Michèle Barry
Biographic Data
| ID | 3596615 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michèle Barry |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michèle |
| FAMILY NAME | Barry |
| SIGNATURE | BARRY M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Center for Innovation |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9629-3642 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Medicine for a Changing Planet curriculum
Background: There is a need to more fully integrate Planetary Health and One Health principles into current medical education programs. The Medicine for a Changing Planet (MCP) curriculum is a set of online, freely available, competency-based clinical cases developed by the authors to address this gap. This study was conducted to pilot and evaluate the MCP curriculum using a mixed methods approach. Materials and methods: Residents were invited to…
Male allyship to advance women’s leadership in global health academia
Women are underrepresented in leadership positions within global health. Although women leaders have been shown to foster inclusive work environments and prioritize improvements in women’s health, they face barriers to their advancement, including microaggressions and disproportionate caregiving responsibilities. Male allyship can facilitate the elevation of women into global health leadership roles. This study explores the experiences of global …
Leveraging deep learning models to increase the representation of nomadic pastoralists in health campaigns and demographic surveillance
Nomadic pastoralists are systematically underrepresented in the planning of health services and frequently missed by health campaigns due to their mobility. Previous studies have developed novel geospatial methods to address these challenges but rely on manual techniques that are too time and resource-intensive to scale on a national or regional level. To address this gap, we developed a computer vision-based approach to automatically locate acti…
The Stanford Global Health Media Fellowship
PROBLEM: The COVID-19 pandemic and the spread of related health misinformation, especially on social media, have highlighted the need for more health care professionals to produce and share accurate health information to improve health and health literacy. Yet, few programs address this problem by training health care professionals in the art of science writing and medical journalism. APPROACH: Created in 2011, the Stanford Global Health Media Fe…
Puerto Rico Health System Resilience After Hurricane Maria
Background: Every year, Puerto Rico faces a hurricane season fraught with potentially catastrophic structural, emotional and health consequences. In 2017, Puerto Rico was hit by Hurricane Maria, the largest natural disaster to ever affect the island. Several studies have estimated the excess morbidity and mortality following Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, yet no study has comprehensively examined the underlying health system weaknesses contribut…
Challenges for the female academic during the Covid-19 pandemic
Archaeology and contemporary emerging zoonosis
Modelling of emerging vector borne diseases serves as an important complement to clinical studies of modern zoonoses. This article presents an archaeo-historic epidemiological modelling study of Rift Valley fever (RVF), using data-driven neural network technology. RVF affects both human and animal populations, can rapidly decimate herds causing catastrophic economic hardship, and is identified as a Category A biodefense pathogen by the US Center …
Child malnutrition in Ifanadiana district, Madagascar
BACKGROUND: Child malnutrition, a leading cause of death and disability worldwide, is particularly severe in Madagascar, where 47% of children under 5 years are stunted (low height-for-age) and 8% are wasted (low weight-for-height). Widespread poverty and a weak health system have hindered attempts to implement life-saving malnutrition interventions in Madagascar during critical periods for growth faltering. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to shed li…
Community outreach programs and major adherence lapses with antiretroviral therapy in rural Kakamega, Kenya
We investigated features of major adherence lapses in antiretroviral therapy (ART) at public Emusanda Health Centre in rural Kakamega County, Kenya using medical records from 2008 to 2015 for all 306 eligible patients receiving ART. Data were modelled using survival analysis. Patients were more likely to lapse if they received stavudine (hazard ratio (HR) 2.54, 95% confidence interval (95%CI):1.44-4.47) or zidovudine (HR 1.64, 95%CI:1.02-2.63) re…
Civil War & the Global Threat of Pandemics
This essay confronts the collision of two potential global threats: the outbreak of infectious pandemics and the outbreak and protraction of civil wars. Specifically, it addresses the potential that civil wars can elevate the risk that an infectious outbreak will emerge; the possibility that civil wars can reduce the capacity to identify and respond to outbreaks; and the risk that outbreaks in areas of civil conflict can generate political and se…
Medical “Brain Drain” and Health Care Worker Shortages
The movement of health care workers from countries with resource scarcity and immense need ("source" countries) to areas of resource abundance and greater personal opportunity ("destination" countries) presents a complex set of decisions and relationships that affect the development of international health care systems. We explore the extent to which ethical quandaries arising from this movement are the responsibility of the said actors and the i…
