGAN Commonwealth
Congress on Diarrhea and Malnutrition, 6-8 February, 2006, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
56. M Rashid, AB Labrique, AA Shamim, R Klemm, P Christian, KP West Jr., Newborn
Care Practices in Rural Gaibandha. Presentation. VIIIth CAPGAN Commonwealth
Congress on Diarrhea and Malnutrition, 6-8 February, 2006, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
57. AC Hunt, AB Labrique, M Rashid, M Barkat, H Ali, AA Shamim, A Huq, P Christian,
R Klemm, KP West Jr, Optimizing the Verbal Autopsy Process for Community Trial or
Program Use. Poster. VIIIth CAPGAN Commonwealth Congress on Diarrhea and
Malnutrition, 6-8 February, 2006, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
58. M Barkat, AB Labrique, M Rashid, H Ali, A Huq, P Christian, R Klemm, KP West Jr.,
A Survey of Micronutrient Supplement Availability in Rural Northwest Bangladesh.
Poster. VIIIth CAPGAN Commonwealth Congress on Diarrhea and Malnutrition, 6-8
February, 2006, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
59. S Ahmad, J Sugimoto, AA Shamim, AB Labrique, M Rashid, JH Rah, P Christian,
R Klemm, KP West Jr, Does proximity to market influence dietary diversity of
pregnant women in rural Bangladesh? Presentation. VIIIth CAPGAN
Commonwealth Congress on Diarrhea and Malnutrition, 6-8 February, 2006,
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
60. JH Rah, AA Shamim, AB Labrique, M Rashid, P Christian, R Klemm, KP West Jr,
Maternal Mid-Upper Arm Circumference Change in Pregnancy as a Predictor of Low
Birth Weight. Presentation. VIIIth CAPGAN Commonwealth Congress on Diarrhea
and Malnutrition, 6-8 February, 2006, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
61. MZ Hossain, P Saha, K Zaman, AB Labrique, KE Nelson, Community Perceptions
of “Jaundice” in rural Bangladesh (Matlab) . Presentation. VIIIth CAPGAN
Commonwealth Congress on Diarrhea and Malnutrition, 6-8 February, 2006, Dhaka,
Bangladesh.
Revised May 2011
62. AB Labrique, K.P. West, Jr., A. Sommer, A prototype portable field dark
Adaptometry device to detect vitamin A deficiency. Presentation. XXII IVACG, 1519 November, 2004, Lima, Peru.
63. AB Labrique, AB Massie, M Rashid, AA Shamim, A Huq, P Christian, RW Klemm,
KP West, Jr., A Descriptive Analysis of Interpregnancy Intervals by Previous
Pregnancy Outcome in Gaibandha, North Bangladesh. Presentation. Xth ASCODD,
7-9 December, 2003, Dhaka, Bangladesh
64. A.B. Massie, AB Labrique, A.A.Shamim, M. Rashid, A.Huq, P. Christian, R.W.
Klemm, K.P West, Jr., Parental education, socioeconomic status and gender as
determinants of treatment seeking behavior in Gaibandha, Bangladesh. Poster. Xth
ASCODD, 7-9 December, 2003, Dhaka, Bangladesh
65. M. Rashid, A.B. Massie, AB Labrique, A.A.Shamim, A.Huq, P. Christian, R.W.
Klemm, K.P West, Jr. Marriage, Fertility and Births in a Northern District of
Bangladesh. Poster. Xth ASCODD, 7-9 December, 2003, Dhaka, Bangladesh
66. A.A.Shamim, A.B. Massie, AB Labrique, M. Rashid, A.Huq, P. Christian, R.W.
Klemm, K.P West, Jr., Home Based Delivery Cards. Is it an effective way to obtain
birth information? Poster. Xth ASCODD, 7-9 December, 2003, Dhaka, Bangladesh
CURICULUM VITAE
Alain B. Labrique
Part II
TEACHING
Advisees / Mentorship
(* Students advised and mentored, but was not principal Advisor.)
