Dr Neal Alexander DipMathStat CStat PhD
- c/o CIDEIM
- LSHTM
- Keppel Street
- London
- WC1E 7HT
- T: +57 313 760 3085
- F: +57 2 555 2638
I am based in Cali, Colombia, and am employed part time by the LSHTM. I visit London a couple of times per year.
I joined the school in 1998 and work mostly on hookworm, as well as malaria, dengue, filariasis, and other diseases. I receive salary support from the Human Hookworm Vaccine Initiative.
Click here for the web page (in Spanish) of Extraliminal Producciones: this is a non-profit association of audio-visual artists, which I head.
Affiliation
Teaching
I am developing material for the MSc in Clinical Trials and am co-organizer for the module Basic Statistics for Clinical Trials. I am a member of the Higher Education Academy, and have a Modular MA from the Institute of Education.
Research
The majority of my work is with the Human Hookworm Vaccine initiative, on clinical trials of Na-ASP-2. I maintain an interest in malaria, dengue trachoma, lymphatic filariasis, and other diseases.
I am a member of the Tropical Epidemiology Group.
I previously worked at the Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, and the Ahmadu Bello University in Kaduna, Nigeria (seconded from the Institute of Ophthalmology, London).
In 1998 I completed a PhD supervised by Bryan Grenfell in the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge entitled 'Heterogeneity and the Epidemiology of Lymphatic Filariasis'. I also have a BA in Mathematics and a Diploma in Mathematical Statistics from the same university.
Research areas
- Parasites
- Statistical methods
Disciplines
- Epidemiology
- Statistics
Disease and Health Conditions
- Infectious disease
- Malaria
Regions
- Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels)
- Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)
Countries
- Brazil
- Colombia
- Kenya
- Peru
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Selected publications
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Assessing agreement between malaria slide density readings.
Alexander, N.; Schellenberg, D.; Ngasala, B.; Petzold, M.; Drakeley, C.; Sutherland, C.;
Malar J, 2010; 9(1):4
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Precision of rate estimation under uniform interval censoring.
Alexander, N.;
Stat Med, 2008; 27(17):3442-5
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Repeatability of paired counts.
Alexander, N. ; Bethony, J. ; Corrêa-Oliveira, R. ; Rodrigues, L.C. ; Hotez, P. ; Brooker, S. ;
Stat Med, 2007; 26(19):3566-77
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Modelling the impact of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria on selection pressure for drug resistance.
Alexander, N.; Sutherland, C.; Roper, C.; Cissé, B.; Schellenberg, D.;
Malar J, 2007; 6:9
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Seasonal intermittent preventive treatment with artesunate and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for prevention of malaria in Senegalese children: a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial.
Cissé, B.; Sokhna, C.; Boulanger, D.; Milet, J.; Bâ, el H.; Richardson, K.; Hallett, R.; Sutherland, C.; Simondon, K.; Simondon, F.; Alexander, N.; Gaye, O.; Targett, G.; Lines, J.; Greenwood, B.; Trape, J.F.;
Lancet, 2006; 367(9511):659-67
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Sample sizes for identifying the key types of container occupied by dengue-vector pupae: the use of entropy in analyses of compositional data.
Alexander, N.; Lenhart, A.E.; Romero-Vivas, C.M.; Barbazan, P.; Morrison, A.C.; Barrera, R.; Arredondo-Jimenez, J.I.; Focks, D.A.;
Ann Trop Med Parasitol, 2006; 100 Suppl 1:S5-S16
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Effective control of dengue vectors with curtains and water container covers treated with insecticide in Mexico and Venezuela: cluster randomised trials
Kroeger, A.; Lenhart, A.; Ochoa, M.; Villegas, E.; Levy, M.; Alexander, N.; McCall, P. J.
British Medical Journal, 2006; 332(7552):1247-1252
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Case-control study of mosquito nets against malaria in the Amazon region of Colombia.
Alexander, N.; Rodriguez, M; Perez, L; Caicedo, J.C.; Cruz, J.; Prieto, G.; Arroyo, J.A.; Cotacio, M.C.; Suarez, M.; DE LA Hoz, F.; Hall, A.J.;
Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2005; 73(1):140-8
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