Carol Mita serves as a liaison to the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, specializing in literature search support and instruction. She has provided research support to the Harvard public health community for over 20 years as a Countway librarian, since earning her Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science at Simmons College in Boston. Her undergraduate studies in the health sciences and zoology, years of previous experience in health sciences libraries at the University of Wisconsin, and penchant for learning languages have served her well in her role as an expert searcher.
Publications
- Musicus AA, Jensen ML, Mita C, Winters DRH, Roberts MT, Mancini S, Harris JL, Fleming-Milici F, Krieger JW. The relationship between fruit drink front-of- package claims, fruit imagery, and ingredient disclosures and consumer perceptions, intentions, and behavior: A systematic review. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2025 Jan 31:S2212-2672(25)00038-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2025.01.017. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39894077
- Fernández-Elorriaga M, Fifield J, Semrau KEA, Lipsitz S, Tuller DE, Mita C, Cho C, Scott H, Taha A, Dhingra-Kumar N, Moran A, Molina RL. Impact of the WHO safe childbirth checklist on birth attendant behavior and maternal-newborn outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2025 Jan 22. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.16123. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39840819
- Kim S, Can MH, Agizew TB, Auld AF, Balcells ME, Bjerrum S, Dheda K, Dorman SE, Esmail A, Fielding K, Garcia-Basteiro AL, Hanrahan CF, Kebede W, Kohli M, Luetkemeyer AF, Mita C, Reeve BWP, Silva DR, Sweeney S, Theron G, Trajman A, Vassall A, Warren JL, Yotebieng M, Cohen T, Menzies NA. Factors associated with tuberculosis treatment initiation among bacteriologically negative individuals evaluated for tuberculosis: An individual patient data meta-analysis. PLoS Med. 2025 Jan 13;22(1):e1004502. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004502. PMID: 39804959
- Pigeolet M, Sana H, Askew MR, Jaswal S, Ortega PF, Bradley SR, Shah A, Mita C, Corlew DS, Saeed A, Makasa E, Agarwal-Harding KJ. Outcomes of external versus internal fixation for traumatic lower limb fractures in low- and middle-income countries. Bone Jt Open. 2024 Nov 11;5(11):1020-1026. doi: 10.1302/2633-1462.511.BJO-2024-0163. PMID: 39522553
- Campos LN, Bryce-Alberti M, Gerk A, Hill SK, Calderon C, Zaigham M, Del Valle DD, Mita C, Juran S, Ferreira JL, Uribe-Leitz T. Examining the surgical backlog due to COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean: insights from a scoping review. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2024 Oct 16;40:100908. doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2024.100908. PMID: 39493415
- Huang AK, Schulte AR, Hall ME, Chen LY, Srinivasan S, Mita C, Jahan AB, Soled KRS, Charlton BM. Mapping the scientific literature on obstetric and perinatal health among sexual and gender minoritized (SGM) childbearing people and their infants: a scoping review. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2024 Oct 12;24(1):666. doi: 10.1186/s12884-024-06813-4. PMID: 39395977
- Sharma A, Mita C, Kumar S, Mayer K, O'Cleirigh C, Solomon SS, Bagley S, Batchelder A, Sullivan MC, Hassan A, Ganapathi L. Family-centred interventions for people with substance use disorders in low-income and middle-income country settings: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open. 2024 Aug 29;14(8):e087560. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087560. PMID: 39209780
- Chen YH, Wei CF, Cheng YY, Mita C, Hoang CLD, Lin CK, Chang YT, Christiani DC. Urine cadmium and urolithiasis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Environ Res. 2024 Jul 1;252(Pt 1):118745. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.118745. Epub 2024 Mar 23. PMID: 38527716
- Chen N, Mita C, Chowdhury-Paulino IM, Shreves AH, Hu CR, Yi L, James P. The built environment and cancer survivorship: A scoping review. Health Place. 2024 Mar;86:103206. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103206. Epub 2024 Feb 21. PMID: 38387361
- Jhunjhunwala R, Jayaram A, Mita C, Davies J, Chu K. Community support for injured patients: A scoping review and narrative synthesis. PLoS One. 2024 Feb 1;19(2):e0289861. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289861. PMID: 38300931
- Ly S, Manjaly P, Kamal K, Shields A, Wafae B, Afzal N, Drake L, Sanchez K, Gregoire S, Zhou G, Mita C, Mostaghimi A. Comorbid Conditions Associated with Alopecia Areata: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Am J Clin Dermatol. 2023 Nov;24(6):875-893. doi: 10.1007/s40257-023-00805-4. Epub 2023 Jul 18. Review. PMID: 37464249