Post-Doctoral:
Cheng-Min (David) Huang*, MD, MHS. 2010-2011
Rebecca Merrill*, MPH, PhD. 2010-2011
Mark Richman*, MD, MPH. 2002-2004
Julia Kim*, MD, MPH. 2009-2010
Heather Peto*, MD, MPH, 2010-2011
Doctoral:
Lisa Krain, MHS, 2011 (PhD, D of Epi)*
Thesis Title – Hepatitis E Virus infections in Pregnancy in Rural Nepal
Brittany Kmush, ScM, 2011 (PhD, DIH)
Thesis Title – Micronutrient status and risk of HEV infection in Pregnancy
Revised May 2011
Ian Craig, MHS, 2011 (PhD, DIH)
Thesis Title – Spatial patterns of morbidity and mortality in rural Bangladesh
Amanda Debes – Lane*, MHS, 2011 (PhD, DIH)
Thesis Title – Immunopathology of HEV infections in Nepali Pregnant Women
Rohit Ramchandani*, MPH, 2010- (DrPH)
Thesis Title: TBN
Shegufta Shefa Sikder, 2010 to present
Thesis Title: Pathways to mortality for women of reproductive age in rural
Bangladesh
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Hinjoy Soawapak*, MD. 2010 to present
Thesis title: Epidemiology of zoonotic hepatitis E virus infections in South Asia.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Allan B. Massie*, MHS, PhD, Epidemiology, 2008 to 2010
Thesis title: Epidemiology of and Risk factors for hospital acquired infections in
neonates in an urban Bangladeshi setting.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Ye Mon Myint*, DrPH, Population, Family and Reproductive Health, 2008 to present
Thesis title: Couple’s fertility management in Bangladesh
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Hua Jing*, PhD, International Health, 2007 to present
Thesis title: Maternal Iodine Deficiency and Neurocognition of Children at Five
Years of Age in Bangladesh
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Jee Hyun Rah*, PhD, International Health, 2003 to 2007
Thesis title: Pregnancy, Linear Growth, and Nutritional Status of Adolescent Women
in Rural Bangladesh
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Rebecca Day Merrill*, PhD, International Health, 2006 to 2009
Thesis title: Consumption of Iron in Groundwater as a Determinant of Iron Status
among Women Reproductive Age in Rural Bangladesh
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Masters of Health Science (MHS) / Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH):
Gaurav Varma*, 2011
Thesis Internship: Clinical testing and Validation of a novel Far-UV based
sterilization method for hospital infection control
Chelsea Solmo*, 2011
Revised May 2011
Thesis Internship: Wireless technologies for the prevention of drowning in Bangladesh
Katie Charles*, 2011
Thesis Internshio: Factors affecting the trajectory of research to policy in Bangladesh
Nadi Nina Kaonga*, 2010
Thesis Internship: Mobile Health Network Analysis in Fishing Villages of Ghana.
Natasha Kulkarni, 2010
Maria Sundaram, 2009-2011
Thesis Internship: JiVitA Project: An analysis of the impact of early newborn feeding
on immediate and exclusive breastfeeding in rural Bangladesh.
(Global Health Awardee)
Samantha Y. Wu, 2009-2011
Thesis Internship: WHO, Geneva, Switzerland: Project to improve the WHO global
surveillance network for invasive bacterial diseases and rotavirus / Project to
develop effective monitoring tools to assess HPV vaccine coverage.
(Delta Omega Nominee)
Shegufta Shefa Sikder, 2008-2010
Thesis Title: Revising the model of barriers to care for women of reproductive age in
rural Bangladesh
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
(Delta Omega Awardee, Global Health Experience Awardee, Baker-Reinke-Taylor
Awardee), Accepted to JHSPH PhD Program
Adam Hunt*, 2005
Thesis Title: JiVitA Training Practicum in Design and Methods of Community Trials:
A Model for Field Research Education.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Masters of Public Health (MPH):
Pujita Vaidya, 2010-2011
Capstone Title: Hepatitis E and Pregnancy, Review of Risk Factors and Pathogenesis
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Jonathan Ashworth, 2010-2011
Capstone Title: A Landscape Analysis of mHealth Technologies for Disaster Management
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Mohammad Al-Saiedan, M.D., 2008-2009
Capstone Title: Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy (NVP) – NVP incidence and
pregnancy outcome in Bangladesh
(Delta Omega Inductee)
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Revised May 2011
Naomi Kincler, 2008-2009
Capstone Title: Spatial and seasonal variation in maternal and newborn nutritional
status in rural Bangladesh
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Heather Peto*, MD, 2008-2009
Capstone Title: Prevalence of Birth Defects in a Placebo-Controlled, Randomized
Trial of Maternal Vitamin A and Beta Carotene Supplementation in Sarlahi District
of Nepal, 1994-1997
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Monica Aggarwal*, 2002-2003
Thesis Title: Women’s Empowerment in rural Communities, A study of small stream
income on women’s health and status in rural Bangladesh
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Masters of Science (ScM)
Brittany Kmush*: Hepatitis E in Pregnancy – An analysis of micronutrient profiles in
seroconverting women in Bangladesh.
