Featured Publications / Harsha Thirumurthy, PhD
- The effect of a social network-based intervention to promote HIV testing and linkage to HIV services among fishermen in Kenya: a cluster-randomised trialLancet Global Health · April 2025Camlin, C. S., Sheira, L. A., Kwena, Z. A., Charlebois, E. D., Agot, K., Moody, J., Ayieko, B., Gutin, S. A., Ochung, A., Olugo, P., Lewis-Kulzer, J., Nishimura, H., Gandhi, M., Bukusi, E. A., & Thirumurthy, H.
- Jitegemee (rely on yourself): a cross-sectional study on acceptability, feasibility and design considerations for a personal savings intervention to reduce HIV risk among female sex workers in Siaya County, KenyaBMJ Open · February 2025Agot, K., Okeyo, N., Onyango, J., Ochillo, M., Wango, G. N., Arasa, M., Okello, T., Okumu, O., Carol, S., Ayieko, B., Thirumurthy, H.
- B-OK: a visual and tactile tool for improving HIV mental models in a United States urban centerAIDS Care · February 2025Richterman, A., Klaiman, T., Palma, D., Ryu, E., Schmucker, L., Villarin, K., Grosso, G., Brady, K.A., Thirumurthy, H., Buttenheim, A
- Acceptability, Feasibility, and Appropriateness of the B-OK Bottles as an Implementation Strategy for Treatment Adherence Support by Medical Case ManagersGlobal implementation research and applications · November 2024Richterman A., Klaiman T., Connelly R., Palma D., Ryu E., Schmucker L., Villarin K., Grosso G., Brady K.A., Thirumurthy H., Buttenheim A.
- High prevalence of STIs among men engaged in transactional sex and alcohol use in western Kenya: important implications for STI prevention interventionsSexually Transmitted Infections · November 2024Napierala S., Bair E. F., Omollo OD., Egbe, T. I., Wesonga J. O., Rajaratnam A., Celum C., Thirumurthy H., Agot K.
- Jitegemee (rely on yourself): a multi-phase process of co-creating a personal savings intervention with female sex workers in western Kenya to reduce their HIV riskBMC Public Health · October 2024Agot, K., Onyango, J., Ochillo, M., Okello, T. O., Carol, S., Odwar, T., Moraa, J., Otticha, S., Odeny, R., Okeyo, N., Ochieng, L., Ochieng, G., Wango, I., Koloo, A., Badia, J., Camlin, C. S., Ayieko, B., Napierala, S., & Thirumurthy, H.
- Mobile delivery of COVID-19 vaccines improved uptake in rural Sierra LeoneNature · March 2024Buttenheim, A., & Thirumurthy, H.
- Hypertension Diagnosis, Treatment, and Control in IndiaJAMA · October 2023Varghese JS, Venkateshmurthy NS, Sudharsanan N, Jeemon P, Patel SA, Thirumurthy H, Roy A, Tandon N, Narayan KMV, Prabhakaran D, Ali MK.
- Improving HIV testing, linkage, and retention in care among South African men through U= U messaging: A study protocol for two sequential hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation randomized controlled trials.BMC Public Health · October 2023Medina-Marino A, Sibanda N, Putt M, Davey DJ, Smith P, Thirumurthy H, Bekker LG, Buttenheim A.
- Ending Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Emergency Allotments and Food InsufficiencyJAMA Health Forum · August 2023Richterman A, Roberto CA, Thirumurthy H
- National Estimates of the Adult Diabetes Care Continuum in IndiaJAMA Internal Medicine · July 2023Varghese JS, Anjana RM, Geldsetzer P, Sudharsanan N, Manne-Goehler J, Thirumurthy H, Bhattacharyya S, Narayan KMV, Mohan V, Tandon N, Ali MK
- Maximising the value of nudge units for global healthThe Lancet Global Health · July 2023Thirumurthy H, Buttenheim A, Chetty-Makkan C, Pascoe S
- We must invest in behavioural economics for the HIV responseNature Human Behaviour · July 2023Galarraga O, Linnemayr S, McCoy SI, Thirumurthy H, Gordon C, Vorkoper S
- Behaviour change in the era of biomedical advancesNature Human Behaviour · July 2023Ali MK, Sudharsanan N, Thirumurthy H
- A Randomized Trial of Price Subsidies for Liquefied Petroleum Cooking Gas among Low-income Households in Rural IndiaWorld Development Perspectives · June 2023Jeuland M, Desai A, Bair EF, Cader NMA, Natesan D, Isaac WJ, Sambandam S, Balakrishnan K, Thangavel G, Thirumurthy H
- Routine Child Immunizations in India during the COVID-19 PandemicSSM-Population Health · June 2023Chakrabarti A, Bair EF, Thirumurthy H
- The effects of cash transfers on adult and child mortality in low- and middle-income countriesNature · May 2023Richterman A, Millien C, Bair EF, Jermoe G, Suffrin JCD, Behrman JR, Thirumurthy H
- Adaptive Strategies for Retention in Care among Persons Living with HIVNEJM Evidence · March 2023Geng EH, Odeny TA, Montoya LM, Iguna S, Kulzer JL, Adhiambo HF, Eshun-Wilson I, Akama E, Nyandieka E, Guze MA, Shade S, Packel L, Fox B, Camlin C, Thirumurthy H, Lyons C, Bukuski EA, Peterson ML
- A savings intervention to reduce men’s engagement in HIV risk behaviors: study protocol for a randomized controlled trialTrials · December 2022Egbe TI, Omollo OD, Wesonga JO, Bair EF, Chakrabarti A, Putt ME, Celum CL, Camlin CS, Napierala S, Agot K, Thirumurthy H
- A quasi-experimental cohort study evaluating a conditional economic incentive on first-dose COVID-19 vaccination rates among older adults in South AfricaBMJ Global Health · December 2022Chetty-Makkan CM, Thirumurthy H, Bair EF, Bokolo S, Day C, Wapenaar K, Werner J, Long L, Maughan-Brown B, Miot J, Pascoe SJS, Buttenheim AM
- Planning and commitment prompts to encourage reporting of HIV self-test results: A cluster randomized pragmatic trial in Tshwane District, South AfricaPLOS Global Public Health · October 2022Buttenheim AM, Schmucker L, Marcus N, Phatsoane M, Msolomba V, Rhagnath N, Majam M. Venter F, Thirumurthy H
- Incentives to promote accessing HIV care and viral suppression among HIV self-screening test users who obtain a reactive resultFrontiers in Reproductive Health · October 2022Majam M, Phatsoane M, Wonderlik T, Rhagnath N, Schmucker L, Singh L, Rademeyer M, Thirumurthy H, Marcus N, Lalla-Edward S
- Adoption of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among women at high risk of HIV infection in Kenya.PLOS ONE · September 2022Bien-Gund CH, Ochwal P, Marcus N, Bair EF, Napierala S, Maman S, Agot K, Thirumurthy H.
