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Manya Magnus, Ph.D.,   M.P.H.

Manya Magnus, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Manya Magnus is an Associate Professor.

Dr. Magnus is Co-Director of the School's MPH Epidemiology Program, Co-Director of the Graduate Certificate in HIV/AIDS Studies, and Deputy Director of the Center for HIV/AIDS Epidemiologic Biostatistics and Public Health Laboratory Research. With a focus on behavioral epidemiology, high-risk populations, and health information technology, Dr. Magnus has managed randomized controlled trials, cohort studies, case-control studies, and cross-sectional studies. She applies epidemiologic methodology in the analysis and implementation of CDC-sponsored surveillance, DAIDS-funded HIV network studies, and Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) funded by the HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) of the Health Services Resources Administration (HRSA). Dr. Magnus also participates in a variety of other HIV-related research activities.

Education

Master of Public Health (Epidemiology), Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1998
Doctor of Philosophy (Epidemiology), Tulane University, 2001

Teaching

  • PubH 6252- Advanced Epidemiologic Methods
  • PubH 6250- Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS

  • Research

    The primary focus of Dr. Magnus's research is HIV/AIDS among vulnerable and/or high risk populations, and includes clinical trials, observational studies, behavioral surveillance, and innovative approaches to evaluation research. Dr. Magnus is the Principal Investigator (PI) of the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance study, conducted as a part of the Public Health-Academic Partnership between GWU Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the District of Columbia Department of Health. Dr. Magnus is the PI of HPTN 061 (Feasibility of a community-level, multi-component intervention for Black MSM, in preparation for a Phase IIB community-level randomized trial to test the efficacy of the intervention in reducing HIV incidence among Black MSM) and Co-PI of HPTN 064 [The Women’s HIV SeroIncidence Study (ISIS)], both part of the DAIDS-funded HIV Prevention Trials Network. With collaborators in Louisiana, Dr. Magnus is evaluating the impact of a statewide electronic database for linkage of TB-, syphilis-, and HIV-infected individuals seeking care in Louisiana as a part of a HRSA/HAB SPNS project. Dr. Magnus collaborates with the EGPAF Partnership for Pediatric AIDS and Public Health by providing technical assistance on a variety of projects.

    Community Service

    Dr. Magnus has been a member of site operations committees of the national Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group, served on the Tulane University Committee on Use of Human Subjects, on the Maternal-Child Community Advisory Board, and on the WORD UP/NHBS Community Advisory Board.

    Expertise

    • Behavioral Epidemiology
    • Epidemiology
    • Evaluation Research
    • HIV/AIDS
    • Health Information Technology
    • Infectious Disease
    • Program Evaluation

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