Research Interests
- Design, analysis and implementation of randomized controlled trials, particularly in low-resource settings.
- Cluster randomized trials (CRTs)
- Stepped wedge CRTs
- Individually-randomized group treatment trials
- Factorial trials
- Multiphase Optimization Strategy for intervention development
Selected Grants
NIH Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory-Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2028Caregiver Coaching to Improve Outcomes of Young Autistic Children in Africa
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Mental Health · 2022 - 2027StandStrong - GWU sub-contract
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by The George Washington University · 2023 - 2026North STAR Trial: Specialty Telemedicine Access for Referrals in Rural Alaska
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences · 2022 - 2026Evaluating the Effectiveness of Sauti ya Vijana (The Voice of Youth), a Mental Health and Life Skills Intervention to Improve HIV Outcomes Among Young People Living with HIV in Tanzania
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Mental Health · 2021 - 2026Risk and Resilience: Evaluating the multigenerational effect of a maternal psychosocial depression intervention against COVID-19 related stressors
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2022 - 2025ADEPT - An adaptive prenatal intervention to increase childhood vaccinations
ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by Emory University · 2022 - 2025Appalachian STAR Trial
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences · 2022 - 2025RESHAPE (Reducing Stigma in Mental Health Core Providers) R01
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by The George Washington University · 2019 - 2025Early life adversities and the emergence of risk and resilience: A longitudinal study of child development
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2020 - 2025Assessing the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Telehealth Hub to Reduce Suicidality and Improve HIV Care Engagement in a Tanzanian Health System
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2025Malaria diagnostic testing and conditional subsidies to target ACTs in the retail sector: the TESTsmART trial
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2024Optimizing a standalone text messaging-based weight loss intervention
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2023Incomplete Stepped-Wedge Designs: Methods for Study Planning and Analysis
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2020 - 2022"An adaptive prenatal (ADEPT) intervention to encourage childhood vaccinations
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2021 - 2022Appalachian STAR Trial
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2022North STAR Trial: Specialty Telemedicine Access for Referrals in Rural Alaska
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2022Investigating Febrile Deaths in Tanzania (INDITe)
ResearchBiostatistician · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2021Integrating Mental Health into HIV Clinic to Improve Outcomes in Tanzanian Youth
ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2020SHARE Child Pakistan
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2016 - 2019Impact of Perinatal Depression Treatment on Child Developmental Outcomes
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2019System-Integrated Technology-Enabled Model of Care Aiming to Improve the Health of Stroke Patients in Poorly Resourced Settings in China
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Duke Kunshan University · 2016 - 2019Innovative partnership to target antimalarial subsidies in the retail sector
ResearchBiostatistician · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2019Fluoride and human health: Assessing novel biomarkers in detecting bone disorder
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2017Reducing Barriers to Mental Health Task Sharing: Stigma Reduction in Primary Care
Clinical TrialBiostatistician Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2017Development of Mental Health Treatment for Obstetric Fistula Patients
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2016Implementing and Evaluating the Impact of a Peer-to-Peer Teaching Model in Kenya
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Innovations for Poverty Action · 2014 - 2015Implementation Science to Optimize Malaria Vector Control and Disease Management
ResearchBiostatistician Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2015External Relationships
- Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (Inserm)
- Medical Research Council, UK
- The Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute
- wellcome trust
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