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Education

• Ph.D in Version Control Theory, GitHub University, 2018 (expected)
• M.S. in Jekyll, GitHub University, 2014
• B.S. in GitHub, GitHub University, 2012

Work experience

• Spring 2024: Academic Pages Collaborator
  • GitHub University
  • Duties includes: Updates and improvements to template
  • Supervisor: The Users
• Fall 2015: Research Assistant
  • GitHub University
  • Duties included: Merging pull requests
  • Supervisor: Professor Hub
• Summer 2015: Research Assistant
  • GitHub University
  • Duties included: Tagging issues
  • Supervisor: Professor Git

Skills

• Skill 1
• Skill 2
  • Sub-skill 2.1
  • Sub-skill 2.2
  • Sub-skill 2.3
• Skill 3

Publications

Accelerators to reduce violence, HIV risk, and early pregnancy among adolescents and young people in Namibia: A cross-sectional analysis of the Violence Against Children & Youth Survey

Little MT, Hertzog L, Rudgard WE, Toska E, Banougnin B, Yates R, Chipanta D, Annor FB, Chiang L, Cluver L (2025) Accelerators to reduce violence, HIV risk, and early pregnancy among adolescents and young people in Namibia: A cross-sectional analysis of the Violence Against Children & Youth Survey. PLOS Global Public Health.

The relationship between cash-based interventions and violence: A systematic review and evidence map

Machado DB, de Siqueira Filha NT, Cortes F, Castro-de-Araujo LFS, Alves FJO, Ramos D, Xavier EF, Zanghelini F, Rudgard WE, Humphreys DK, Barreto ML (2024) The relationship between cash-based interventions and violence: A systematic review and evidence map. Aggression and Violent Behavior.

Healthcare provisions associated with multiple HIV-related outcomes among adolescent girls and young women living with HIV in South Africa: a cross-sectional study

Toska E, Zhou S, Laurenzi CA, Saal W, Rudgard WE, Wittesaele C, Langwenya N, Jochim J, Banougnin BH, Gulaid L, Armstrong A, Sherman G, Edun O, Sherr L, Cluver L (2024) Healthcare provisions associated with multiple HIV-related outcomes among adolescent girls and young women living with HIV in South Africa: a cross-sectional study. Journal of the International AIDS Society.

Social protection as a strategy for HIV prevention, education promotion and child marriage reduction among adolescents: a cross-sectional population-based study in Lesotho

Hertzog L, Cluver L, Banougnin BH, Saminathen MG, Little MT, Mchenga M, Yates R, Rudgard WE, Chiang L, Annor FB, Picchetti V, Masetti G, Foraci M, Sanaha R, Toska E (2024) Social protection as a strategy for HIV prevention, education promotion and child marriage reduction among adolescents: a cross-sectional population-based study in Lesotho. BMC Public Health.

Identifying potential catalysts to accelerate the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) among adolescents living in Nigeria

Tamambang R, Kusi-Mensah K, Bella-Awusah T, Ogunmola O, Afolayan A, Toska E, Hertzog L, Rudgard WE, Evans R, Omigbodun O (2024) Identifying potential catalysts to accelerate the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) among adolescents living in Nigeria. Psychology, Health & Medicine.

Assessing the cost-effectiveness of economic strengthening and parenting support for preventing violence against adolescents in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa: An economic modelling study using non-randomised data

Rudgard WE, Obiesie S, Desmond C, Casale M, Cluver L (2023) Assessing the cost-effectiveness of economic strengthening and parenting support for preventing violence against adolescents in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa: An economic modelling study using non-randomised data. PLOS Glob Public Health 3(8): e0001666

Protective factors for adolescent sexual risk behaviours and experiences linked to HIV infection in South Africa: a three-wave longitudinal analysis of caregiving, education, food security, and social protection

Rudgard WE, Saminathen MG, Orkin M, Banougnin BH, Toska E (2023) Protective factors for adolescent sexual risk behaviours and experiences linked to HIV infection in South Africa: a three-wave longitudinal analysis of caregiving, education, food security, and social protection. BMC Public Health 23(1452): https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16373-5

The social determinants of national tuberculosis incidence rates in 116 countries: a longitudinal ecological study between 2005–2015

Költringer FA, Annerstedt KS, Boccia D, Carter D, Rudgard WE (2023). The social determinants of national tuberculosis incidence rates in 116 countries: a longitudinal ecological study between 2005–2015. BMC Public Health 23(337): https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15213-w

Whole of government approaches to accelerate adolescent success: efficiency and financing considerations

Desmond C, Watt K, Rudgard WE, Sherr L, Cluver L (2023) Whole of government approaches to accelerate adolescent success: efficiency and financing considerations. Health Policy and Planning.

