Posts by Mark J. Siedner, MD, MPH
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Older Ugandans With Treated HIV Report Better QoL Than Ugandans Without HIV
Lien T. Quach, PhD, Mark J. Siedner, MD, MPH, and colleagues found that in several respects, older Ugandans with HIV have better health-related quality of life than sex- and age-similar people without HIV, perhaps because of the primary health care and other support often offered to people with HIV in the global south.
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Study Finds Social Distancing Slowed U.S. Growth of COVID-19
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers found that the average daily COVID-19-attributed death rate began declining after the implementation of physical distancing measures.
Biography
Mark Siedner is an infectious disease clinician and researcher in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital. His clinical work focuses on clinical infectious disease care both at Mass General and also as an HIV care provider in southwestern Uganda. He also contributes a significant portion of his time to research, largely focused in southwestern Uganda with the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Global Health, where he pursues studies aimed at mitigating the causes of morbidity and mortality among people living with HIV in low and middle-income countries.
