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Dustin Gibson, PhD ’14, MS, develops and evaluates digital tools and technologies to address health system gaps in low- and middle-income countries
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Research Interests
digital health; mobile phone surveys, mHealth; surveillance; non communicable diseases; behavior change; demand generation; vaccines; capacity building; infectious diseases
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Experiences & Accomplishments
Broadly, my research interests center around the application and evaluation of digital health technologies to strengthen health systems and generate demand for health services in lower income countries, with a particular focus on immunization delivery and non communicable disease surveillance. Since 2015, a major focus has been advancing mobile phone survey methods for public health data collection in low- and middle-income countries
Honors & Awards
Finalist, Student Supervisor of the Year, Johns Hopkins University (2025)
Kenyan National mHealth and eHealth Research Working Group (2012-present)
mHealth Summitt Scholarship Award, Johns Hopkins Global mHealth Initiative (2012 and 2013)
Finalist for iMedical Apps and Medicine 2.0 mHealth Research Award (2012)
Global Health Field Research Award, Johns Hopkins University (2012)
Lipitz Public Health Policy Award, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (2012)
Clements-Mann Fellowship, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, (2011)
Select Publications
I have published with co-authors from the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (Bangladesh); Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia); Ifakara Health Instiute (Tanzania); Makerere School of Public Health (Uganda); Kenya Medical Research Institute; and the World Health Organization. Selected publications are listed below
Fernandez Nino J, Ahmed S, Al Kibria GM, Phadnis R, Davlin S, Lee J, Cowan M, Costa Beltran R, Zevallos Lopez, JC, Vasconez J, Masiye JK, El Berri H, Mounach S, Gomare M, Shah D, Khan G, Dave N, Wickaramasinghe C, Perera U, Lishimpi K, Mutale W, Siyumbwa N, Lea V, Riley L, Gibson DG. A multi-country comparison between mobile phone surveys and face-to-face household surveys to estimate prevalence of noncommunicable diseases behavioral risk factors in low and middle-income settings. BMJ Global Health. 2025 June; 10(6): e017785. PMID: 40562539
Gibson DG, Tamrat T, Mehl G. The State of Digital Interventions for Demand Generation in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Considerations, Emerging Approaches, and Research Gaps. Global Health: Science and Practice. 2018, 6 (Supplement 1): S49-S60. PMID: 30305339
Gibson DG, Wosu AC, Pariyo GW, Ahmed S, Ali J, Labrique AB, et al. Effect of airtime incentives on response and cooperation rates in non- communicable disease interactive voice response surveys : randomised controlled trials in Bangladesh and Uganda. BMJ Global Health 2019;4:e001604. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001604.
Gibson DG, Pereira A, Farrenkopf BA, Labrique AB, Pariyo GW, Hyder AA. Mobile Phone Surveys for Collecting Population-Level Estimates in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Literature Review. J Med Internet Res 2017;19:e139. PMID: 28476725
Tweheyo R, Gibson DG, Kuo H, Ali J, Kaufman M, Ortiz AV, Rutebemberwa E. Exploring and validating reasons for non-response and dropping off an interactive voice response survey for NCD surveillance in Uganda: mixed methods study. Oxford Open Digital Health. 2025 Aug;3: oqaf017. PMID 40917701