2016 - Present Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
2016 - Present Associate, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2011 - 2016 Assistant Scientist, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2008- 2011 Doctoral Fellow, Institute for International Programs, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2006 - 2008 Research Assistant, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Ph.D. 2011 Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
M.H.S. 2008 Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
B.A. 2002 University of Virginia
2020 Member, Metrics Review Committee, Alliance for Innovation in Maternal Health- Community Care Initiative
2019 - Present Member, Maryland Maternal Health Taskforce
2019 Member, Metrics Review Committee, Alliance for Innovation in Maternal Health
2017 - 2019 Associate Editor, BMC Pediatrics
2013 - 2015 Member, Newborn Indicator Technical Working Group
2011 - 2013 Member, Community Case Management Operational Research Group
2019 Best Poster Nominee, 12th Conference on Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health
2017 National Institutes for Health, Training Institute on Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health
2014 NIH Loan Repayment Program for Pediatric Research Renewal Award (2014 - 2016)
2012 NIH Loan Repayment Program for Pediatric Research Award (2012 - 2014)
2010 Finalist, Lancet and Global Forum Young Researchers for Health Essay Competition
2005 Fellowship, Northwestern University Department of Sociology
2002 Phi Beta Kappa, University of Virginia
1999 Laurie Lee Woolen Scholarship, University of Virginia
1998 Echols Scholar Honors Program, University of Virginia
1998 National Merit Semifinalist and Scholarship Winner
Callaghan-Koru JA, Aqil A*. Theory-informed course design: Applications of Bloom’s Taxonomy in undergraduate public health courses. Accepted for publication in Pedagogy in Health Promotion, November 2020.
Applegate JA*, Ahmed S, Harrison M, Callaghan-Koru JA, Mousumi M, Begum N, Moin MI, Joarder T, Ahmed S, George J, Mitra DK, Ahmed AN, Shahidullah M, Baqui AH. Provider performance and facility readiness for managing infections in young infants in primary care facilities in rural Bangladesh. PLOS ONE. 2020;15(4):e0229988.
Applegate JA*, Ahmed S, Harrison M, Callaghan-Koru JA, Mousumi M, Begum N, Moin MI, Joarder T, Ahmed S, George J, Mitra DK, Ahmed AN, Shahidullah M, Baqui AH. Caregiver acceptability of the guidelines for managing young infants with possible serious bacterial infections (PSBI) in primary care facilities in rural Bangladesh. PLOS ONE. 2020;15(4):e0231490.
Callaghan-Koru JA, Islam M, Khan M, Sowe A, Islam J, Mannan II, George J, and the Bangladesh Chlorhexidine Scale Up Study Group. Factors that influence the scale up of new interventions in low-income settings: A qualitative case study of the introduction of chlorhexidine cleansing of the umbilical cord in Bangladesh. Accepted by Health Policy and Planning. 2020;35(4):440-451.
Ahmed S, Applegate JA, Mitra DK, Callaghan-Koru JA, Mousumi M, Khan AM, Joarder T, Harrison M, Ahmed S, Begum N, Quaiyum A, George J, Baqui AH. Implementation research to support Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to implement its national guidelines for management of infections in young infants in two rural districts. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition. 2019;38(1):41.
Ruvalcaba E, Callaghan-Koru JA, Riekert K, Rand CS, Eakin MN. Ruvalcaba E, Callaghan-Koru J, Rand CS, Eakin MN. Integrating asthma management and care in Maryland Head Start Programs: A qualitative assessment of opportunities and needs. Evaluation and Program Planning. 2019;77:101684.
Callaghan-Koru JA, Khan M, Islam M, Sowe A, Islam J, Billah SKM, Mannan II, George J, and The Bangladesh Chlorhexidine Scale Up Study Group. Journal of Global Health 2019; 9(2) doi: 10.7189/jogh.09.020410.
Callaghan-Koru JA, Creanga AA, DiPietro B, Mark K, Sowe A, Aboutmatar N*, Curran G. Implementation of the Safe Reduction of Primary Cesarean Births Safety Bundle During the First Year of a Statewide Collaborative in Maryland. Obstet Gynecol. 2019; 134(1): 109-119.
Rosado C*, Callaghan-Koru JA1, Estifanos AS, et al. Effect of Birth Preparedness on Institutional Delivery in Semiurban Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study. Annals of Global Health. 2019; 85(1).
Callaghan-Koru JA, Riekert KA, Ruvalcaba E, Rand CS, Eakin MN. Home medication readiness for preschool children with asthma. Pediatrics 2018; 142(3): e20180829.