Dept. of Epi., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Masters of Public Health (MPH) Capstone Experience advisees:
2010-2011
Nasheed Amin (mHealth infrastructure analysis in Bangladesh)
Erica Lessem
2009-2010
Luca Passerini
Reynald Fleury
2008-2009
Mohammad Al-Saiedan, MD
Naomi Kincler
Preliminary Oral Participation
2011
Monica Pajuelo, MPH
2011
Maxwell Barffour, MPH
2010
Melissa Opryszko, MPH RS
2010
Hinjoy Soawapak, MBBS
2010
Tisha Mitsunaga
2010
Laveta Stewart, MPH, MSc
2010
Alison Connor
2008
Shama Ahuja, PhD
International Health
International Health
Environmental Health Engineering
Epidemiology
International Health
International Health
International Health
Epidemiology
Final Oral Participation / Thesis Reader
2010
Ananthram Murthy, PhD
2009
Wilbert Panhuis, PhD
2008
David Sintasath, MSc, PhD
Hua Jing, MBBS
International Health
Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Epidemiology
International Health
Thesis Committees
Revised May 2011
2010
Hinjoy Soawapak, MD
Melissa Opryszko, MPH, RS
Rohit Ramchandani, DrPH
Shegufta Sikder, PhD
Epidemiology
Environmental Health Engineering
International Health
International Health
2009
Robert Thomas, MPH, PhD International Health
2008
Allan Massie, PhD
Ye Mon Myint, DrPH
Hua Jing, PhD
Epidemiology
Population, Family, and Reproductive Health
International Health
External Examiner* / Advisory Team
2008 Mahbubur Rashid, MBBS, MPH, MBA
PhD, University of Dhaka,
Bangladesh / Thesis title: Bleeding disorders of infancy in rural Bangladesh
2010
2009
2007
2006
2006
2006
2006
2005
Zia-ul Haque
Hasmot Ali, MBBS
Md. Shahabuddin
Md. Azaduzzaman
Salahuddin Ahmad
Umme Taslima Arju
Shofiul Alam, MBBS
Zakir Hossain
MPH, University of Manchester, UK
MPH, NIPSOM, Dhaka, Bangladesh
MPH, NIPSOM, Dhaka, Bangladesh
MBA, South-East University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
MPH, Northern University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
MPH, Northern University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
MPH, NIPSOM, Dhaka, Bangladesh
MBA, South-East University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Classroom and other instruction
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
223.680 Global Disease Control Programs and Policies. Co-instructor, 2010-present
223. 664 Design and Conduct of Community Trials. Co-instructor, 2008-present
221.649.01 E-Health and M-Health: Using Technology to Improve Health in LMICs,
Lecture on “mHealth Opportunities in Maternal and Neonatal Health”. 2011.
222.642 Assessment of Nutritional Status, Lecture on “Dark Adaptometry”. 2008present
223.705.81 Clinical Vaccine Trials and GCP, Lecture on Vaccine Trials in ResourcePoor countries, 2008-present
340.651 Emerging Infections. Guest Lecture on “Hepatitis E Virus”. 2009, 2011
Lecture, Summer Institute in Tropical Medicine, Child and Public Health in the
Tropics Course. Practical Issues in Public Health Practice, Aug 2009, Sept 2010
Lecture, JHU School of Nursing, Fundamentals for the Research Coordinator:
Community Interfacing in Developing Countries, Jan 2009
Revised May 2011
Departmental Seminar, Global Disease Epidemiology and Control, Case Studies of
Ethics & Community Management, March 2009.