- Juraschek SP, Hu JR, Cluett JL, Ishak AM, Mita C, Lipsitz LA, Appel LJ, Beckett NS, Coleman RL, Cushman WC, Davis BR, Grandits G, Holman RR, Miller ER 3rd, Peters R, Staessen JA, Taylor AA, Thijs L, Wright JT Jr, Mukamal KJ. Orthostatic Hypotension, Hypertension Treatment, and Cardiovascular Disease: An Individual Participant Meta-Analysis. JAMA. 2023 Oct 17;330(15):1459-1471. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.18497. PMID: 37847274
- Borchert W, Grady ST, Chen J, DeVille NV, Roscoe C, Chen F, Mita C, Holland I, Wilt GE, Hu CR, Mehta U, Nethery RC, Albert CM, Laden F, Hart JE. Air Pollution and Temperature: a Systematic Review of Ubiquitous Environmental Exposures and Sudden Cardiac Death. Curr Environ Health Rep. 2023 Oct 17;. doi: 10.1007/s40572-023-00414-7. [Epub ahead of print] Review. PMID: 37845484
- Mehta GD, El Zein J, Felippe Baroni I, Qadir M, Mita C, Cash RE, Camargo CA Jr. Epinephrine treatment of food-induced and other cause anaphylaxis in United States and Canadian Emergency Departments: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2023 Jul-Dec;19(9):1171-1181. doi: 10.1080/1744666X.2023.2229517. Epub 2023 Jun 26. Review. PMID: 37357788
- Tang A, Ertel KA, Keen R, Beyer L, Eckert N, Mita C, Pintro K, Okuzono SS, Yazawa A, Slopen N. Parent-child separation and cardiometabolic outcomes and risk factors in adulthood: A systematic review. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2023 Mar 15;152:106084. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106084. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36996574
- Loewenthal J, Innes KE, Mitzner M, Mita C, Orkaby AR. Effect of Yoga on Frailty in Older Adults : A Systematic Review. Ann Intern Med. 2023 Mar 14. doi: 10.7326/M22-2553. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36913687
- Kenney EL, Tucker K, Plummer RS, Mita C, Andreyeva T. The Child and Adult Care Food Program and young children's health: a systematic review. Nutr Rev. 2023 Mar 7:nuad016. doi: 10.1093/nutrit/nuad016. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36882043
- Penna AL, de Aquino CM, Pinheiro MSN, do Nascimento RLF, Farias-Antúnez S, Araújo DABS, Mita C, Machado MMT, Castro MC. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal mental health, early childhood development, and parental practices: a global scoping review. BMC Public Health. 2023 Feb 24;23(1):388. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15003-4. PMID: 36823592
- Ekwunife OI, Ejie IL, Okelu V, Mita C, Durosinmi-Eti O, Powell A, Franke MF. Interventions to increase the uptake and continuation of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) by adolescent girls and young women at high risk of HIV in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review. BMJ Glob Health. 2022 Dec;7(12):e009474. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-009474. PMID: 36593640.
- Gomber A, Ward ZJ, Ross C, Owais M, Mita C, Yeh JM, Reddy CL, Atun R. Variation in the incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents by world region and country income group: A scoping review. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2022 Nov 9;2(11):e0001099. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001099. PMID: 36962669
- Balak DMW, Perez-Chada LM, Guo LN, Mita C, Armstrong AW, Bell SJ, Gondo GC, Liao W, Merola JF. Definitions of remission in psoriasis: a systematic literature review from the National Psoriasis Foundation. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2022 Aug 4. doi: 10.1111/jdv.18477. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35924437.
- Lawrence JA, Kawachi I, White K, Bassett MT, Priest N, Masunga JG, Cory HJ, Mita C, Williams DR. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the Everyday Discrimination Scale and biomarker outcomes. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2022 Aug;142:105772. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2022.105772. Epub 2022 Apr 21. PMID: 35490482.
- Ramanadhan S, Mahtani SL, Kirk S, Lee M, Weese M, Mita C, Brandt HM. Measuring capacity to use evidence-based interventions in community-based organizations: A comprehensive, scoping review. J Clin Transl Sci. 2022 Jul 11;6(1):e92. doi: 10.1017/cts.2022.426. PMID: 36003212.
- Pigeolet M, Vital A, Daoud HA, Mita C, Corlew DS, Alkire BC. The impact of socio-economic factors on parental non-adherence to the Ponseti protocol for clubfoot treatment in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review. EClinicalMedicine. 2022 May 12;48:101448. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101448. PMID: 35706498; PMCID: PMC9112092.
- Oh SS, Moon JY, Chon D, Mita C, Lawrence JA, Park EC, Kawachi I. Effectiveness of Digital Interventions for Preventing Alcohol Consumption in Pregnancy: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. J Med Internet Res. 2022 Apr 11;24(4):e35554. doi: 10.2196/35554. PMID: 35404257.
- Said JT, Elman SA, Perez-Chada LM, Mita C, Merola JF, LeBoeuf NR. Treatment of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Mediated Psoriasis: A Systematic Review. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2022 Feb 23:S0190-9622(22)00342-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2022.02.030. PMID: 35218852.
