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Jennifer A Downs, MD, PhD · 14 publications across 6 mentees

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Association of Schistosoma haematobium Infection With Decreased Pregnancy: A Prospective Cohort Study.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2026
JAJennifer A DownsSFSheridan F BowersMHMyung Hee Lee
PMID: 42065339PMCID: PMC13242864DOI
With Sheridan Bowers · MD mentee · Class of 2025
Schistosoma haematobium infection is associated with oncogenic gene expression in Cervical Mucosa, with enhanced effects following treatment: A pilot study.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025
JAJennifer A DownsSBSarah BowersDPDavid P MertelsmannMHMyung Hee Lee MMMaureen M. Ward+1 more →
PMID: 41270010PMCID: PMC12637897DOI
With Sheridan Bowers · MD mentee · Class of 2025
Schistosomiasis: a neglected cause of infertility in females and males.
Current opinion in infectious diseases · 2025
JAJennifer A DownsSFSheridan F BowersFSFriederike Sonnet
PMID: 40699145PMCID: PMC12450428DOI3 citations
With Sheridan Bowers · MD mentee · Class of 2025
Long-term perspectives of Muslim and Christian religious leaders on an educational intervention about family planning in Tanzania.
Global public health · 2025
JAJennifer A DownsSBSheridan BowersHGHajirah Gumanneh
PMID: 40044588PMCID: PMC11951474DOI
With Sheridan Bowers · MD mentee · Class of 2025
Long-term perspectives of Muslim and Christian religious leaders on an educational intervention about family planning in Tanzania.
Global public health · 2025
JAJennifer A DownsHGHajirah GumannehSBSheridan Bowers
PMID: 40044588PMCID: PMC11951474DOI
With Hajirah Gumanneh · MD mentee · Class of 2025
Development of a curriculum to educate religious leaders about blood pressure using community-based participatory research and educational theory in Mwanza, Tanzania.
BMC medical education · 2025
JAJennifer A DownsEYEmily Y CohenRNRob N. Peck
PMID: 39966863PMCID: PMC11837377DOI3 citations
With Emily Cohen · MD mentee · Class of 2025
Proposed changes to framework to assess contraceptive autonomy based on phased in-depth interviews in northwest Tanzania.
Reproductive health · 2025
JAJennifer A DownsSFSheridan F BowersVJValencia J LambertRLRadhika Lu Sundararajan
PMID: 39955598PMCID: PMC11829388DOI1 citations
With Sheridan Bowers · MD mentee · Class of 2025
Evaluation of a pilot family planning educational seminar and subsequent attitudes towards family planning among Muslim communities in Tanzania.
PloS one · 2025
JAJennifer A DownsHGHajirah GumannehAAAlexandra A CordeiroVJValencia J Lambert
PMID: 39919253PMCID: PMC11805577DOI1 citations
With Hajirah Gumanneh · MD mentee · Class of 2025
Effects of Schistosoma haematobium infection and treatment on the systemic and mucosal immune phenotype, gene expression and microbiome: A systematic review.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024
JAJennifer A DownsSFSheridan F BowersAMAnna M MertelsmannDNDrew N Wright L(Lishomwa (Lish) Ndhlovu
PMID: 39250522PMCID: PMC11412685DOI8 citations
With Sheridan Bowers · MD mentee · Class of 2025
"If I chose to listen to people, I possibly wouldn't be using family planning": Impact of external influences on women's contraceptive autonomy in rural Northwest Tanzania.
Women's health (London, England) · 2024
JAJennifer A DownsSBSheridan Bowers
PMID: 38847324PMCID: PMC11162122DOI2 citations
With Sheridan Bowers · MD mentee · Class of 2025
"Mobilizing our leaders": A multi-country qualitative study to increase the representation of women in global health leadership.
PLOS global public health · 2023
JAJennifer A DownsNTNatalie T NguyenLRLindsey ReifGRG Rinu AlakiuJSJyoti S. Mathad+3 more →
PMID: 36962949PMCID: PMC10021821DOI15 citations
With Natalie Nguyen · MD mentee · Class of 2024
Health providers' perspectives on contraceptive use in rural Northwest Tanzania: A qualitative study.
Contraception: X · 2022
JAJennifer A DownsNTNatalie T NguyenRLRadhika Lu Sundararajan
PMID: 36324829PMCID: PMC9618975DOI1 citations
With Natalie Nguyen · MD mentee · Class of 2024
Insufficiency of annual praziquantel treatment to control Schistosoma mansoni infections in adult women: A longitudinal cohort study in rural Tanzania.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019
JAJennifer A DownsPMPallavi MishraCAChristine Aristide
PMID: 31751333PMCID: PMC6894890DOI11 citations
With Pallavi Mishra · MD mentee · Class of 2019
Altered Cervical Mucosal Gene Expression and Lower Interleukin 15 Levels in Women With Schistosoma haematobium Infection but Not in Women With Schistosoma mansoni Infection.
The Journal of infectious diseases · 2019
JAJennifer A DownsPMPallavi MishraKDKathryn Dupnik MHMyung Hee LeeTZTuo Zhang+1 more →
PMID: 30590736PMCID: PMC6500550DOI19 citations
With Pallavi Mishra · MD mentee · Class of 2019
Schistosomiasis and hydration status: Schistosoma haematobium, but not Schistosoma mansoni increases urine specific gravity among rural Tanzanian women.
American journal of physical anthropology · 2018
JAJennifer A DownsPMPallavi Mishra
PMID: 29664990PMCID: PMC6105421DOI5 citations
With Pallavi Mishra · MD mentee · Class of 2019

Postdoc mentee

Schistosomiasis: a neglected cause of infertility in females and males.
Current opinion in infectious diseases · 2025
JAJennifer A Downs FSFriederike SonnetSFSheridan F Bowers
PMID: 40699145PMCID: PMC12450428DOI3 citations
With Friederike Sonnet · Postdoc mentee