Publications

2025

Attacks on healthcare in conflict-affected countries: a comparison of temporal trends in ongoing conflicts in Lebanon, Myanmar, occupied Palestinian territory, Sudan and Ukraine using WHO SSA and SHCC data, 2018–2024
Usmany J, Barten D, Goniewicz K, Granholm F, Poole D, Tin D, van Osch F. Attacks on healthcare in conflict-affected countries: a comparison of temporal trends in ongoing conflicts in Lebanon, Myanmar, occupied Palestinian territory, Sudan and Ukraine using WHO SSA and SHCC data, 2018–2024. Population Health Metrics 2025, 24: 5. PMID: 41392142, PMCID: PMC12822187, DOI: 10.1186/s12963-025-00442-5.
Peer-Reviewed Original Research
Russia's health workers complicit in abducting Ukraine's children
Farrenkopf P, Poltavets U, Howarth C, Raymond N, Poole D. Russia's health workers complicit in abducting Ukraine's children. The Lancet 2025, 406: 2921. PMID: 41391461, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(25)02388-8.
Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
Ukraine's Stolen Children: Inside Russia's Network of Re-education and Militarization
Citation | Farrenkopf, Paige, Caitlin N. Howarth, and Nathaniel A. Raymond et al., “Ukraine’s Stolen Children: Inside Russia’s Network of Re-Education and Militarization.” 16 September 2025. Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale School of Public Health: New Haven.
Peer-Reviewed Original Research
Spatial-temporal patterns and typology of attacks against healthcare in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Sarah Aly, Tushara Surapaneni, Mohammad Subeh, Qinyi Wang, Daniel Andersen, Hani Mowafi and Danielle N Poole.
Peer-Reviewed Original Research

2024

Intentional, Systematic, & Widespread: Russia's Program of Coerced Adoption and Fostering of Ukraine's Children
Citation | Raymond, Nathaniel A., Oona A. Hathaway, Caitlin N. Howarth, and Kaveh Khoshnood et al., “Russia’s Systematic Program of Coerced Adoption and Fostering of Ukraine’s Children.” 3 December 2024. Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale School of Public Health: New Haven.
Peer-Reviewed Original Research
Substance Use in Humanitarian Settings: A Case from Yemen
Saleh E, Wazaify M, Khoshnood K. Substance Use in Humanitarian Settings: A Case from Yemen. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, And Policy 2024, 19: 28. PMID: 38789984, PMCID: PMC11127395, DOI: 10.1186/s13011-024-00606-w.
Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
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Damage to medical complexes in the Gaza Strip during the Israel–Hamas war: a geospatial analysis
Poole D, Andersen D, Raymond N, Grace R, Smith T, Khoshnood K, Mowafi H. Damage to medical complexes in the Gaza Strip during the Israel–Hamas war: a geospatial analysis. BMJ Global Health 2024, 9: e014768. PMID: 38346771, PMCID: PMC11002345, DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-014768.
Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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Remote Assessment of Bombardment of Ukraine's Power Generation and Transmission Infrastructure, 1 October 2022 to 30 April 2023
Citation | Hathaway, Oona A., Caitlin N. Howarth, Kaveh Khoshnood, Nathaniel A. Raymond et al., “Remote Assessment of Bombardment of Ukraine’s Power Generation and Transmission Infrastructure, 1 October 2022 to 30 April 2023.” 29 February 2024. Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale School of Public Health and Ukraine Digital Verification Lab: New Haven.
Publications for non-academic audiences
Epidemiology of burns in a humanitarian setting: A national study among refugees in Lebanon
Presser E, Farhat M, Michael M, Asmar K, Jaber L, Moustafa M, Mowafi H, Al-Hajj S. Epidemiology of burns in a humanitarian setting: A national study among refugees in Lebanon. Burns 2024, 50: 1145-1149. PMID: 38402117, PMCID: PMC11384917, DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2024.02.005.
Peer-Reviewed Original Research

2023

Belarus' Collaboration with Russia in the Systematic Deportation of Ukraine's Children
Citation | Khoshnood, Kaveh, Nathaniel A. Raymond and Caitlin N. Howarth et al., “Belarus› Collaboration with Russia in the Systematic Deportation of Ukraine’s Children” 16 November 2023. Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale School of Public Health: New Haven.
Publications for non-academic audiences
Forced Passportization in Russia-Occupied Areas of Ukraine
Citation | Khoshnood, Kaveh, Nathaniel A. Raymond, and Caitlin N. Howarth et al., Forced Passportization in Russia-Occupied areas of Ukraine.” 02 August 2023. Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale School of Public Health: New Haven.
Publications for non-academic audiences
Yale Report: Hospitals, Schools, Farmland Impacted by Destruction of Ukraine Dam
Citation | Khoshnood, Kaveh, Nathaniel A. Raymond, and Caitlin N. Howarth et al., “Rapid Assessment: Impact of the Kakhovka Dam Destruction.” 9 June 2023. Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale School of Public Health: New Haven.
Publications for non-academic audiences
Satellite imagery identifies deliberate attacks on hospitals
Poole D, Raymond N, Khoshnood K. Satellite imagery identifies deliberate attacks on hospitals. Nature 2023, 618: 30-30. PMID: 37253888, DOI: 10.1038/d41586-023-01759-7.
Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
Russia's Systematic Program for the Re-education and Adoption of Ukraine's Children
Citation | Khoshnood, Kaveh, Nathaniel A. Raymond and Caitlin N. Howarth et al., “Russia’s Systematic Program for the Re-education and Adoption of Ukraine’s Children.” 14 February 2023. Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale School of Public Health: New Haven.
Publications for non-academic audiences
Categorizing Memes About the Ukraine Conflict
Chen K, Feng A, Aanegola R, Saha K, Wong A, Schwitzky Z, Lee R, O’Hanlon R, De Choudhury M, Altice F, Khoshnood K, Kumar N. Categorizing Memes About the Ukraine Conflict. Lecture Notes In Computer Science 2023, 13831: 27-38. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-26303-3_3.
Chapters

