Rachel Burger, MHS

Kenya Research Director

Ms. Burger coordinates large clinical trials in Kenya related to HIV and reproductive health. 

Areas of Interest:

  • HIV care and treatment
  • Integration of reproductive health and HIV services
  • Multisectoral interventions to improve the lives of families affected by HIV

Education:

  • Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Master's of Health Science 
Publications: 
  1. Water Insecurity is Associated with Lack of Viral Suppression and Greater Odds of AIDS-Defining Illnesses Among Adults with HIV in Western Kenya. AIDS Behav. 2022 Feb; 26(2):549-555. Nagata JM, Miller JD, Cohen CR, Frongillo EA, Weke E, Burger R, Wekesa P, Sheira LA, Mocello AR, Otieno P, Butler LM, Bukusi EA, Weiser SD, Young SL. PMID: 34373987; PMCID: PMC8813828.
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  2. Presence of Older Adolescents in the Household is Associated with Depressive Symptoms Among Women Living with HIV in Kenya. AIDS Behav. 2020 Dec; 24(12):3574-3578. Nagata JM, Anicete LM, Cohen CR, Frongillo EA, Burger RL, Wekesa P, Weke E, Weiser SD, Bukusi EA. PMID: 32533394; PMCID: PMC7669667.
    View in: PubMed   Mentions: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  3. Food Insecurity and Intimate Partner Violence Among HIV-Positive Individuals in Rural Kenya. Am J Prev Med. 2021 04; 60(4):563-568. Hatcher AM, Weiser SD, Cohen CR, Hagey J, Weke E, Burger R, Wekesa P, Sheira L, Frongillo EA, Bukusi EA. PMID: 33012622; PMCID: PMC7987870.
    View in: PubMed   Mentions: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  4. "When I Eat Well, I Will Be Healthy, and the Child Will Also Be Healthy": Maternal Nutrition among HIV-Infected Women Enrolled in a Livelihood Intervention in Western Kenya. Curr Dev Nutr. 2020 Apr; 4(4):nzaa032. McDonough A, Weiser SD, Daniel A, Weke E, Wekesa P, Burger R, Sheira L, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR. PMID: 32270133; PMCID: PMC7127924.
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  5. Implementation research for public sector mental health care scale-up (SMART-DAPPER): a sequential multiple, assignment randomized trial (SMART) of non-specialist-delivered psychotherapy and/or medication for major depressive disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder (DAPPER) integrated with outpatient care clinics at a county hospital in Kenya. BMC Psychiatry. 2019 12 28; 19(1):424. Levy R, Mathai M, Chatterjee P, Ongeri L, Njuguna S, Onyango D, Akena D, Rota G, Otieno A, Neylan TC, Lukwata H, Kahn JG, Cohen CR, Bukusi D, Aarons GA, Burger R, Blum K, Nahum-Shani I, McCulloch CE, Meffert SM. PMID: 31883526; PMCID: PMC6935499.
    View in: PubMed   Mentions: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  6. HIV Testing and Treatment with the Use of a Community Health Approach in Rural Africa. N Engl J Med. 2019 07 18; 381(3):219-229. Havlir DV, Balzer LB, Charlebois ED, Clark TD, Kwarisiima D, Ayieko J, Kabami J, Sang N, Liegler T, Chamie G, Camlin CS, Jain V, Kadede K, Atukunda M, Ruel T, Shade SB, Ssemmondo E, Byonanebye DM, Mwangwa F, Owaraganise A, Olilo W, Black D, Snyman K, Burger R, Getahun M, Achando J, Awuonda B, Nakato H, Kironde J, Okiror S, Thirumurthy H, Koss C, Brown L, Marquez C, Schwab J, Lavoy G, Plenty A, Mugoma Wafula E, Omanya P, Chen YH, Rooney JF, Bacon M, van der Laan M, Cohen CR, Bukusi E, Kamya MR, Petersen M. PMID: 31314966; PMCID: PMC6748325.
    View in: PubMed   Mentions: 79     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
  7. Erratum to: A Qualitative Investigation of the Impact of a Livelihood Intervention on Gendered Power and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among HIV-Positive Adults in Rural Kenya. Arch Sex Behav. 2017 05; 46(4):1135. Zakaras JM, Weiser SD, Hatcher AM, Weke E, Burger RL, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Dworkin SL. PMID: 27571740.
