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Professor Mary-Ann Davies

Email: mary-ann.davies@uct.ac.za

Specialisation

Clinical epidemiology, Epidemiology and public Health (Specialisations), HIV and AIDS - Epidemiology (Specialisations), Infectious diseases epidemiology (Specialisations), Tuberculosis epidemiology (Specialisations)

Sustainable Development Goals

Reduced Inequalities

Good Health & Well-Being

Research Interests

A public health specialist with an interest in infectious diseases in children especially HIV and TB. She has been involved in paediatric HIV and TB research for a number of years. She is currently the paediatric researcher for the International Epidemiological Databases to Evaluate Aids (IeEDA) Southern Africa collaboration and collates and analyses data from paediatric ARV treatment sites across Southern Africa

Journal related publications

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All-cause mortality after antiretroviral therapy initiation in HIV-positive women from Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Americas (2020)

A longitudinal analysis of the completeness of maternal HIV testing, including repeat testing in Cape Town, South Africa (2020)

Characteristics and outcomes of adolescents living with perinatally acquired HIV within Southern Africa (2020)

Characterizing the double‐sided cascade of care for adolescents living with HIV transitioning to adulthood across Southern Africa (2020)

Duplicate: Earlier Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation and Decreasing Mortality Among HIV-infected Infants Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy Within 3 Months of Age in South Africa, 2006–2017 (2020)

Conference related publications

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Low-Resource Perspective on Adolescent Transition and Research Priorities. (2016)

Paediatric HIV in Southern Africa (2014)

Perinatally HIV-infected children surviving into adolescence – characteristics and outcomes. (2014)

Pediatric HIV infection and antiretroviral therapy (2013)

Paediatric IeDEA. Invited presentation at the NICHD Site Development Initiative Meeting (2011)

Other Outputs

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Report: Southern Africa Collaboration. Timing of initiation of antiretroviral therapy for children two to five, a causal analysis. (2016)

Report: Supplement to the 2013 consolidated guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection. (2014)

WHO: Antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection in infants and children: (2013)

WHO: Consolidated guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection: recommendations for a public health approach. 2013 (2013)

Report: Rapid review of H1N1 Influenza impact and preparedness in the Western Cape. (2010)

Honours and awards

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AIDS 2018: Prize for Excellence in Research Related to Children Affected by HIV
to C. Davies in my role as Senior author & Supervisor (2018)

Pediatrics Continuing Medical Education Award at UCT School of Child and Adolescent Health Research Day to K. Anderson in my role as Senior Author & Supervisor. (2017)

Best oral presentation: International Workshop on HIV Observational Databases to
M. Schomaker.in my role as Senior author (2016)

German Federal Ministryof Education and Research Award for developing a proposal on research networks for health in Africa. (2014 - 2014)

Top 5 Soft-funded and research staff, UCT faculty of Health Sciences. (2014)

Employment history

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Medical Intern (01/01/1996 - 31/12/1996) - Frere Hospital

Medical Officer (01/01/1997 - 31/12/2000) - Department of Health Hospitals and Community Service Centres

Lecturer (01/01/2000 - 31/12/2005) - University of Cape Town

Clinical Research Fellow (01/01/2005 - 31/12/2006) - University of Cape Town

Registrar Public Health Medicine and Senior Researcher (01/01/2007 - 31/12/2010) - University of Cape Town

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (Public Health and Epidemiology) (2018 - 2018)

Fellow of the College of Public Health Medicine (FCPHM) (2006 - 2010)

Master of Medicine in Public Health (MMed) (2006 - 2010)

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) (1990 - 1995)

Professional membership

Member of the UNAIDS Reference Group for estimates of paediatric HIV

Member of the Technical Reference Group for the development of the WHO Guidelines for HIV treatment in children

Invited technical expert for several WHO consultations

Professional position

Member of the Scientific Committee for the International Workshop on HIV and Hepatitis Observational Databases (01/01/0207 - Present)

Chair and moderator of Poster Discussion at Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) (01/01/2017 - Present)

Session Chair at the International Workshop of HIV and Hepatitis Observational Databases (01/01/2015 - 01/01/2018)

Session organizer for Southern African HIV Clinicians’ Society Conference:Session on HIV Cohort Research (01/01/2014 - Present)

Session organizer for Southern African HIV Clinicians’ Society Conference:Session on HIV Cohort Research (01/01/2012 - Present)

Supervision

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Outcomes of infants starting ART in Southern Africa.

Birth weight and growth in HIV-exposed uninfected infants in IeDEA-SA.

Clinical Mentorship of Nurse-Initiated ART.

Clinical Mentorship of Nurse-Initiated ART.

Outcomes of children started on ART in ICU vs general medical wards.

Editorship

Academic editor for PLos One

Guest editor for the Journal of the International AIDS Society and Current Opinion in HIV/AIDS

Funding

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International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS-Southern Africa (IeDEA-SA). (01/01/2016 - 31/12/2021)

Collaborative Initiative for Pediatric HIV Education and Research (CIPHER) Cohort Study. (01/01/2014 - 31/12/2020)

Creating a Global framework of Data collection Used for Adolescent HIV Transition Evaluation. (01/01/2016 - 31/12/2019)

Harmonisation and sharing of linked HIV cohort data from communities and clinics in Africa. (01/01/2016 - 31/12/2020)

IeDEA Pediatric Methods And Modelling Group (IPM2) (01/01/2017 - 31/12/2019)

Review duties

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Regular reviewer PLoS Medicine

Regular reviewer for Lancet Infectious Diseases

Regular reviewer for Lancet HIV

Regular reviewer for Clinical Infectious Diseases

Regular reviewer for Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (01/01/2018 - Present)

Teaching

Co-Convenor Masters in Public Health (MPH) Module on Infectious Diseases Epidemiology (01/01/2016 - Present)

Co-ordinate CIDER supervisors for the MBChB 4th year public health programme (01/01/2017 - Present)

Other

PI of Collaborative Initiative for Paediatric HIV Education and Research (CIPHER) Cohort Collaboration (01/01/2017 - 31/12/2020)

Joint PI of the International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS in Southern Africa (IEDEA-SA) collaboration (01/01/2018 - 31/12/2026)

Joint PI of NIH-funded GRADUATE project on transition of adolescents living with HIV to adult care

Co-investigator and Lead for Child Health on NIH-funded study of long-term implications of PMTCT policy changes (PI: Boulle)

Clinician Scientist - ART programme at Red Cross Children’s Hospital and associated sub-district facilities

Keywords

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Antiretroviral therapy