High prevalence of chronic kidney disease in a community survey of urban Bangladeshis
BACKGROUND: The burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) will rise in parallel with the growing prevalence of type two diabetes mellitus in South Asia but is understudied. Using a cross-sectional survey of adults living in a middle-income neighborhood of Dhaka, Bangladesh, we tested the hypothesis that the prevalence of CKD in this group would approach that of the U.S. and would be strongly associated with insulin resistance. METHODS: We enrolled 4…
An ethics curriculum for short-term global health trainees
BACKGROUND: Interest in short-term global health training and service programs continues to grow, yet they can be associated with a variety of ethical issues for which trainees or others with limited global health experience may not be prepared to address. Therefore, there is a clear need for educational interventions concerning these ethical issues. METHODS: We developed and evaluated an introductory curriculum, "Ethical Challenges in Short-term…
High prevalence of type 2 diabetes among the urban middle class in Bangladesh
The prevalence of type-2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome among the middle class in Dhaka is alarmingly high. Screening services should be implemented while researchers focus on strategies to lessen the incidence and morbidity associated with these conditions
Report of the Tobacco Policy Research Group on Marketing and Promotions Targeted at African Americans, Latinos, and Women
Efforts to counter marketing and promotion strategies by the tobacco industry in the United
Ethical Dilemmas with Economic Studies in Less-Developed Countries
Misinformation about medications in rural Ghana
Misuse of medications is a serious problem in developing countries where drug sales are not regulated. This study assessed drug knowledge and use in a rural Ghanaian town. We surveyed health care workers and a community population sample regarding knowledge and use of available drugs. Although drugs were used by a large percentage of the population, only a small percentage correctly described their recommended use. Doctors and medical assistants …
Misinformation about medications in rural Ghana
Misuse of medications is a serious problem in developing countries where drug sales are not regulated. This study assessed drug knowledge and use in a rural Ghanaian town. We surveyed health care workers and a community population sample regarding knowledge and use of available drugs. Although drugs were used by a large percentage of the population, only a small percentage correctly described their recommended use. Doctors and medical assistants …
Civil War & the Global Threat of Pandemics
This essay confronts the collision of two potential global threats: the outbreak of infectious pandemics and the outbreak and protraction of civil wars. Specifically, it addresses the potential that civil wars can elevate the risk that an infectious outbreak will emerge; the possibility that civil wars can reduce the capacity to identify and respond to outbreaks; and the risk that outbreaks in areas of civil conflict can generate political and se…
Ethical Dilemmas with Economic Studies in Less-Developed Countries
Misinformation about medications in rural Ghana
Misuse of medications is a serious problem in developing countries where drug sales are not regulated. This study assessed drug knowledge and use in a rural Ghanaian town. We surveyed health care workers and a community population sample regarding knowledge and use of available drugs. Although drugs were used by a large percentage of the population, only a small percentage correctly described their recommended use. Doctors and medical assistants …
Report of the Tobacco Policy Research Group on Marketing and Promotions Targeted at African Americans, Latinos, and Women
Efforts to counter marketing and promotion strategies by the tobacco industry in the United
An ethics curriculum for short-term global health trainees
BACKGROUND: Interest in short-term global health training and service programs continues to grow, yet they can be associated with a variety of ethical issues for which trainees or others with limited global health experience may not be prepared to address. Therefore, there is a clear need for educational interventions concerning these ethical issues. METHODS: We developed and evaluated an introductory curriculum, "Ethical Challenges in Short-term…
High prevalence of type 2 diabetes among the urban middle class in Bangladesh
The prevalence of type-2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome among the middle class in Dhaka is alarmingly high. Screening services should be implemented while researchers focus on strategies to lessen the incidence and morbidity associated with these conditions
High prevalence of chronic kidney disease in a community survey of urban Bangladeshis
BACKGROUND: The burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) will rise in parallel with the growing prevalence of type two diabetes mellitus in South Asia but is understudied. Using a cross-sectional survey of adults living in a middle-income neighborhood of Dhaka, Bangladesh, we tested the hypothesis that the prevalence of CKD in this group would approach that of the U.S. and would be strongly associated with insulin resistance. METHODS: We enrolled 4…
