Publications

For a full list of my publications and links to articles, please visit Pubmed.

Richterman A, Thirumurthy H. Cash Transfer Programs and HIV-Related Outcomes: an Analysis of 42 Countries from 1996 to 2019. Nature Human Behavior 2022; in press.

Akresh R, Caruso GD, Thirumurthy H. Detailed Geographic Information, Conflict Exposure, and Health Impacts. World Development 2022; in press.

Thirumurthy H, Milkman KL, Volpp KG, Buttenheim AM, Pope DG. Association between statewide financial incentive programs and COVID-19 vaccination rates. PLOS One 2022 Mar;17(3):e0263425.2022.

Haberer JE, Mugo N, Bukusi EA, Ngure K, Kiptinness C, Oware K, Garrison LE, Musinguzi N, Pyra M, Valenzuela S, Thomas KK, Anderson PL, Thirumurthy H, Baeten JM. Understanding Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Adherence in Young Women in Kenya. JAIDS 2022 Mar;89(3):251-260.

Buttenheim AM, Thirumurthy H. Pay-for-performance incentives for health worker vaccination: looking under the hood. BMJ Quality and Safety 2022 Feb:bmjqs-2021-014269.

Jakubowski A, Kabami J, Balzer LB, Ayieko J, Charlebois ED, Owaraganise A, Marquez C, Clark TD, Black D, Shade SB, Chamie G, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Kamya MR, Petersen M, Havlir DV, Thirumurthy H. Effect of universal HIV testing and treatment on socioeconomic well-being in rural Kenya and Uganda: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Global Health 2022 Jan; 10(1):e96-e104.

Thirumurthy H, Bair EF, Ochwal P, Marcus N, Putt M, Maman S, Napierala S, Agot, K. The Effect of Providing Women Sustained Access to HIV Self-tests on Male Partner Testing, Couples Testing, and HIV Incidence in Kenya: A Cluster-randomised Trial. The Lancet HIV 2021 Dec; 8(12):e736-e746.

Bien-Gund CH, Shah J, Ho JI, Stephens-Shields A, Shea K, Fishman J, Thirumurthy H, Acri T, Dugosh K, Gross R. The COVID-19 Self-Testing through Rapid Network Distribution (C-STRAND) trial: A randomized controlled trial to increase COVID-19 testing in underserved populations. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2021 Nov;110:106585.

Pulerwitz J, Thirumurthy H, Tolley EE, van der Straten A. Mitigating the COVID-19 challenges to HIV prevention efforts in Africa: A socio-behavioral perspective. Global Public Health 2021 Nov;16(11):1786-1789.

George G, Maughan-Brown B, Thirumurthy H. Behavioural science to improve effectiveness of HIV programmes. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2021 Nov; 99(11):840-842.

Smith P, Buttenheim A, Schmucker L, Bekker LG, Thirumurthy H, Davey DLJ. Undetectable = Untransmittable (U = U) Messaging Increases Uptake of HIV Testing Among Men: Results from a Pilot Cluster Randomized Trial. AIDS and Behavior 2021 Oct; 25(10):3128-3136.

Kavanagh NM, Marcus N, Bosire R, Otieno B, Bair EF, Agot K, Thirumurthy H. Health and economic impacts of COVID-19 on vulnerable populations in rural Kenya: evidence from longitudinal surveys with women at high risk of HIV infection. JAMA Network Open 2021 Jun; 4(6):e2113787.

Lodi S, Emenyonu NI, Marson K, Kwarisiima D, Fatch R, McDonell MG, Cheng DM, Thirumurthy H, Gandhi M, Camlin CS, Muyindike WR, Hahn JA, Chamie G. The Drinkers' Intervention to Prevent Tuberculosis (DIPT) trial among heavy drinkers living with HIV in Uganda: study protocol of a 2×2 factorial trial. Trials 2021 May; 22(1):355.

Chamie G, Kwarisiima D, Ndyabakira A, Marson K, Camlin CS, Havlir DV, Kamya MR, Thirumurthy H. Financial Incentives and Deposit Contracts to Promote HIV Retesting in Uganda: A Randomized Trial. PLOS Medicine 2021 May; 18(5):e1003630.

Kwena Z, Kimbo L, Darbes LA, Hatcher AM, Helova A, Owino G, Thirumurthy H, Bukusi EA, Braun T, Kilgore M, Pisu M, Tamhane A, Nghiem VT, Agot K, Neilands TB, Turan JM. Testing strategies for couple engagement in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and family health in Kenya: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials 2021 Jan; 22(19).

