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Simon Brooker is affiliated with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, immunology and microbiology, and environmental science. Within these fields, their work concentrates on parasitology, ecology, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, nutrition and dietetics, and the study of small animals.

Brooker's research topics cover a range of areas related to parasitic infections and maternal and child health. These include:

  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Helminth infection and control
  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy

Recent publications demonstrate a focus on malaria and helminth infections with implications for public health and education outcomes. Notable papers include:

  • Impact of school-based malaria case management on school attendance, health and education outcomes: a cluster randomised trial in southern Malawi, 2020, BMJ Global Health
  • Patterns of Individual Non-Treatment During Multiple Rounds of Community-Wide Mass Drug Administration for Control of Soil-Transmitted Helminths in the TUMIKIA Trial, Kenya, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Community-wide deworming strategies to reduce high hookworm burden in endemic communities: Results from a cluster randomized trial in southern India, 2025, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Brooker include:

  • Donald A. P. Bundy
  • Laura J. Appleby
  • Katherine E. Halliday
  • Elizabeth Allen
  • Nilanthi de Silva

Publications by Brooker are commonly found in venues such as BMJ Global Health, SSRN Electronic Journal, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), indicating engagement with both peer-reviewed journals and preprint platforms.

Best Publications

  • Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Theo Vos;Rafael Lozano;Mohsen Naghavi

  • Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Mohsen Naghavi;Rafael Lozano

  • Soil-transmitted helminth infections: ascariasis, trichuriasis, and hookworm

    Jeffrey Bethony;Jeffrey Bethony;Simon Brooker;Marco Albonico;Stefan M Geiger;Stefan M Geiger

  • A systematic analysis of global anemia burden from 1990 to 2010

    Nicholas J. Kassebaum;Nicholas J. Kassebaum;Rashmi Jasrasaria;Mohsen Naghavi;Sarah K. Wulf

  • Soil-transmitted helminth infections: updating the global picture.

    Nilanthi R de Silva;Simon Brooker;Peter J Hotez;Antonio Montresor

  • Global numbers of infection and disease burden of soil transmitted helminth infections in 2010

    Rachel L Pullan;Jennifer L Smith;Rashmi Jasrasaria;Rashmi Jasrasaria;Simon J Brooker

  • The global burden of disease study 2010: interpretation and implications for the neglected tropical diseases.

    Peter J. Hotez;Miriam Alvarado;María-Gloria Basáñez;Ian Bolliger

  • Quantification of clinical morbidity associated with schistosome infection in sub-Saharan Africa.

    Marieke J van der Werf;Sake J de Vlas;Simon Brooker;Caspar W.N Looman

  • A world malaria map: Plasmodium falciparum endemicity in 2007

    Simon I Hay;Carlos A Guerra;Carlos A Guerra;Peter W Gething;Peter W Gething;Anand P Patil

  • Global epidemiology, ecology and control of soil-transmitted helminth infections

    Simon Brooker;Archie Ca Clements;Archie Ca Clements;Don Ap Bundy

  • Cutaneous leishmaniasis – Authors' reply

    Richard Reithinger;Richard Reithinger;Jean-Claude Dujardin;Hechmi Louzir;Claude Pirmez

  • Hookworm-related anaemia among pregnant women: a systematic review.

    Simon Brooker;Peter J. Hotez;Donald A. P. Bundy

  • Human Hookworm Infection in the 21st Century

    Simon Brooker;Jeffrey Bethony;Jeffrey Bethony;Peter J. Hotez

  • Schistosomiasis and neglected tropical diseases: towards integrated and sustainable control and a word of caution

    J. Utzinger;G. Raso;S. Brooker;D. De Savigny

  • Helminth Infections: Soil-transmitted Helminth Infections and Schistosomiasis

    Peter J. Hotez;Donald A. P. Bundy;Kathleen Beegle;Simon Brooker

  • Epidemiology of plasmodium-helminth co-infection in Africa: populations at risk, potential impact on anemia, and prospects for combining control.

    Simon Brooker;Willis Akhwale;Rachel Pullan;Benson Estambale

  • Estimating the global distribution and disease burden of intestinal nematode infections: Adding up the numbers – A review

    Simon Brooker

  • The potential of geographical information systems and remote sensing in the epidemiology and control of human helminth infections.

    S Brooker;E Michael

  • The global limits and population at risk of soil-transmitted helminth infections in 2010

    Rachel L Pullan;Simon J Brooker;Simon J Brooker

  • Impact of hookworm infection and deworming on anaemia in non-pregnant populations: a systematic review

    Jennifer L. Smith;Simon Brooker;Simon Brooker

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey M. Bethony
Jeffrey M. Bethony George Washington University
Robert W. Snow
Robert W. Snow Kenya Medical Research Institute
Peter J. Hotez
Peter J. Hotez Baylor College of Medicine
Roy M. Anderson
Roy M. Anderson Imperial College London
Archie C. A. Clements
Archie C. A. Clements Queen's University Belfast
Simon I. Hay
Simon I. Hay University of Washington
Sammy M. Njenga
Sammy M. Njenga Kenya Medical Research Institute
Narcis B. Kabatereine
Narcis B. Kabatereine Imperial College London
Abdisalan M. Noor
Abdisalan M. Noor World Health Organization
Donald A.P. Bundy
Donald A.P. Bundy London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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