Press and Publications

2020 N Katebi, R Sameni, and GD Clifford. Deep Sequence Learning for Accurate Gestational Age Estimation from a $25 Doppler Device. ML4H 2020, NeurIPS.

2020 CEV Cuadros, F Marzbanrad, M Juarez, R Hall-Clifford, P Rohloff, and GD Clifford. Estimating birth weight from observed postnatal weights in a Guatemalan highland community. Physiological Measurement. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6579/ab7350

2020 M Juarez, Y Juarez, E Coyote, T Nguyen, C Shaw, R Hall-Clifford, G Clifford, and P Rohloff. Working with lay midwives to improve the detection of neonatal complications in rural Guatemala. BMJ Open Quality, 9(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2019-000775

2020 El Periodico [Guatemalan national newspaper]. “Wuku’ Kawoq, tecnología para evitar muertes maternas” [Wuku’ Kawoq, technology to prevent maternal deaths]. January 12, 2020.

2019 C Valderrama Cuadros, L Stroux, N Katebi, E Paljug, R Hall-Clifford, P Rohloff, F Marzbanrad, G Clifford. “An open source autocorrelation-based method for fetal heart rate estimation from one-dimensional Doppler ultrasound.” Physiological Measurement, 40(2):025005. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6579/ab033d

2019 El Periodico [Guatemalan national newspaper]. “Se reduce brecha de mortalidad materna en Chimaltenango, Referencias para asistencia hospitalaria aumentan gracias al uso de tecnología” [Maternal mortality gap in Chimaltenango reduced, Referrals for hospital assistance increase thanks to the use of technology]. May 20, 2019.

2018 B Martinez, E Coyote, R Hall-Clifford, M Juarez, AC Miller, A Francis CE Valderrama, L Stroux, GD Clifford, P Rohloff. mHealth intervention to improve the continuum of maternal and perinatal care in rural Guatemala: a pragmatic, randomized controlled feasibility trial. Reproductive Health, 15(1): 120, 12 pages. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-018-0554-z.

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2018 Prensa Libre [Guatemalan national newspaper]. “App Salva Vidas: La technología llega en auxilia de las comadronas” [App Saves Lives: The technology arrives to assist midwives]. Aug 26, 2018. pgs. 1, 14-17. Accompanied by online video, “Una app para control materno en Tecpán, Chimaltenango” [An app for maternal control in Tecpán, Chimaltenango].

2018 CE Valderrama, F Marzbanrad, L Stroux, B Martinez, R Hall-Clifford, C Liu, N Katebi, P Rohloff, and GD Clifford. Improving the Quality of Point of Care Diagnostics with Real-Time Machine Learning in Low Literacy LMIC Settings: Full Paper. Proceedings of ACM SIGCAS Computing and Sustainable Societies (ACMSIGCAS-COMPASS2018). Article 4, 11 pages. https://doi.org/10.475/123_4.

2017 MSNBC Global Citizen. “App Saves Lives of Maya Women in Guatemala.” Sept 5. 2017

2017 Martinez B, Hall-Clifford R, Coyote E, Stroux L, Valderrama CE, Aaron C, Francis A, Hendren C, Rohloff P, Clifford GD. Agile development of a smartphone app for perinatal monitoring in a resource-constrained setting. Journal of Health Informatics in Developing Countries, 11(1), 19 pages. http://www.jhidc.org/index.php/jhidc/article/view/158/212.

2016 L Stroux, B Martinez, E Coyote Ixen, N King, R Hall-Clifford, P Rohloff & GD Clifford. An mHealth monitoring system for traditional birth attendant-led antenatal risk assessment in rural Guatemala. Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology 40(7-8), 356–371. https://doi.org/10.1080/03091902.2016.1223196.

2014 L Stroux, NE King, S Fathima, R Hall-Clifford, P Rohloff, and GD Clifford.  A low-cost perinatal monitoring system for use in rural Guatemala.  Appropriate Healthcare Technologies for Low Resource Settings – AHT2014. IET Proceedings: The 8th International Conference – Promoting access to healthcare through technology, 4 pages. DOI: 10.1049/cp.2014.0777.

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HA Taylor Jr, S Francis, CR Evans, M Harvey, BA Newton, CP Jones, TH Akintobi, G Clifford. Preventing Cardiovascular Disease Among Urban African Americans With a Mobile Health App (the MOYO App): Protocol for a Usability Study. JMIR research protocols 9 (7), e16699 2020

RG Netemeyer, DG Dobolyi, A Abbasi, G Clifford, H Taylor. Health literacy, health numeracy, and trust in doctor: Effects on key patient health outcomes. Journal of Consumer Affairs 54 (1), 3-42 Spring 2020

Abbasi A, Li J, Clifford GD, Taylor H. Make “Fairness by Design” Part of Machine Learning. Harvard Business Review, August 01 2018

Herman A. Taylor Jr, Gari D. Clifford, Makia E. Powers. Hypertension Disparities - The Hidden Vulnerability of Youth. JAMA Cardiol. 2017;2(6):661-663

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SS Kulkarni, N Katebi, CE Valderrama, P Rohloff, GD Clifford. CNN-based LCD Transcription of Blood Pressure from a Mobile Phone Camera. Frontiers Feb. 2021

Pimentel, MAF and Santos, MD and Maraci, MA and Arteta C and Domingos, JS and Clifton, DA and Clifford, GD.. A $5 Smart Blood Pressure System. Appropriate Healthcare Technologies for Low Resource Settings - AHT2014 The 8th International Conference - Promoting access to healthcare through technology, London, 17-18 September 2014.

2020 R Hall-Clifford. Applied Anthropology, Activism, and Loss: Experiences from highland Guatemala. Annals of Anthropological Practice 44 (2), 198-201. https://doi.org/10.1111/napa.12151

2019 R Hall-Clifford and R Cook-Deegan. “Ethically managing risks in global health fieldwork: Human rights ideals confront real world challenges.” Health and Human Rights Journal, 21(1), 7-18. https://cdn2.sph.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/125/2019/07/Hall_Cook.pdf

2019 R Hall-Clifford, D Addiss, R Cook-Deegan, J Lavery, guest editors. “Global Health Fieldwork Ethics:  Mapping the Challenges,” in Special section, “Global Health Fieldwork Ethics: Values, Realities, and the Right to Health.” P Farmer, ed. Health and Human Rights Journal, 21(1),1-5. https://cdn2.sph.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/125/2019/07/Editorial_Hall.pdf

2019 R Hall-Clifford and A Castro. “Reflecting on ‘#MeToo Meets Global Health: A call to action.’” “Critical Care” blog post for Medical Anthropology Quarterly http://medanthroquarterly.org/2019/06/15/reflecting-on-metoo-meets-global-health-a-call-to-action/ June 15.

2019 R Hall-Clifford et al. “#MeToo Meets Global Health: A call to action.” Health and Human Rights Journal, 21(1), 133-139. https://cdn2.sph.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/125/2019/06/CallToAction-Commentary.pdf

2019 R Hall-Clifford. “Where there is no hashtag: Considering gender-based violence in global health fieldwork in the time of #MeToo.” Health and Human Rights Journal, 21(1), 129-132. https://cdn2.sph.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/125/2019/06/Comm_Hall-Clifford-.pdf

2018 R Hall-Clifford. “Situating Global Health Fieldwork Ethics within the Right to Health.” Invited blog post for Health and Human Rights Journal June 15.

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