Youngji Jo
University of Connecticut, CT·Public Health & Epidemiology·Early-career
As people living with HIV grow older, many also develop high blood pressure and diabetes, two major risk factors for heart disease. In Zambia in 2021, only 14% of adults living with HIV were screened for blood pressure, and diabetes screening reached only 8–13%.
- Fields
Public Health & Epidemiology
Medicine & Clinical Research
Mathematics & Statistics
- Topics
people living with HIV
noncommunicable diseases
hypertension
- Grants
- 1 known grant, through Jun 2031
What they work on
- Determine how an integrated HIV-noncommunicable disease care model affects clinical outcomes for people living with HIV who have at least one cardiometabolic condition, using Zambia's TASKPEN trial dataset.
- Estimate the long-term health impact and costs of integrating hypertension and diabetes care with HIV treatment, and of multi-month drug dispensing, using mathematical modeling.
- Determine the cost-effectiveness of service integration and multi-month dispensing under different health-system capacities and community disease prevalence in Zambia.
More about the research
Many countries now recommend adding screening and care for these non-communicable diseases (NCDs) to HIV clinics. But growing numbers of patients need both antiretroviral therapy (ART) and NCD care, and combined services could overload busy clinics. No study has yet shown how integration affects clinic visits, health outcomes and value for money.
Why it matters
The results could help health ministries and clinics decide how to add blood pressure and diabetes care to HIV services without overwhelming staff or budgets. They could benefit people living with HIV in Zambia and similar settings, and inform integrated care models for older people with HIV in U.S. Ryan White clinics and other safety-net systems.
Known grants
From NIH and NSF research grants. Labs often have other funding we can't see.
Closest labs
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University of Washington, WA·Public Health & Epidemiology
Test whether differentiated service delivery with multi-month dispensing produces higher completion of tuberculosis preventive therapy than clinic standard of care, in a randomized controlled trial among household contacts of people with TB and people with HIV in Kenya.
Matthew Hickey
University of California-San Francisco, CA·Public Health & Epidemiology·Early-career
Identify patient-level barriers to taking blood pressure medication within an integrated HIV–hypertension care model in rural Kenya, using theory-informed mixed methods within the SEARCH SAPPHIRE trial.
Dan Tran
Temple University, PA·Public Health & Epidemiology
Refine the INTEGRATE-RX pharmacist-led HIV and cardiovascular care program using human-centered design, and assess its acceptability among patients, pharmacists, physicians, peers and administrators.
The school
University of Connecticut: 31 labs on PI Pages, $434M a year on research, 360 research doctorates a year.
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