IH Student Review on Basic Principles of Epidemiology, Jan 2009
340.604 Epidemiology. Course Designer, conversion to digital format, Mar 2001
380.761 STDs: Their Epidemiology and Control. Teaching Assistant, Jan 2000
340.627 Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases. Teaching Assistant, Nov 1999
340.601 Introduction to Epidemiology. Teaching Assistant, Sept 1999
Review for Epidemiology Comprehensive Exams: Outbreak Investigation. Apr 1997.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Introduction to Biology. Teaching Assistant, Jul 1996 – Aug 1997
Physiology Laboratory. Intern. Aug 1995 – Dec 1995
French Language. Tutor Levels 1-5. Aug 1992 – May 1996
Biology. Tutor. Aug 1994 – Dec 1995
Extramural
Designed and taught a 6-month short course on Epidemiology and Biostatistics to
JiVitA Research Project science officers, Rangpur, Bangladesh (2/ week)
Research (Basic Science)
Molecular and genetic analysis of centromere chromatin structure in mutant strains of
S. cerevisiae, engineering unique centromere histone mutants and conditional
dicentric strains. Bloom Laboratory, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
1994 – 1996.
RESEARCH AND TRAINING GRANTS PARTICIPATION
Current
Title: Etiology of acute viral hepatitis in pregnancy in rural Nepal
Dates:
April 2011 – March 2013
Sponsoring Agency:
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Principal Investigator:
Alain Labrique
Funding Level:
$405,479
Main Objective:
Nested seroepidemiologic study of Hepatitis E virus incidence,
immunopathology, and neonatal consequences in rural
Nepalese pregnant women.
Title: mCare: Enhancing survival of high-risk neonates in rural S. Asia
Dates:
July 2011 –August 2012
Sponsoring Agency:
UBS Innovations Challenge Phase I
Revised May 2011
Principal Investigator:
Funding Level:
Main Objective:
Alain Labrique
CHF 148,955
Development and piloting a simple mobile phone package,
which links a pregnant woman and information about her
pregnancy to a local community health worker and an
emergency neonatal care team
Title: Wireless technologies for drowning prevention in rural Bangladesh
Dates:
May 2011 – April 2012
Sponsoring Agency:
JHSPH Faculty Innovations Fund
Principal Investigator:
Alain Labrique
Funding Level:
$31,383
Main Objective:
Pilot-testing the feasibility and acceptability of a novel strategy
to prevent drowning in young children in rural Bangladesh,
using wireless-enabled wristbands.
Title: Incidence and natural history of hepatitis E virus in pregnant Bangladeshi women
Dates:
2010-2011
Sponsoring Agency:
NIAID / NIH
Principal Investigator:
Alain Labrique
Funding Level:
$255,110
Principal Responsibilities: Principal Investigator
Main Objective:
To determine the incidence of HEV infections in a 2007-2010
cohort of pregnant women in rural Bangladesh and characterize
the micronutrient and immunologic profiles of seroconverters
compared to healthy controls.
Title: Evaluation of complementary food supplements for reducing childhood
undernutrition, USDA Food Aid and Nutrition Enhancement Program
Dates:
2010-2014
Sponsoring Agency:
USDA
Principal Investigator:
Parul Christian
Funding Level:
$2.73 million
Principal Responsibilities: Co-investigator, study design and implementation, data
management
Title: Benchtop agglomeration of soluble food-grade powder with live bacteria for
vaccine delivery
Dates:
2009-2011
Sponsoring Agency:
Johns Hopkins Technology Transfer Award
Principal Investigator:
David Sack, Alain Labrique
Funding Level:
$50,000
Main Objective:
To design and test a benchtop agglomerator device for the
seeding of food-grade powder with live bacteria, and evaluate
the stability and viability of strains as a potential novel vaccine
delivery system.
Responsibilities:
Co-PI, Design, Direction of teams, Supervision of experiments.
Revised May 2011
Title: Tailored Rapid Interactive Mobile Messaging for Weight Control Among the
Underserved
Dates:
4/1//2011-3/31/2012
Sponsoring Agency:
McKesson Foundation
Principal Investigator:
Lawrence Cheskin
Funding Level:
$250,000
Main Objective:
To study how mobile technology can help patients manage
weight and reduce risk of diabetes
Responsibilities:
Co-Investigator
Title: Impact of maternal multiple micronutrient supplementation on infant mortality in
Bangladesh
Dates:
2007-2011
Sponsoring Agency:
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Principal Investigator:
Keith P. West Jr., Parul Christian
Funding Level:
Under “Protecting Children’s and Women’s Health Through
Global Control of Micronutrient Deficiency”
Main Objective:
A randomized community trial of 36,000 pregnancies to assess
the impact of a multiple micronutrient antenatal supplement on
infant mortality.
