Brigid Cakouros, DrPH, MPH
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Brigid is a global health researcher and practitioner with more than 15 years of experience working in partnership with global health institutions, with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa. Her work sits at the intersection of health systems strengthening and evidence translation, spanning health system resilience, equity in global health partnerships, and strategic foresight.
Her research on donor-recipient power dynamics, conducted through the University of Liberia–Yale BRIDGE-U partnership, was published in BMJ Global Health. As a Science for Development Fellow with USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, she worked on the implementation of localization policy, and she has collaborated with Stellenbosch University’s Centre for Sustainability Transitions on IDRC-funded foresight research on the future of research and development in Africa. Through a joint appointment between the University of Cape Town and UC Berkeley as a GHES fellow, she studied health system resilience during COVID-19.
Brigid is currently a Lecturer at both the Yale School of Public Health and UC Berkeley School of Public Health, where she teaches Implementation Science and Global Health Foundations.
Last Updated on October 14, 2026.
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Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases
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Education & Training
- Global Health Equity Scholar
- University of Cape Town (2022)
- DrPH
- University of California, Berkeley (2020)
- MPH
- University of Pittsburgh, Behavioral and Community Health Sciences (2012)
- BA
- University of Pittsburgh, Nonfiction Writing (2009)
Board Certifications
Certified in Public Health
- Certification Organization
- National Board of Public Health Examiners
- Original Certification Date
- 2012
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Publications Timeline
A big-picture view of Brigid Cakouros's research output by year.
12Publications
10Citations
Publications
2023
Disruptors and Enablers of Research for Development (R4D): Exploring Futures
Marshall F, Du Prez ML, Cakouros B, Preiser R, Hichert T. (2023). “Disruptors and Enablers of Research for Development (R4D): Exploring Futures.” First report. IDRC/CRDI.Publications for non-academic audiences
2022
Household structure across childhood in four lower- and middle-income countries
Cakouros BE, Reynolds SA. (2022) Household structure across childhood in four lower- and middle-income countries. Demographic Research.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Causal Pathways Between Severe Mental Illness and Behaviors Related to HIV: Patient Perspectives.
Sahota PC, Cakouros BE, Russell R, Hassler M, Blank MB, Barg FK. Causal Pathways Between Severe Mental Illness and Behaviors Related to HIV: Patient Perspectives. Community Ment Health J 2020, 56: 338-347. PMID: 31535348, DOI: 10.1007/s10597-019-00466-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchKey barriers and enablers associated with uptake and continuation of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in the public sector in Zimbabwe: Qualitative perspectives of general population clients at high risk for HIV.
Gombe MM, Cakouros BE, Ncube G, Zwangobani N, Mareke P, Mkwamba A, Prescott MR, Bhatasara T, Murwira M, Mangwiro AZ, Prust ML. Key barriers and enablers associated with uptake and continuation of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in the public sector in Zimbabwe: Qualitative perspectives of general population clients at high risk for HIV. PLoS One 2020, 15: e0227632. PMID: 31931514, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227632.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFor the Good of Us All: Addressing the Needs of Our Unhoused Neighbors During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Lavasani K, Aridomi H, Auerswald C, Butzin-Dozier Z, Cakouros B, Chiang J, Chu B, Colford J, Dang H, Ferrell S, Graham J, Kane M, Katyal T, Ma C, Martin D, Matusieqicz M, McCoy S. (2020). “For the Good of Us All: Addressing the Needs of Our Unhoused Neighbors During the Covid-19 Pandemic.” UC Berkeley School of Public Health. Berkeley.Publications for non-academic audiences
2018
A qualitative examination of the factors related to the development and maintenance of insomnia in cancer survivors
Garland S, Barg F, Cakouros B, Gehrman P, DuHamel K, Mao J. A qualitative examination of the factors related to the development and maintenance of insomnia in cancer survivors. Palliative & Supportive Care 2018, 17: 221-226. PMID: 29764524, PMCID: PMC6239997, DOI: 10.1017/s1478951518000135.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitations
2017
Communities at High Risk in the Third Wave of Mesothelioma
Emmett EA, Cakouros BE. (2017). “Communities at High Risk in the Third Wave of Mesothelioma.” In: Testa JR, ed. Asbestos and Mesothelioma. Cham: Springer International Publishing: 103-130.Chapters
2015
Landscaping the structures of GAVI country vaccine supply chains and testing the effects of radical redesign.
Lee BY, Connor DL, Wateska AR, Norman BA, Rajgopal J, Cakouros BE, Chen SI, Claypool EG, Haidari LA, Karir V, Leonard J, Mueller LE, Paul P, Schmitz MM, Welling JS, Weng YT, Brown ST. Landscaping the structures of GAVI country vaccine supply chains and testing the effects of radical redesign. Vaccine 2015, 33: 4451-8. PMID: 26209835, DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.07.033.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
The benefits of redesigning Benin's vaccine supply chain.
Brown ST, Schreiber B, Cakouros BE, Wateska AR, Dicko HM, Connor DL, Jaillard P, Mvundura M, Norman BA, Levin C, Rajgopal J, Avella M, Lebrun C, Claypool E, Paul P, Lee BY. The benefits of redesigning Benin's vaccine supply chain. Vaccine 2014, 32: 4097-103. PMID: 24814550, DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.04.090.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
Impact of vaccine behavior on the resurgence of measles
Shim E, Grefenstette JJ, Albert SM, Cakouros BE, Bohn L, and Burke DS. (2013) Impact of vaccine behavior on the resurgence of measles.” In: Manfredi P and d’Onofrio A, ed. Modeling the Interplay between Human Behavior and Spread of Infectious Diseases. Springer.Chapters
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activity Using Qualitative Thematic Analysis to Explore Financial Donor and Recipient Collaboration in Liberia
10/20/2023 - 10/20/2023LectureCenter for Methods in Implementation Science and Prevention Science (CMIPS) SeminarDetailsNew Haven, CT, United Statesactivity Utilizing Systems Mapping to Identify Points of Leverage for Promoting Equitable Collaboration: A Study of Donor and Recipient Relationships in Liberia
04/13/2023 - 10/16/2023Poster PresentationConsortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH)DetailsWashington, DC, United StatesCollaborators- Brigid Cakouros, DrPH, MPH
- Kristina Talbert-Slagle, PhD
- Bernice DahnUniversity of Liberia College of Health Sciences
activity Utilizing Systems Mapping to Identify Points of Leverage for Promoting Equitable Collaboration: A Study of Donor and Recipient Relationships in Liberia
05/25/2023 - 05/25/2023Oral PresentationPostdoc SymposiumDetailsNew Haven, CT, United StatesCollaborators- Brigid Cakouros, DrPH, MPH
- Kristina Talbert-Slagle, PhD
- Bernice DahnUniversity of Liberia College of Health Sciences
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