Boston University School of Public Health

Bill Macleod

Assistant Professor, International Health (DIH)
International Health

Harvard School of Public Health, ScD

Harvard School of Public Health, SM

Office:	Crosstown Center, CT372
Phone:	(617) 414-1270
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Biography:

Bill is a demographer who uses his skills in statistical programming, epidemiology, and biostatistics to lead the International Research Coordinating Center (IRCC) at the Center for International Health and Development (CIHD). The IRCC is responsible for the design, data management, and analysis of the CIHD conducted studies including international multi-center clinical equivalency trials, multi-center efficacy trials, and large-scale household surveys. At CIHD, he also manages a health research grant program in Zambia which focuses on funding policy oriented applied research projects coupled with technical assistance to build research capacity. Bill earned his Doctors and Master of Science in Population and International Health from the Harvard School of Public Health and his Bachelors in Arts in International Relations from the University of California at Davis. He spent three years as a policy analyst at the US Environmental Protection Agency in the Recycling Section of the Office of Solid Waste, and two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Honduras. Bill has worked and traveled around the world.

Recent Publications:

Duggan C, MacLeod W, Krebs NF, Westcott JL, Fawzi WW, Premji ZG, Mwanakasale V, Simon JL, Yeboah-Antwi K, Hamer DH and the Zinc Against Plasmodium Study Group. Plasma zinc concentrations are depressed during the acute phase response in children with Falciparum malaria. Journal of Nutrition 4 802-7

Addo-Yobo E, Chisaka N, Hassan M, Hibberd P, Lozano JM, Jeena P, MacLeod WB, Maulen I, Patel A, Qazi S, Thea DM, Nguyen NT Oral amoxicillin versus injectable penicillin for severe pneumonia in children aged 3 to 59 months: a randomised multicentre equivalency study. The Lancet 9440 1141-8

Fox MP, Rosen S, MacLeod WB, Wasunna M, Bii M, Foglia G, Simon JL. The impact of HIV/AIDS on labour productivity in Kenya. Tropical Medicine and International Health 3 318-24

Evian C, Fox M, MacLeod W, Slotow SJ, Rosen S. Prevalence of HIV in workforces in southern Africa, 2000-2001. South African Medical Journal 2 125-30

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

Rosen S, Simon J, Vincent JR, MacLeod W, Fox M, and Thea DM (2003) AIDS is Your Business. Harvard Business Review, February 2003. Harvard Business Review 2 80-87

Hamer DH, MacLeod WB, Addo-Yobo E, Duggan CP, Estrella B, Fawzi WW, Konde-Lule JK, Mwanakasale V, Premji ZG, Sempertegui F, Ssengooba FP, Yeboah-Antwi K, Simon JL Age, temperature, and parasitaemia predict chloroquine treatment failure and anaemia in children with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 4 422-8

Hamer DH, Egas J, Estella B, MacLeod WB, Griffiths JK, Sempertegui F Assessment of the Binax NOW Streptococcus pneumoniae urinary antigen test in children with nasopharyngial pneumococcal carriage Clinical Infectious Diseases 7 1025-8

Zinc Against Plasmodium Study Group Effect of zinc on the treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children: a randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 4 805-12

Nguyen D, MacLeod WB, Phung DC, Cong QT, Nguy VH, Van Nguyen H, Hamer DH Incidence and predictors of surgical-site infection in Vietnam Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 8 485-92

Hill, A.G. MacLeod, W.B. Joof, D. Gomez, P. Ratcliffe, A.A. and Walraven, G. Decline of mortality in children in rural Gambia: the influence of village-level Primary Health Care Tropical Medicine and International Health 2 107-118