Dr Nuala McGrath BSc MSc PhD
- LSHTM
- Keppel Street
- London
- WC1E 7HT
- T: +27 31 242 5504
Obtained an MSc in Biometry from Reading University in 1989 and has worked since then in HIV/AIDS; first in the USA (1989-1995) and then in Africa. Completed a PhD in Infectious Disease Epidemiology with Harvard School of Public Health, USA in 2002. Joined LSHTM in 2005, first as Field Director for Karonga Prevention Study, Malawi. Currently in South Africa with the Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of KwaZulu Natal, and the Human Sciences Research Council (SA), with a 5 year Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellowship .
Affiliation
Teaching
Involved in the School's Distance Based Learning MSc in Epidemiology since 2006: Module Organiser for EPM202 Statistical Methods in Epidemiology, and tutor for EPM101 and CT103.
Research
My main current research areas are: couple dynamics, partnership patterns, sexual behaviour and HIV/STI risk, and the impact of antiretroviral treatment (ART) on these behaviours. In the past, I have also been involved in demographic surveillance systems, ART rollout, HIV treatment trials and in HIV prevention (prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV trials, and a microbicide trial).
Research areas
- Behaviour change
- Public health
- Sexual health
- Statistical methods
Disciplines
- Epidemiology
- Statistics
Disease and Health Conditions
- HIV/AIDS
- Sexually transmitted infection
Regions
- Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)
Countries
- Gambia, The
- South Africa
- Uganda
Other interests
- Analysis Of Longitudinal Data
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Selected publications
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Design and methods of a longitudinal study investigating the impact of antiretroviral treatment on the partnerships and sexual behaviour of HIV-infected individuals in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
McGrath, N. ; Richter, L. ; Newell, M.L. ;
BMC Public Health, 2011; 11:121
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Effect of concurrent sexual partnerships on rate of new HIV infections in a high-prevalence, rural South African population: a cohort study
Tanser, F.; Barnighausen, T.; Hund, L.; Garnett, G.P.; McGrath, N.; Newell, M.L.
Lancet, 2011; 378(9787):247-255
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HIV: consensus indicators are needed for concurrency.
UNAIDS Reference Group on Estimates, Modelling, and Projections: Working Group on Measuring Concurrent Sexual Partnerships, (inc McGrath, N);
Lancet, 2010; 375(9715):621-2
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What happens to ART-eligible patients who do not start ART? Dropout between screening and ART initiation: a cohort study in Karonga, Malawi.
McGrath, N.; Glynn, J.R.; Saul, J.; Kranzer, K.; Jahn, A.; Mwaungulu, F.; Ngwira, M.H.; Mvula, H.; Munthali, F.; Mwinuka, V.; Mwaungulu, L.; Fine, P.E.; Crampin, A.C.;
BMC Public Health, 2010; 10:601
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Recruiting heterosexual couples from the general population for studies in rural South Africa - challenges and lessons (Project Accept, HPTN 043).
McGrath, N.; Hosegood, V.; Chirowodza, A.; Joseph, P.; Darbes, L.; Boettiger, M.; Van Rooyen, H.;
S Afr Med J, 2010; 100(10):4280
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Estimating the need for antiretroviral treatment and an assessment of a simplified HIV/AIDS case definition in rural Malawi.
McGrath, N.; Kranzer, K.; Saul, J.; Crampin, A.C.; Malema, S.; Kachiwanda, L.; Zaba, B.; Jahn, A.; Fine, P.E.; Glynn, J.R.;
AIDS, 2007; 21 Suppl 6:S105-13
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The timing of mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus infection and the neurodevelopment of children in Tanzania.
McGrath, N.; Fawzi, W.W.; Bellinger, D.; Robins, J.; Msamanga, G.I.; Manji, K.; Tronick, E.;
Pediatr Infect Dis J, 2006; 25(1):47-52
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Effect of maternal multivitamin supplementation on the mental and psychomotor development of children who are born to HIV-1-infected mothers in Tanzania.
McGrath, N.; Bellinger, D.; Robins, J.; Msamanga, G.I.; Tronick, E.; Fawzi, W.W.;
Pediatrics, 2006; 117(2):e216-25
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