Impacts of intimate partner violence and sexual abuse on antiretroviral adherence among adolescents living with HIV in South Africa

Cluver LD, Zhou S, Orkin M, Rudgard WE, Meinck F, Langwenya N, Vicari M, Edun O, Sherr L, Toska E (2023) Impacts of intimate partner violence and sexual abuse on antiretroviral adherence among adolescents living with HIV in South Africa. AIDS.

Associations of social media and health content use with sexual risk behaviours among adolescents in South Africa

Banougnin BH, Toska E, Maughan-Brown B, Rudgard WE, Hertzog, Jochim J, Armstrong A, Cluver L (2023) Associations of social media and health content use with sexual risk behaviours among adolescents in South Africa. Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters.

Understanding accelerators to improve SDG-related outcomes for adolescents—An investigation into the nature and quantum of additive effects of protective factors to guide policy making

Sherr L, Haag K, Tomlinson M, Rudgard WE, Skeen S, Meink F, Du Toit SM, Steventon Roberts KJ, Gordon SL, Desmond C, Cluver L (2023) Understanding accelerators to improve SDG-related outcomes for adolescents—An investigation into the nature and quantum of additive effects of protective factors to guide policy making. PLOS ONE.

Multiple Impacts of Ethiopia’s Health Extension Programme on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing: a Quasi-Experimental Study 2002-2013

Rudgard WE, Dzumbunu SP, Yates R, Toska E, Stockl H, Hertzog L, Emaway D, Cluver LD (2022) Multiple Impacts of Ethiopia’s Health Extension Programme on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing: a Quasi-Experimental Study 2002-2013. Journal of Adolescent Health 2(71): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.04.010

Food security reduces multiple HIV infection risks for adolescent mothers in South Africa: A cross-sectional study

Rudgard WE*, Cluver LD*, Toska E, Orkin M, Ibrahim M, Langwenya N, Kuo C, Xaba N, Roehm K, Smith M, Yates R, Sherr L (2022) Food security reduces multiple HIV infection risks for adolescent mothers in South Africa: A cross-sectional study. Journal of the International AIDS Society.

Can a combination of interventions accelerate outcomes to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals for young children? Evidence from a longitudinal study in South Africa and Malawi

Mebrahtu H, Skeen S, Rudgard WE, Du Toit S, Haag K, Roberts KJ, Gordon SL, Orkin M, Cluver L, Tomlinson M, Sherr L (2022) Can a combination of interventions accelerate outcomes to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals for young children? Evidence from a longitudinal study in South Africa and Malawi. Child: Care, Health and Development.

Accelerators for achieving the sustainable development goals in Sub-Saharan-African children and young adolescents–A longitudinal study

Haag K, Du Toit S, Rudgard WE, Skeen S, Meinck F, Gordon SL, Mebrahtu H, Roberts KJ, Cluver L, Tomlinson M, Sherr L (2022) Accelerators for achieving the sustainable development goals in Sub-Saharan-African children and young adolescents–A longitudinal study. World Development.

Accelerating progress towards improved mental health and healthy behaviours in adolescents living in adversity: findings from a longitudinal study in South Africa

Du Toit S, Haag K, Skeen S, Sherr L, Orkin M, Rudgard WE, Marlow M, Mehbratu H, Roberts KS, Tomlinson M (2022) Accelerating progress towards improved mental health and healthy behaviours in adolescents living in adversity: findings from a longitudinal study in South Africa. Psychology, Health & Medicine.

Accelerating progress towards the sustainable development goals for adolescents in Ghana: a cross-sectional study

Kusi-Mensah K, Tamambang R, Bella-Awusah T, Ogunmola S, Afolayan A, Toska E, Hertzog L, Rudgard WE, Evans R, Omigbodun O (2022) Accelerating progress towards the sustainable development goals for adolescents in Ghana: a cross-sectional study. Psychology, Health & Medicine.

What do adolescents value most and is this affected by HIV status? Aspirations and self-perceptions from a large cohort study in South Africa

Chen-Charles J, Rudgard WE, Doyle AM, Toska E, Cluver L (2022) What do adolescents value most and is this affected by HIV status? Aspirations and self-perceptions from a large cohort study in South Africa. Psychology, Health & Medicine.

