Kimberly Baltzell, RN, PhD, MS

Dr. Kimberly Baltzell is an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at UCSF and Affiliate Faculty of both the UCSF Institute for Global Health and Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health. Dr. Baltzell works in Malawi to enhance and promote nursing leadership, currently in safe childbirth skills. In addition, her research focus includes how rural health workers, including nurses, diagnose and treat both malarial and non-malarial fever. Dr. Baltzell also works with colleagues across UCSF on updating the WHO Basic Emergency Care Course, particularly as it pertains to training nurses. With other nursing colleagues, she is exploring appropriate intervals for emergency care refresher training to make sure emergency skills are sustained across sites.

Publications: 
  1. Kortz TB, Nyirenda J, Tembo D, Elfving K, Baltzell K, Bandawe G, Rosenthal PJ, Macfarlane SB, Mandala W, Nyirenda TS. Distinct Biomarker Profiles Distinguish Malawian Children with Malarial and Non-malarial Sepsis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019 Oct 07. PMID: 31595873.
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  2. Baltzell K, Harvard K, Hanley M, Gosling R, Chen I. What is community engagement and how can it drive malaria elimination? Case studies and stakeholder interviews. Malar J. 2019 Jul 17; 18(1):245. PMID: 31315631.
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  3. Baltzell KA, Maglior A, Bangu K, Mngadi N, Prach LM, Whittemore B, Ntshalintshali N, Saini M, Dlamini N, Kunene S, Hsiang MS. "We were afraid of the lion that has roared next to us"; community response to reactive focal mass drug administration for malaria in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland). Malar J. 2019 Jul 15; 18(1):238. PMID: 31307494.
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  4. Baltzell K, Kortz TB, Scarr E, Blair A, Mguntha A, Bandawe G, Schell E, Rankin S. 'Not all fevers are malaria': a mixed methods study of non-malarial fever management in rural southern Malawi. Rural Remote Health. 2019 Jun; 19(2):4818. PMID: 31200600.
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  5. Elfving K, Shakely D, Andersson M, Baltzell K, Msellem MI, Björkman A, Mårtensson A, Petzold M, Trollfors B, Lindh M. Pathogen Clearance and New Respiratory Tract Infections Among Febrile Children in Zanzibar Investigated With Multitargeting Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction on Paired Nasopharyngeal Swab Samples. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2018 07; 37(7):643-648. PMID: 29889810.
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  6. Kortz TB, Blair A, Scarr E, Mguntha AM, Bandawe G, Schell E, Rankin S, Baltzell K. Characterizing Pediatric Non-Malarial Fever and Identifying the At-Risk Child in Rural Malawi. Glob Pediatr Health. 2018; 5:2333794X17750415. PMID: 29372177.
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  7. Baltzell KA, Shen HM, Krishnamurthy S, Sison JD, Nuovo GJ, Buehring GC. Bovine leukemia virus linked to breast cancer but not coinfection with human papillomavirus: Case-control study of women in Texas. Cancer. 2018 04 01; 124(7):1342-1349. PMID: 29266207.
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  8. Hooft AM, Ripp K, Ndenga B, Mutuku F, Vu D, Baltzell K, Masese LN, Vulule J, Mukoko D, LaBeaud AD. Principles, practices and knowledge of clinicians when assessing febrile children: a qualitative study in Kenya. Malar J. 2017 09 20; 16(1):381. PMID: 28931399.
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  9. Baltzell K, McLemore M, Shattell M, Rankin S. Impacts on Global Health from Nursing Research. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Apr; 96(4):765-766. PMID: 28219991.
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  10. Hopkins H, Bruxvoort KJ, Cairns ME, Chandler CI, Leurent B, Ansah EK, Baiden F, Baltzell KA, Björkman A, Burchett HE, Clarke SE, DiLiberto DD, Elfving K, Goodman C, Hansen KS, Kachur SP, Lal S, Lalloo DG, Leslie T, Magnussen P, Jefferies LM, Mårtensson A, Mayan I, Mbonye AK, Msellem MI, Onwujekwe OE, Owusu-Agyei S, Reyburn H, Rowland MW, Shakely D, Vestergaard LS, Webster J, Wiseman VL, Yeung S, Schellenberg D, Staedke SG, Whitty CJ. Impact of introduction of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria on antibiotic prescribing: analysis of observational and randomised studies in public and private healthcare settings. BMJ. 2017 Mar 29; 356:j1054. PMID: 28356302.