Meffert SM, Neylan TC, McCulloch CE, Blum K, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Verdeli H, Markowitz JC, Kahn JG, Bukusi D, Thirumurthy H, Rota G, Rota R, Oketch G, Opiyo E, Ongeri L. Interpersonal psychotherapy delivered by nonspecialists for depression and posttraumatic stress disorder among Kenyan HIV-positive women affected by gender-based violence: Randomized controlled trial. PLOS Medicine 2021 Jan; 18: e1003468.

Bien-Gund C, Dugosh K, Acri T, Brady K, Thirumurthy H, Fishman J, Gross G. Factors Associated With US Public Motivation to Use and Distribute COVID-19 Self-tests. JAMA Network Open 2021 Jan; 4(1).

Bien-Gund C, Ho JI, Blair EF, Marcus N, Choi RJ, Szep Z, Althoff A, Momplaisir FM, Thirumurthy H. Financial incentives and real-time adherence monitoring to promote daily adherence to HIV treatment and viral suppression among people living with HIV: a pilot study. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (JAIDS) 2021 Jan; (published Ahead-of-Print).

Marson K, Ndyabakira A, Kwarisiima D, Camlin CS, Kamya MR, Havlir D, Thirumurthy H, Chamie G. HIV Retesting and Risk Behaviors among High-risk, HIV-uninfected Adults in Uganda. AIDS Care 2020 Nov; 1-7.

Kavanagh NM, Schaffer EM, Ndyabakira A, Chamie G, Thirumurthy H. Planning Prompts to Promote Uptake of HIV Services Among Men: A Randomized Trial. BMJ Global Health 2020 Nov; 5(11):e003390.

Grossman G, Kim S, Rexer JM, Thirumurthy H. Political Partisanship Influences Behavioral Responses to Governors' Recommendations for COVID-19 Prevention in the United States. PNAS 2020 Sep; 117(39): 24144-24153.

Napierala S, Bair E, Marcus N, Ochwal P, Maman S, Agot K, Thirumurthy, H. Male Partner Testing and Sexual Behaviour following Provision of Multiple HIV Self-tests to Kenyan Women at Higher Risk of HIV Infection in a Cluster-randomized Trial. Journal of the International AIDS Society 2020 June; 23(S2): e25515.

Schaffer EM, Gonzalez JM, Wheeler SB, Kwarisiima D, Chamie G, Thirumurthy H. Promoting HIV Testing by Men: A Discrete Choice Experiment to Elicit Preferences and Predict Uptake of Community-based Testing in Uganda. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy 2020 Jun; 18(3): 413-432.

Chamie G, Ndyabakira A, Marson KG, Emperador DM, Kamya MR, Havlir DV, Kwarisiima D, Thirumurthy H. A Pilot Randomized Trial of Incentive Strategies to Promote HIV Retesting in Rural Uganda. PLOS One 2020 May; 15(5): e0233600.

Agot K, Wango GN, Obonyo B, Thirumurthy H. HIV Self-Testing Can Be Liberating to HIV-Positive Women and Their Sexual Partners: A Qualitative Study in Kisumu, Western Kenya. Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care 2020 Apr; 19:1-8.

Ndyabakira A, Getahun M, Byamukama A, Emperador D, Kabageni S, Marson K, Kwarisiima D, Chamie G, Thirumurthy H, Havlir D, Kamya MR, Camlin CS. Leveraging incentives to increase HIV testing uptake among men: qualitative insights from rural Uganda. BMC Public Health 2019 Dec; 19(1):1763.

Bor J, Thirumurthy H. Bridging the Efficacy-Effectiveness Gap in HIV Programs: Lessons From Economics. JAIDS 2019 Dec; 82(S3): S183-S191.

Kavanagh MM, Thirumurthy H, Katz R, Ebi KL, Beyrer C, Headley J, Holmes CB, Collins C, Gostin LO. Ending pandemics: U.S. foreign policy to mitigate today’s major killers, tomorrow’s outbreaks, and the health impacts of climate change. Journal of International Affairs 2019 Oct; 73(1): 1-20.

Moscoe E, Agot K, Thirumurthy H. Effect of a Prize-Linked Savings Intervention on Savings and Healthy Behaviors Among Men in Kenya: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Network Open 2019 Sept; 2(9):e1911162.

Chang W, Matambanadzo P, Takaruza A, Hatzold K, Cowan FM, Sibanda E, Thirumurthy H. Effect of Prices, Distribution Strategies, and Marketing on Demand for HIV Self-testing in Zimbabwe: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Network Open 2019 Aug; 2(8):e199818.