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  8. Integration of family planning services into HIV care clinics: Results one year after a cluster randomized controlled trial in Kenya. PLoS One. 2017; 12(3):e0172992. Cohen CR, Grossman D, Onono M, Blat C, Newmann SJ, Burger RL, Shade SB, Bett N, Bukusi EA. PMID: 28328966; PMCID: PMC5362197.
    View in: PubMed   Mentions: 22     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  9. Changes in Health and Antiretroviral Adherence Among HIV-Infected Adults in Kenya: Qualitative Longitudinal Findings from a Livelihood Intervention. AIDS Behav. 2017 02; 21(2):415-427. Weiser SD, Hatcher AM, Hufstedler LL, Weke E, Dworkin SL, Bukusi EA, Burger RL, Kodish S, Grede N, Butler LM, Cohen CR. PMID: 27637497; PMCID: PMC5953204.
    View in: PubMed   Mentions: 7     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  10. A Qualitative Investigation of the Impact of a Livelihood Intervention on Gendered Power and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among HIV-Positive Adults in Rural Kenya. Arch Sex Behav. 2017 May; 46(4):1121-1133. Zakaras JM, Weiser SD, Hatcher AM, Weke E, Burger RL, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Dworkin SL. PMID: 27507020; PMCID: PMC5299074.
    View in: PubMed   Mentions: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  11. A hybrid mobile approach for population-wide HIV testing in rural east Africa: an observational study. Lancet HIV. 2016 Mar; 3(3):e111-9. Chamie G, Clark TD, Kabami J, Kadede K, Ssemmondo E, Steinfeld R, Lavoy G, Kwarisiima D, Sang N, Jain V, Thirumurthy H, Liegler T, Balzer LB, Petersen ML, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Kamya MR, Havlir DV, Charlebois ED. PMID: 26939734; PMCID: PMC4780220.
    View in: PubMed   Mentions: 94     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
  12. Integrating family planning into HIV care in western Kenya: HIV care providers' perspectives and experiences one year following integration. AIDS Care. 2016; 28(2):209-13. Newmann SJ, Zakaras JM, Tao AR, Onono M, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR, Steinfeld R, Grossman D. PMID: 26406803; PMCID: PMC4894498.
    View in: PubMed   Mentions: 11     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  13. Shamba Maisha: randomized controlled trial of an agricultural and finance intervention to improve HIV health outcomes. AIDS. 2015 Sep 10; 29(14):1889-94. Weiser SD, Bukusi EA, Steinfeld RL, Frongillo EA, Weke E, Dworkin SL, Pusateri K, Shiboski S, Scow K, Butler LM, Cohen CR. PMID: 26214684; PMCID: PMC4573846.
    View in: PubMed   Mentions: 36     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  14. Implementation and Operational Research: Effects of Antenatal Care and HIV Treatment Integration on Elements of the PMTCT Cascade: Results From the SHAIP Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Kenya. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2015 Aug 15; 69(5):e172-81. Turan JM, Onono M, Steinfeld RL, Shade SB, Owuor K, Washington S, Bukusi EA, Ackers ML, Kioko J, Interis EC, Cohen CR. PMID: 25967269; PMCID: PMC4501892.
    View in: PubMed   Mentions: 42     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
  15. Implementation and Operational Research: Effect of Integration of HIV Care and Treatment Into Antenatal Care Clinics on Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission and Maternal Outcomes in Nyanza, Kenya: Results From the SHAIP Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2015 Aug 15; 69(5):e164-71. Washington S, Owuor K, Turan JM, Steinfeld RL, Onono M, Shade SB, Bukusi EA, Ackers ML, Cohen CR. PMID: 25886930; PMCID: PMC4837126.
    View in: PubMed   Mentions: 20     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