Medical “Brain Drain” and Health Care Worker Shortages
The movement of health care workers from countries with resource scarcity and immense need ("source" countries) to areas of resource abundance and greater personal opportunity ("destination" countries) presents a complex set of decisions and relationships that affect the development of international health care systems. We explore the extent to which ethical quandaries arising from this movement are the responsibility of the said actors and the i…
Civil War & the Global Threat of Pandemics
This essay confronts the collision of two potential global threats: the outbreak of infectious pandemics and the outbreak and protraction of civil wars. Specifically, it addresses the potential that civil wars can elevate the risk that an infectious outbreak will emerge; the possibility that civil wars can reduce the capacity to identify and respond to outbreaks; and the risk that outbreaks in areas of civil conflict can generate political and se…
Child malnutrition in Ifanadiana district, Madagascar
BACKGROUND: Child malnutrition, a leading cause of death and disability worldwide, is particularly severe in Madagascar, where 47% of children under 5 years are stunted (low height-for-age) and 8% are wasted (low weight-for-height). Widespread poverty and a weak health system have hindered attempts to implement life-saving malnutrition interventions in Madagascar during critical periods for growth faltering. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to shed li…
Community outreach programs and major adherence lapses with antiretroviral therapy in rural Kakamega, Kenya
We investigated features of major adherence lapses in antiretroviral therapy (ART) at public Emusanda Health Centre in rural Kakamega County, Kenya using medical records from 2008 to 2015 for all 306 eligible patients receiving ART. Data were modelled using survival analysis. Patients were more likely to lapse if they received stavudine (hazard ratio (HR) 2.54, 95% confidence interval (95%CI):1.44-4.47) or zidovudine (HR 1.64, 95%CI:1.02-2.63) re…
Challenges for the female academic during the Covid-19 pandemic
Archaeology and contemporary emerging zoonosis
Modelling of emerging vector borne diseases serves as an important complement to clinical studies of modern zoonoses. This article presents an archaeo-historic epidemiological modelling study of Rift Valley fever (RVF), using data-driven neural network technology. RVF affects both human and animal populations, can rapidly decimate herds causing catastrophic economic hardship, and is identified as a Category A biodefense pathogen by the US Center …
Puerto Rico Health System Resilience After Hurricane Maria
Background: Every year, Puerto Rico faces a hurricane season fraught with potentially catastrophic structural, emotional and health consequences. In 2017, Puerto Rico was hit by Hurricane Maria, the largest natural disaster to ever affect the island. Several studies have estimated the excess morbidity and mortality following Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, yet no study has comprehensively examined the underlying health system weaknesses contribut…
The Stanford Global Health Media Fellowship
PROBLEM: The COVID-19 pandemic and the spread of related health misinformation, especially on social media, have highlighted the need for more health care professionals to produce and share accurate health information to improve health and health literacy. Yet, few programs address this problem by training health care professionals in the art of science writing and medical journalism. APPROACH: Created in 2011, the Stanford Global Health Media Fe…
Leveraging deep learning models to increase the representation of nomadic pastoralists in health campaigns and demographic surveillance
Nomadic pastoralists are systematically underrepresented in the planning of health services and frequently missed by health campaigns due to their mobility. Previous studies have developed novel geospatial methods to address these challenges but rely on manual techniques that are too time and resource-intensive to scale on a national or regional level. To address this gap, we developed a computer vision-based approach to automatically locate acti…
The Medicine for a Changing Planet curriculum
Background: There is a need to more fully integrate Planetary Health and One Health principles into current medical education programs. The Medicine for a Changing Planet (MCP) curriculum is a set of online, freely available, competency-based clinical cases developed by the authors to address this gap. This study was conducted to pilot and evaluate the MCP curriculum using a mixed methods approach. Materials and methods: Residents were invited to…
Male allyship to advance women’s leadership in global health academia
Women are underrepresented in leadership positions within global health. Although women leaders have been shown to foster inclusive work environments and prioritize improvements in women’s health, they face barriers to their advancement, including microaggressions and disproportionate caregiving responsibilities. Male allyship can facilitate the elevation of women into global health leadership roles. This study explores the experiences of global …
Medicine (11 works) · Political science (8 works) · Public health (6 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Health care (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Global Health and Surgery (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Business (3 works)