Davidson H. Hamer, MD

Professor, Boston University School of Public Health

Biography

Davidson Hamer, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FASTMH, FISTM is a Professor of Global Health and Medicine at the Boston University School of Public Health and Chobanian & Avesidian School of Medicine, and Adjunct Professor of Nutrition at the Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. Dr. Hamer, a board-certified specialist in infectious diseases with a particular interest in tropical infectious diseases, has extensive field experience in neonatal and child survival research including studies of micronutrient interventions, maternal and neonatal health, malaria, pneumonia, and diarrheal diseases. During the last 20+ years, he has supervised and provided technical support to numerous studies in developing countries that evaluated interventions for improving neonatal survival, integrated community case management (iCCM), improving access for pregnant women to emergency obstetrical care, treatment and prevention of malaria, HIV/AIDS, micronutrient deficiencies, diarrheal disease, and pneumonia. Dr. Hamer received a MD from the University of Vermont College of Medicine and a BA in biology and French from Amherst College. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, Infectious Diseases Society of America, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, and the International Society of Travel Medicine.

Dr. Hamer currently has active projects in Bangladesh, Uganda, Zambia, and the United States. Major current projects include neonatal sepsis prevention using prebiotics and probiotics in Bangladesh; an autopsy study of fungal infections in HIV-infected patients in Uganda; etiologies of sepsis in HIV-exposed and uninfected children in Zambia; and a prospective cohort study of Chagas disease among US immigrants that includes a biobank. In addition, Dr. Hamer is the Surveillance Lead for the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network, a global network of 70 sites in 31 countries that conducts surveillance of emerging infectious diseases using returning travelers, immigrants, and refugees as sentinels of infection (https://geosentinel.org).

Publications

  • Published 2/9/2026

    Phillips LT, Bates M, Coffin SE, Foster-Nyarko E, Kapasa M, Machona S, Mwananyanda L, Mwansa JCL, Musyani CL, Tembo JM, Egbe FN, Holt KE, Hamer DH. Transmission dynamics of Klebsiella pneumoniae in a neonatal intensive care unit in Zambia before and after an infection control bundle. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2026; 6(2):e0005965. PMID: 41662406.

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  • Published 1/12/2026

    Stanton TD, Keegan SP, Abdulahi JA, Amulele AV, Bates M, Heinz E, Hooda Y, Hu W, Jain K, Kanwar S, Magobo R, Olwagen CP, Tembo JM, Sonda T, Strysko J, Tigoi CC, Amin SA, Bittinger K, Cornick J, Foster-Nyarko E, Gumbi W, Hotwani A, Iqbal N, Jones SM, Kabir F, Khan W, Musyani CL, McGann CM, Mittal V, Moustafa AM, Musicha P, Mwansa JCL, Ndumba ML, Odih EE, Omuoyo DO, Pearse O, Phillips LT, Planet PJ, Rasool AA, Rodrigues CMC, Sands K, Tanmoy AM, Theiller E, Zuza AM, Basu S, Chan GJ, Iregbu KC, Mazarati JB, Alemayehu SS, Walsh TR, Zahra R, Dramowski A, Fwoloshi S, Labi AK, Madrid L, Obeng-Nkrumah N, Ojok D, Wadugu BD, Whitelaw AC, Bethou A, Bhargava A, Jindal A, Nanavati RN, Prasad PS, Sastry A, Farooqi JQ, Ghanchi N, Jehan F, Khan E, Agarwal RK, Aiken AM, Berkley JA, Coffin SE, Feasey NA, Govender NP, Hamer DH, Madhi SA, Nisar MI, Saha SK, Saha S, Sankar MJ, Wyres KL, Holt KE. Distribution of capsule and O types in Klebsiella pneumoniae causing neonatal sepsis in Africa and South Asia: A meta-analysis of genome-predicted serotype prevalence to inform potential vaccine coverage. PLoS Med. 2026 Jan; 23(1):e1004879. PMID: 41525325.

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  • Published 1/1/2026

    Brady SP, Ewell A, Lopera-Perez DC, Rockers PC, Evans D, Coetzee L, Fink G, Hamer DH, Yousafzai AK, Tarullo AR. Physiological Markers of Early Social Skills in Rural South Africa: The Role of Frontal Alpha Asymmetry and Heart Rate Variability. Dev Psychobiol. 2026 Jan; 68(1):e70115. PMID: 41466505.

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  • Published 12/1/2025

    Amatya B, Pandey P, McGuinness SL, Grobusch MP, Muhi S, Leder K, Díaz-Menéndez M, Stroffolini G, Gobbi F, Oliveira-Souto I, Waggoner JJ, Theunissen C, de Miguel R, Kazmi K, Dawadi S, Pradhan R, Goorhuis A, Connor BA, Hamer DH, Leung DT. GeoSentinel Analysis of Travelers' Diarrhea Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Dec 01; 8(12):e2551089. PMID: 41591385.

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  • Published 11/26/2025

    Kvitne KE, Allaband C, Onuora JC, Perry D, Zuffa S, Patel L, Charron-Lamoureux V, Mohanty I, Sejane K, Patan A, Mahmud AA, Ahmed T, Bassani DG, González A, Hamer DH, Haque R, Ho B, Hossain MI, Islam MS, McDonald D, Pell LG, Qamar H, Roth DE, Saha S, Shah PS, Siddiqui MM, Sarker SA, Sultana S, Thomas S, Burnett LA, Tsunoda SM, Bode L, Dorrestein PC, Knight R. Environmental and maternal imprints on infant gut metabolic development. Cell Host Microbe. 2025 Dec 10; 33(12):2130-2147.e7. PMID: 41308639.

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Other Positions

  • Professor, Medicine
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Faculty, National Emerging Infectious Disease Lab
    Boston University
  • Faculty, Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy & Research
    Boston University
  • Core Co-lead for EIDs, One Health, and Climate Change, Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy & Research
    Boston University
  • Faculty, African Studies Center
    Boston University
  • Member, Pulmonary Center
    Boston University
  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
    Boston University
  • Graduate Medical Sciences Educator and Mentor (Primary Mentor of Graduate Students)
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences

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Education

  • University of Vermont College of Medicine, MD
  • Amherst College, BA

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