LeFevre A, Mpembeni R, Kilewo C, Yang A*, Mohan D, Mosha I, Besana G, Lipingu C, Callaghan-Koru JA, Silverman M*, Winch P, George AS. Program assessment of efforts to improve the quality of postpartum counselling in health centers in Morogoro region, Tanzania. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018; 18 (1): 282.
Frumence GM, Chebet JJ, Callaghan-Koru JA, Mosha I, Chitama D, Killewo J, Winch P. Development partner support to the health sector at the local level in Morogoro region, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Health Research 2018; 20(2): http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/thrb.v20i2.8.
Callaghan-Koru JA, Estifanos AS, Sheferaw ED, De Graft-Johnson J, Rosado C*, Patton-Molitors R*, Worku B, Rawlins B, Baqui AH. Practice of skin-to-skin contact, exclusive breastfeeding, and other newborn care interventions in Ethiopia following promotion by facility and community health workers: results from a prospective outcome evaluation. Acta Paediatrica 2016; 105:e568-e576.
Callaghan-Koru JA, Chebet JJ, McMahon SA*, Kilewo C, Frumence G, Gupta G, Stevenson R, Lipingu C, Baqui AH, Winch PJ. A qualitative exploration of health worker and client perceptions of barriers to completing four antenatal care visits in Morogoro Region, Tanzania. Health Policy and Planning 2016; doi:10.1093/heapol/czw034.
Koopman I*, Callaghan-Koru JA1, Alaofin O, Argani C, Farzin A. Early skin-to-skin contact for healthy full-term infants after vaginal and cesarean delivery: a qualitative study on clinician perspectives. Journal of Clinical Nursing 2016; 25:1367-1376.
Chebet JJ*, McMahon SA*, Greenspan JA*, Mosha IH, Callaghan-Koru JA, Killewo J, Baqui AH, Winch PJ. “Every method seems to have its problems”—Perspectives on side effects of hormonal contraceptives in Morogoro Region, Tanzania. BMC Women’s Health 2015; 15(97): doi: 10.1186/s12905-015-0255-5.
Nonyane BAS, Ashish KC, Callaghan-Koru JA, Guenther T, Sitrin D, Syed U, Malla H, Srestha PR, Pradhan YV, Khadka N, Shah R, Baqui AH. Equity in knowledge, newborn care practices and use of facility- and community-based services during implementation of maternal and newborn care interventions: results from the Bardiya district of Nepal. Health Policy and Planning 2015; doi: 10.1093/heapol/czv077.
Hunter EC*, Callaghan-Koru JA1, Al Mahmud A, Shah R, Farzin A, Cristofalo EA, Akhter S, Baqui AH. Newborn care practices in rural Bangladesh: Implications for the adaptation of kangaroo mother care for community-based interventions. Social Science & Medicine 2014; 122(0): 21-30.
Gupta S, Yamada G*, Mpembeni R, Frumence G, Callaghan-Koru JA, Stevenson R, Brandes N, Baqui AH. Factors Associated with Four or More Antenatal Care Visits and Its Decline among Pregnant Women in Tanzania between 1999 and 2010. PLoS ONE 2014; 9(7): e101893.
Callaghan-Koru JA, Seifu A, Tholandi M, de Graft-Johnson J, Daniel E, Rawlins B, Worku B, Baqui AH. Newborn care practices at home and in health facilities in 4 regions of Ethiopia. BMC Pediatrics 2013; 13(1): 198.
Callaghan-Koru JA, Nonyane BAS, Guenther T, Sitrin D, Ligowe R, Chimbalanga E, Zimba E, Kachale F, Shah R, Baqui AH. Contribution of community-based newborn health promotion to reducing inequities in healthy newborn care practices and knowledge: evidence of improvement from a three-district pilot program in Malawi. BMC Public Health 2013; 13: 1052.
Callaghan-Koru JA, Gilroy K, Hyder AA, George A, Nsona H, Mtimuni A, Zakeyo B, Mayani J, Cardemil C, Bryce J. Health systems supports for community case management of childhood illness: lessons from an assessment of early implementation in Malawi. BMC Health Services Research 2013; 13(1): 55.
Nsona H, Mtimuni A, Daelmans B, Callaghan-Koru JA, Gilroy K, Mgalula L, Kachule T, Zamasiya T. Scaling Up Integrated Community Case Management of Childhood Illness: Update from Malawi. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2012; 87(5 Suppl): 54-60.
Gilroy KE, Callaghan-Koru JA, Cardemil CV, Nsona H, Amouzou A, Mtimuni A, Daelmans B, Mgalula L, Bryce J. Quality of sick child care delivered by Health Surveillance Assistants in Malawi. Health Policy and Planning 2012; 28(6): 573-85.
