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Jake M. Pry, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor
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Jake's research portfolio includes both domestic and international research focused, primarily, around infectious disease. When not teaching at UC Davis, Jake lives and works in Lusaka. His work there includes HIV and non-communicable (NCD) co-morbidties including hypertension, diabetes, and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Domestically, Jake's work has coalesced around COVID-19 research, especially effectiveness of face masks, vaccine effectiveness, and vaccine uptake. Jake also serves as an instructor of record for multiple courses at UC Davis, inclduing principles of epidemiology (EPI205), Epidemiology for Health Professionals (SPH205AY, PHC200), and Topics in Public Health Seminar (SPH290).
Division
Epidemiology
Undergraduate School
B.S., Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station TX 2007
Other School
M.P.H., Epidemiology, Texas A&M School of Public Health, College Station TX 2009
Other School
Ph.D., Epidemiology, UC Davis, Davis CA 2019
Fellowship
Internal Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis MO 2020-2021
Graduate Program Advising and Mentoring Award, UC Davis, 2023,
Delta Omega, Texas A&M Health and Human Sciences Center, 2011,
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Ngandu M, Mesic A, Pry J, Mwamba C, Roff F, Chipungu J, Azgad Y, Sharma A. Sexual and reproductive health services during epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa: A literature scoping review. Syst Rev. 2022;11:161. doi:10.1186/s13643-022-02035-x.
Simbeza S, Mutale J, Mulabe M, Jere L, Bukankala C, Sikombe K, Sikazwe I, Moore CB, Mody A, Geng EH, Sharma A, Beres LK, Pry JM. Mental Wellbeing of Health Care Workers in Lusaka, Zambia during COVID-19. PLoS Global Public Health – In Review. 2022 Aug 18.
Andrejko KL, Myers JF, Fukui N, Nelson L, Zhao R, Openshaw J, James P Watt, Jain S, Lewnard JA, Pry JM, California COVID-19 Case-Control Study Team. Real-world uptake of COVID-19 vaccination among individuals expressing vaccine hesitancy: a registry-linkage study. medRxiv. 2022 Aug 3. doi:10.1101/2022.08.02.22278300.
Pry JM, Andrejko KL, Myers JF, Mehrotra M, Lamba K, Lim E, Fukui N, DeGuzman JL, Openshaw J, Watt J, Jain S, Lewnard JA, California COVID-19 Case-Control Study Team. Waning of two-dose BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection is robust to depletion-of-susceptibles bias. Am J Epidemiol. AJE-00493-2022, in press – accepted 27 July 2022.
Sharma A, Mwamba C, Ng'andu M, Kamanga V, Zoonadi Mendamenda M, Azgad Y, Jabbie Z, Chipungu J, Pry JM. Pilot Implementation of a User-Driven, Web-Based Application Designed to Improve Sexual Health Knowledge and Communication Among Young Zambians: Mixed Methods Study. J Med Internet Res. 2022 Jul 7;24(7):e37600. doi:10.2196/37600. PMID:35797099.
Andrejko KL, Pry JM, Myers JF, Fukui N, DeGuzman JL, Openshaw J, Watt JP, Lewnard JA, Jain S; California COVID-19 Case-Control Study Team. Effectiveness of Face Mask or Respirator Use in Indoor Public Settings for Prevention of SARS-CoV-2 Infection - California, February-December 2021. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2022 Feb 11;71(6):212-216. doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm7106e1. PMID:35143470.
Pry JM, Vinikoor M, Bolton Moore C, Roy M, Mody A, Sikazwe I, Sharma A, Chihota B, Duran-Frigola M, Daultrey H, Mutale J, Kerkhoff AD, Geng EH, Pollock BH, Vera JH. Evaluation of kidney function among people living with HIV initiating antiretroviral therapy in Zambia. PLoS Global Public Health. 2022 Apr 13. doi:10.1371/journal.pgph.0000124.
Pry JM, Bolton Moore C, Mukumbwa-Mwenechanya M, Eshun-Wilson I, Topp S, Mwamba C, et al. A controlled study to assess the effects of a Fast Track (FT) service delivery model among stable HIV patients in Lusaka Zambia. PLOS Global Public Health. 2022;2(8).
Pry JM, Sikombe K, Mody A, Iyer S, Mutale JB, Vlahakis N, Savory T, Wa Mwanza M, Mweebo K, Mwila A, Mwale C, Mukumbwa-Mwenechanya M, Kerkhoff AD, Sikazwe I, Bolton Moore C, Mwamba D, Geng E, Herce ME. Mitigating the effects of COVID-19 on HIV treatment and care in Lusaka, Zambia: a before-after cohort study using mixed effects regression. BMJ Global Health. 2022;7(1). doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2021-007312.