Laura Packel, MPH, PhD

Project Director
Institute for Health & Aging
+1 415 597-9204
Publications: 

A Mixed Methods Evaluation of Pharmacists' Readiness to Provide Long-Acting Injectable HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis in California.

Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)

Beltran RM, Hunter LA, Packel LJ, De Martini L, Holloway IW, Dong BJ, Lam J, McCoy SI, Ochoa AM

Prevention of adverse HIV treatment outcomes: machine learning to enable proactive support of people at risk of HIV care disengagement in Tanzania.

BMJ open

Xie Z, Hu H, Kadota JL, Packel LJ, Mlowe M, Kwilasa S, Maokola W, Shabani S, Sabasaba A, Njau PF, Wang J, McCoy SI

Effect of a digital school-based intervention on adolescent family planning and reproductive health in Rwanda: a cluster-randomized trial.

Nature medicine

Hémono R, Gatare E, Kayitesi L, Hunter LA, Packel L, Ippoliti N, Cerecero-García D, Contreras-Loya D, Gadsden P, Bautista-Arredondo S, Sayinzoga F, Mugisha M, Bertozzi SM, Hope R, McCoy SI

Impact of financial incentives on viral suppression among adults initiating HIV treatment in Tanzania: a hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial.

The lancet. HIV

Njau PF, Katabaro E, Winters S, Sabasaba A, Hassan K, Joseph B, Maila H, Msasa J, Fahey CA, Packel L, Dow WH, Jewell NP, Ulenga N, Mwenda N, McCoy SI

Supporting young women's health through girl-friendly drug vendors in Lake Zone, Tanzania: protocol for the AmbassADDOrs for Health cluster-randomised controlled trial.

BMJ open

Mnyippembe A, Sheira LA, McCoy SI, Njau PF, Packel LJ, Hassan K, Solorzano-Barrera C, Maokola W, Kang Dufour MS, Sabasaba A, Liu J

Outcomes of an Emergency Department Program to Identify and Link Patients at Increased Risk for Acquiring HIV Infection to Outpatient HIV Prevention Services: The HIV PreventED Program.

Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)

White DAE, Godoy A, Jewett M, Burns M, Pinto CM, Packel LJ, Garcia-Chinn M, Anderson ES, McCoy SI

Willingness of Pharmacists to Prescribe Medication Abortion in California.

JAMA network open

Cohen C, Hunter LA, Beltran RM, Serpico J, Packel L, Ochoa AM, McCoy SI, Conron KJ

CyberRwanda's Pathway to Impact: Results From a Cluster-Randomized Trial of Adolescent Family Planning Knowledge, Beliefs, Self-Efficacy, and Behavior.

The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine

Hémono R, Gatare E, Kayitesi L, Packel L, Hunter LA, Kunesh J, Mwali MM, Bertozzi S, Sayinzoga F, Mugisha M, Hope R, McCoy SI

Opportunities to Increase Access to HIV Prevention: Evaluating the Implementation of Pharmacist-Initiated Pre-exposure Prophylaxis in California.

Open forum infectious diseases

Hunter LA, Packel LJ, Chitle P, Beltran RM, Rafie S, De Martini L, Dong B, Harris O, Holloway IW, Miyashita Ochoa A, McCoy SI

Food Insecurity and Engagement in Transactional Sex Among Female Secondary Students in Rwanda.

AIDS and behavior

Sheira LA, Izudi J, Gatare E, Packel L, Kayitesi L, Sayinzoga F, Hope R, McCoy SI

Increased prevalence of depression and anxiety among adults initiating antiretroviral therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic in Shinyanga region, Tanzania.

AIDS research and therapy

Winters S, Sabasaba A, Fahey CA, Packel L, Katabaro E, Ndungile Y, Njau PF, McCoy SI

Monitoring SARS-CoV-2 incidence and seroconversion among university students and employees: a longitudinal cohort study in California, June-August 2020.

BMJ open

Hunter LA, Wyman S, Packel LJ, Facente SN, Li Y, Harte A, Nicolette G, IGI SARS-CoV-2 Testing Consortium, Di Germanio C, Busch MP, Reingold AL, Petersen ML

Adaptive Strategies for Retention in Care among Persons Living with HIV.

NEJM evidence

Geng EH, Odeny TA, Montoya LM, Iguna S, Kulzer JL, Adhiambo HF, Eshun-Wilson I, Akama E, Nyandieka E, Guzé MA, Shade S, Packel L, Fox B, Camlin C, Thirumurthy H, Lyons C, Bukusi EA, Petersen ML

Patient preferences for HIV service delivery models; a Discrete Choice Experiment in Kisumu, Kenya.

PLOS global public health

Mando RO, Moghadassi M, Juma E, Ogollah C, Packel L, Kulzer JL, Kadima J, Odhiambo F, Eshun-Wilson I, Kim HY, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Geng E

Machine learning with routine electronic medical record data to identify people at high risk of disengagement from HIV care in Tanzania.

PLOS global public health

Fahey CA, Wei L, Njau PF, Shabani S, Kwilasa S, Maokola W, Packel L, Zheng Z, Wang J, McCoy SI

Anticipated and Experienced Stigma After Testing Positive for SARS-CoV-2: A Qualitative Study.

Health promotion practice

Facente SN, De Zuzuarregui M, Frank D, Gomez-Aladino S, Muñoz A, Williamson S, Wang E, Hunter LA, Packel L, Reingold A

Risky business: A mixed methods study of decision-making regarding COVID-19 risk at a public university in the United States.

Frontiers in psychology

Facente SN, De Zuzuarregui M, Frank D, Gomez-Aladino S, Muñoz A, Williamson S, Wang E, Hunter L, Packel L, Reingold A, Petersen M

Feasibility and effectiveness of daily temperature screening to detect COVID-19 in a prospective cohort at a large public university.