Havlir DV, Balzer, L, Charlebois E, Clark T, Kwarisiima D, Ayieko J, Kabami J, Sang N, Liegler T, Chamie G, Camlin C, Jain V, Kadede K, Atukunda M, Ruel T, Shade S, Ssemondo E, Byonanebye D, Mwangwa F, Owaraganise A, Olilo W, Black D, Snyman K, Burger R, Getahun M, Achando J, Awuonda B, Nakato H, Kironde J, Thirumurthy H, Koss C, Brown L, Marquez C, Schwad J, Lavoy G, Plenty A, Wafula EM, Omanya P, Rooney J, Bacon M, van der Laan M, Cohen C, Bukusi E, Kamya M, Petersen M. A randomized trial of universal antiretroviral treatment in rural Uganda and Kenya. New England Journal of Medicine 2019 Jul; 381(3):219-229.

Pintye J, Drake AL, Begnel E, Kinuthia J, Abuna F, Lagat H, Dettinger J, Wagner AD, Thirumurthy H, Mugwanya K, Baeten JM, John-Stewart G. Acceptability and outcomes of distributing HIV self-tests for male partner testing in Kenyan maternal child health and family planning clinics. AIDS 2019 Jul; 33(8):1369-1378.

Ndyabakira A, Chamie G, Emperador D, Marson K, Kamya MR, Havlir DV, Kwarisiima D, Thirumurthy H. Men's Beliefs About the Likelihood of Serodiscordance in Couples with an HIV-Positive Partner: Survey Evidence from Rural Uganda. AIDS and Behavior 2019 May; [Epub ahead of print]

Asch D, Thirumurthy H, Volpp KGM. The uncertain effect of financial incentives to improve health behaviors. JAMA 2019 March; 321(15):1451-1452.

Thirumurthy H, Ndyabakira A, Marson K, Emperador D, Kamya M, Havlir D, Kwarisiima D, Chamie G. Financial incentives for achieving and maintaining viral suppression among HIV-positive adults in Uganda: a randomised controlled trial. The Lancet HIV 2019 March; 6(3): PE155-E163.

Fernandez Lynch H, Joffe S, Thirumurthy H, Xie D, Largent EA. Association between financial incentives and participant deception about study eligibility. JAMA Network Open 2019 Jan;2(1):e187355.

Shade SB, Osmand T, Luo A, Aine R, Assurah E, Mwebaza B, Mwai D, Owaraganise A, Mwangwa F, Ayieko J, Black D, Brown LB, Clark TD, Kwarisiima D, Thirumurthy H, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Charlebois ED, Balzer L, Kamya MR, Petersen ML, Havlir DV, Jain V. Costs of streamlined HIV care delivery in rural Ugandan and Kenyan clinics in the SEARCH Study. AIDS 2018 Sep;32(15):2179-2188.

Gichane MW, Moracco KE, Thirumurthy H, Okitolonda EW, Behets F, Yotebieng M. Intimate partner violence and prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV: Evidence from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. PLOS One 2018 Aug; 13(8): e0203471.

Agot K, Masters SH, Wango G, Thirumurthy H. Can women safely distribute HIV oral self-test kits to their sexual partners? Results from a pilot study in Kenya. JAIDS 2018 Aug 15; 78(5): e39-e41.

Chamie G, Schaffer EM, Ndyabakira A, Emperador DM, Kwarisiima D, Camlin CS, Havlir DV, Kahn JG, Kamya MR, Thirumurthy H. Comparative effectiveness of novel non-monetary incentives to promote HIV testing: a randomized trial. AIDS 2018 Jul 17;32(11):1443-1451.

Jakubowski A, Snyman K, Kwarisiima D, Sang N, Burger R, Balzer L, Clark T, Chamie G, Shade S, Cohen C, Bukusi E, Charlebois E, Kamya M, Petersen M, Havlir D, Thirumurthy H. High CD4 counts associated with better economic outcomes for HIV-positive adults and their HIV-negative household members in the SEARCH Trial. PLOS One 2018 Jun; 13(6):e0198912.

Thirumurthy H, Masters SH, Agot K. Willingness to pay for HIV self-tests among women in Kenya: implications for subsidy and pricing policies. JAIDS 2018 Jun; 78(2): e8-e11.

Erim DO, Offiong HE, Kim C, Bello FA, Moulton J, Wheeler SB, Thirumurthy H. The spillover effect of midwife attrition from the Nigerian midwives service scheme. BMC Health Services Research 2018 Apr; 18(1):295.

Zanolini A, Chipungu J, Vinikoor M, Bosomprah S, Mafwenko M, Holmes C, Thirumurthy H. HIV self-testing in Lusaka Province, Zambia: acceptability, comprehension of testing instructions, and individual preferences for self-test kit distribution in a population-based sample of adolescents and adults. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses 2018 Mar; 34(3):254-260.