Cardemil CV, Gilroy KE, Callaghan-Koru JA, Nsona H, Bryce J. Comparison of Methods for Assessing Quality of Care for Community Case Management of Sick Children: An Application with Community Health Workers in Malawi. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2012; 87(5 Suppl): 127-36.
Callaghan-Koru JA, Hyder AA, George A, et al. Health Workers' and Managers' Perceptions of the Integrated Community Case Management Program for Childhood Illness in Malawi: The Importance of Expanding Access to Child Health Services. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2012; 87(5 Suppl): 61-8.
Callaghan JA, Hyder AA, Khan R, Blum LS, Arifeen S, Baqui AH. Child supervision practices for drowning prevention in rural Bangladesh: a pilot study of supervision tools. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2010; 64(7): 645-7.
Hyder AA, Sugerman D, Ameratunga S, Callaghan JA. Falls among children in the developing world: a gap in child health burden estimations? Acta Paediatrica 2007; 96(10): 1394-8.
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Callaghan-Koru JA, DiPietro B, Wahid I, Mark K, Burke A, Curran G, Creanga AA. “Reduction in cesarean delivery rates following a state collaborative in Maryland.” Accepted for poster presentation at the 41st Annual Pregnancy Meeting of the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine. January 30, 2021, virtual conference.
Callaghan-Koru JA, Wahid I*, Birger K, Breman R. “Applications of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research in U.S. maternity care settings: a systematic review.” Accepted for poster presentation at the 13th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, December 15-17, 2020, virtual conference.
Callaghan-Koru JA, DiPietro B, Horton L*, Curran G, Creanga AA. Factors that influence implementation of a maternal patient safety bundle to reduce primary cesarean delivery rates at Maryland hospitals. Accepted for poster presentation at the 2019 Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, Arlington, VA, Dec. 4, 2019.
Callaghan-Koru JA, Arvanitis M*. Applications of the WHO/ExpandNet Framework for studying scale up in global health: A systematic review. Accepted for poster presentation at the 2019 Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, Arlington, VA, Dec. 4, 2019.
Callaghan-Koru JA, Khan M, Islam M, Mannan II, Sowe A, Baqui AH, George J. Sustainability of the private community skilled birth attendant model in Bangladesh. Accepted for oral presentation at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA, November, 2019.
Callaghan-Koru JA, Creanga AA, DiPietro B, Mark K, Sowe A, Aboumatar N*, Burke AB, Curran G. Implementation strategies associated with stronger implementation of a patient safety bundle to reduce primary cesarean delivery rates at Maryland Hospitals. Oral presentation at the 11th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, Washington, DC, December 3, 2018.
Callaghan-Koru JA, Khan M, Islam M, Sowe A, Islam J, Mannan I, George J, and the Bangladesh Chlorhexidine Scale Up Study Group. Evaluation of the National Scale Up of Chlorhexidine Cord Cleansing in Bangladesh. Oral presentation at the 11th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, Washington, DC, December 5, 2018.
Callaghan-Koru JA, Yeung WH*, Khan M, Mannan I, George J, Hossain A, Islam M, Eyasmin R, Curran G, Baqui AH. The “inner” and “outer” setting of government health services in low-income countries: congruence with the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. Poster at the 10th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, Arlington, VA, December 4, 2017.
Callaghan-Koru JA, DiPietro B, Creanga A, Mark K, Burke AB, Curran G. Implementation strategies employed by Maryland hospitals participating in a collaborative to reduce primary cesarean delivery rates. Poster at the 10th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, Arlington, VA, December4, 2017.
Callaghan-Koru JA, DiPietro B, Creanga A, Mark K, Burke AB, Curran G. Measuring hospital progress in adopting a bundle of interventions to safely reduce primary cesarean section rates in Maryland. Poster at the 10th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, Arlington, VA, December 4 2017.
Callaghan-Koru JA, Reikert KA, Ruvalcaba E, Rand CS, Eakin MN. Medication beliefs are associated with not having controller medications available among Head Start children with asthma. Poster at the 2017 American Thoracic Society Conference, Washington, DC, May 19-24, 2017.
Ruvalcaba E, Callaghan-Koru JA, Riekert K, Rand CS, Eakin MN. Barriers to asthma management in Head Start preschools. Poster at the 2017 American Thoracic Society Conference, Washington, DC, May 19-24, 2017.
Alhuwail D*, Callaghan-Koru JA, Braunschweig B, Koru G. Engaging home care patients and caregivers for better fall risk management: Challenges, opportunities, and leveraging information technology. Presentation at the 3rd Home Healthcare and Hospice Information Technology Conference, Chicago, IL, November 11, 2016.