- Han JJ, Desai S, Li SJ, Lee KJ, Mita C, Joyce C, Mostaghimi A. Placebo group regrowth rate in alopecia areata clinical trials: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2021 Dec 10:S0190-9622(21)02965-0. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34902493.
- Balak DMW, Perez-Chada LM, Guo LN, Mita C, Armstrong AW, Bell SJ, Gondo GC, Liao W, Merola JF. Defining Psoriasis Remission Based on Histopathological and Molecular Criteria: A Systematic Literature Review. J Invest Dermatol. 2021 Nov 24:S0022-202X(21)02536-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2021.09.039. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34838615.
- Guo LN, Lee MS, Kassamali B, Mita C, Nambudiri VE. Bias in, bias out: Underreporting and underrepresentation of diverse skin types in machine learning research for skin cancer detection-A scoping review. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2021 Jul 10:S0190-9622(21)02086-7. PMID: 34252465.
- Chan M, Mita C, Bellavia A, Parker M, James-Todd T. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Pregnancy and Prenatal Exposure to Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Commonly Used in Personal Care Products. Curr Environ Health Rep. 2021 Jun;8(2):98-112. PMID: 34046860; PMCID: PMC8208930.
- Juraschek SP, Hu JR, Cluett JL, Ishak A, Mita C, Lipsitz LA, Appel LJ, Beckett NS, Coleman RL, Cushman WC, Davis BR, Grandits G, Holman RR, Miller ER 3rd, Peters R, Staessen JA, Taylor AA, Thijs L, Wright JT Jr, Mukamal KJ. Effects of Intensive Blood Pressure Treatment on Orthostatic Hypotension : A Systematic Review and Individual Participant-based Meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med. 2021 Jan;174(1):58-68. PMID: 32909814; PMCID: PMC7855528.
- Margalit DN, Sacco AG, Cooper JS, Ridge JA, Bakst RL, Beadle BM, Beitler JJ, Chang SS, Chen AM, Galloway TJ, Koyfman SA, Mita C, Robbins JR, Tsai CJ, Truong MT, Yom SS, Siddiqui F. Systematic review of postoperative therapy for resected squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: Executive summary of the American Radium Society appropriate use criteria. Head Neck. 2021 Jan;43(1):367-391. PMID: 33098180; PMCID: PMC7756212.
- Varada S, Lacson R, Raja AS, Ip IK, Schneider L, Osterbur D, Bain P, Vetrano N, Cellini J, Mita C, Coletti M, Whelan J, Khorasani R. Characteristics of knowledge content in a curated online evidence library. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2018 May 1;25(5):507-514. PMID: 29092054; PMCID: PMC7646968.
- Ma Y, Dong M, Zhou K, Mita C, Liu J, Wayne PM. Publication Trends in Acupuncture Research: A 20-Year Bibliometric Analysis Based on PubMed. PLoS One. 2016 Dec 14;11(12):e0168123. PMID: 27973611; PMCID: PMC5156436.
- Lacson R, Raja AS, Osterbur D, Ip I, Schneider L, Bain P, Mita C, Whelan J, Silveira P, Dement D, Khorasani R. Assessing Strength of Evidence of Appropriate Use Criteria for Diagnostic Imaging Examinations. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2016 May;23(3):649-53. PMID: 26911819; PMCID: PMC7839927.
- Ma Y, Dong M, Mita C, Sun S, Peng CK, Yang AC. Publication analysis on insomnia: how much has been done in the past two decades? Sleep Med. 2015 Jul;16(7):820-6. PMID: 25979182.
Acknowledgments
- Velin L, Lantz A, Ameh EA, Roy N, Jumbam DT, Williams O, Elobu A, Seyi-Olajide J, Hagander L. Systematic review of low-income and middle-income country perceptions of visiting surgical teams from high-income countries. BMJ Glob Health. 2022 Apr;7(4):e008791. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-008791. PMID: 35483711
- Sidossis A, Gaviola GC, Sotos-Prieto M, Kales S. Healthy lifestyle interventions across diverse workplaces: a summary of the current evidence. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2021 Nov 1;24(6):490-503. doi: 10.1097/MCO.0000000000000794. PMID: 34622825.
- Mukagaju F, Velin L, Miranda E, Shyaka I, Nezerwa Y, Furaha C, Ntirenganya F, Riviello R, Pompermaier L. What is Known About Burns in East Africa? A Scoping Review. J Surg Res. 2021 Oct;266:113-124. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.03.055. Epub 2021 May 11. PMID: 33989890
- Lakin JR, Block SD, Billings JA, Koritsanszky LA, Cunningham R, Wichmann L, Harvey D, Lamey J, Bernacki RE. Improving Communication About Serious Illness in Primary Care: A Review. JAMA Intern Med. 2016 Sep 1;176(9):1380-7. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.3212. PMID: 27398990