Responsibilities:
Co-Investigator, Data Management, Field Site management,
Quality Control
Pending ------------------------------------------------------Title: Characteristics, burden and sequelae of severe obstetric morbidity in Bangladesh
Dates:
Dec 1, 2011 - Nov 30, 2013
Sponsoring Agency:
R03, National Institutes of Health (NICHD)
Principal Investigator:
Alain Labrique
Funding Level:
$161,068
Main Objective:
A secondary data analysis of the consequences of near misses
on infant survival in rural Bangladesh
Title: Effects of newborn vitamin A on maturation and epigenetic regulation of immunity
Dates:
Jan 1, 2012 - Dec 31, 2014
Sponsoring Agency:
R01, National Institutes of Health (NICHD)
Principal Investigator:
Alain Labrique
Funding Level:
$1,781,757
Main Objective:
A randomized, controlled trial to evaluate the possible
epigenetic and immunologic consequences of newborn vitamin
A supplementation, as pathways to improved survival.
Title: mCare: An integrated mobile phone care system to enhance the health of pregnant
women and survival of neonates in low-resource settings
Dates:
May 2011 – April 2012
Sponsoring Agency:
Gates Grand Challenges Exploration (Round 3)
Principal Investigator:
Alain Labrique
Funding Level:
$100,000
Revised May 2011
Main Objective:
Development and piloting a simple mobile phone package,
which links a pregnant woman and information about her
pregnancy to a local community health worker and an
emergency neonatal care team
Title: Wireless technologies for drowning prevention in rural Bangladesh
Dates:
May 2011 – April 2012
Sponsoring Agency:
USAID DIV Grant
Principal Investigator:
Adnan Hyder / Alain Labrique
Funding Level:
$99,841
Main Objective:
Pilot-testing the feasibility and acceptability of a novel strategy
to prevent drowning in young children in rural Bangladesh,
using wireless-enabled wristbands.
Title: Exhaled breath condensate for the early detection, treatment and prognosis of
nosocomial infections in neonates
Dates:
May 2011 – April 2012
Sponsoring Agency:
ICTR Innovative Methodologies Grant (JHU)
Principal Investigator:
Alain Labrique / Christian Coles
Funding Level:
$199,192
Main Objective:
Developing and testing novel biomarker-based assessments of
expressed breath condensate for detection of early neonatal
sepsis.
Completed
------------------------------------------------------Title: The Portable Field Dark Adaptometer: Validating a novel device for field-based
screening and detection of Vitamin A Deficiency and Night Blindneses, a
debilitating condition associated with high maternal and child mortality
Dates:
2007 - 2009
Sponsoring Agency:
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for
Global Health Award
Principal Investigator:
Alain Labrique
Funding level:
$50,000
Main Grant Objective:
To pursue the validation and field testing of a portable dark
Adaptometer prototype as a proxy measure of subclinical VAD
Principal Responsibilities: Principal investigator
Title: Protecting Children’s and Women’s Health Through Global Control of
Micronutrient Deficiency
Dates:
2000 - 2010
Sponsoring Agency:
Gates Foundation
Principal Investigator:
Alfred Sommer
Funding level:
$16,810,022
Main Grant Objective:
A comprehensive research program to understand the health
impact of micronutrient deficiencies
Principal Responsibilities: Co-Investigator, study design, data management and analysis
Revised May 2011
Title: The Portable Dark Adaptometer
Dates:
2005 - 2006
Sponsoring Agency:
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Technology Transfer Award
Principal Investigator:
Alain Labrique
Funding level:
$17,000
Main Grant Objective:
To pursue the development of a portable dark Adaptometer
prototype as a proxy measure of subclinical VAD
Principal Responsibilities: Principal investigator
Title: Impact of newborn vitamin A supplementation on infant mortality in Bangladesh
Dates:
2004 - 2007
Sponsoring Agency:
United States Agency for International Development, Gates
Foundation
Principal Investigator:
Keith P West, Jr., Rolf Klemm
Funding level:
(under Global Research Activity Partnership)
Main Grant Objective:
A randomized community trial to assess the impact of a
newborn dose of vitamin A on infant mortality
Principal Responsibilities: Co-Investigator, study design and implementation, data
management
Title: Global Research Activity Partnership
Dates:
2003-2007
Sponsoring Agency:
USAID
Principal Investigator:
Robert Black
Funding Level:
$37,500,000
Main Grant Objective:
Provide leadership in research to inform USAID policy and
programs in micronutrients and infectious diseases in
developing countries.
