Publications

Dubois MM, Powell M, Schenkel S, Kgole S, Masasa G, Ngwaca M, Phale B, Diphoko A, Kgathi C, Masheto G et al..  2026.  Tuberculosis screening and care delivery in pregnant and postpartum persons living with HIV in Botswana.. PLOS Glob Public Health. 6(1):e0005784.

Ramakrishnan U, Hennink M, Kondwani KA, Sundararajan RL, Hunt R, Ingles DJ, Williams D, Smith C, Tran L, Taylor T et al..  2025.  Barriers and Facilitators for Participation in Global Health Research Training Programs Among Underrepresented Minority Groups.. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 113(1):223-233.

Hooda M, Stead M, Nuwagaba G, Natukunda S, Birungi C, Bugeza W, Tushabe M, Gogineni S, Nansera D, Muyindike W et al..  2025.  'Empowerment' as a proximal implementation outcome for task shifting with informal cadres: findings from a qualitative study with traditional healers in rural Uganda.. Implement Sci Commun. 7(1):3.

Bowers SF, Lambert VJ, Nzali A, Samson A, Mwakisole N, Yahaya H, Sundararajan R, Kalluvya SE, Mwakisole AH, Downs JA.  2025.  Proposed changes to framework to assess contraceptive autonomy based on phased in-depth interviews in northwest Tanzania.. Reprod Health. 22(1):24.

St. Sauveur R, Sufra R, Pierre MCJean, Inddy J, Jean M, Mourra N, Sundararajan R, McNairy M, Pape JW, Rouzier V et al..  2025.  Stakeholder perspectives on barriers and facilitators to hypertension control in urban Haiti: a qualitative study to inform a community-based hypertension management intervention. BMC Public Health. 25(18)

Gogineni S, Nuwagaba G, Hooda M, Natukunda S, Birungi C, Bugeza W, Tushabe M, Nansera D, Muyindike W, Audet CMarie et al..  2025.  Traditional healers can help facilitate HIV serostatus disclosure: results from a qualitative study in rural Uganda.. J Int AIDS Soc. 28(10):e70031.

Jiang LG, Sats M, Sanapala S, Tierney M, Rippon B, Benda NC, Sundararajan R, Steel PAD.  2025.  Unveiling the gaps: A comprehensive, equity-focused observational examination of Emergency Department discharge.. PLoS One. 20(8):e0331226.

St Sauveur R, Sufra R, Pierre MChristine, Rouzier V, Preval F, Exantus S, Jean M, Jean J, Forestal GPierre-Lou, Fleurijean O et al..  2024.  Effectiveness of community-based hypertension management on hypertension in the urban slums of Haiti: A mixed methods study.. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich).

Cordeiro AA, Walsh KF, Sundararajan R, Reif LK, McNairy M, Mathad J, Downs JA, Fahme SA.  2024.  The Female Global Scholars Program: A mixed-methods evaluation of a novel intervention to promote the retention and advancement of women in global health research.. PLOS Glob Public Health. 4(5):e0002974.

Broderick K, Vaidyanathan A, Ponticiello M, Hooda M, Kulkarni V, Chalem A, Chebrolu P, Onawale A, Baumann A, Mathad J et al..  2024.  Generalizing from qualitative data: a case example using critical realist thematic analysis and mechanism mapping to evaluate a community health worker-led screening program in India.. Implement Sci. 19(1):81.

Yap A, Sundararajan R, Milewski A, Keceli M, Alkhafaji M, Kowalsky R.  2024.  "It changed my whole entire thinking": Identifying narrative elements in medical affidavit writing for asylum seekers.. J Forensic Leg Med. 107:102759.

Appel G, Han BH, Re'Em Y, Louka C, Sundararajan R, Tom A, An A, Difede JA, Avery JD, Zaidi SR.  2024.  Omission and Commission in Morally Injurious Experiences Among COVID-19 Health Care Professionals.. Prim Care Companion CNS Disord. 26(1)

Sundararajan R, Hooda M, Lai Y, Nansera D, Audet C, Downs J, Lee MHee, McNairy M, Muyindike W, Mwanga-Amumpaire J.  2024.  Traditional healer support to improve HIV viral suppression in rural Uganda (Omuyambi): study protocol for a cluster randomized hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial.. Trials. 25(1):430.

