Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences Seminar
Thursday, 4 May, 2006, 12:30--1:50pm
Biostatisticians and the Prevention of HIV/AIDS
Deborah Donnell
HPTN Prevention Trials Network, SCHARP/FHCRC
Biostatisticians at SCHARP (Statistical Center for HIV/AIDS Research and
Prevention), housed at The Fred Hutchinson Center, are engaged in the
design, conduct and analysis of trials to evaluate the prevention of
HIV/AIDS. The trials are conducted at sites in Subsaharan Africa, Asia,
North and South America, with the data sent to central databases in Seattle.
I will give an overview of the challenges intrinsic in this work,
illustrated by examples from the types of problems we encounter, and the
skills we need to solve them.