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Susan Foster


Professor, International Health (DIH)
International Health

Ohio University, MA
London Sch of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, PhD




Office: Crosstown Center, CT387
Phone: (617) 638-5397
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Courses Taught:

PH 511, Pathogens, poverty and populations: an introduction to global health

IH 888, International health policy (doctoral seminar) 
 
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Biography:

Professor Foster received her PhD from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (University of London).  She graduated in English Literature from the University of Colorado, holds an MA in International Affairs and Development Economics from Ohio University and is certified in Translation & Interpretation through Georgetown University.  She served in the Peace Corps in Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo) and Cameroon, worked as a Young Professional within the World Bank's Population, Health and Nutrition Department and was seconded to the World Health Organization's Essential Drugs Program in Geneva. She then joined the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine as Senior Lecturer in Health Economics, and was course organizer for the MSc in Public Health in Developing Countries. She was appointed the School's first Distance Learning Coordinator. In addition to the previously mentioned countries, Professor Foster has also done work in Burundi, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Zambia, Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Madagascar, Indonesia and Malaysia. Her research interests are primarily on the economics of infectious disease, particularly antibiotic and antimicrobial resistance, malaria, HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections, and TB, and she is involved in several research projects, primarily in Africa. She speaks French, Spanish and Portuguese. She did her PhD research on the socioeconomic impact of HIV/AIDS in Zambia. Susan teaches PH511, Pathogens, Poverty and Populations,, and IH 888 Seminar on International Health Policy Issues. Professor Foster is also the Director of Public Policy and Education at the Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics (APUA), located on the Tufts Medical Campus in downtown Boston.


 

Recent Publications:


Seeley J, Biraro S, Shafer LA, Nasirumbi P, Foster S, Whitworth J, Grosskurth H. Using in-depth qualitative data to enhance our understanding of quantitative results regarding the impact of HIV and AIDS on households in rural Uganda. Social Science and Medicine, 67 (2008) 1434-1446

Foster SD, Laing R, Melgaard B, Zaffran M.  Ensuring supplies of Appropriate Drugs and Vaccines.  Chapter 72 in D.T. Jamison et al (eds.) Disease Control Priorities, 2nd edition. World Bank / National Institutes of Health, 2006.


McKee M, Foster S. George W Bush?s Second Term (editorial). British Medical Journal (2005), 22 January 155-6

Susan Foster, Richard Laing Management and Financing of Drug Supply Principles of Medicine in Africa, Parry, Godfrey, Mabey and Gill, eds., 2004 106-113

Needham DM, Bowman D, Foster SD, Godfrey-Faussett P (2004) Patient care seeking barriers and tuberculosis programme reform: a qualitative study Health Policy 93-106

Walker D, Muyinda H, Foster S, Kengeya-Kayondo J, Whitworth J. Private practitioners and the treatment of STDs in Uganda: an assessment of the quality of care. . Health Policy and Planning 2001 1 35-40

Needham D, Foster SD, Tomlinson G, Godfrey-Faussett P. . Socio-economic, gender and health services factors affecting diagnostic delay for tuberculosis patients in urban Zambia. Tropical Medicine and International Health 4 256-9

Trouiller P, Torreele E, Olliaro P, White N, Foster S, Wirth D, Pecoul B. . Drugs for neglected diseases: a failure of the market and a public health failure. Tropical Medicine and International Health 11 945-51

Clark WF, Churchill DN, Forwell L, Macdonald G, Foster S. To pay or not to pay? A decision and cost-utility analysis of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor therapy for diabetic nephropathy. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 195-8.

Walker D, McNerney R, Kimankinda Mwembo, Foster S, Tihon V, Godfrey-Faussett P. An incremental cost-effectiveness analysis of the first, second and third sputum examination in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 246-51