2022

Extrajudicial Detentions and Enforced Disappearances in Kherson oblast
Citation | Khoshnood, Kaveh, Nathaniel A. Raymond and Caitlin N. Howarth et al, “Extrajudicial Detentions and Enforced Disappearences in Kherson Oblast,” 18 November 2022. Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale School of Public Health: New Haven. Available at https://conflictobservatory. org.
Publications for non-academic audiences
Hybrid warfare and public health: Conflicts in Ukraine and Nagorno-Karabakh raise the alarm
Kricorian K, Khoshnood K, Chekijian S. Hybrid warfare and public health: Conflicts in Ukraine and Nagorno-Karabakh raise the alarm. Public Health In Practice 2022, 4: 100342. PMID: 36420420, PMCID: PMC9676215, DOI: 10.1016/j.puhip.2022.100342.
Peer-Reviewed Original Research
Mass graves at Pishchanske Cemetery in Izyum
Citation | Khoshnood, Kaveh, Nathaniel A. Raymond, Caitlin N. Howarth et al., “Mass graves at Pishchanske Cemetery in Izyum.” 19 September 2022. Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale School of Public Health: New Haven.
Publications for non-academic audiences
Yale Report: Approximately 1 in 6 Ukrainian crop storage sites impacted by war
Citation | Khoshnood, Kaveh, Nathaniel A. Raymond, and Caitlin N. Howarth et al., "Ukraine's Crop Storage Infrastructure: Post-Invasion Damage Assessment." 15 September 2022. Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale School of Public Health and Oak Ridge National Laboratory: New Haven.
Publications for non-academic audiences
System of Filtration: Mapping Russia's Detention Operations in Donetsk Oblast
Citation | Kaveh Khoshnood and Raymond, Nathaniel A. et al., “System of Filtration: Mapping Russia’s Detention Operations in Donetsk Oblast.” 25 August 2022. Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale School of Public Health: New Haven.
Peer-Reviewed Original Research
Damage Assessment of Health and Educational Facilities in Sievierodonetsk Raion, Ukraine:
Citation | Khoshnood, Kaveh and Nathaniel A. Raymond et al, “Damage Assessment of Health and Educational Facilities in Sievierodonetsk Raion, Ukraine: Evidence of Widespread, Indiscriminate, and Persistent Bombardment by Russia and Russia-Aligned Forces Between 24 February - 13 June 2022,” 24 June 2022. Yale School of Public Health: New Haven.
Publications for non-academic audiences
Evidence of Widespread and Systematic Bombardment of Ukrainian Healthcare Facilities
CITATION | Khoshnood, Kaveh, Nathaniel A. Raymond et al. “Evidence of Widespread and Systematic Bombardment of Ukrainian Healthcare Facilities: Summary.” New Haven: Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale School of Public Health, 17 May 2022.
Publications for non-academic audiences

2021

Prevalence of and risk factors for depression among female Syrian refugees and Jordanians with chronic disease: a pilot study.
Sharp M, Parpia A, Ahram M, Mahmoud R, Khoshnood K. Prevalence of and risk factors for depression among female Syrian refugees and Jordanians with chronic disease: a pilot study. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal 2021, 27: 1142-1152. PMID: 35137382, DOI: 10.26719/emhj.20.123.
Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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Exploring the bidirectional relationship between chronic disease and depression among female Syrian refugees and Jordanians: a qualitative analysis.
Sharp M, Kara J, Almidani S, Ahram M, Mahmoud R, Khoshnood K. Exploring the bidirectional relationship between chronic disease and depression among female Syrian refugees and Jordanians: a qualitative analysis. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal 2021, 27: 1153-1161. PMID: 35137383, DOI: 10.26719/emhj.21.017.
Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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Armed conflict, HIV, and syndemic risk markers of mental distress, alcohol misuse, and intimate partner violence among couples in Uganda
Mootz JJ, Basaraba CN, Corbeil T, Johnson K, Kubanga KP, Wainberg ML, Khoshnood K. Armed conflict, HIV, and syndemic risk markers of mental distress, alcohol misuse, and intimate partner violence among couples in Uganda. Journal Of Traumatic Stress 2021, 34: 1016-1026. PMID: 34647647, PMCID: PMC8530966, DOI: 10.1002/jts.22740.
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