Gesine Meyer-Rath
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Gesine Meyer-Rath, MD, PhD

Research Associate Professor, Global Health - Boston University School of Public Health

(617) 414-1260
gesine@bu.edu
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Biography

Dr Meyer-Rath is a Research Associate Professor at the Department of Global Health of the Boston University School of Public Health. She is a physician and health economist working on the economics of HIV and COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries. Her focus lies on modeling methods for economic evaluation, including infectious disease modeling and decision analysis, and translating research into recommendations for public policy. Before joining BUSPH she has worked in the Pediatrics Department of Charité University Hospital Berlin, at the World Health Organization and at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Dr Meyer-Rath is based in Johannesburg where she works at the Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office (HE2RO), a collaboration between Boston University and the University of the Witwatersrand. She holds a PhD in Health Economics from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine as well as a MD/PhD in Physiology from Free University Berlin.

Education

  • Freie Universität Berlin, MD Field of Study: Medicine
  • Freie Universität Berlin, PhD Field of Study: Physiology

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Publications

  • Published on 2/25/2025

    Majam M, Hatzold K, Mavhu W, Tembo A, Zishiri V, Phiri J, Conserve D, Haile Z, Chidarikire T, Johnson CC, Moyo S, Meyer-Rath G, Venter F. Reaching priority populations with different HIV self-testing distribution models in South Africa: an analysis of programme data. BMC Infect Dis. 2025 Feb 25; 22(Suppl 1):981. PMID: 40001039.

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  • Published on 11/2/2024

    Bezuidenhout C, Long L, Nichols B, Meyer-Rath G, Fox MP, Olifant S, Theron G, Fiphaza K, Ruhwald M, Penn-Nicholson A, Fourie B, Medina-Marino A. USING SPUTUM AND TONGUE SWAB SPECIMENS FOR IN-HOME POINT-OF-CARE TARGETED UNIVERSAL TESTING FOR TB OF HOUSEHOLD CONTACTS: AN ACCEPTABILITY AND FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS. medRxiv. 2024 Nov 02. PMID: 39574838.

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  • Published on 10/18/2024

    Bezuidenhout C, Long L, Nichols B, Meyer-Rath G, Fox MP, Theron G, Fourie B, Olifant S, Penn-Nicholson A, Ruhwald M, Medina-Marino A. Sputum and tongue swab molecular testing for the in-home diagnosis of tuberculosis in unselected household contacts: a cost and cost-effectiveness analysis. medRxiv. 2024 Oct 18. PMID: 39484233.

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  • Published on 9/13/2024

    Poteat T, Bothma R, Maposa I, Hendrickson C, Meyer-Rath G, Hill N, Pettifor A, Imrie J. Transgender-Specific Differentiated HIV Service Delivery Models in the South African Public Primary Health Care System (Jabula Uzibone): Protocol for an Implementation Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 Sep 13; 13:e64373. PMID: 39269745.

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  • Published on 9/5/2024

    Meyer-Rath G, Imai-Eaton JW. Optimising HIV spending in eastern Europe and central Asia. Lancet HIV. 2024 Oct; 11(10):e654-e655. PMID: 39245063.

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  • Published on 8/16/2024

    Venter WDF, Gandhi M, Sokhela S, Sikwese K, Bygrave H, Gama LD, Mphothulo N, Jamieson L, Siedner MJ, Pozniak AL, Rojo P, Baptiste SL, Wambui J, Meyer-Rath G, Honermann B, Warren M, Bekker LG, Sinxadi P, Collins S, Burry J, Möller K, Clayden P, Owen A, Hill A. The long wait for long-acting HIV prevention and treatment formulations. Lancet HIV. 2024 Oct; 11(10):e711-e716. PMID: 39159655.

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  • Published on 7/29/2024

    Edoka I, Matsela LM, Modiba K, Luther Y, Govender S, Maotoe T, Brahmbhatt H, Pisa PT, Meyer-Rath G, Miot J. Costs of the COVID-19 vaccination programme: estimates from the West Rand district of South Africa, 2021/2022. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Jul 29; 24(1):857. PMID: 39075487.

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  • Published on 7/16/2024

    Masuku SD, Brennan AT, Vetter B, Venter F, Mtshazo B, Sokhela S, Mashabane N, Kao K, Meyer-Rath G. The cost of adding rapid screening for diabetes, hypertension, and COVID-19 to COVID-19 vaccination queues in Johannesburg, South Africa. BMC Public Health. 2024 Jul 16; 24(1):1900. PMID: 39014354.

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  • Published on 5/31/2024

    Edoka I, Silal S, Jamieson L, Meyer-Rath G. A cost-effectiveness analysis of South Africa's COVID-19 vaccination programme. Vaccine. 2024 Aug 13; 42(20):125988. PMID: 38824084.

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  • Published on 4/1/2024

    Rautenbach SP, Whittles LK, Meyer-Rath G, Jamieson L, Chidarikire T, Johnson LF, Imai-Eaton JW. Future HIV epidemic trajectories in South Africa and projected long-term consequences of reductions in general population HIV testing: a mathematical modelling study. Lancet Public Health. 2024 Apr; 9(4):e218-e230. PMID: 38553141.

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