  16. Shamba Maisha: Pilot agricultural intervention for food security and HIV health outcomes in Kenya: design, methods, baseline results and process evaluation of a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Springerplus. 2015; 4:122. Cohen CR, Steinfeld RL, Weke E, Bukusi EA, Hatcher AM, Shiboski S, Rheingans R, Scow KM, Butler LM, Otieno P, Dworkin SL, Weiser SD. PMID: 25992307; PMCID: PMC4429425.
    View in: PubMed   Mentions: 14  
  17. Integrating family planning and HIV services in western Kenya: the impact on HIV-infected patients' knowledge of family planning and male attitudes toward family planning. AIDS Care. 2015; 27(6):743-52. Onono M, Guzé MA, Grossman D, Steinfeld R, Bukusi EA, Shade S, Cohen CR, Newmann SJ. PMID: 25634244; PMCID: PMC4366270.
    View in: PubMed   Mentions: 12     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  18. Providers' perspectives on male involvement in family planning in the context of a cluster-randomized controlled trial evaluating integrating family planning into HIV care in Nyanza Province, Kenya. AIDS Care. 2015; 27(1):31-7. Tao AR, Onono M, Baum S, Grossman D, Steinfeld R, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Newmann SJ. PMID: 25329436; PMCID: PMC4228374.
    View in: PubMed   Mentions: 18     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  19. HIV-positive men's experiences with integrated family planning and HIV services in western Kenya: integration fosters male involvement. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2014 Aug; 28(8):418-24. Patel R, Baum S, Grossman D, Steinfeld R, Onono M, Cohen C, Bukusi E, Newmann S. PMID: 24927494; PMCID: PMC4932786.
    View in: PubMed   Mentions: 16     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  20. Impact of family planning health talks by lay health workers on contraceptive knowledge and attitudes among HIV-infected patients in rural Kenya. Patient Educ Couns. 2014 Mar; 94(3):438-41. Onono M, Blat C, Miles S, Steinfeld R, Wekesa P, Bukusi EA, Owuor K, Grossman D, Cohen CR, Newmann SJ. PMID: 24316053; PMCID: PMC4530318.
    View in: PubMed   Mentions: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  21. Integration of family planning services into HIV care and treatment in Kenya: a cluster-randomized trial. AIDS. 2013 Oct; 27 Suppl 1:S77-85. Grossman D, Onono M, Newmann SJ, Blat C, Bukusi EA, Shade SB, Steinfeld RL, Cohen CR. PMID: 24088687.
    View in: PubMed   Mentions: 60     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
  22. Cost, cost-efficiency and cost-effectiveness of integrated family planning and HIV services. AIDS. 2013 Oct; 27 Suppl 1:S87-92. Shade SB, Kevany S, Onono M, Ochieng G, Steinfeld RL, Grossman D, Newmann SJ, Blat C, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR. PMID: 24088688.
    View in: PubMed   Mentions: 32     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
  23. Does integrating family planning into HIV care and treatment impact intention to use contraception? Patient perspectives from HIV-infected individuals in Nyanza Province, Kenya. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2013 Nov; 123 Suppl 1:e16-23. Newmann SJ, Grossman D, Blat C, Onono M, Steinfeld R, Bukusi EA, Shade S, Cohen CR. PMID: 24008310; PMCID: PMC3842365.
    View in: PubMed   Mentions: 19     Fields:    Translation:Humans
  24. Overcoming Barriers to Family Planning through Integration: Perspectives of HIV-Positive Men in Nyanza Province, Kenya. AIDS Res Treat. 2013; 2013:861983. Steinfeld RL, Newmann SJ, Onono M, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Grossman D. PMID: 23738057; PMCID: PMC3657396.
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  25. The study of HIV and antenatal care integration in pregnancy in Kenya: design, methods, and baseline results of a cluster-randomized controlled trial. PLoS One. 2012; 7(9):e44181. Turan JM, Steinfeld RL, Onono M, Bukusi EA, Woods M, Shade SB, Washington S, Marima R, Penner J, Ackers ML, Mbori-Ngacha D, Cohen CR. PMID: 22970177; PMCID: PMC3435393.
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HIV & STIs