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University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC: Amsterdam, Noord Holland, NL

2021-01-10 to present | MD/PhD Candidate (Epidemiology and Datascience; Paediatric Endocrinology; Amsterdam Reproduction & Development)
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Sarai Keestra

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: London, Camden, GB

2020-05 to 2021-07 | Research assistant (Global Health & Development)
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Sarai Keestra

University of Oxford: Oxford, GB

2019-09 to 2020-06 | Research Assistant (Anthropology)
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Sarai Keestra

Education and qualifications (2)

Durham University: Durham, GB

2018-09 to 2019-09 | MSc in Medical Anthropology - Distinction (Anthropology)
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Sarai Keestra

University College London: London, GB

2015-09 to 2018-09 | Human Sciences BSc. Hons. First Class
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Works (29)

Srd5a1 is Differentially Regulated and Methylated During Prepubertal Development in the Ovary and Hypothalamus

Journal of the Endocrine Society
2023-08-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1210/jendso/bvad108
Contributors: Ben Bar-Sadeh; Lilach Pnueli; Sarai Keestra; Gillian R Bentley; Philippa Melamed
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Biosecurity and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions in animal agricultural settings for reducing infection burden, antibiotic use, and antibiotic resistance: a One Health systematic review

The Lancet Planetary Health
2023-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(23)00049-9
Part of ISSN: 2542-5196
Contributors: Chris E Pinto Jimenez; Sarai Keestra; Pranav Tandon; Oliver Cumming; Amy J Pickering; Arshnee Moodley; Clare I R Chandler
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Sarai Keestra

Adoption of the World Health Organization’s best practices in clinical trial registration and reporting among top public and philanthropic funders of medical research in the United States

2023-04-03 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2023.04.03.23288059
Contributors: Elise Gamertsfelder; Netzahualpilli Delgado Figueroa; Sarai Keestra; Alan Silva; Ronak Borana; Maximilian Siebert; Till Bruckner
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One Health WASH: an AMR-smart integrative approach to preventing and controlling infection in farming communities

BMJ Global Health
2023-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-011263
Contributors: Chris E Pinto Jimenez; Sarai M Keestra; Pranav Tandon; Amy J Pickering; Arshnee Moodley; Oliver Cumming; Clare I R Chandler
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Integrating the environmental and genetic architectures of mortality and aging

2023-03-14 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2023.03.10.23286340
Contributors: M. Austin Argentieri; Najaf Amin; Alejo J. Nevado-Holgado; William Sproviero; Jennifer A. Collister; Sarai M. Keestra; Aiden Doherty; David J. Hunter; Alexandra Alvergne; Cornelia M. van Duijn
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Acoustic regularities in infant-directed speech and song across cultures

Nature Human Behaviour
2022-07-18 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1038/s41562-022-01410-x
Part of ISSN: 2397-3374
Contributors: Courtney B. Hilton; Cody Moser; Mila Bertolo; Harry Lee-Rubin; Dorsa Amir; Constance Bainbridge; Jan Simson; Dean Knox; Luke Glowacki; Elias Alemu et al.
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Sarai Keestra

Thyroid Function at Age Fifty After Prenatal Famine Exposure in the Dutch Famine Birth Cohort

Frontiers in Endocrinology
2022-06-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2022.836245
Part of ISSN: 1664-2392
Contributors: Sarai M. Keestra; Irina Motoc; Anita C.J. Ravelli; Tessa J. Roseboom; Martijn J.J. Finken
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Sarai Keestra

University patenting and licensing practices in the United Kingdom during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic

Global Public Health
2022-05-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2022.2049842
Part of ISSN: 1744-1692
Part of ISSN: 1744-1706
Contributors: Sarai Keestra; Florence Rodgers; Rhiannon Osborne; Sabrina Wimmer
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Sarai Keestra

Improving clinical trial transparency at UK universities: Evaluating 3 years of policies and reporting performance on the European Clinical Trial Register

Clinical Trials
2022-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/17407745211071015
Contributors: Sarai Mirjam Keestra; Florence Rodgers; Sophie Gepp; Peter Grabitz; Till Bruckner
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Global COVID-19 Vaccine Inequity: Failures in the First Year of Distribution and Potential Solutions for the Future

Frontiers in Public Health
2022-03-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.821117
Part of ISSN: 2296-2565
Contributors: Victoria Pilkington; Sarai Mirjam Keestra; Andrew Hill
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Sarai Keestra

WASH and biosecurity interventions for reducing burden of infection, antibiotic use, and antimicrobial resistance in animal agricultural settings: a One Health mixed methods systematic review

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
2021 | Report
Contributors: Chris Pinto; Sarai Keestra; Pranav Tandon; Clare I.R. Chandler
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Sarai Keestra

Clinical trial reporting performance of thirty UK universities on ClinicalTrials.gov—evaluation of a new tracking tool for the US clinical trial registry

Trials
2021-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-021-05330-5
Part of ISSN: 1745-6215
Contributors: Sarai Mirjam Keestra; Florence Rodgers; Daphne Lenz; Rhiannon Osborne; Till Bruckner; Sean Lee
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Sarai Keestra

Preventing Research Waste in the Netherlands - Clinical Trial Reporting Performance of Dutch University Medical Centres on International Trial Registries (EUCTR and ClinicalTrials.Gov)

Amsterdam Medical Student journal
2021-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Sarai Keestra
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Sarai Keestra

Who funded the research behind the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine?

