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Mark Urassa publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mark Urassa sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 155 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Mark Urassa D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mark Urassa sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 51 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Mark Urassa is affiliated with the Medical Research Council in the United Kingdom. Their research spans key areas within medicine and health professions, focusing extensively on infectious diseases and general health professions. They have contributed notably to pediatrics, perinatology, and child health, as well as epidemiology and gender studies.

Their work covers important topics including HIV/AIDS research and interventions, global maternal and child health, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, and issues related to HIV, drug use, and sexual risk. Additional focus areas include demographic trends and gender preferences, HIV research and treatment, and the development and treatment of HIV/AIDS drugs.

Mark Urassa has published in several venues, with recent papers in journals such as The Lancet HIV, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Clinical Infectious Diseases, AIDS, and Evolution and Human Behavior. Notable recent publications include:

  • Age patterns of HIV incidence in eastern and southern Africa: a modelling analysis of observational population-based cohort studies, 2021, The Lancet HIV
  • Positive Correlation Between Women's Status and Intimate Partner Violence Suggests Violence Backlash in Mwanza, Tanzania, 2021, Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • Direct maternal deaths attributable to HIV in the era of antiretroviral therapy: evidence from three population-based HIV cohorts with verbal autopsy, 2020, AIDS
  • Viral Load Status Before Switching to Dolutegravir-Containing Antiretroviral Therapy and Associations With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Treatment Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2021, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Shared interests or sexual conflict? Spousal age gap, women's wellbeing and fertility in rural Tanzania, 2020, Evolution and Human Behavior

Their frequent co-authors include Jim Todd, Milly Marston, Ties Boerma, Emma Slaymaker, and David W. Lawson, reflecting collaborative work across multiple studies and disciplines.

Best Publications

  • Lockdown measures in response to COVID-19 in nine sub-Saharan African countries.

    Najmul Haider;Abdinasir Yusuf Osman;Audrey Gadzekpo;George O. Akipede

  • Secretive Females or Swaggering Males? An Assessment of the Quality of Sexual Partnership Reporting in Rural Tanzania

    Soori Nnko;J. Ties Boerma;Mark Urassa;Gabriel M. Mwaluko

  • Parent-child communication about sexual and reproductive health in rural Tanzania: Implications for young people's sexual health interventions

    Joyce Wamoyi;Joyce Wamoyi;Angela Fenwick;Mark Urassa;Basia Zaba

  • The impact of HIV/AIDS on mortality and household mobility in rural Tanzania.

    Mark Urassa;J. Ties Boerma;Raphael Isingo;Juliana Ngalula

  • Barriers to Accessing Antiretroviral Therapy in Kisesa, Tanzania: A Qualitative Study of Early Rural Referrals to the National Program.

    Gerry Hillary Mshana;Joyce Wamoyi;Joanna Busza;Basia Zaba

  • “Women’s Bodies are Shops”: Beliefs About Transactional Sex and Implications for Understanding Gender Power and HIV Prevention in Tanzania

    Joyce Wamoyi;Angela Fenwick;Mark Urassa;Basia Zaba;Basia Zaba

  • Barriers to sustaining antiretroviral treatment in Kisesa, Tanzania: a follow-up study to understand attrition from the antiretroviral program.

    Maria Roura;Joanna Busza;Alison Wringe;Doris Mbata

  • Scaling up stigma? The effects of antiretroviral roll-out on stigma and HIV testing. Early evidence from rural Tanzania.

    Maria Roura;Mark Urassa;Joanna Busza;Doris Mbata

  • Sociodemographic context of the AIDS epidemic in a rural area in Tanzania with a focus on people's mobility and marriage

    J T Boerma;M Urassa;S Nnko;J Ng'weshemi

  • HIV and mortality of mothers and children: evidence from cohort studies in Uganda, Tanzania, and Malawi.

    Basia Zaba;Jimmy Whitworth;Milly Marston;Jessica Nakiyingi

  • Trends in HIV and sexual behaviour in a longitudinal study in a rural population in Tanzania, 1994-2000.

    Mwaluko G;Urassa M;Isingo R;Zaba B

  • Using vignettes in qualitative research to explore barriers and facilitating factors to the uptake of prevention of mother-to-child transmission services in rural Tanzania: a critical analysis

    Annabelle Gourlay;Gerry Mshana;Isolde Birdthistle;Grace Bulugu

  • Uptake of HIV voluntary counselling and testing services in rural Tanzania: implications for effective HIV prevention and equitable access to treatment.

    Alison Wringe;Raphael Isingo;Mark Urassa;Griter Maiseli

  • Orphanhood child fostering and the AIDS epidemic in rural Tanzania.

    Mark Urassa;J. Ties Boerma;Japheth Z. L Ng'weshemi;Raphael Isingo

  • Spread of HIV infection in a rural area of Tanzania.

    Boerma Jt;Urassa M;Senkoro K;Klokke A

  • Mortality trends in the era of antiretroviral therapy: evidence from the Network for Analysing Longitudinal Population based HIV/AIDS data on Africa (ALPHA).

    Georgesa Reniers;Emma Slaymaker;Jessica Nakiyingi-Miiro;Constance Nyamukapa

  • Mobility and HIV in Tanzanian couples: both mobile persons and their partners show increased risk.

    Coleman Kishamawe;Debby C. J. Vissers;Mark Urassa;Raphael Isingo

  • Understanding the uneven spread of HIV within Africa: comparative study of biologic, behavioral, and contextual factors in rural populations in Tanzania and Zimbabwe.

    J. Ties Boerma;Simon Gregson;Constance Nyamukapa;Mark Urassa

  • "It is like that, we didn't understand each other": exploring the influence of patient-provider interactions on prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV service use in rural Tanzania.

    Annabelle Gourlay;Alison Wringe;Isolde Birdthistle;Gerry Mshana

  • From HIV diagnosis to treatment: evaluation of a referral system to promote and monitor access to antiretroviral therapy in rural Tanzania

    Ray Nsigaye;Alison Wringe;Maria Roura;Samuel Kalluvya

  • Dynamics of male circumcision practices in northwest Tanzania.

    Soori Nnko;Robert Washija;Mark Urassa;J. Boerma

Frequent Co-Authors

Jim Todd
Jim Todd London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Joyce Wamoyi
Joyce Wamoyi Medical Research Council
Simon Gregson
Simon Gregson Imperial College London
Joanna Busza
Joanna Busza London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Constance Nyamukapa
Constance Nyamukapa Imperial College London
Rebecca Sear
Rebecca Sear London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Govert J. van Dam
Govert J. van Dam Leiden University Medical Center
David C. Warhurst
David C. Warhurst London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Victoria Hosegood
Victoria Hosegood University of Southampton
Marie-Louise Newell
Marie-Louise Newell University of Southampton

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