Research Summary
I am a Professor in Residence in the HIV, ID, and Global Medicine Division in the Department of Medicine.
Substance use plays important biological and behavioral roles in health outcomes, and my work consists of epidemiology at the intersection of substance use and infectious diseases. My research team is currently conducting several NIH-funded studies to examine the use of TB prophylaxis in HIV/TB co-infected alcohol users, as well as interventions to reduce drinking and increase antiretroviral therapy adherence. We are using novel biomarkers of alcohol consumption and INH pill-taking to gain objective measurements where self-report is problematic. I am also teaching and mentoring via a K-24 award, and grant-writing courses in Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the UCSF CTSI KL2 Scholars Program.
Research Funding
September 15, 2017 - August 31, 2022 - Interventions to reduce alcohol use and increase adherence to TB preventive therapy among HIV/TB co-infected drinkers (DIPT 1/2), Principal Investigator. Sponsor: NIH/NIAAA, Sponsor Award ID: U01AA026223
September 22, 2011 - August 31, 2021 - URBAN ARCH (3/5) Uganda Cohort TB preventive therapy for HIV-infected alcohol users in Uganda: an evaluation of safety tolerability and adherence, Principal Investigator. Sponsor: NIH/NIAAA, Sponsor Award ID: U01AA020776
April 1, 2017 - March 31, 2021 - Mobile technology to extend clinic-based counseling for HIV+s in Uganda, Principal Investigator. Sponsor: NIH/NIAAA, Sponsor Award ID: R01AA024990
September 15, 2013 - August 31, 2018 - Training in Research Program on Alcohol Use by Persons with our at Risk for HIV, Principal Investigator. Sponsor: NIH/NIAAA, Sponsor Award ID: K24AA022586
Education
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, B.S., 5/1987, Statistics and Biometry
University of California, Berkeley, CA, M.A., 5/1989, Biostatistics
University of California, Berkeley, CA, Doctoral Student, 1989-1990, Biostatistics
University of California, Berkeley, CA, Ph.D., 5/2001, Epidemiology