BMJ Global Health
2021-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-007321
Contributors: Samuel Cross; Yeanuk Rho; Henna Reddy; Toby Pepperrell; Florence Rodgers; Rhiannon Osborne; Ayolola Eni-Olotu; Rishi Banerjee; Sabrina Wimmer; Sarai Keestra
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Bitter taste perception in BaYaka hunter-gatherers

2021-11-29 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2021.11.25.469973
Contributors: Sarai Keestra; Edmond Sylvestre Miabangana; Nikhil Chaudhary; Inez Derkx; Gaurav Sikka; Gul Deniz Salali
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Quantifying patterns of alcohol consumption and its effects on health and wellbeing among BaYaka hunter-gatherers: A mixed-methods cross-sectional study

PLOS ONE
2021-10-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258384
Contributors: Jessica K. Knight; Sandra Jacobson; Gul Deniz Salali; Gaurav Sikka; Inez Derkx; Sarai M. Keestra; Nikhil Chaudhary
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Sofosbuvir: The Creation of an (In)Valuable Medicine for Hepatitis C

Global Health Annual Review
2021-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Sarai Keestra
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Sarai Keestra

University patenting and licensing practices in the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021-09-22 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2021.09.20.21263777
Contributors: Sarai Keestra; Florence Rodgers; Rhiannon Osborne; Sabrina Wimmer
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Thinking upstream: a critical examination of a cholera outbreak in Ethiopia

Forced Migration Review
2021-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Edward G. J. Stevenson; Lucie Buffavand; Sarai Keestra
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Sarai Keestra

Improving the Quality of Life of Patients with an Underactive Thyroid Through mHealth: A Patient-Centered Approach.

Women's health reports (New Rochelle, N.Y.)
2021-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1089/whr.2021.0010
PMID: 34235505
PMC: PMC8243709
Contributors: Högqvist Tabor V; Högqvist Tabor M; Keestra S; Parrot JE; Alvergne A
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Structural violence and the biomedical innovation system: what responsibility do universities have in ensuring access to health technologies?

BMJ Global Health
2021-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-004916
Contributors: Sarai Keestra
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Who funded the research behind the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine? Approximating the funding to the University of Oxford for the research and development of the ChAdOx vaccine technology

2021-04-10 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/2021.04.08.21255103
Contributors: Samuel Cross; Yeanuk Rho; Henna Reddy; Toby Pepperrell; Florence Rodgers; Rhiannon Osborne; Ayolola Eni-Olotu; Rishi Banerjee; Sabrina Wimmer; Sarai Keestra
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The timing of adrenarche in Maya girls, Merida, Mexico

American Journal of Human Biology
2021-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23465
Contributors: Sarai M. Keestra; Gillian R. Bentley; Alejandra Núñez‐de la Mora; Lauren C. Houghton; Hannah Wilson; Adriana Vázquez‐Vázquez; Gillian D. Cooper; Federico Dickinson; Paula Griffiths; Barry A. Bogin et al.
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Reinterpreting patterns of variation in human thyroid function

Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health
2021-02-26 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/emph/eoaa043
Contributors: Sarai Keestra; Vedrana Högqvist Tabor; Alexandra Alvergne
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Making a COVID-19 vaccine that works for everyone: ensuring equity and inclusivity in clinical trials

Global Health Action
2021-01-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2021.1892309
Part of ISSN: 1654-9716
Part of ISSN: 1654-9880
Contributors: Toby Pepperrell; Florence Rodgers; Pranav Tandon; Kelly Sarsfield; Molly Pugh-Jones; Theo Rashid; Sarai Keestra
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Sarai Keestra

Global WEIRDing: transitions in wild plant knowledge and treatment preferences in Congo hunter–gatherers

Evolutionary Human Sciences
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/ehs.2020.26
Part of ISSN: 2513-843X
Contributors: Gul Deniz Salali; Mark Dyble; Nikhil Chaudhary; Gaurav Sikka; Inez Derkx; Sarai M. Keestra; Daniel Smith; James Thompson; Lucio Vinicius; Andrea Bamberg Migliano
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Public Risk-Taking and Rewards During the COVID-19 Pandemic - A Case Study of Remdesivir in the Context of Global Health Equity

International Journal of Health Policy and Management
2020-09-06 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.34172/ijhpm.2020.166
Part of ISSN: 2322-5939
Contributors: Sabrina Wimmer; Sarai Keestra
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Missing clinical trial data: the evidence gap in the safety of potential COVID-19 drugs

2020-06-03 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/2020.05.30.20117523
Contributors: Florence Rodgers; Toby Pepperrell; Sarai Keestra; Victoria Pilkington
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Enhancing clinical trial transparency at UK’s top research universities – from generating evidence to improving practice

3 Minute Quick Fire
2019-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1136/bmjebm-2019-ebmlive.59
Contributors: Sarai Keestra; Sophie Gepp; Peter Grabitz; Yi Nian Lee; Till Bruckner
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Sarai Keestra

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