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MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) @mgh-mpec.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Dr. Ingrid Bassett received the inaugural Public Service Leave from the Harvard Impact Lab and is spending 8 months working part-time with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. See a blog about her experience working on pediatric immunization here impactlabs.harvard.edu/public-servi...

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MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) @mgh-mpec.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

A new study by @mgh-mpec.bsky.social investigators in BMC Public Health found that HIV medication price accounts for 74% of projected HIV-related costs for youth with HIV

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MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) @mgh-mpec.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

In this sample of clinical sites in the Boston area, young people were less aware of HIV #PrEP.

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MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) @mgh-mpec.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

MGH investigators analyzed data from sexual health clinic sites in the Boston area and found that among those with #PrEP indications, young females were less likely to be prescribed PrEP compared with male peers and older females @anneneilan.bsky.social

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MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) @mgh-mpec.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Led by researchers at @mgh-mpec.bsky.social and Zimbabwe-based collaborators, modeling analysis in @jidjournal.bsky.social projects that long-acting injectable ART could prevent infant infections, improve maternal life expectancy and be cost-effective in Zimbabwe. #HIV #maternalandchildhealth

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MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) @mgh-mpec.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Dr. Ingrid Bassett was one of the recipients of the @impactatharvard.bsky.social's Paid Service Leaves. She will be working with @massdph.bsky.social to design & evaluate childhood vaccination outreach and communication strategies. Read more at: www.hks.harvard.edu/announcement...

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Harvard Impact Labs announces inaugural group of faculty members working to tackle today’s challenges

Ten faculty from six schools will receive funding, training, and public service opportunities to advance solutions-focused research.

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MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) @mgh-mpec.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Congratulations to Dr. Crystal North on being awarded a CHEST/ALA grant to study community air pollution exposure and COPD.

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MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) @mgh-mpec.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Just out in NEJM: Drs. Siedner, Gaziano, Magula & colleagues show substantially improved hypertension care in rural South Africa by transferring treatment from clinic to home w/BP machines for self-monitoring, CHW check-ins, and remote care by nurses with an mHealth app.

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MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) @mgh-mpec.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

These findings from the multi-disciplinary team at MGH, EGPAF, and the WHO underscore the substantial clinical and economic benefits of ensuring the availability and implementation of the WHO-recommended AHD package of care globally. #AdvancedHIVDisease @EmilyHyle @KenFreedberg @MGBResearchNews

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MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) @mgh-mpec.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Including CD4 testing to diagnose people with AHD is critical; strategies that included CD4 testing were preferred and would result in better clinical outcomes and be cost-effective.

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MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) @mgh-mpec.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

In a simulated cohort of 80 000 people living with HIV initiating outpatient ART in Malawi, the total costs over 5 years would increase by $6.98M (compared with ART only) with the WHO-recommended AHD package.

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MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) @mgh-mpec.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

The WHO-recommended AHD package would reduce deaths due to tuberculosis by 30%, cryptococcal meningitis by 25%, and serious bacterial infections by 38%.

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MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) @mgh-mpec.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

In this time of reduced funding to support the critical mission of HIV care globally, this analysis provides strong new scientific evidence to support prioritizing AHD clinical care as very high value.

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MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) @mgh-mpec.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

AHD is diagnosed in ~30%% of people presenting or re-presenting to clinical care in sub-Saharan Africa; it is critical to ensure access to high-quality AHD clinical care and rapid ART initiation that is life-saving.

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MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) @mgh-mpec.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Hyle et al. found that the WHO-recommended package for advanced HIV disease (AHD) would improve clinical outcomes and quality-adjusted life expectancy and be cost-effective in Malawi and is likely to be cost-effective in most high burden HIV settings. Read here: www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journal...

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MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) @mgh-mpec.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Although transmission risk during breastfeeding with an undetectable viral load was not zero, it was very low, supporting evolving US/WHO BF guidelines that recommend shared-decision making about infant feeding. @andreaciaranello.bsky.social Read here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40652949/

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Estimating the effect of maternal viral load on perinatal and postnatal HIV transmission: a systematic review and meta-analysis - PubMed

National Institutes of Health, WHO, and Massachusetts General Hospital.

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MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) @mgh-mpec.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Dugdale et al. found that maternal HIV viral load was strongly correlated with infant transmission risk. These data support #U=U in pregnancy/birth.

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MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) @mgh-mpec.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Congratulations to MPEC Investigator Aima Ahonkhai on receiving the HMS Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership Faculty Fellow Award. This will support her work on Cutting Out Stigma, which uses barbershop-based interventions to combat HIV stigma among Black men in the Southern U.S.

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MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) @mgh-mpec.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Adolescent girls & young women are disproportionately impacted by HIV in South Africa. MPEC investigators & Desmond Tutu Health Foundation & @yalesph.bsky.social collabs show long-acting cabotegravir for HIV #PrEP for AGYW could reduce infections & transmissions and could be cost-saving at $65/year.

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MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) @mgh-mpec.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

In a new modeling study, MPEC researchers found that anti-HIV broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) could prevent up to 42% of new pediatric HIV infections and be cost-effective for all infants born in high (>15%) HIV prevalence settings akin to a vaccine

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MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) @mgh-mpec.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Dr. Suzanne McCluskey and colleagues are speaking on a panel today at #CROI2025. Join at 4pm PST to hear about their work on integrase failure and resistance! @mgh-id.bsky.social

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MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) @mgh-mpec.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Dr. Mark Siedner presenting on coronary atherosclerosis among PWH in Uganda today at #CROI2025 ! Join the Cardiometabolic Complications & Aging session to listen!

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MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) @mgh-mpec.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

The bottom line: In South Africa alone over 10 years: 601,000 HIV-related deaths, 565,000 new HIV infections, and $1.7 billion in increased healthcare expenditure. #PEPFAR @mgh-id.bsky.social

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MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) @mgh-mpec.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

MPEC faculty @anneneilan.bsky.social and long-time collaborator Dr. Linda-Gail Bekker contextualize recent research on the impact of abrupt #PEPFAR cuts in @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/03/01/p...

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MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) @mgh-mpec.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

MPEC researchers & collaborators project the impact of abrupt #PEPFAR cuts in South Africa, estimating years of life lost and detrimental epidemiological impacts. @anneneilan.bsky.social @andreaciaranello.bsky.social @mgh-id.bsky.social www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

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MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) @mgh-mpec.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Dr. Crystal North was awarded the 2025 Young Physician-Scientist Award by the American Society for Clinical Investigation for making notable achievements early in her research career! Congratulations Dr. North! @the-asci.bsky.social

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MGH Medical Practice Evaluation Center (MPEC) @mgh-mpec.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Congratulations to Dr. Lisa Bebell on being promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School!

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MGB Division of Infectious Diseases @mgb-id.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

“Cutting out Stigma”, led by Aima Ahonkhai, MD MPH, is a barbershop-based #HIV intervention focusing on decreasing HIV stigma among Black men in TN. The program was one of three national winners of the HHS HIV-related Stigma and Disparities Challenge! www.hiv.gov/blog/cutting...

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“Cutting Out Stigma” Intervention – Barbershops Link Black Men in Tennessee to HIV Care

Led by Aima Ahonkhai, MD, MPH, the Tennessee Department of Health, one of three Phase 3 winners of the Innovative Community Engagement Strategies to Reduce HIV-...

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