BMC public health

Facente SN, Hunter LA, Packel LJ, Li Y, Harte A, Nicolette G, McDevitt S, Petersen M, Reingold AL

Piloting an integrated SARS-CoV-2 testing and data system for outbreak containment among college students: A prospective cohort study.

PloS one

Packel L, Reingold A, Hunter L, Facente S, Li Y, Harte A, Nicolette G, Urnov FD, Lu M, Petersen M, IGI Testing Consortium

Design and impact evaluation of a digital reproductive health program in Rwanda using a cluster randomized design: study protocol.

BMC public health

Nolan C, Packel L, Hope R, Levine J, Baringer L, Gatare E, Umubyeyi A, Sayinzoga F, Mugisha M, Turatsinze J, Naganza A, Idelson L, Bertozzi S, McCoy S

A randomized trial of cash incentives for sexual behavior change among female sex workers in Dar es Salaam.

Social science & medicine (1982)

Packel LJ, de Walque D, Feeney KC, Balampama MP, Cooper JE, Kalolella A, Wechsberg WM, Dow WH

The California HIV/AIDS Research Program: History, Impact, and HIV Cure Initiative.

AIDS research and human retroviruses

Stanga LL, Mujeeb A, Packel L, Martz T, Lemp G

Female sex workers use power over their day-to-day lives to meet the condition of a conditional cash transfer intervention to incentivize safe sex.

Social science & medicine (1982)

Cooper JE, Dow WH, de Walque D, Keller AC, McCoy SI, Fernald LCH, Balampama MP, Kalolella A, Packel LJ, Wechsberg WM, Ozer EJ

Scaling-up health information systems to improve HIV treatment: An assessment of initial patient monitoring systems in Mozambique.

International journal of medical informatics

Hochgesang M, Zamudio-Haas S, Moran L, Nhampossa L, Packel L, Leslie H, Richards J, Shade SB

Going for the cure: patient interest groups and health advocacy in the United States.

Journal of health politics, policy and law

Keller AC, Packel L

Association between transfusion with human herpesvirus 8 antibody-positive blood and subsequent mortality.

The Journal of infectious diseases

Hladik W, Pellett PE, Hancock J, Downing R, Gao H, Packel L, Mimbe D, Nzaro E, Mermin J

Incentivising safe sex: a randomised trial of conditional cash transfers for HIV and sexually transmitted infection prevention in rural Tanzania.

BMJ open

de Walque D, Dow WH, Nathan R, Abdul R, Abilahi F, Gong E, Isdahl Z, Jamison J, Jullu B, Krishnan S, Majura A, Miguel E, Moncada J, Mtenga S, Mwanyangala MA, Packel L, Schachter J, Shirima K, Medlin CA

Sexual and reproductive health services for people living with HIV: a systematic review.

AIDS care

Brickley DB, Almers L, Kennedy CE, Spaulding AB, Mirjahangir J, Kennedy GE, Packel L, Osborne K, Mbizvo M, Collins L

Depression and HIV in Botswana: a population-based study on gender-specific socioeconomic and behavioral correlates.

PloS one

Gupta R, Dandu M, Packel L, Rutherford G, Leiter K, Phaladze N, Korte FP, Iacopino V, Weiser SD

Linking sexual and reproductive health and HIV interventions: a systematic review.

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Kennedy CE, Spaulding AB, Brickley DB, Almers L, Mirjahangir J, Packel L, Kennedy GE, Mbizvo M, Collins L, Osborne K

Linking family planning with HIV/AIDS interventions: a systematic review of the evidence.

AIDS (London, England)

Spaulding AB, Brickley DB, Kennedy C, Almers L, Packel L, Mirjahangir J, Kennedy G, Collins L, Osborne K, Mbizvo M

Validation of AIDS-related mortality in Botswana.

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Taffa N, Will JC, Bodika S, Packel L, Motlapele D, Stein E, Roels TH, Kennedy G, Shenaaz el-H

Processes and outcomes of HIV serostatus disclosure to sexual partners among people living with HIV in Uganda.

AIDS and behavior

King R, Katuntu D, Lifshay J, Packel L, Batamwita R, Nakayiwa S, Abang B, Babirye F, Lindkvist P, Johansson E, Mermin J, Bunnell R

Desire for children and pregnancy risk behavior among HIV-infected men and women in Uganda.

AIDS and behavior

Nakayiwa S, Abang B, Packel L, Lifshay J, Purcell DW, King R, Ezati E, Mermin J, Coutinho A, Bunnell R

Patient-delivered partner therapy for chlamydial infections: attitudes and practices of California physicians and nurse practitioners.

Sexually transmitted diseases

Packel LJ, Guerry S, Bauer HM, Rhew M, Chow J, Samuel M, Bolan G

An observational cohort study of Chlamydia trachomatis treatment in pregnancy.

Sexually transmitted diseases

Rahangdale L, Guerry S, Bauer HM, Packel L, Rhew M, Baxter R, Chow J, Bolan G

Chlamydia screening and management practices of primary care physicians and nurse practitioners in California.

Journal of general internal medicine

Guerry SL, Bauer HM, Packel L, Samuel M, Chow J, Rhew M, Bolan G

Chlamydia screening of youth and young adults in non-clinical settings throughout California.

Sexually transmitted diseases

Bauer HM, Chartier M, Kessell E, Packel L, Brammeier M, Little M, Bolan G, Get Tested Chlamydia Screening Project Group

Integrating Chlamydia trachomatis control services for males in female reproductive health programs.

Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health

McConnell JK, Packel L, Biggs MA, Chow JM, Brindis C