Hudson FP, Miller WC, Rao S, Agot K, Thirumurthy H. Prevalence and predictors of uncircumcised Kenyan men’s desire for circumcision for their infant sons. AIDS and Behavior 2018 Feb; 22(2):471-478.

Qin Y, Han L, Babbitt A, Walker JS, Liu F, Thirumurthy H, Tang W, Tucker JD. Experiences using and organizing HIV self-testing. AIDS 2018 Jan; 32(3): 371-381.

Schaffer EM, Agot K, Thirumurthy H. The association between intimate partner violence and women's distribution and use of HIV self-tests with male partners: evidence from a cohort study in Kenya. JAIDS 2017 Nov;76(3):e85-e87.

Cowman G, Otipo S,Njeru I, Achia T., Thirumurthy H, Bartram J, Kioko J : Factors associated with cholera in Kenya, 2008-2013. The Pan African Medical Journal 2017 Oct; 28(101).

Huang C, Singh K, Handa S, Halpern C, Pettifor A, Thirumurthy H. Investments in children's health and the Kenyan cash transfer for orphans and vulnerable children: evidence from an unconditional cash transfer scheme. Health Policy and Planning 2017 Sep 1;32(7):943-955.

Sibanda EL, Tumushime M, Mufuka J, Mavedzenge SN, Gudukeya S, Bautista-Arredondo S, Hatzold K, Thirumurthy H, McCoy SI, Padian N, Copas A, Cowan FM. Effect of non-monetary incentives on uptake of couples' counselling and testing among clients attending mobile HIV services in rural Zimbabwe: a cluster-randomised trial. Lancet Global Health 2017 Sep; 5(9):907-915.

Jakubowski AE, Stearns SC, Angeles G, Kruk ME, Thirumurthy H. The US President’s Malaria Initiative and under-five child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. PLOS Medicine 2017 June; 14(6): e1002319.

Wohl DA, Allmon AG, Evon D, Hurt C, Reifeis SA, Thirumurthy H, Straub B, Edwards E, Mollan KR. Financial incentives for adherence to HCV clinical care and treatment: a randomized trial of two strategies. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2017 May; 4(2):1-8.

Maman S, Murray K, Napierala Mavedzenge S, Agot K, Oluoch L, Sijenje F, Thirumurthy H. A qualitative study of secondary distribution of HIV self-test kits by female sex workers in Kenya. PLOS One 2017 Mar; 12(3): e0174629.

Yotebieng M, Moracco KE, Thirumurthy H, Edmonds A, Tabala M, Kawende B, Wenzi LK, Okitolonda EW, Behets F. Conditional cash transfers improve retention in PMTCT services by mitigating the negative effect of not having money to come to the clinic. JAIDS 2017 Feb 1;74(2):150-157.

Patel AR, Kessler J, Braithwaite RS, Nucifora KA, Thirumurthy H, Zhou Q, Lester RT, Marra C. Economic evaluation of mobile phone text message interventions to improve adherence to HIV therapy in Kenya. Medicine 2017 Feb;96(7):e6078.

Dubé K, Evans D, Sylla L, Taylor J, Weiner BJ, Skinner A, Thirumurthy H, Tucker JD, Rennie S, Greene SB. Willingness to participate and take risks in HIV cure research: survey results from 400 people living with HIV in the U.S. Journal of Virus Eradication 2017; 3:40–50.

Wilkinson AL, Pettifor A, Rosenberg M, Halpern C, Thirumurthy H, Collinson M, Kahn K. The employment environment for youth in rural South Africa: a mixed methods study. Development Southern Africa 2017;34(1):17-32.

Masters SH, Agot K, Obonyo B, Napierala Mavedzenge S, Maman S, Thirumurthy H. Promoting partner testing and couples testing through secondary distribution of HIV self-tests by women: a randomized trial. PLOS Medicine 2016; 13(11): e1002166.

Yotebieng M, Moracco KE, Thirumurthy H, Edmonds A, Tabala M, Kawende B, Wenzi LK, Okitolonda EW, Behets F. Conditional cash transfers improve retention in PMTCT services by mitigating the negative effect of not having money to come to the clinic. JAIDS 2016; Epub ahead of print.

Chang W, Chamie G, Mwai D, Clark T, Thirumurthy H, Charlebois ED, Petersen M, Kabami J, Ssemondo E, Kadede K, Kwarisiima D, Sang N, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR, Kamya M, Havlir DV, Kahn JG. Cost and efficiency of a hybrid mobile multi-disease testing approach with high HIV testing coverage in East Africa. JAIDS 2016; 73(3):e39-e45.

