Education:
PhD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2008
MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2005
BA, University of Iowa, 2001
Overview:
My main research interests is aging in the context of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Non-AIDS related aging outcomes of interest include cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, end-stage renal disease, cancer, liver disease, and influenza vaccination and infection. My secondary interest is in monitoring the quality of HIV cinical care in the United States using longitudinal cohort studies by assessing trends in treatment, viral load, CD4 count, and other indicators specified in the National HIV Strategy and captured in the HIV Care Continuum.
Other research interests include health disparities in special populations and epidemiologic methodology issues in causal inference of treatment effects. I investigate these topics using nested study designs in the MACS, WIHS, ALIVE and NA-ACCORD cohorts of HIV-infected and -uninfected individuals.
Honors and Awards:
2012 Johns Hopkins University Center for AIDS Research outstanding young investigator delegate to the National Center for AIDS Research Symposium, San Francisco, CA
2011 Elected to the Delta Omega Honorary Public Health Society, Alpha Chapter, Johns Hopkins Boomberg School of Public Health
2007 The Dorothy and Arthur Samet Award for outstanding service to the department and community, Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
Coursera
Epidemiology is the cornerstone science in public health, guiding professionals in identifying causes of outbreaks, developing interventions, and evaluating programs. This course introduces you to the problem-solving methodology used by epidemiologists to tackle various public health challenges, from outbreak investigation to program evaluation.