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  • 2018 - James Spence Medal, The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health for her contributiono clinicalndcademic perinatal neurology

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Frances M. Cowan is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on medicine and social sciences, with major work in infectious diseases, epidemiology, sociology and political science, general health professions, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

Their research topics cover several areas related to HIV/AIDS, including:

  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Sex work and related issues
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses

Frances M. Cowan has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • Effect of a differentiated service delivery model on virological failure in adolescents with HIV in Zimbabwe (Zvandiri): a cluster-randomised controlled trial, 2020, The Lancet Global Health
  • Three lessons for the COVID-19 response from pandemic HIV, 2020, The Lancet HIV
  • Scaling up peer-led community-based differentiated support for adolescents living with HIV: keeping the needs of youth peer supporters in mind to sustain success, 2020, Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • Process evaluation of peer-to-peer delivery of HIV self-testing and sexual health information to support HIV prevention among youth in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: qualitative analysis, 2022, BMJ Open
  • "It went through the roof": an observation study exploring the rise in PrEP uptake among Zimbabwean female sex workers in response to adaptations during Covid-19, 2021, Journal of the International AIDS Society

The scientist frequently publishes in a range of venues, including:

  • Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BMJ Global Health
  • PLOS Global Public Health
  • The Lancet Global Health

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative work include:

  • James Hargreaves
  • Sungai T. Chabata
  • Joanna Busza
  • Webster Mavhu
  • Fortunate Machingura

In recognition of their work, Frances M. Cowan received the James Spence Medal from The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in 2018 for contributions to clinical and academic perinatal neurology.

Best Publications

  • Patterns of cerebral injury and neurodevelopmental outcomes after symptomatic neonatal hypoglycemia.

    Charlotte M Burns;Mary A Rutherford;James P Boardman;Frances M Cowan;Frances M Cowan

  • Assessment of neonatal encephalopathy by amplitude-integrated electroencephalography.

    N al Naqeeb;A D Edwards;F M Cowan;D Azzopardi

  • Natural history of brain lesions in extremely preterm infants studied with serial magnetic resonance imaging from birth and neurodevelopmental assessment.

    Leigh E. Dyet;Nigel Kennea;Serena J. Counsell;Elia F. Maalouf

  • Effect of aciclovir on HIV-1 acquisition in herpes simplex virus 2 seropositive women and men who have sex with men: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

    Connie Celum;Anna Wald;James Hughes;Jorge Sanchez

  • Comparison of findings on cranial ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging in preterm infants

    E F Maalouf;P J Duggan;S J Counsell;M A Rutherford

  • Diffusion-weighted imaging of the brain in preterm infants with focal and diffuse white matter abnormality.

    Serena J Counsell;Joanna M Allsop;Michael C Harrison;David J Larkman

  • Abnormal magnetic resonance signal in the internal capsule predicts poor neurodevelopmental outcome in infants with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy

    M. A. Rutherford;J. M. Pennock;S. J. Counsell;E. Mercuri

  • Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain in a cohort of extremely preterm infants

    Elia F. Maalouf;Philip J. Duggan;Mary A. Rutherford;Serena J. Counsell

  • Optimality score for the neurologic examination of the infant at 12 and 18 months of age

    Leena Haataja;Eugenio Mercuri;Rivka Regev;Frances Cowan

  • Problem-solving therapy for depression and common mental disorders in Zimbabwe: piloting a task-shifting primary mental health care intervention in a population with a high prevalence of people living with HIV

    Dixon Chibanda;Petra Mesu;Lazarus Kajawu;Frances Cowan;Frances Cowan

  • Reduced development of cerebral cortex in extremely preterm infants

    M Ajayi-Obe;N Saeed;FM Cowan;MA Rutherford;MA Rutherford

  • Axial and Radial Diffusivity in Preterm Infants Who Have Diffuse White Matter Changes on Magnetic Resonance Imaging at Term-Equivalent Age

    Serena J Counsell;Yuji Shen;James P Boardman;David J Larkman

  • Pilot study of treatment with whole body hypothermia for neonatal encephalopathy

    D. Azzopardi;N. J. Robertson;F. M. Cowan;M. A. Rutherford

  • Specific Relations between Neurodevelopmental Abilities and White Matter Microstructure in Children Born Preterm.

    Serena J. Counsell;A. David Edwards;Andrew T. M. Chew;Mustafa Anjari

  • Early Prognostic Indicators of Outcome in Infants With Neonatal Cerebral Infarction: A Clinical, Electroencephalogram, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

    Eugenio Mercuri;Mary Rutherford;Frances Cowan;Jackie Pennock

  • Antibody to herpes simplex virus type 2 as serological marker of sexual lifestyle in populations

    F M Cowan;A M Johnson;R Ashley;L Corey

  • Effectiveness of interventions for the prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in female sex workers in resource poor setting: a systematic review

    Maryam Shahmanesh;Vikram Patel;David Mabey;Frances Cowan

  • Predicting motor outcome and death in term hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy

    M Martinez-Biarge;J Diez-Sebastian;O Kapellou;D Gindner

  • Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Term Perinatal Brain Injury: A Comparison With Site of Lesion and Time From Birth

    Mary Rutherford;Serena Counsell;Joanna Allsop;James Boardman

  • Combination HIV prevention for female sex workers: what is the evidence?

    Linda Gail Bekker;Leigh Johnson;Frances Cowan;Cheryl Overs

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary A. Rutherford
Mary A. Rutherford King's College London
Eugenio Mercuri
Eugenio Mercuri Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Serena J. Counsell
Serena J. Counsell King's College London
James R Hargreaves
James R Hargreaves London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Elizabeth L. Corbett
Elizabeth L. Corbett London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Joanna Busza
Joanna Busza London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Janette Atkinson
Janette Atkinson University College London
Oliver Braddick
Oliver Braddick University of Oxford
Marianne Thoresen
Marianne Thoresen University of Oslo
Richard J. Hayes
Richard J. Hayes London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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