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Elizabeth Louise Turner

Associate Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Division of Biostatistics
Duke Box 2721, Durham, NC 27710
2424 Erwin Road, Suite 1104, 11109 Hock Plaza, Durham, NC 27705

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 - 2028

Caregiver Coaching to Improve Outcomes of Young Autistic Children in Africa

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Mental Health · 2022 - 2027

StandStrong - GWU sub-contract

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by The George Washington University · 2023 - 2026

North STAR Trial: Specialty Telemedicine Access for Referrals in Rural Alaska

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences · 2022 - 2026

Risk 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 - 2025

ADEPT - An adaptive prenatal intervention to increase childhood vaccinations

ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by Emory University · 2022 - 2025

Appalachian STAR Trial

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences · 2022 - 2025

RESHAPE (Reducing Stigma in Mental Health Core Providers) R01

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by The George Washington University · 2019 - 2025

Early 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 - 2025

Malaria diagnostic testing and conditional subsidies to target ACTs in the retail sector: the TESTsmART trial

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2024

Optimizing a standalone text messaging-based weight loss intervention

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2023

Incomplete 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 - 2022

Appalachian STAR Trial

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2022

North STAR Trial: Specialty Telemedicine Access for Referrals in Rural Alaska

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2022

Investigating Febrile Deaths in Tanzania (INDITe)

ResearchBiostatistician · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2021

Integrating Mental Health into HIV Clinic to Improve Outcomes in Tanzanian Youth

ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2020

SHARE Child Pakistan

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2016 - 2019

Impact of Perinatal Depression Treatment on Child Developmental Outcomes

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2019

Innovative partnership to target antimalarial subsidies in the retail sector

ResearchBiostatistician · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2019

Fluoride and human health: Assessing novel biomarkers in detecting bone disorder

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2017

Reducing Barriers to Mental Health Task Sharing: Stigma Reduction in Primary Care

Clinical TrialBiostatistician Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2017

Development of Mental Health Treatment for Obstetric Fistula Patients

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2016

Implementing and Evaluating the Impact of a Peer-to-Peer Teaching Model in Kenya

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Innovations for Poverty Action · 2014 - 2015

Implementation Science to Optimize Malaria Vector Control and Disease Management

ResearchBiostatistician Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2015

External Relationships


  • Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (Inserm)
  • Medical Research Council, UK
  • The Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute
  • wellcome trust

This faculty member (or a member of their immediate family) has reported outside activities with the companies, institutions, or organizations listed above. This information is available to institutional leadership and, when appropriate, management plans are in place to address potential conflicts of interest.