Sarah E. Baum

Sarah E. Baum

Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard University

Research

Job market paper

Selection and surveillance: Linking changes in safety net access and STI case detection

Paper

Selected publications

  1. Baum, S.E., Agha, L., Menzies, N.A., and Cohen, J. (2026) Prenatal syphilis screening mandates and maternal syphilis case detection. JAMA Health Forum, 7(3): e260123.
    Media coverage: MedPage Today, Contemporary OB/GYN, CIDRAP

  2. Baum, S.E., Pelissari, D.M., Dockhorn Costa, F., Harada, L.O., Sanchez, M., Bartholomay, P., Cohen, T., Castro, M.C., and Menzies, N.A. (2024) Surveillance for TB drug resistance using routine rapid diagnostic testing data: Methodological development and application in Brazil. PLOS Computational Biology, 20(12): e1012662.

  3. Graham, S.B., Machalaba, C., Baum, S.E., Raufman, J., and Hill, S.E. (2023) Applying a One Health lens to understanding the impact of climate and environmental change on healthcare-associated infections. Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology , 3(1): e93.

  4. Baum, S.E. and Benshaul-Tolonen, A. (2021) Extractive Industries and Gender Equality. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 15(2): 195–215.

  5. Baum, S.E., Reddy, V., Vora, N.M., Balter, S., Daskalakis, D., Barbot, O., Misener, M., Rakeman, J., Rojas, J., Starr, D., Waechter, H., Zucker, J., and Lee, D. (2020) Cost comparison between 2 responses to hepatitis A virus incidents in restaurant food handlers—New York City, 2015 and 2017. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 26(2): 176–179.

  6. Baum, S.E., Machalaba, C., Daszak, P., Salerno, R.H., and Karesh, W.B. (2017) Evaluating One Health: Are we demonstrating effectiveness? One Health, 3: 5–10.

  7. Machalaba, C., Romanelli, C., Stoett, P., Baum, S.E., Bouley, T.A., Daszak, P., and Karesh, W.B. (2015) Climate change and health: Transcending silos to find solutions. Annals of Global Health, 81(3): 445–458.

Works in progress

  1. Selection and surveillance: Linking changes in safety net access and STI case detection

  2. Physician responses to changes in local epidemiology

  3. Identifying pathways to TB drug resistance in Brazil (Joint with Nick Menzies)