Center for Global Health and Development

Dr. Larson has conducted applied research activities in 25 countries over the past 20 years, mainly in Africa and the former Soviet Union.  He has published results from these activities widely in journals and books.

Before joining Boston University, Larson was an Associate Professor at the University of Connecticut, a Research Associate with the Harvard Institute for International Development, a Research Fellow with Winrock International, and an Agricultural Economist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.  As part of these activities, he was based in Tallinn and Moscow during 1994-1997 and Nairobi in 2005-2006. 

Larson's current research focuses on the economic impacts of antiretroviral therapy on individuals, households, and the private sector with a multidisciplinary group of colleagues at BU, the Kenya Medical Research Institute in Kericho and Nairobi and the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.  He has worked on a wide range of other topics, including malaria prevention and treatment, and indoor and outdoor air pollution, household health and agricultural production, potable water, deforestation, environmental regulations and international competitiveness, trade and the environment, and eco-labels for environmental protection.

Recent Manuscripts:

Larson BA, Brennan A, McNamara L, Long L, Rosen S, Sanne I, Fox MP: Early loss to follow up in a pre-ART wellness and care program at a large public clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa. Boston: Boston University School of Public Health; 2009.

Larson BA, Brennan A, McNamara L, Rosen S, Long L, Sanne I, Fox MP: A lost opportunity: most VCT patients who test positive for HIV in a large South African clinic do not initiate HIV care. Boston: Boston University School of Public Health, Center for International Development and Health; 2009.

Example Publications

Fox MP, McCoy K, Larson BA, Rosen S, Bii M, Sigei C, Shaffer D, Sawe F, Wasunna M, and JL Simon, "Improvements in Physical Wellbeing over the First Two Years on Antiretroviral Therapy in Western Kenya", forthcoming, AIDS Care.

Larson B, Fox M, Rosen S, Bii M, Sigei C, Shaffer D, Sawe F, McCoy K, Wasunna M, Simon J: Do the socioeconomic impacts of antiretroviral therapy vary by gender? A longitudinal study of Kenyan agricultural worker employment outcomes. BMC Public Health 2009, 9(1):240.

Zurovac, D., Larson, B., Skarbinski, J., Slutsker, L., Snow, R., and M. Hamel, "Modeling the Financial and Clinical Implications of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests in the Case-Management of Older Children and Adults in Kenya, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 78(2008): 884-891.

Larson, B.A., Fox, M.P., Rosen, S., Bii, M., Sigei, C., Shaffer, D., Sawe, F., Wasunna, M., and J.L. Simon, "Early effects of antiretroviral therapy on work performance: preliminary results from a cohort study of Kenyan agricultural workers", AIDS 22(2008): 421-425.