Erica Kocher is a doctoral student at the Emory Global Diabetes Research Center. She received a BA in Sociology from Yale University, and an MPH in Chronic Disease Epidemiology from the Yale School of Public Health. She is currently a student in the Nutrition and Health Sciences doctoral program at the Emory University Laney Graduate School.
Her research focuses on strenghtening healthcare services for people with noncommunicable diseases in low and middle income countries. This work includes using interdisciplinary methods to generate policy relevant evidence on the burden of disease, socio-ecological context for intervention, and effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of program implementation. In addition, she is interested in understanding how evidence is used by decision makers to inform policy design and adoption. Her current areas of focus include evaluating health system interventions for diabetes and hypertension in India and exploring integration of noncommunicable disease services for people with HIV/AIDS in Kenya.
Areas of Interest
- Cardiometabolic Diseases
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Cost Effective Analysis
- Diabetes
- Global Health
- Health Policy
- Health Services Research
- Healthcare Systems
- Implementation Science
Education
- BA 2018, Yale University
- MPH 2019, Yale School of Public Health
Publications
- Rachel Stelmach, Erica L Kocher, Ishu Kataria, Angela Mary Jackson-Morris, Shekhar Saxena, Rachel Nugent, 2022, The global return on investment from preventing and treating adolescent mental disorders and suicide: a modelling study, BMJ Global Health, 7,
- Lauren C LaMonica, Stephen T McGarvey, Anna C Rivara, Chlöe A Sweetman, Take Naseri, Muagatutia Sefuiva Reupena, Hemant Kadiamada, Erica Kocher, Alexa Rojas-Carroll, James P DeLany, Nicola L Hawley, 2021, Cascades of diabetes and hypertension care in Samoa: Identifying gaps in the diagnosis, treatment, and control continuum - a cross-sectional study, The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 18,
- Ishu Kataria, Carrie Ngongo, Shiang Cheng Lim, Erica Kocher, Paul Kowal, Arunah Chandran, Aaron Kual, Fu-Meng Khaw, Feisul Idzwan Mustapha, 2020, Development and evaluation of a digital, community-based intervention to reduce noncommunicable disease risk in a low-resource urban setting in Malaysia: a research protocol, Implementation Science Communication, 1,
- Erica Kocher, Mayur Desai, Anna Rivara, Take Naseri, Nicola Hawley, 2020, Evaluating the feasibility and effectiveness of self-monitoring of health among Samoan women: a randomized trial, Public Health Dialog, 21,
- Erica L Kocher, Jeanette M Sternberg Lamb, Stephen T McGarvey, Mata'uitafa Faiai, Bethel T Muasau-Howard, Nicola L Hawley, 2018, Conceptions of pregnancy health and motivations for healthful behavior change among women in American Samoa, Women and Birth, 31, e32-e41