Research Activities

Epidemiology and Biostatistics Research Activities

Departmental faculty members have an extensive portfolio of sponsored research projects in their areas of expertise. These include:

• Applied biostatistics
• Behavioral epidemiology
• Cancer epidemiology
• Chronic disease epidemiology
• Clinical trials
• Environmental and occupational epidemiology
• Health disparities in minority communities
• HIV/AIDS, hepatitis and sexually transmitted disease epidemiology
• Geographic information systems (GIS)
• Infectious disease epidemiology
• Public health microbiology and virology
• Reproductive health epidemiology

In addition, the Department engages in many research activities through its affiliates, The Biostatistics Center and the Biostatistics Center Medical Center Unit.

Amanda D. Castel

Assistant Professor

• District of Columbia Department of Health HIV/AIDS Administration - GW Public Health Academic Partnership
  • Community Service Assessment
  • HIV/AIDS Surveillance
  • Monitoring and Evaluation of the HIV Testing Campaign
  • Viral Hepatitis Surveillance
• Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation - GW Partnership for Pediatric AIDS and Public Health
  • Evaluation of EGPAF Antiretroviral Treatment Programs in Three African Countries
• Identifying barriers to healthcare access and utilization in hospitalized HIV-infected patients

Sean D. Cleary

Associate Professor

• Etiologic Frameworks to Prevent Gender-Based Violence among Immigrant Latinos
• Master Agreement: Partnership in Health Disparities Research and Policy
• SAFER Latino Project
• West Virginia SCRIPT Dissemination Trial

Ann S. Goldman

Instructor and Practicum Director

• Community Trial and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
• Efforts to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis
• Small Area Analysis and Economic Aspects of Health Disparities

Alan E. Greenberg

Professor and Chair

• APHL International Institute for Public Health Laboratory Training
• APHL International Institute for Public Health Laboratory Training
• DC Cohort
• DC Partnership for HIV/AIDS Progress
• District of Columbia Department of Health HIV/AIDS Administration - GW Public Health Academic Partnership
• District of Columbia Department of Health HIV/AIDS Administration - GW Public Health Academic Partnership
• Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation - GW Partnership for Pediatric AIDS and Public Health
  • Monitoring and Evaluation Project
• GWU / EGPAF Partnership for Pediatric AIDS and Public Health
• UNICEF Operational Research Secretariat
• UNICEF Operational Research Secretariat
• World Health Organization
  • Developing a Regulatory Framework for Global Health Initiatives and Health Systems Strengthening
  • Developing a Regulatory Framework for Task Shifting
• World Health Organization
  • Developing a Regulatory Framework for Global Health Initiatives and Health Systems Strengthening
  • Developing a Regulatory Framework for Task Shifting

Laura A. Guay

Research Professor

• Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation - GW Partnership for Pediatric AIDS and Public Health
  • Technical Assistance for Operational Research Studies in Mozambique
  • Technical Assistance to a WHO-funded Rapid Syphilis Testing Project
• HPTN 027: A Phase I Study To Evaluate The Safety And Immunogenicity Of ALVAC-HIV Vcp1521 In Infants Born To HIV-1 Infected Women In Uganda
• UNICEF Operational Research Secretariat

Heather J. Hoffman

Assistant Professor

• District of Columbia Citywide Patient Navigation Research Study
• District of Columbia Department of Health HIV/AIDS Administration - GW Public Health Academic Partnership
  • Viral Hepatitis Surveillance
• Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation - GW Partnership for Pediatric AIDS and Public Health

Jeanne A. Jordan

Professor

• APHL International Institute for Public Health Laboratory Training
• Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation - GW Partnership for Pediatric AIDS and Public Health
  • Rapid Point of Care Diagnostics
• Molecular detection of bloodstream infection in high-risk individuals

Irene Kuo

Assistant Research Professor

• District of Columbia Department of Health HIV/AIDS Administration - GW Public Health Academic Partnership
  • National HIV Behavioral Surveillance
  • Viral Hepatitis Surveillance
• Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation - GW Partnership for Pediatric AIDS and Public Health
  • Evaluation of EGPAF Antiretroviral Treatment Programs in Three African Countries
• HIV Prevention Trials Network Clinical Research Site
• Public Health Workforce Enumeration and Public Health Institutes Inventorying Study

Paul H. Levine

Research Professor

• Development of an Inflammatory Breast Cancer Registry
• District of Columbia Citywide Patient Navigation Research Study
• IEvaluation of Population Based Data at the DC Department of Health and Analysis of Disparities in Cancer Rates within DC
• Pilot Study for Establishment of an Inflammatory Breast Cancer Registry

Manya Magnus

Associate Professor

• HIV Prevention Trials Network Clinical Research Site
• Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) - Information Technology Networks of Care Initiative, Demonstration Project

Samuel Simmens

Research Professor

• Creating Healing Environments: Spirituality Initiatives in Hospital Settings
• Evaluating Instructional Design Strategies for Graduate Medical Education
• Molecular detection of bloodstream infection in high-risk individuals
• Panic Disorder, Parenting and Infant Neurobiology; Toddler Anxiety: Temperament/Neurophysiology & Parenting

Dante A. Verme

Professor and Vice Chair

• District of Columbia Department of Health HIV/AIDS Administration - GW Public Health Academic Partnership
  • HIV/AIDS Surveillance

Heather Young

Associate Professor

• DC Cohort
• District of Columbia Citywide Patient Navigation Research Study
• District of Columbia Department of Health HIV/AIDS Administration - GW Public Health Academic Partnership
  • HIV/AIDS Surveillance
• Effect of Electronic Prescription upon Attainment of Guideline Based Cholesterol Goals
• Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment
• Structured Program for Hypertension Control in Urban Community Clinics: A Randomized Trial