Principal Responsibilities: Epidemiological and Field support
Title: Epidemiology of Hepatitis E Virus infections in Rural Bangladesh
Dates:
2003-2007
Sponsoring Agency:
NIH / NIAID (RO1-AI051636-02)
Principal Investigator:
Kenrad E. Nelson
Funding level:
$415,000
Main Grant Objective:
A multi-stage epidemiologic study to assess the prevalence,
incidence and risk factors for population-based HEV infections
in rural Bangladesh
Principal Responsibilities: Co-Investigator, In-country Project Scientist, Implementation,
data management, Quality Control and Assurance, and
Analysis
Title: Impact of maternal supplementation on maternal mortality in Bangladesh
Dates:
1999 - 2006
Sponsoring Agency:
United States Agency for International Development, Gates
Foundation
Principal Investigator:
Keith P West, Jr.
Revised May 2011
Funding level:
Main Grant Objective:
Principal Responsibilities:
$4,500,000 (under agreement DAN0045-A-5094 and Global
Research Activity Partnership)
A randomized community trial to assess the impact of vitamin
A and beta-carotene supplementation on maternal mortality
Co-Investigator, In-country Project Scientist, Implementation,
data management, Quality Control and Assurance, and
analysis
Title: Cooperative agreement for micronutrients for Health
Dates:
1997-2003
Sponsoring Agency:
United States Agency for International Development
Principal Investigator:
Keith P West, Jr.
Funding level:
$21,613,189 (agreement DAN0045-A-5094)
Main Grant Objective:
Research, policy, advocacy, technical assistance and training to
prevent micronutrient malnutrition
Principal Responsibilities: Co-Investigator, field support, data management and analysis
ACADEMIC SERVICE
Johns Hopkins University
Department of International Health
2011 – Departmental Self Study Committee (SWOT Group)
2011 – 50th Anniversary Dept. Commemoration (Departmental & Program Committees)
2010-2011 JHSPH GDEC Program Data Security Ad Hoc Committee – Chair
2009-2011 – Faculty Budget Advisory Committee, Chair
2010- SBI Program Faculty Search Committee
2007-2010 – Global Disease Epidemiology and Control Admissions Committee (MHS)
Department of Epidemiology
1999 – Departmental 80th Anniversary Commemoration – Organizer
1999-2001 Infectious Disease Journal Club Moderator
1998-2001 Epidemiology Student Mentor Program
School of Public Health
2011 – School Web Redesign Committee
2009-2012 – Technology Transfer Committee
2009 – 2011 - Assistant Professor Luncheon (under Dean’s Office) – Coordinator
2009 – School Health Advisory Board (HAB) Travel Committee – Bangladesh Coordinator
2008-9 – Human Subject Research Ethics Field Training Guide Committee
2008-9 – International Society Events Committee
2008-9 – International Society Newcomer’s Committee, Founder JHSPH International
Student Resource Facebook Site
Johns Hopkins University
2009 – Johns Hopkins University Framework for the Future – Presidential Advisory Committee
2008 - Johns Hopkins University Framework for the Future – Discovery Committee
2005-2009 – Knowledge for the World Campaign
Revised May 2011
Extramural
1997-2001 Board Member, The Tropical Medicine Dinner Club of Baltimore, Maryland
1999-2000 Communications Consultant. Perry Hall High School, Perry Hall, Baltimore, MD
1999-2000 French Language Medical Translation. Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and
Public Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1994-1996 Student Government, President, Stacy Dormitory
PRESENTATIONS
Invited Lectures
Labrique AB. Disrupting Pathways to Mortality with Technology – Opportunities for
Resource-limited settings. Global Health and Innovation Conference, Yale University, New
Haven, CT. April 2012.
Labrique AB. Compressing Time Between Crisis and Care: Opportunities and Challenges
for mHealth in Resource-Limited Settings. Management Sciences for Health. Arlington, VA,
April 9, 2011.
Labrique AB. mHealth – Novel Windows of Opporunity for Maternal and Newborn Health.
JHSPH Health Advisory Board. Baltimore, MD. March 5, 2011.
Labrique AB. Opportunities and Challenges for mHealth in Resource-limited Settings.
Dean’s Alumni Advisory Council (DAAC). Baltimore, MD. March 1, 2011.