Thirumurthy H, Jakubowski A, Camlin C, Kabami J, Ssemmondo E, Elly A, Mwai D, Clark T, Cohen C, Bukusi E, Kamya M, Petersen M, Havlir D, Charlebois ED. Expectations about future health and longevity in Kenyan and Ugandan communities receiving a universal test-and-treat intervention. AIDS Care 2016; 28(S3):90-8.

Evens E, Lanham M, Murray K, Rao S, Agot K, Omanga E, Thirumurthy H. Conditional economic compensation to increase demand for voluntary medical male circumcision: qualitative interviews with male participants in a randomized controlled trial and their partners in Kenya. JAIDS 2016; 72(S4):S306-S310.

Thirumurthy H, Masters SH, Rao S, Murray K, Prasad R, Graff Zivin J, Omanga E, Agot K. The effects of providing fixed compensation and lottery-based rewards on uptake of medical male circumcision in Kenya: a randomized trial. JAIDS 2016; 72(S4):S299-S305.

Zanolini A, Bolton C, Lyabola LL, Phiri G, Samona A, Kaonga A, Thirumurthy H. Feasibility and effectiveness of a peer referral incentive intervention to promote male circumcision uptake in Zambia. JAIDS 2016; 72(S4):S257-S263.

Yotebieng M, Thirumurthy H, Moracco KE, Tabala M, Kawende B, Wenzi LK, Edmonds A, Okitolonda EW, Behets F. Conditional cash transfers to increase retention in PMTCT care, antiretroviral adherence and postpartum virological suppression: randomized controlled trial. JAIDS 2016; 72(S2);S124-129.

Mangenah C, Mavhu W, Hatzold K, Biddle AK, Ncube G, Mugurungi O, Ticklay I, Cowan FM, Thirumurthy H. Comparative cost analysis of nurse-midwife versus doctor-performed early infant male circumcision in Zimbabwe. Global Health: Science and Practice 2016; 4(S1):S68-75.

Thirumurthy H, Masters SH, Napierala Mavedzenge S, Maman S, Omanga E, Agot K. Promoting male partner testing and safer sexual decision-making through secondary distribution of HIV self-tests by HIV-uninfected female sex workers and women receiving antenatal and postpartum care in Kenya: a cohort study. The Lancet HIV 2016; 3(6): e266–e274.

Handa S, Martorano B, Halpern C, Pettifor A, Thirumurthy H. Time discounting and credit market access in a large scale cash transfer program. Journal of African Economies 2016; 25(3): 367-387.

Jakubowski A, Omanga E, Agot K, Thirumurthy H. Large price premiums for unprotected sex among female sex workers in Kenya: a potential challenge for behavioral HIV prevention interventions. JAIDS 2016; 72(1):e20-e22.

Chamie G, Clark TD, Kabami J, Kadede K, Ssemmondo E, Burger R, Kwarisiima D, Sang N, Jain V, Thirumurthy H, Liegler T, Balzer L, Petersen ML, Cohen C, Bukusi EA, Kamya, MR, Havlir DV, Charlebois ED. A “hybrid” mobile HIV testing approach for population-wide HIV testing in rural East Africa. The Lancet HIV 2016; 3(3):e111–e119.

Geissler K, Becker C, Stearns SC, Thirumurthy H, Holmes GM. The relationship between violence in northern Mexico and potentially avoidable hospitalizations in the US-Mexico border region. Journal of Public Health 2016; 38(1):14-23.

Yotebieng M, Thirumurthy H, Moracco KE, Kawende B, Chalachala JL, Wenzi LK, Ravelomanana NLR, Edmonds A, Thompson D, Okitolonda E, Behets F. Conditional cash transfers increase retention in care and uptake of PMTCT services: A randomized controlled trial. The Lancet HIV 2016; 3(2):e85-e93.

Wilkinson AL, Pettifor A, Rosenberg M, Halpern C, Thirumurthy H, Collinson M, Kahn K. The employment environment for youth in rural South Africa: a mixed methods study. Development Southern Africa 2016; in press.

Handa S, Rosenberg M, Pettifor A, Halpern CT, Palermo T, Thirumurthy H. How does a national poverty program influence sexual debut among Kenyan adolescents? Global Public Health 2016; 1-22.

Kilburn K, Thirumurthy H, Pettifor A, Halpern CT, Handa S. Effects of a large-scale unconditional cash transfer program on mental health outcomes of young people in Kenya. Journal of Adolescent Health 2016; 58(2):223-9.

Thirumurthy H, Hayashi K, Linnemayr S, Vreeman RC, Lewin IP, Bangsberg DR, Brewer NT. Time preferences predict mortality among HIV-infected adults receiving antiretroviral therapy in Kenya. PLOS One 2015; 10(12):e0145245.