- Using Behavioral Economics to Support PrEP Adherence for HIV PreventionCurrent HIV/AIDS Reports · August 2022Roy Paladhi U, Katz DA, Farquhar C, Thirumurthy H.
- The effects of cash transfer programmes on HIV-related outcomes in 42 countries from 1996 to 2019Nature Human Behaviour · July 2022Richterman A, Thirumurthy H
- Detailed Geographic Information, Conflict Exposure, and Health ImpactsWorld Development · July 2022Akresh R, Caruso GD, Thirumurthy H
- Trends in Transactional Sex Among Women at Risk for HIV in Rural Kenya During the First Year of the COVID-19 PandemicJAMA Network Open · July 2022Richterman A, Bosire R, Marcus N, Bair EF, Agot K, Thirumurthy H
- Testing a social network approach to promote HIV self-testing and linkage to care among fishermen at Lake Victoria: study protocol for the Owete cluster randomized controlled trialTrials · June 2022Sheira LA, Kwena ZA, Charlebois ED, Agot K, Ayieko B, Gandhi M, Bukusi EA, Thirumurthy H, Camlin CS
- Association between statewide financial incentive programs and COVID-19 vaccination ratesPLOS ONE · March 2022Thirumurthy H, Milkman KL, Volpp KG, Buttenheim AM, Pope DG
- Effect of universal HIV testing and treatment on socioeconomic wellbeing in rural Kenya and Uganda: a cluster-randomised controlled trialThe Lancet Global Health · January 2022Jakubowski 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.
- 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 trialThe Lancet HIV · December 2021Thirumurthy H, Bair EF, Ochwal P, Marcus N, Putt M, Maman S, Napierala S, Agot K
- Behavioural science to improve effectiveness of HIV programmes, South AfricaBulletin of the WHO · November 2021George G, Maughan-Brown B, Thirumurthy H.
- Participatory Prototyping of a Tailored Undetectable Equals Untransmittable Message to Increase HIV Testing Among Men in Western Cape, South AfricaAIDS Patient Care and STDs · November 2021Smith PJ, Joseph Davey DL, Schmucker L, Bruns C, Bekker LG, Medina-Marino A, Thirumurthy H, Buttenheim, AM
- ‘When I have these kits … I have confidence’ – HIV self-testing provides agency for women in their sexual decision-makingGlobal Public Health · October 2021Ruderman LW, Ochwal P, Marcus N, Napierala S, Thirumurthy H, Agot K, Maman S
- Health and Economic Outcomes Associated With COVID-19 in Women at High Risk of HIV Infection in Rural KenyaJAMA Network Open · June 2021Kavanagh NP, Marcus N, Bosire R, Otieno B, Bair EF, Agot K, Thirumurthy H
- Undetectable = Untransmittable (U = U) Messaging Increases Uptake of HIV Testing Among Men: Results from a Pilot Cluster Randomized TrialAIDS and Behavior · May 2021Smith P, Buttenheim A, Schmucker L, Bekker LG, Thirumurthy H, Joseph Davey DL
- HIV testing approaches to reach the first UNAIDS 95% target in sub-Saharan AfricaThe Lancet HIV · April 2021Chamie G, Napierala S, Agot K, Thirumurthy H
- Political partisanship influences behavioral responses to governors’ recommendations for COVID-19 prevention in the United StatesPNAS · September 2020
- Financial incentives for achieving and maintaining viral suppression among HIV-positive adults in Uganda: a randomised controlled trialThe Lancet HIV · March 2019Thirumurthy H, Ndyabakira A, Marson K, Emperador D, Kamya M, Havlir D, Kwarisiima D, Chamie G
- The US President's Malaria Initiative and under-five child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa.PLOS Medicine · June 2017Jakubowski AE, Stearns SC, Angeles G, Kruk ME, Thirumurthy H.
- A qualitative study of secondary distribution of HIV self-test kits by female sex workers in KenyaPLOS ONE · March 2017Maman S, Murray KR, Napierala Mavedzenge S, Oluoch L, Sijenje F, Agot K, Thirumurthy H