Jeremy I. Schwartz, MD
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Firm Chief, Yale Primary Care Residency Program, General Internal Medicine
Director, Faculty Network Program, Yale Institute for Global Health
Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS
Affiliated Faculty, Yale School of Public Health
Co-Director, Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases, Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases
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General Internal Medicine
1450 Chapel Street
New Haven, CT 06511
United States
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Additional Titles
Firm Chief, Yale Primary Care Residency Program, General Internal Medicine
Director, Faculty Network Program, Yale Institute for Global Health
Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS
Affiliated Faculty, Yale School of Public Health
Co-Director, Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases, Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases
Contact Info
General Internal Medicine
1450 Chapel Street
New Haven, CT 06511
United States
Appointments
Additional Titles
Firm Chief, Yale Primary Care Residency Program, General Internal Medicine
Director, Faculty Network Program, Yale Institute for Global Health
Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS
Affiliated Faculty, Yale School of Public Health
Co-Director, Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases, Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases
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General Internal Medicine
1450 Chapel Street
New Haven, CT 06511
United States
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Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine) and Epidemiology (Chronic Disease)
Firm Chief, Yale Primary Care Residency Program, General Internal Medicine; Director, Faculty Network Program, Yale Institute for Global Health; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health; Affiliated Faculty, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS; Affiliated Faculty, Yale School of Public Health
Positions outside Yale
Co-Director, Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases, Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases
Biography
Dr. Schwartz is an Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine) at Yale School of Medicine and of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) at Yale School of Public Health. He trained in the Yale Combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics residency program and is a practicing general internist. Dr. Schwartz is a Firm Chief on one of the general medicine inpatient teaching services at Yale New Haven Hospital
Globally, his focus centers around non-communicable diseases (NCDs). He is an active member of the global NCD advocacy movement. He serves on the Advisory Council of the Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network and is a member of the East African NCD Alliance post-2015 Implementation Initiative. His research focuses on improving integrated health service delivery for NCDs in Uganda. He is a co-founder, and the US-based co-Director, of the Uganda Initiative for the Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases (UINCD). This multi-sectoral collaboration brings together leaders from the Ugandan Ministry of Health, academia (Yale School of Medicine and Makerere University College of Health Sciences), civil society organizations, and the health system to address the often fragmented nature of NCD service delivery and training.
Dr. Schwartz is Medical Director of the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN), a large cohort study of non-communicable diseases (PI: Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith), based at the Yale Equity Research and Innovation Center (ERIC). Dr. Schwartz has been directing "Topics in Global Medicine" (formerly the Tropical Medicine Course) since 2010. This interdisciplinary elective course for health professions students at Yale presents a wide range of globally relevant health issues in an interactive format.
Appointments
General Internal Medicine
Associate Professor on TermPrimaryChronic Disease Epidemiology
Associate Professor on TermSecondary
Other Departments & Organizations
Education & Training
- Global Health Chief Resident
- Yale Primary Care Residency Program (2011)
- Resident
- Yale-New Haven Hospital (2010)
- MD
- Univ of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry (2006)
- BS
- Cornell University (2000)
Advanced Training & Certifications
- Institute for Implementation Science Scholars
- Washington University St. Louis (2023)
Board Certifications
Internal Medicine
- Certification Organization
- AB of Internal Medicine
- Original Certification Date
- 2010
Research
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Medical Research Interests
ORCID
0000-0003-0139-2600- View Lab Website
Global Chronic Care Access Lab
Research at a Glance
Yale Co-Authors
Research Interests
Tracy Rabin, MD, SM
Nicola Hawley, PhD
Evelyn Hsieh Donroe, MD, PhD
Christine Ngaruiya, MD, MSc, DTMH
Donna Spiegelman, ScD
Drew Cameron, PhD, MA
Uganda
Global Health
Chronic Disease
Delivery of Health Care, Integrated
Africa, Eastern
Publications
Featured Publications
Bridging community and clinic through digital health: Community-based adaptation of a mobile phone-based heart failure program for remote communities in Uganda