Ickes SB, Adair LS, Brahe CA, Thirumurthy H, Baguma C, Myhre JA, Bentley ME, Ammerman AS. Impact of lipid-based nutrient supplementation (LNS) on children’s diet adequacy in Western Uganda. Maternal and Child Nutrition 2015; 11 S4:163-78.

Skiles MP, Curtis SL, Basinga P, Angeles G, Thirumurthy H. The impact of performance-based financing on illness, care-seeking and treatment among children: an impact evaluation in Rwanda. BMC Health Services Research 2015; 15:375.

Handa S, Peterman A, Huang C, Halpern CT, Pettifor A, Thirumurthy H. Impact of the Kenya cash transfer for orphans and vulnerable children on early pregnancy and marriage of adolescent girls. Social Science and Medicine 2015; 141:36-45.

Mangenah C, Mavhu W, Hatzold K, Biddle AK, Madidi N, Ncube G, Mugurungi O, Ticklay I, Cowan FM, Thirumurthy H. Estimating the cost of early infant male circumcision in Zimbabwe: results from a randomized noninferiority trial of AccuCirc device versus Mogen Clamp. JAIDS 2015; 69:560–566.

Geissler K, Becker C, Stearns SC, Thirumurthy H, Holmes GM. Exploring the association of homicides in northern Mexico and healthcare access for US residents. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 2015; 17(4):1214-24.

Rosenberg M, Pettifor A, Miller WC, Thirumurthy H, Emch M, Sulaimon A, Kahn K, Collinson M, Tollman S. Relationship between school dropout and teen pregnancy among rural South African young women. International Journal of Epidemiology 2015; 44(3):928-936.

Rosenberg M, Pettifor A, Van Rie A, Thirumurthy H, Emch M, Miller WC, Gomez-Olive FX, Twine R, Hughes JP, Laeyendecker O, Selin A, Kahn K. The relationship between alcohol outlets, HIV risk behavior, and HSV-2 infection among South African young women: A cross-sectional study. PLOS One 2015; 10(5):e0125510.

Rosenberg M, Pettifor A, Lippman SA, Thirumurthy H, Emch M, Miller WC, Selin A, Gomez-Olive FX, Hughes JP, Laeyendecker O, Tollman S, Kahn K. Relationship between community-level alcohol outlet accessibility and individual-level HSV-2 infection among young women in South Africa. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2015; 42(5):259-65.

Rana Y, Haberer J, Huang H, Kambugu A, Mukasa B, Thirumurthy H, Wabukala P, Wagner GJ, Linnemayr S. Short Message Service (SMS)-based intervention to improve treatment adherence among HIV-positive youth in Uganda: focus group findings. PLOS One 2015; 10(4): e0125187.

Graff Zivin J, Damon M, Thirumurthy H. Health shocks and natural resource management: evidence from western Kenya. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 2015; 69(1):36-52.

Mills EJ, Lester R, Thorlund K, Lorenzi M, Muldoon K, Kanters S, Linnemayr S, Gross R, Calderone Y, Amico R, Thirumurthy H, Pearson C, Remien RH, Mbuagbaw L, Thabane L, Chung MH, Wilson IB, Liu A, Uthman OA, Simoni J, Bangsberg D, Yaya S, Barnighausen T, Stirrat MJ, Ford N, Nachega JB. Interventions to promote adherence to anti-retroviral therapy in Africa: A network meta-analysis. The Lancet HIV 2014; 1(3):e104–e111.

Thirumurthy H, Masters SH, Rao S, Bronson MA, Lanham M, Omanga E, Evens E, Agot K. Effect of providing conditional economic compensation on uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision in Kenya: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA 2014; 312(7):703-711.

Chi BH, Thirumurthy H, Stringer JSA. Maximizing the benefits of new strategies to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission without harming existing services. JAMA 2014; 312(4):341-342.

Lima VD, Thirumurthy H, Kahn JG, Saavedra J, Whiteside A, Carceres CF, Granich, R. Modeling scenarios for the end of AIDS. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2014; 59(S1):S16-20.

VenkataramaniAS, ThirumurthyH, HabererJE, Boum Y, Kembabazi A, Hunt PW, Martin JN, Bangsberg DR, Tsai AC. CD4+ count at ART initiation and the trajectory of economic restoration in rural Uganda. AIDS 2014;28(8):1221-1226.

Lee R, Cui R, Muessig KE, Thirumurthy H, Tucker JD. Incentivizing HIV/STI testing: a systematic review of the literature. AIDS and Behavior 2014;18(5):905-12.

