Boston University School of Public Health

Sydney Rosen

Research Associate Professor, International Health (DIH)
Center for Global Health & Development

Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, MPA

Office:	Crosstown Center, CT380
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Biography:

Sydney Rosen, M.P.A., is a Research Associate Professor at the Center for Global Health & Development of the Boston University School of Public Health and the coordinator of the Center’s research program on the economics and social science of HIV/AIDS. She has recently returned to Boston after four years as a resident researcher in South Africa. In collaboration with the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and collaborators in Zambia and Kenya, she leads an interdisciplinary team that is carrying out a set of studies on the impact of HIV/AIDS on public and private organizations in sub-Saharan Africa, the benefits and costs of prevention and treatment interventions, and sectoral and societal responses to the epidemic. She also works on other applied economics projects at the Center, including research on the economics of antimicrobial resistance, malaria prevention and treatment, and air pollution. Her technical training is in policy analysis and applied economics. She came to the Center in 2001 from the Health Office of the former Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID). Before joining the staff of the Health Office, she managed a set of HIID environmental policy projects in the former Soviet Union. She is also the co-founder and former executive director of WorldTeach, Inc., a nonprofit organization that places volunteer teachers in developing countries. She holds a B.A. from Harvard University and a master’s degree from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.

Recent Publications:

Larson BA, Fox MP, Rosen S, Bii M, Sigei C, Shaffer D, Sawe F, McCoy K, Wasunna M, Simon JL. Antiretroviral therapy and impaired presenteeism among Kenyan agricultural workers. BMC Public Health 2009; 9: 240.

Fox MP, McCoy K, Larson BA, Rosen S, Bii M, Sigei C, Shaffer D, Sawe F, Wasunna M, Simon JL. Improvements in physical wellbeing over the first two years on antiretroviral therapy in western Kenya. AIDS Care 2009; in press.

Beard J, Feeley F, Rosen S. Economic and quality-of-life outcomes of antiretroviral therapy for HIV/AIDS in developing countries: a systematic literature review. AIDS Care 2009; in press.

Rosen S, Long L, Sanne I. The outcomes and outpatient costs of different models of antiretroviral treatment delivery in South Africa. Tropical Medicine and International Health 2008;13(8): 1005-15.

Rosen S, Ketlhapile M, Sanne I, Bachman DeSilva M. Differences in normal activities, job performance and symptom prevalence between patients not yet on antiretroviral therapy and patients initiating therapy in South Africa. AIDS 2008; 22 (suppl 1): S131-39.

Rosen S, Ketlhapile M, Sanne I, Bachman DeSilva M. Characteristics of patients accessing care and treatment for HIV/AIDS at public and nongovernmental sites in South Africa. JIAPAC 2008; 7(4): 200-07.

Rosen S, Long L, Fox MP, Sanne I. Cost and cost-effectiveness of switching from stavudine to tenofovir in first-line ARV regimens in South Africa. JAIDS 2008; 48(3):334-44.

Larson BA, Fox MP, Rosen S, Bii M, Sigei C, Shaffer D, Sawe F, Wasunna M, Simon JL. Early effects of antiretroviral therapy on work performance: preliminary results from a cohort of Kenyan agricultural workers. AIDS 2008; 22: 421-25.

Rosen S, Fox M, Gill CG. Patient retention in antiretroviral therapy programs in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review. PLoS Medicine 2007; 4(10): e298.

Feeley F, Connelly P, Rosen S. Private sector provision and financing of AIDS treatment in Africa: current developments. Current HIV Reports 2007; 4(4): 192-200.

Rosen S, Feeley R, Connelly P, Simon JL . The private sector and HIV/AIDS in Africa: taking stock of six years of applied research. AIDS 2007; 21 Suppl 3: S41-52.

Rosen S, Hamazakaza P, Feeley R, Fox MP. The impact of AIDS on government service delivery: the case of the Zambia Wildlife Authority. AIDS 2007; 21 Suppl 3: S53-60.

Rosen S, Ketlhapile M, Sanne I, Bachman DeSilva M. Cost to patients of obtaining treatment for HIV/AIDS in South Africa. S Afr Med J 2007; 97 (7): 524-29.

Connelly D, Veriava Y, Roberts S, Tsotetsi J, Jordan A, DeSilva E, Rosen S, Bachman DeSilva M. Prevalence of HIV infection and median CD4 counts among health care workers in South Africa. S Afr Med J 2007; 97(2): 115-20.

Connelly P, Rosen S. Treatment for HIV/AIDS at South Africa’s largest employers: myth and reality. S Afr Med J 2006; 96 : 128-133.

Rosen S, Sanne I, Collier A, Simon JL. Rationing antiretroviral therapy for HIV/AIDS in Africa: choices and consequences. PLoS Med 2005; 2(11): e303.

Connelly P, Rosen S. Provision of antiretroviral therapy by the private sector [letter]. The Lancet 2005; 365: 1925-26.

Connelly P, Rosen S. Will small and medium enterprises provide HIV/AIDS services to employees? An analysis of market demand. South African Journal of Economics 2005; 73: 613-26.

Rosen S, Sanne I, Collier A, Simon JL. Hard choices: rationing antiretroviral therapy for HIV/AIDS in Africa. The Lancet 2005; 365 (9456): 354-56.

Rosen S, Vincent JR, MacLeod W, Fox M, Thea DM, Simon JL. The cost of HIV/AIDS to businesses in southern Africa. AIDS 2004; 18: 317-24.

Fox M, Rosen S, MacLeod W, Wasunna M, Bii M, Foglia G, Simon JL. The impact of HIV/AIDS on labour productivity in Kenya. Tropical Medicine and International Health 2004; 9:318-24.

Evian C, Fox M, MacLeod W, Slotow SJ, Rosen S. The prevalence of HIV in workforces in southern Africa, 2000-2001. South African Journal of Medicine 2004.

Rosen S, Vincent JR, MacLeod W, Thea DM, Simon J. Why do firms take action on HIV/AIDS? Evidence from Nigeria. Journal of Business in Developing Countries 2004; 8: 1-38.

Rosen S, Simon JL, Vincent JR, MacLeod W, Fox M, Thea DM. AIDS is your business. Harvard Business Review, February 2003. Winner of the 2003 McKinsey Award for the most influential Harvard Business Review article of the year.

Rosen S, Simon JL. Shifting the burden: the private sector’s response to the AIDS epidemic in Africa. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2003; 81: 131-37.

Larson BA, Rosen S. Understanding household demand for indoor air pollution control in developing countries. Social Science and Medicine 2002; 55: 571-84.

Simon JL, Larson BA, Zusman A, Rosen S. Reducing tariffs and taxes on insecticide-treated bednets: how will it affect household purchases? Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2002; 80: 892-99.

Rosen S, Simon J, Thea DM, Vincent JR. Care and treatment to extend the working lives of HIV-positive employees: calculating the benefits to business. South African Journal of Science 2000; 96: 300-04.

Larson BA, Avaliani S, Golub A, Rosen S, Shaposhnikov D, Strukova E, Vincent JR, Wolff SK. The economics of air pollution health risks in Russia: a case study of Volgograd. World Development 1999; 27: 1803-19.