Wali S, Ssinabulya I, Muhangi C, Kamarembo J, Atala J, Nabadda M, Odong F, Akiteng A, Ross H, Mashford-Pringle A, Cafazzo J, Schwartz J. Bridging community and clinic through digital health: Community-based adaptation of a mobile phone-based heart failure program for remote communities in Uganda. BMC Digital Health 2023, 1: 20. PMID: 38800672, PMCID: PMC11116269, DOI: 10.1186/s44247-023-00020-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsVillage health teamsHeart failureMobile phone-based programHeart failure programCost of medicationsLimited healthcare accessQuality of lifeBurden of travelDigital health programsClinic visitsMost patientsCardiac clinicPatient surveyHealth teamsMedication deliverySemi-structured interviewsPatientsSignificant burdenCommunity careCare supportHealth programsHealthcare accessDigital health toolsInformed careCo-design meetingsImproved hypertension control at six months using an adapted WHO HEARTS-based implementation strategy at a large urban HIV clinic in Uganda
Muddu M, Semitala FC, Kimera I, Mbuliro M, Ssennyonjo R, Kigozi SP, Katwesigye R, Ayebare F, Namugenyi C, Mugabe F, Mutungi G, Longenecker CT, Katahoire AR, Ssinabulya I, Schwartz JI. Improved hypertension control at six months using an adapted WHO HEARTS-based implementation strategy at a large urban HIV clinic in Uganda. BMC Health Services Research 2022, 22: 699. PMID: 35610717, PMCID: PMC9131679, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-08045-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsLarge urban HIV clinicUrban HIV clinicHTN outcomesHIV clinicHypertension controlViral suppressionHIV outcomesHTN treatmentFurther implementation researchHIV viral suppressionProportion of patientsPre-post studyVaried clinical settingsAdult PLHIVBP controlHTN controlHTN screeningCare cascadeHIV careLifestyle counselingClinic visitsDiastolic BPHIV controlIndependent predictorsSystolic BPA digital self-care intervention for Ugandan patients with heart failure and their clinicians: User-centred design and usability study
Hearn J, Wali S, Birungi P, Cafazzo JA, Ssinabulya I, Akiteng AR, Ross HJ, Seto E, Schwartz JI. A digital self-care intervention for Ugandan patients with heart failure and their clinicians: User-centred design and usability study. Digital Health 2022, 8: 20552076221129064. PMID: 36185389, PMCID: PMC9520172, DOI: 10.1177/20552076221129064.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsDigital health interventionsSelf-care interventionsHeart failureHF patientsUgandan patientsHealth interventionsSigns of decompensationUnstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) technologySelf-care behaviorsSelf-care efficacyResource-limited settingsHF symptomsPatients' qualityHigh-income countriesPatientsTreatment adviceCliniciansInterventionSuch interventionsLimited informationUgandaDecompensationHospitalizationFailureSymptomsHarnessing HIV clinics to deliver integrated hypertension care for People living with HIV in Uganda: A formative mixed methods study
Semitala F, Ayebare F, Kiggundu J, Kiwala C, Senfuma J, Mutungi G, Ssinabulya I, Kayima J, Muddu M, Spiegelman D, Schwartz J, Longenecker C, Katahoire A. Harnessing HIV clinics to deliver integrated hypertension care for People living with HIV in Uganda: A formative mixed methods study. PLOS Global Public Health 2025, 5: e0004701. PMID: 40465676, PMCID: PMC12136366, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004701.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsFragmented care deliveryHypertension careQualitative dataHIV clinicSub-Saharan AfricaCare deliveryConsolidated Framework for Implementation ResearchAnalyzed qualitative dataQualitative interviewsInterruptions due to side effectsSub-SaharanHIV servicesBlood pressureHealthcare accessNon-communicable diseasesMixed methods studyUgandaPeri-urban UgandaChronic careSystolic blood pressureHIV careImplementation researchPocket costsMedication accessAnalyzed quantitative dataBlood Pressure Control—Many Paths, 1 Goal
Spatz E, Schwartz J, Frieden T. Blood Pressure Control—Many Paths, 1 Goal. JAMA Cardiology 2025, 10: 333-334. PMID: 39878963, DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2024.5278.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricAssessing cardiovascular disease risk and social determinants of health: A comparative analysis of five risk estimation instruments using data from the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network
Schwartz J, Howitt C, Raman S, Nair S, Hassan S, Oladele C, Hambleton I, Sarpong D, Adams O, Maharaj R, Nazario C, Nunez M, Nunez-Smith M. Assessing cardiovascular disease risk and social determinants of health: A comparative analysis of five risk estimation instruments using data from the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network. PLOS ONE 2025, 20: e0316577. PMID: 39854547, PMCID: PMC11760610, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0316577.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsCardiovascular disease riskSocial determinants of healthDeterminants of healthSocial determinantsRisk estimation toolsCardiovascular diseaseEstimate 10-year CVD riskCVD riskEastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research NetworkCardiovascular disease risk estimatesHigh riskHigher level of educationHistory of cardiovascular diseaseHigher CVD riskMultivariate logistic regression modelEthnically diverse populationsResource-constrained settingsLogistic regression modelsNon-professional occupationsSDoH variablesLevel of educationSDOHPerceived social statusRisk toolFraminghamBringing Generalists to Global Health: a Missed Opportunity and Call to Action