Kotwani P, Balzer L, Kwarisiima D, Clark TD, Kabami J, Byonanebye D, Bainomujuni B, Black D, Chamie G, Jain V, Thirumurthy H, Kamya MR, Geng EH, Petersen ML, Havlir DV, Charlebois ED. Evaluating linkage to care for hypertension after community-based screening in rural Uganda. Tropical Medicine and International Health 2014;19(4):459-68.

Rosenberg M, Pettifor A, Thirumurthy H, Halpern CT, Handa S. The impact of a national poverty reduction program on the characteristics of sex partners among Kenyan adolescents. AIDS and Behavior 2014;18(2):311-6.

Jain V, Byonanebye DM, Liegler T, Kwarisiima D, Chamie G, Kabami J, Petersen ML, Clark TD, Thirumurthy H, Geng EH, Charlebois ED, Kamya MR, Havlir DV, and the SEARCH Collaboration. Changes in population HIV RNA levels in Mbarara, Uganda during scale-up of HIV antiretroviral therapy access. JAIDS 2014;65(3):327-332.

Handa S, Pettifor A, Halpern CT, Thirumurthy H. The Government of Kenya’s cash transfer program reduces the risk of sexual debut among young people age 15-25. PLOS One 2014; 9(1): e85473.

Chamie G, Kwarisiima D, Clark TD, Kabami J, Jain V, Geng G, Balzer LB, Petersen ML, Thirumurthy H, Charlebois ED, Kamya MR, Havlir DV. Uptake of community-based HIV testing during a multi-disease health campaign in rural Uganda. PLOS One 2014; 9(1):e84317.

Kotwani P, Chamie G, Kwarisiima D, Clark TD, Kabami J, Jain V, Geng E, Petersen ML, Thirumurthy H, Kamya MR, Charlebois ED, Havlir DV. Epidemiology and awareness of hypertension in a rural Uganda community: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health 2013; 13(1): 1151.

Mbuagbaw L, Van der Kop ML, Lester RT, Thirumurthy H, Pop-Eleches C, Ye C, Smieja M, Dolovich L, Mills EJ, Thabane L. Mobile phone text messages for improving adherence to antiretroviral therapy: an individual patient data meta-analysis of randomised trials. BMJ Open 2013;3(12):e003950.

Cui RR, Lee R, Thirumurthy H, Muessig KE, Tucker JD. Microenterprise interventions for sexual risk reduction: a systematic review. AIDS and Behavior 2013; 17(9):2864-77.

O’Meara WP, Obala A, Thirumurthy H, Khwa-Otsyula B. The association between price, competition, and demand factors on private sector antimalarial stocking and sales in western Kenya: considerations for the AMFm subsidy. Malaria Journal 2013; 12(1):186.

Mbuagbaw L, Van der Kop ML, Lester RT, Thirumurthy H, Pop-Eleches C, Smieja M, Dolovich L, Mills EJ, Thabane L. Mobile phone text messages for improving adherence to antiretroviral therapy: a protocol for an individual patient data meta-analysis of randomised trials. BMJ Open 2013; 3:e002954.

Goldstein M, Graff Zivin J, Habyarimana J, Pop-Eleches C, Thirumurthy H. The effect of absenteeism and clinic protocol on health outcomes: the case of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Kenya. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 2013; 5(2): 58-85.

Low C, Pop-Eleches C, Rono W, Plous E, Ndege S, Goldstein M, Thirumurthy H. The effects of home-based HIV counselling and testing on HIV/AIDS stigma among individuals and community leaders in western Kenya: evidence from a cluster randomized trial. AIDS Care 2013; 25(S1): 97-107.

Thirumurthy H, Chamie G, Jain V, Kabami J, Kwarisiima D, Clark TD, Geng E, Petersen ML, Kamya MR, Charlebois ED, Havlir DV, and the SEARCH Collaboration. Improved employment and children’s education outcomes in households of HIV-infected adults with high CD4 counts: evidence from a community-wide health campaign in Uganda. AIDS 2013; 27(4):627-634.

Jain V, Liegler T, Kabami J, Chamie G, Clark TD, Black D, Geng EH, Kwarisiima D, Wong JK, Abdel-Mohsen M, Sonawane N, Aweka FT, Thirumurthy H, Petersen ML, Charlebois ED, Kamya MR, Havlir DV, and the SEARCH Collaboration. Assessment of population-based HIV RNA levels in a rural east African setting using a fingerprick-based blood collection method. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2013; 56(4):598-605.

Beane CR, Hobbs SH, Thirumurthy H. Results-based financing for non-communicable diseases in low-resource countries and options for US government involvement. BMC Public Health 2013; 13:92.

