Departmental Affiliations
Center & Institute Affiliations
Research Interests
mixed-methods; qualitative research; ethnography; participatory approaches; lung health; vaccine readiness; health behavior change; mistrust, and rumor; community health workers; climate change, air pollution, and respiratory health; gender and social determinants of health; program planning and evaluation in LMICs; South Asia, Latin America, and sub-Saharan Africa.
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Experiences & Accomplishments
Arman Majidulla, PhD ’24, MA ’12, applies mixed-methods ethnography, participatory community engagement, and implementation-science principles to strengthen lung-health and vaccine interventions for underserved populations across low- and middle-income countries.
Honors & Awards
Delta Omega Alpha Honor Society, Johns ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½, 2025
Center for Qualitative Studies in Health and Medicine, Johns ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½, 2023
Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies, Johns Hopkins University, 2023
Timothy D Baker Scholarship, Johns ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½, 2020
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Selected recent publications
Majidulla A, Sultan MA, Zaman A, Shafique M, Ahmed S, Naz F, Nayyab S, Sohail A. Engage less, provide more: Community health workers’ perspectives on how to overcome opposition to polio vaccination in Pakistan. Global Public Health. 2025 Dec 31;20(1):2465645.
Gerste AK, Majidulla A, Baidya A, Georgewill O, DeLuca AN, Pelzer PT, Gill MM, Jerene D, Buis JS, Kerkhoff AD, Limaye RJ. Lessons from a decade of adult vaccine rollout in low-and middle-income countries: a scoping review. Expert review of vaccines. 2024 Dec 31;23(1):688-704.
Sultan MA, Closser S, Majidulla A, Ahmed S, Naz F, Nayyab S, Zaman A, Shafique M, Sohail A. How to eradicate polio in Pakistan: Insights from community health workers. PLOS Global Public Health. 2023 Aug 29;3(8):e0002289.
Closser S, Sultan M, Tikkanen R, Singh S, Majidulla A, Maes K, Gerber S, Rosenthal A, Palazuelos D, Tesfaye Y, Finley E. Breaking the silence on gendered harassment and assault of community health workers: an analysis of ethnographic studies. BMJ global health. 2023 May 1;8(5):e011749.
Khan FA, Majidulla A, Tavaziva G, Nazish A, Abidi SK, Benedetti A, Menzies D, Johnston JC, Khan AJ, Saeed S. Chest x-ray analysis with deep learning-based software as a triage test for pulmonary tuberculosis: a prospective study of diagnostic accuracy for culture-confirmed disease. The Lancet Digital Health. 2020 Nov 1;2(11):e573-81.