Matthew Ponticiello
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About
Biography
Matthew Ponticiello (he/him) is an MD PhD student pursuing his PhD in Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases through the Yale School of Public Health. His research interests include implementation science, LGBTQ health, the treatment of opioid use disorder in criminal justice settings, and mood disorders. Matt is particularly interested in using qualitative methods to integrate social science and epidemiologic methods to improve the uptake of evidence-based care.
Matt earned his B.S. in Global and Public Health Sciences at Cornell University. He then worked at the Weill Cornell Center for Global Health under Dr. Radhika Sundararajan. There, his research focused on community-based interventions to improve the uptake of HIV care among medically pluralistic communities. The majority of Matt's work was spent studying novel methods to improve the uptake of HIV care by collaborating with traditional healers in Uganda and Tanzania. Matt also contributed to the development of a community health worker-delivered gestational diabetes screening program in Pune, India.
Education & Training
- BS
- Cornell University, Global and Public Health Sciences (2020)
Research
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Public Health Interests
Health Equity, Disparities, Social Determinants and Justice; Mental Health; HIV/AIDS; Implementation Science; Tuberculosis; Behavioral Health; Stigma and Discrimination
Publications
2022
Interventions to Increase HIV Testing Uptake in Global Settings.
Sundararajan R, Ponticiello M, Nansera D, Jeremiah K, Muyindike W. Interventions to Increase HIV Testing Uptake in Global Settings. Current HIV/AIDS Reports 2022, 19: 184-193. PMID: 35441985, PMCID: PMC9110462, DOI: 10.1007/s11904-022-00602-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA Cluster-Randomized Trial of Traditional Healer-Delivered Counseling and Rapid HIV Testing in Tanzania.
Matungwa DJ, Kidola J, Pungu D, Ponticiello M, Latulipe R, Lee MH, Peck R, Sundararajan R. A Cluster-Randomized Trial of Traditional Healer-Delivered Counseling and Rapid HIV Testing in Tanzania. AIDS And Behavior 2022 PMID: 35553286, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-022-03700-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHow informal healthcare providers improve uptake of HIV testing: qualitative results from a randomized controlled trial.
Ponticiello M, Mwanga-Amumpaire J, Tushemereirwe P, Nuwagaba G, Nansera D, King R, Muyindike W, Sundararajan R. How informal healthcare providers improve uptake of HIV testing: qualitative results from a randomized controlled trial. AIDS (London, England) 2022 PMID: 35442219, DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000003227.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUnderstanding the role of traditional healers in the HIV care cascade: Findings from a qualitative study among stakeholders in Mwanza, Tanzania
Matungwa DJ, Hong R, Kidola J, Pungu D, Ponticiello M, et al. (2022) Understanding the role of traditional healers in the HIV care cascade: Findings from a qualitative study among stakeholders in Mwanza, Tanzania. PLOS Global Public Health 2(8): e0000674. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000674Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUse, cost-effectiveness, and end user perspectives of a home solar lighting intervention in rural Uganda: a mixed methods, randomized controlled trial.
Sundararajan R, D'Couto H, Mugerwa J, Tayebwa M, Lam N, Wallach E, Wiens M, Ponticiello M, Stanistreet D, Tsai AC, Vallarino J, Allen JG, Muyanja D, Shrime MG, Nuwagira E, Lai PS. Use, cost-effectiveness, and end user perspectives of a home solar lighting intervention in rural Uganda: a mixed methods, randomized controlled trial. Environmental Research Letters : ERL [Web Site] 2022, 17 PMID: 35295194, PMCID: PMC8923618, DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac3f05.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Traditional healer-delivered point-of-care HIV testing versus referral to clinical facilities for adults of unknown serostatus in rural Uganda: a mixed-methods, cluster-randomised trial.
Sundararajan R, Ponticiello M, Lee MH, Strathdee SA, Muyindike W, Nansera D, King R, Fitzgerald D, Mwanga-Amumpaire J. Traditional healer-delivered point-of-care HIV testing versus referral to clinical facilities for adults of unknown serostatus in rural Uganda: a mixed-methods, cluster-randomised trial. The Lancet. Global Health 2021, 9: e1579-e1588. PMID: 34678199, PMCID: PMC8562591, DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00366-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFactors associated with HIV testing among traditional healers and their clients in rural Uganda: Results from a cross-sectional study.
Nabukalu D, Ponticiello M, Bennett T, Clark S, King R, Mwanga-Amumpaire J, Sundararajan R. Factors associated with HIV testing among traditional healers and their clients in rural Uganda: Results from a cross-sectional study. International Journal Of STD & AIDS 2021, 32: 1043-1051. PMID: 33978547, PMCID: PMC8542622, DOI: 10.1177/09564624211015028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchShortening "the Road" to Improve Engagement with HIV Testing Resources: A Qualitative Study Among Stakeholders in Rural Uganda.
Broderick K, Ponticiello M, Nabukalu D, Tushemereirwe P, Nuwagaba G, King R, Mwanga-Amumpaire J, Sundararajan R. Shortening "the Road" to Improve Engagement with HIV Testing Resources: A Qualitative Study Among Stakeholders in Rural Uganda. AIDS Patient Care And STDs 2021, 35: 56-62. PMID: 33471578, PMCID: PMC7885900, DOI: 10.1089/apc.2020.0235.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFailure to Upregulate the RNA Binding Protein ZBP After Injury Leads to Impaired Regeneration in a Rodent Model of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy.
Jones JI, Costa CJ, Cooney C, Goldberg DC, Ponticiello M, Cohen MW, Mellado W, Ma TC, Willis DE. Failure to Upregulate the RNA Binding Protein ZBP After Injury Leads to Impaired Regeneration in a Rodent Model of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy. Frontiers In Molecular Neuroscience 2021, 14: 728163. PMID: 34949989, PMCID: PMC8688773, DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2021.728163.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
"Everything is a Mess": How COVID-19 is Impacting Engagement with HIV Testing Services in Rural Southwestern Uganda.
Ponticiello M, Mwanga-Amumpaire J, Tushemereirwe P, Nuwagaba G, King R, Sundararajan R. "Everything is a Mess": How COVID-19 is Impacting Engagement with HIV Testing Services in Rural Southwestern Uganda. AIDS And Behavior 2020 PMID: 32451939, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-020-02935-w.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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- December 13, 2024
Yale Team Proposes a Theory for Safe and Effective bCPAP Implementation in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
- February 26, 2024Source: The Lancet
Clinical encounters with yourself: share, disclose, or overexpose?
- December 20, 2023Source: The Lancet Psychiatry
Ponticiello: Bipolar II Disorder: Overlooked, Stigmatised, Romanticised
- January 30, 2023
YJBM Arts & Humanities: Calming Madness: Transcultural Psychiatry and the Porous Self