Obi-Okoye E*, Callaghan-Koru JA, Bienstock J, Farzin A. Provider perspectives on the nature of breastfeeding support during prenatal care for African American women. Poster accepted for the Eastern Society for Pediatric Research 2016 Meeting, March 11-13, Philadelphia, PA.*
Koopman I*, Callaghan-Koru JA1, Alaofin O, Argani C, Farzin A. Early skin-to-skin contact for healthy full-term infants after vaginal and cesarean delivery: a qualitative study on clinician perspectives. Poster at the 20th Annual International Meeting of the Academy of Breastfeeding, Los Angeles, CA, October 16, 2015.*
Hunter EC*, Callaghan-Koru JA1, et al. “Facilitator and barriers to the adoption of community kangaroo mother care (cKMC) in rural Bangladesh.” Presentation at the 10th International Conference on Kangaroo Mother Care, Kigali, Rwanda, November 2014.*
Callaghan-Koru JA, Seifu A, Tholandi M, Daniel E, de Graft-Johnson J, Rawlins B, Baqui A. “Opportunities for community-based Kangaroo Mother Care in Ethiopia: Preliminary Results from a Baseline Household Survey.” Presentation at the 9th International Conference on Kangaroo Mother Care, Ahmedabad, India, November 24, 2012.
Callaghan-Koru, JA. “Does Community Case Management Reach the Poorest Households? An equity assessment of CCM services in Malawi using client exit interviews.” Presentation at the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Atlanta, Georgia, November 14, 2012.
Callaghan JA, Gilroy K, Nsona, H, Mtimuni A, George A, and the CCM Quality of Care Working Group. “Health systems supports for community case management in Malawi: Lessons from the first year of implementation.” Presentation at the 1st Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, Montreux, Switzerland, November 18, 2010.
Cardemil C, Gilroy K, Callaghan JA. “Quality of case management services for pneumonia, malaria and diarrhea provided by Health Surveillance Assistants in Malawi.” Presentation at the 58th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Washington, DC, November 21, 2009.
Hazel E., Gilroy K., Callaghan J.A. “Tracking contextual factors in large-scale, “real-life” evaluations of child survival programs in Africa.” Presentation at the conference of the American Evaluation Association, Evaluation 2009, Orlando, November 14, 2009.
Callaghan-Koru JA, Discussant/Session Chair, “Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Approaches for Evaluating Implementation in Clinical Care Settings,” 13th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, December 17, 2020, virtual conference.
Callaghan-Koru, JA. “Curriculum mapping for competency achievement in the Health Administration and Policy Program.” Presentation at the UMBC Faculty Development Center Seminar, “Deliberative Dialogues: Mapping your Curriculum,” 20 September 2019.
Callaghan-Koru, JA. “Implementation strategies for quality improvement in maternal health.” Alliance for Innovation in Maternal Health National Webinar Series, 26 July 2019.
Callaghan-Koru JA. “Implementation research to support quality improvement in maternal health.” Presentation at the Alliance for Innovation in Maternal Health’s 2019 Partner’s Meeting, Washington, DC, February 22, 2019.
Callaghan-Koru, JA. “What do hospitals do with adaptable patient safety bundles? Evaluating implementation of the ‘Safely Reducing Primary Cesarean Bundle’ at Maryland hospitals.” Presentation at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, May 31, 2018.
Callaghan, JA. “Supervision for CCM in Malawi: Lessons from the First Year of Implementation (A Mixed-Methods Case Study).” Presentation at the Save the Children Program Learning Group Meeting, Norwalk, CT, June 30, 2010.
Callaghan-Koru JA, George J., Khan M., Rashid I. PCSBA Brief 2: Mixed-Methods Evaluation of the Sustainability of the role of Private Community Skilled Birth Attendants in Three Districts. Dhaka: Save the Children Bangladesh, 2018.
Callaghan-Koru JA, George J, Rashed I. Supporting the scale-up of universal cord stump cleansing in Bangladesh: Successes and challenges. Dhaka: Save the Children Bangladesh, 2018.
Hunter E, Islam M, Callaghan-Koru JA. Lessons from the Ground: A Collection of Case Studies. Dhaka: Save the Children Bangladesh, 2015.
Nyangara F, Callaghan-Koru JA. Guidelines for Documenting Program Processes for the Maternal Child and Survival Program. Washington, DC: Maternal and Child Survival Program, 2015.
Gilroy K, Hazel E, Callaghan JA, Bryce J. Guidelines for documenting program implementation and contextual factors in independent evaluations of the Catalytic Initiative. Institute for International Programs, Johns Hopkins University, 2009.