Kenneth Sherr
Professor, Global Health
University of Washington
Tel: 206-543-8382 Box: 357965
website
CSDE Research Areas:
- Demographic Measurements and Methods
- Health of People and Populations
In the News:
- Integrating Mental Health into Primary Care is Focus of New Study by Wagenaar and Sherr (11/17/2023)
- Sherr and Colleagues Study the Impact of Child Mortality on Fertility (11/17/2023)
- Research by Sherr and Co-authors Studies Policy to Improve Retention in Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV (10/12/2023)
- Baynes and Sherr Publishes Novel Research on Self-Administered Injectable Contraception in Health Systems (09/08/2023)
- New Study from Sherr and Co-Authors Regarding Recent Pilot Study to Reduce Opioid Overdose Fatalities (04/23/2023)
- The Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach: Specifying Core Components of an Implementation Strategy to Optimize Care Cascades in Public Health (03/03/2023)
- Sherr, Barnabas, and Co-Authors Conduct Qualitative Evaluation of Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach in New Study (09/14/2022)
- Wagenaar, Sherr, & Co-Authors Explore the Risk Factors Involved in Road Traffic Injuries in New Study (04/15/2022)
- CSDE Welcomes Four More Faculty Affiliates! (11/19/2018)
Dr. Sherr’s research focuses on developing and testing practical solutions to support data-driven decision making and service integration into the Primary Health Care framework to improve health system coverage and quality. Dr. Sherr developed the Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach (SAIA), which packages systems engineering tools to support front-line health workers to iteratively improve prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) services. Originally tested through a cluster randomized trial in Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya and Mozambique, SAIA is currently being scaled-up for PMTCT services in Mozambique, and adapted to address other chronic care needs in low and middle-income countries (including mental health services, integrated HIV testing into family planning clinics, and pediatric HIV testing and linked treatment). Dr. Sherr leads an implementation research project supported through the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s African Health Initiative that assesses the effectiveness of an enhanced audit and feedback intervention on implementation of national guidelines to address the main causes of neonatal mortality in Mozambique, and builds implementation research capacity for public sector officials. Dr. Sherr has led the development of implementation science training curricula at the University of Washington Department of Global Health, including the development of the world’s first PhD program in implementation science. Dr. Sherr received his PhD in Epidemiology and MPH in International Health/Health Services from the University of Washington, and a BA in Anthropology/Sociology from Kenyon College.