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  11. Burchett HE, Leurent B, Baiden F, Baltzell K, Björkman A, Bruxvoort K, Clarke S, DiLiberto D, Elfving K, Goodman C, Hopkins H, Lal S, Liverani M, Magnussen P, Mårtensson A, Mbacham W, Mbonye A, Onwujekwe O, Roth Allen D, Shakely D, Staedke S, Vestergaard LS, Whitty CJ, Wiseman V, Chandler CI. Improving prescribing practices with rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs): synthesis of 10 studies to explore reasons for variation in malaria RDT uptake and adherence. BMJ Open. 2017 03 08; 7(3):e012973. PMID: 28274962.
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  12. Elfving K, Shakely D, Andersson M, Baltzell K, Ali AS, Bachelard M, Falk KI, Ljung A, Msellem MI, Omar RS, Parola P, Xu W, Petzold M, Trollfors B, Björkman A, Lindh M, Mårtensson A. Acute Uncomplicated Febrile Illness in Children Aged 2-59 months in Zanzibar - Aetiologies, Antibiotic Treatment and Outcome. PLoS One. 2016; 11(1):e0146054. PMID: 26821179.
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  13. Dandu M, Baltzell K, Nelson K, Gulati S, Debas HT, Ziegler JL. A New Master's Degree in Global Health: Reflections on a 5-year Experience. Ann Glob Health. 2015 Sep-Oct; 81(5):618-26. PMID: 27036718.
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  14. Dial NJ, Ceesay SJ, Gosling RD, D'Alessandro U, Baltzell KA. A qualitative study to assess community barriers to malaria mass drug administration trials in The Gambia. Malar J. 2014 Feb 04; 13:47. PMID: 24495715.
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  15. Shakely D, Elfving K, Aydin-Schmidt B, Msellem MI, Morris U, Omar R, Weiping X, Petzold M, Greenhouse B, Baltzell KA, Ali AS, Björkman A, Mårtensson A. The usefulness of rapid diagnostic tests in the new context of low malaria transmission in Zanzibar. PLoS One. 2013; 8(9):e72912. PMID: 24023791.
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  16. Bauch JA, Gu JJ, Msellem M, MÃ¥rtensson A, Ali AS, Gosling R, Baltzell KA. Perception of malaria risk in a setting of reduced malaria transmission: a qualitative study in Zanzibar. Malar J. 2013 Feb 22; 12:75. PMID: 23433302.
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  17. Baltzell K, Elfving K, Shakely D, Ali AS, Msellem M, Gulati S, MÃ¥rtensson A. Febrile illness management in children under five years of age: a qualitative pilot study on primary health care workers' practices in Zanzibar. Malar J. 2013 Jan 28; 12:37. PMID: 23356837.
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  18. Baltzell KA, Shakely D, Hsiang M, Kemere J, Ali AS, Björkman A, Mårtensson A, Omar R, Elfving K, Msellem M, Aydin-Schmidt B, Rosenthal PJ, Greenhouse B. Prevalence of PCR detectable malaria infection among febrile patients with a negative Plasmodium falciparum specific rapid diagnostic test in Zanzibar. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Feb; 88(2):289-91. PMID: 23249688.
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  19. Baltzell K, Buehring GC, Krishnamurthy S, Kuerer H, Shen HM, Sison JD. Epstein-Barr virus is seldom found in mammary epithelium of breast cancer tissue using in situ molecular methods. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2012 Feb; 132(1):267-74. PMID: 22042367.
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  20. Baltzell K, Buehring GC, Krishnamurthy S, Kuerer H, Shen HM, Sison JD. Limited evidence of human papillomavirus in [corrected] breast tissue using molecular in situ methods. Cancer. 2012 Mar 01; 118(5):1212-20. PMID: 21823105.
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  21. Baltzell KA, Moghadassi M, Rice T, Sison JD, Wrensch M. Epithelial cells in nipple aspirate fluid and subsequent breast cancer risk: a historic prospective study. BMC Cancer. 2008 Mar 19; 8:75. PMID: 18366688.
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  22. Baltzell KA, Wrensch M, Sison JD. A descriptive study of variables associated with obtaining nipple aspirate fluid in a cohort of non-lactating women. BMC Womens Health. 2006 Oct 17; 6:15. PMID: 17044938.
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  23. Baltzell K, Wrensch MR. Strengths and limitations of breast cancer risk assessment. Oncol Nurs Forum. 2005 May 10; 32(3):605-16. PMID: 15897935.
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  24. Baltzell K, Eder S, Wrensch M. Breast carcinogenesis: can the examination of ductal fluid enhance our understanding? Oncol Nurs Forum. 2005 Jan 19; 32(1):33-9. PMID: 15660141.
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