Labrique AB. Hepatitis E Virus Epidemiology in South Asia. 1st International Symposium on
Hepatitis E. International Vaccine Institute (IVI), Seoul, Korea. September 15, 2010.
Labrique AB. H1N1 Influenza: Separating fact from fiction. Kiwanis Club of Cleveland
County, North Carolina., August 13, 2009.
Labrique AB. Hepatitis E Virus Epidemiology in South Asia. Tropical Medicine Dinner Club
of Baltimore, The Hopkins Club. November 5, 2008.
Labrique AB. Hepatitis E Virus Epidemiology in Rural Bangladesh. Viral Hepatitis Group.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA., August 14, 2008.
Labrique AB. Maternal and Child Health Research in the JiVitA Project. LAMB Hospital
Doctor’s Group, Parbatipur, Dinajpur, Bangladesh. December 10, 2007.
Labrique AB. Hepatitis E Virus Epidemiology in South Asia. Department of International
Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. December 2006.
Labrique AB. Challenges of Conducting Micronutrient Trials in the Developing World.
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, May
2006.
Revised May 2011
Labrique AB. An overview of research activities of the JiVitA Maternal and Child Health
Project. Obstetric and Gynecologic Society of Bangladesh. March 8, 2006.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
VOLUNTEERISM
Boy Scouts of America: Assistant Den Leader, Baltimore Council, Pack 828, Den 1
(Dulaney)
SKILLS
Languages: English (fluent), French (fluent), Bangla (spoken/read), Spanish (basic
comprehension), Hindi/Urdu (Basic)
Computers: MS-DOS/Windows, MacOS. Stata v.10, EpiInfo2000, PASS, Microsoft Office
Software (Word, Excel, Frontpage, Powerpoint, Publisher), Graphics (Paint Shop Pro, Adobe
Photoshop, Pagemaker), Web Publishing (Adobe GoLive, Allaire Homesite, WS-FTP), GIS
Data Analysis (ArcView), Scanning, OCR, & Image Enhancement software,
Shockwave/Flash animation, Video Capture, Teleconferencing, SQL, SQL Server.
Laboratory and Molecular Techniques: Molecular manipulation of Saccharomyces
cerevisiae and E.coli, yeast plasmid transformation, restriction enzyme digestions, gel
electrophoresis and Southern blot, DNA isolation and purification, indirect end labeling
(Nick Translation, Hybridization, Autoradiography), polymerase chain reaction (PCR),
digital microscopy and real-time imaging. Gram staining and microscopy for bacterial
vaginosis.
PERSONAL STATEMENT OF RESEARCH
My research is focused on understanding the mechanisms, both at the disease and behavioral levels,
that lead to maternal and neonatal mortality. Building on this understanding, I seek to build multidisciplinary partnerships within and outside the department, sometimes bridging institutions across
the University, to develop strategies of early identification of disease, and for cost-effective
mitigation of the risk factors leading to morbidity and mortality. The population focus of my research
has been largely underserved populations in South Asia, with a concentration on Bangladesh. The
underlying discipline bases for this research are infectious disease epidemiology, molecular biology
and biostatistics, often supporting the conduct of large community-based epidemiologic studies.
Areas of research concentration include (1) the interface of micronutrient deficiency and maternal /
infant mortality, with a focus on the role of infections, (2) the role of maternal physiologic conditions,
as modified by infection, on neonatal outcomes including prematurity and IUGR, (3) prevention of
nosocomial infections through mechanistic or nutritional interventions, (4) elucidating the
pathophysiology of specific infectious agents which have deleterious effects in pregnancy and on the
neonate, such as Hepatitis E or Bacterial Vaginosis, with a target of building momentum to introduce
control strategies (eg. vaccines).
I am also interested in identifying and developing appropriate technologies that may assist in early
detection of disease, and have invented a device for the non-invasive detection, through pupillary
response measurement, of pre-clinical vitamin A deficiency. Other ongoing projects include the use
of breath biomarkers for early identification of neonatal sepsis, colorimetric indicators of infant
hypothermia / fever, and methods for bacterial agglomeration in dry transport media for vaccine
delivery.
Keywords: Epidemiology, micronutrients, vitamin A, neonatal mortality, maternal mortality,
infectious diseases, HEV, hepatitis E, Bangladesh, appropriate technology, biomarkers