Sundararajan R, Ponticiello M, Birch G, Nuwagaba G, Alaiku R, Nansera D, Mwanga-Amumpaire J, Muyindike W.  2023.  Adaption and pilot testing of a lay HIV supporter program for traditional healers: a mixed methods study in rural Uganda.. Implement Sci Commun. 4(1):87.

Byansi W, Galvin M, Chiwaye L, Luvuno Z, Kim AW, Sundararajan R, Tsai AC, Moolla A.  2023.  Adverse childhood experiences, traumatic events, and mental health among adults at two outpatient psychiatric facilities in Johannesburg, South Africa: a cross-sectional analysis.. BMC Psychiatry. 23(1):581.

Behan JM, Kabajaasi O, Derksen B, Sendegye G, Brenda, Kugumikiriza, Komugisha C., Sundararajan R., Jacob ST, M. Mugisha W.  2023.  Caregivers and nurses perceptions of the Smart Discharges Program for children with sepsis in Uganda: A descriptive qualitative study. Medrxiv.

Chebrolu P, Chalem A, Ponticiello M, Broderick K, Vaidyanathan A, Lorenc R, Kulkarni V, Onawale A, Mathad JS, Sundararajan R.  2023.  A community health worker-led program to improve access to gestational diabetes screening in urban slums of Pune, India: Results from a mixed methods study.. PLOS Glob Public Health. 3(10):e0001622.

Ponticiello M, Nuwagira E, Tayebwa M, Mugerwa J, Nahabwe H, Nakasita C, Tumuhimbise JBosco, Lam NL, Wiens MO, Vallarino J et al..  2023.  "If you have light, your heart will be at peace": A qualitative study of household lighting and social integration in southwestern Uganda.. J Glob Health. 13:04026.

Kisigo GA, Mgeta F, Mcharo O, Okello E, Wajanga B, Kalokola F, Mtui G, Sundararajan R, Peck RN.  2023.  Peer Counselor Intervention for Reducing Mortality and/or Hospitalization in Adults With Hypertensive Urgency in Tanzania: A Pilot Study.. Am J Hypertens. 36(8):446-454.

Broderick K, Aristide C, Bullington BW, Mwanga-Amumpaire J, Downs JA, Sundararajan R.  2023.  Stigma of infidelity associated with condom use explains low rates of condom uptake: qualitative data from Uganda and Tanzania.. Reprod Health. 20(1):12.

Sundararajan R, Alakiu R, Ponticiello M, Birch G, Kisigo G, Okello E, Peck RN.  2023.  Understanding traditional healer utilisation for hypertension care using the Andersen model: A qualitative study in Mwanza, Tanzania.. Glob Public Health. 18(1):2191687.

Matungwa DJ, Kidola J, Pungu D, Ponticiello M, Latulipe R, Lee MHee, Peck R, Sundararajan R.  2022.  A Cluster-Randomized Trial of Traditional Healer-Delivered Counseling and Rapid HIV Testing in Tanzania.. AIDS Behav. 26(11):3700-3712.

Aristide C, Bullington BW, Kuguru M, Sundararajan R, Nguyen NT, Lambert VJ, Mwakisole AH, Wamoyi J, Downs JA.  2022.  Health providers' perspectives on contraceptive use in rural Northwest Tanzania: A qualitative study.. Contracept X. 4:100086.

Ponticiello M, Mwanga-Amumpaire J, Tushemereirwe P, Nuwagaba G, Nansera D, King R, Muyindike W, Sundararajan R.  2022.  How informal healthcare providers improve uptake of HIV testing: qualitative results from a randomized controlled trial.. AIDS. 36(8):1161-1169.

Sundararajan R, Ponticiello M, Nansera D, Jeremiah K, Muyindike W.  2022.  Interventions to Increase HIV Testing Uptake in Global Settings.. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 19(3):184-193.