Thirumurthy H, Siripong N, Vreeman C, Pop-Eleches C, Habyarimana J, Siika A, Sidle J, Bangsberg DR. Differences between self-reported and electronically monitored adherence among patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in Kenya. AIDS 2012; 26(18):2399-2403.

Chamie G, Kwarisiima D, Clark TD, Kabami J, Jain V, Geng E, Petersen ML, Thirumurthy H, Kamya MR, Havlir DV, Charlebois ED, and the SEARCH Collaboration. Leveraging rapid community-based HIV testing campaigns for non-communicable diseases in rural Uganda. PLOS ONE 2012; 7(8): e43400.

Akresh R, Lucchetti L, Thirumurthy H. Wars and child health: evidence from the Eritrean-Ethiopian conflict. Journal of Development Economics 2012; 99(2):330-40.

Thirumurthy H, Graff Zivin J. Health and labor supply in the context of HIV/AIDS: the long-run economic impacts on antiretroviral therapy. Economic Development and Cultural Change 2012; 61(1): 73-96.

El-Sadr WM, Holmes C, Mugyenyi P, Thirumurthy H, Ellerbrock T, Ferris R, Sanne I, Asiimwe A, Hirnschall G, Nkambule R, Stabinski L, Affrunti M, Teasdale C, Zulu I, Whiteside A. Scale-up of HIV treatment through PEPFAR: a historic public health achievement. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS) 2012; 60:S96–S104.

Thirumurthy H, Galarraga O, Larson BA, Rosen S. HIV treatment produces economic returns through increased work and education and warrants continued US support. Health Affairs 2012; 31(7):1470-77.

Thirumurthy H, Lester RT. mHealth for health behavior change in resource-limited settings: applications to HIV care and beyond. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2012; 90(5):390-392.

Thirumurthy H, Pop-Eleches C, Goldstein M, Habyarimana J, Graff Zivin J. Behavioral responses of patients in AIDS treatment programs: sexual behavior in Kenya. Forum for Health Economics & Policy 2012; 15(2):1–29.

Ickes S, Adair L, Bentley M, Jilcott S, Thirumurthy H, Handa S, Ammerman A. Examination of facilitators and barriers to home-based supplemental feeding with ready-to-use food for underweight children in western Uganda. Maternal and Child Nutrition 2012; 8(1):115-129.

Pop-Eleches C, Thirumurthy H, Habyarmina J, Graff Zivin J, Goldstein M, DeWalque D, MacKeen L, Haberer J, Sidle J, Ngare D, Bangsberg D. Mobile phone technologies improve adherence to antiretroviral treatment in resource-limited settings: a randomized controlled trial of text message reminders. AIDS 2011; 25(6):825-834.

Thirumurthy H, Jafri A, Srinivas G, Arumugam V, Saravanan RM, Angappan SK, Ponnumsamy M, Raghavan S, Merson M, Kallolikar S. Two-year impacts on employment and income among adults receiving antiretroviral therapy in Tamil Nadu, India: a cohort study. AIDS 2011; 25(2):239-46.

Holmes CB, Thirumurthy H, Padian NS, Goosby EP. AIDS funds: prevention. [Letter] Science 2010; 330:176-77.

Graff Zivin J, Thirumurthy H, Goldstein M. AIDS treatment and intrahousehold resource allocations: children’s nutrition and schooling in Kenya. Journal of Public Economics 2009; 93: 1008-15.

D’Adda G, Goldstein M, Nangami M, Graff Zivin J, Thirumurthy H. ARV treatment and time allocation to household tasks: evidence from Kenya. African Development Review 2009; 21: 180-208.

Thirumurthy H, Goldstein M, Graff Zivin J. The economic impact of AIDS treatment: labor supply in western Kenya. Journal of Human Resources 2008; 43: 511-552.

Book chapters

Harripersaud K, Abrams E, McNairy M, Ahmed S, Thirumurthy H, El-Sadr W. HIV care continuum in adults and children: cost-effectiveness considerations. In Jamison D, Nugent R (editors), Disease Control Priorities, 3rd edition. Washington DC: The World Bank. 2016.

Beegle K, Goldstein M, Thirumurthy H. Microeconomic perspectives on the impacts of HIV/AIDS. In Sahn D (editor), The Socioeconomic Dimensions of HIV/AIDS in Africa: Challenges, Opportunities and Misconceptions. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. 2010. [pdf]

Goldstein M, Graff Zivin J, Thirumurthy H. The household impacts of treating HIV/AIDS in developing countries. In Yifu JL and Pleskovic B (editors), Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2009: People, Politics, and Globalization. Washington: The World Bank. 2010. [pdf]