Education
University of Washington, 1987, PhD (Statistics)
University of Auckland, 1982, MA (Mathematics)
University of Auckland, 1980, BA (Mathematics and Music)
Research Interests
- Clinical trials
- Design, monitoring, and analysis of Phase III efficacy trials of behavioral and clinical interventions to prevent HIV transmission
- Clinical trial data management in international settings with resource and infrastructure challenges
- Group randomized trials
- Analysis of complex behavioral and adherence data and its relationship to efficacy and effectiveness
- Collection and analysis of repeated measure behavioral data
- Use and applications of surveillance data to HIV prevention research.
Current Projects
- PI, Statistical Data Management Center (SDMC) for HIV Prevention Trials Network
- Evaluating the efficacy of drug treatment in prevention of HIV infection and death among opiate-dependent injection drug users (HPTN058)
- Evaluating the feasibility of an enhanced test, link to care plus treat approach for HIV prevention in the United States (HPTN065 TLC-Plus)
- Partners Pre-exposure Prophylaxis with Discordant Partners (Partners PrEP)
- Swaziland HIV Incidence Study (SHIMS)
PHS Program