Heller D, Hudspeth J, Kishore S, Mercer T, Schwartz J, Rabin T. Bringing Generalists to Global Health: a Missed Opportunity and Call to Action. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2023, 39: 1901-1904. PMID: 38135777, PMCID: PMC11282038, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-023-08573-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricSyndemic Interactions and Cardiovascular Risk Factors More Than Just a Sum of the Parts
Schwartz J, Ssinabulya I, Kayima J, Longenecker C, Ross H, Mendenhall E. Syndemic Interactions and Cardiovascular Risk Factors More Than Just a Sum of the Parts. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2025, 86: 178-180. PMID: 40669955, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2025.05.032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitations
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Implementation strategies to integrate HIV and hypertension care in Kampala and Wakiso districts, Uganda: study protocol for a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial (PULESA-Uganda)
Longenecker C, Kiggundu J, Ayebare F, Muddu M, Kayima J, Mutungi G, Ssinabulya I, Schwartz J, Spiegelman D, Tong G, Nugent R, Aifah A, Kagoya F, Cameron D, Hutchinson B, Kamya M, Katahoire A, Semitala F. Implementation strategies to integrate HIV and hypertension care in Kampala and Wakiso districts, Uganda: study protocol for a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial (PULESA-Uganda). BMC Health Services Research 2025, 25: 1060. PMID: 40790739, PMCID: PMC12341278, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-025-13281-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsCluster randomized trialHypertension careHIV clinicHealth workersWakiso districtStepped-wedge cluster randomized trialRates of HIV viral suppressionImplementation strategiesQuality HIV careClinical health workersBaseline hypertension prevalenceResource intensive strategyFacility-based costsLife expectancy gainsHIV viral suppressionBP controlPatient BP controlHTN careHuman-centered design approachRandomized trialsHIV careImplementation outcomesHypertension prevalencePre-implementationNon-AIDS comorbiditiesEarly findings from the integration of hypertension care into differentiated service delivery models for HIV in Uganda: a mixed‐method study
Kiggundu J, Semitala F, Lipoto C, Giibwa L, Twine R, Mwaka S, Ayebare F, Kiwala C, Magambo E, Mutungi G, Ssinabulya I, Spiegelman D, Kayima J, Muddu M, Schwartz J, Katahoire A, Longenecker C. Early findings from the integration of hypertension care into differentiated service delivery models for HIV in Uganda: a mixed‐method study. Journal Of The International AIDS Society 2025, 28: e26499. PMID: 40622382, PMCID: PMC12232483, DOI: 10.1002/jia2.26499.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsHypertension careHealthcare providersExperiences of healthcare providersDSD modelCluster randomised trialRoutine medical recordsInductive thematic analysisGeneralised estimating equationsTime interaction effectsService delivery modelsMixed-methods studyIntegrated careHypertension visitsImplementation researchThematic analysisDelivery modelsPLHIVWakiso districtHypertension managementConsolidation frameworkNational guidelinesQuantitative outcome variablesUganda national guidelinesCareClient education
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
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activity Uganda Initiative for the Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases (UINCD)
01/01/2013 - PresentResearchDetailsUgandaAbstract/SynopsisUS-based Co-Director. The mission of UINCD is to build capacity in the realms of prevention, care, training, and research to enable the provision of effective and integrated care along the NCD management spectrum.
activity Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN)
01/01/2012 - PresentResearchDetailsBarbados; Puerto Rico; Trinidad and Tobago +1 moreAbstract/SynopsisMedical Director
Honors
honor Yale Medicine Winner
05/31/2018Yale School of Medicine AwardYale Safety, Quality, and Patient Experience ConferenceDetailsUnited Stateshonor Speaker of the Year
07/01/2014Other AwardSUNY Downstate Medical Center Global Health ElectiveDetailsUnited Stateshonor Doran J. Stevens Prize
06/01/2006Other AwardUniversity of Rochester School of Medicine and DentistryDetailsUnited Stateshonor Gold Humanism Honor Society
05/01/2006National AwardDetailsUnited Stateshonor Alpha Omega Alpha
05/01/2005National AwardDetailsUnited States
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Didactic MD 220: Topics in Global Med Health
Course co-DirectorLecture SettingDetails9/1/2015 - PresentForGraduate15 Average Instructional Hours Per Year
Mentoring
Yumi Yang
Graduate student2025 - PresentBrian Fleischer
Medical student2024 - PresentDrew Cameron, PhD/MA
Faculty2023 - PresentTeimur Kayani
Medical student2023 - Present
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- Residents
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- November 19, 2025
From surviving to thriving: A scholar's journey at Yale
- August 26, 2025
2025 Hecht Award Recipients Named
- August 05, 2025
Collaborative Program Aims To Improve Study of HIV and Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases in Uganda
- May 15, 2025Source: New York Times
New N.I.H. Policy Threatens Global Science Collaborations
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