Food for thought: addressing undernutrition to end tuberculosis

Sinha P, Lönnroth K, Bhargava A, Heysell SK, Sarkar S, Salgame P, Rudgard WE et al. (2021) Food for thought: addressing undernutrition to end tuberculosis. The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

Bullying and ART Non adherence Among South African ALHIV: Effects, Risks, and Protective Factors

Casale M, Cluver L, Boyes M, Toska E, Gulaid L, Armstrong A, Shenderovich Y, Rudgard WE, Zhou S, Langwenya N (2021) Bullying and ART Non adherence Among South African ALHIV: Effects, Risks, and Protective Factors. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.

Clinic and care: associations with adolescent ART adherence in a prospective cohort in South Africa

Cluver L, Shenderovich Y, Toska E, Rudgard WE, Zhou S, Orkin M, Haghighat R, Chetty A, Kuo Caroline, Armstrong A, Sherr L (2021) Clinic and care: associations with adolescent ART adherence in a prospective cohort in South Africa. AIDS.

Violence prevention accelerators for children and adolescents in South Africa: a path analysis using two pooled cohorts

Rudgard WE*, Cluver LD*, Toska E, Zhou S, Campeau L, Shenderovich Y, Orkin M, Desmond C, Butchart A, Taylor H, Meinck F, Sherr L (2020) Violence prevention accelerators for children and adolescents in South Africa: a path analysis using two pooled cohorts. PLoS Medicine.

Uptake of governmental social protection and financial hardship during drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rudgard WE, Chagas NS, Gayoso R, Barreto ML, Boccia D, Smeeth L, Rodrigues LC, Lönnroth K, Williamson E, Maciel ELN (2018) Uptake of governmental social protection and financial hardship during drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. European Respiratory Journal.

Modelling the impact of social protection on tuberculosis: the S-PROTECT project

Boccia D, Rudgard WE, Shrestha S, Lönnroth K, Eckhoff P, Golub J, Sanchez M, Maciel E, Rasella D, Shete P, Pedrazzoli D, Houben R, Chang S, Dowdy D (2018) Modelling the impact of social protection on tuberculosis: the S-PROTECT project. BMC Public Health.

Amateur endurance athletes’ use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: a cross-sectional survey

Rudgard WE, Hirsch CA, Cox AR (2018) Amateur endurance athletes’ use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: a cross-sectional survey. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice.

Cash transfers to enhance TB control: lessons from the HIV response

Rudgard WE, Carter DJ, Scuffell J, Cluver LD, Fraser-Hurt N, Boccia D (2018) Cash transfers to enhance TB control: lessons from the HIV response. BMC Public Health.

Comparison of two cash transfer strategies to prevent catastrophic costs for poor tuberculosis-affected households in low- and middle-income countries: An economic modelling study

Rudgard WE, Evans CA, Sweeney S, Wingfield T, Lönnroth K, Barreira D, Boccia D (2017) Comparison of two cash transfer strategies to prevent catastrophic costs for poor tuberculosis-affected households in low- and middle-income countries: An economic modelling study. PLoS Medicine.

Survival and Growth of Orientia tsutsugamushi in Conventional Hemocultures

Dittrich S, Card E, Phuklia W, Rudgard WE, Silousok J, Phoumin P, Bouthasavong L, Azarian S, Davong V, Dance DAB, Vongsouvath M, Phetsouvanh R, Newton PN (2016) Survival and Growth of Orientia tsutsugamushi in Conventional Hemocultures. Emerging Infectious Diseases.

The Utility of Blood Culture Fluid for the Molecular Diagnosis of Leptospira: A Prospective Evaluation

Dittrich S, Rudgard WE, Woods KL, Silisouk J, Phuklia W, Davong V, Vongsouvath M, Phommasone K, Rattanavong S, Knappik M, Craig SB, Weier SL, Tulsiani SM, Dance DAB, Newton PN (2016) The Utility of Blood Culture Fluid for the Molecular Diagnosis of Leptospira: A Prospective Evaluation. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

Talks

Conference Proceeding talk 3 on Relevant Topic in Your Field

March 01, 2014

Conference proceedings talk at Testing Institute of America 2014 Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Talk 2 on Relevant Topic in Your Field

February 01, 2014

Talk at London School of Testing, London, UK

Tutorial 1 on Relevant Topic in Your Field

March 01, 2013

Tutorial at UC-Berkeley Institute for Testing Science, Berkeley, CA, USA

Talk 1 on Relevant Topic in Your Field

March 01, 2012

Talk at UC San Francisco, Department of Testing, San Francisco, CA, USA

Teaching

Social Determinants of Tuberculosis

Structural Interventions

Validity and Bias

Service and leadership

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