David Ross MA BMBCh MSc PhD

Professor of Epidemiology & Internat Public Health

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I grew up in Nigeria and then the UK and qualified as a medical doctor in 1980. Since then I have worked in epidemiology and international public health research and teaching, exclusively working on developing country issues. I have lived for at least a year in Nigeria (1955-1963), Sierra Leone (1981-82), Ethiopia/Sudan (1984-85), Ghana (1988-92), and Tanzania (1997-2002), as well as making short visits to other countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. I joined the staff of LSHTM in 1983 and have worked in all three departments, preferring to work in multi-disciplinary teams both in research and teaching.

Affiliation

• Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Teaching

I am a tutor on the MSc Public Health in Developing Countries, and also contribute to the teaching on epidemiology, AIDS, reproductive health and primary health care. I have successfully supervised 6 PhD and 1 DrPH students and am currently supervising or co-supervising 3 PhD students.

Research

My main current research areas are: HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, adolescent health, and intervention studies. I am the Director of a DFID-supported research programme, Evidence for Action on HIV Treatment & Care Systems (www.evidence4action.org), in which the LSHTM is working with partner organisations in India, Malawi, Uganda, Zambia and the UK. I have been a Co-PI on a large community randomised controlled trial of an adolescent sexual health intervention in Mwanza, Tanzania since 1997 known as the MEMA kwa Vijana Project (www.memakwavijana.org), and was the LSHTM Research Team Leader in Mwanza from 1997 to 2002. I have also been involved in a vaginal microbicide (Pro-2000) trial, and herpes suppressive therapy trial in Mwanza. I am working with colleagues on studies of missed opportunities for women who test HIV-positive in clinical settings such as antenatal care or as inpatients, being assessed for their need for antiretroviral therapy (ART), and on ART adherence among refugees. I am also involved with colleagues in Grassroot Soccer and within the LSHTM and  the Reproductive Health Research Unit in Johannesburg on preliminary research towards a trial of the impact of a sports-based HIV prevention intervention among young people in South Africa. 

In the past, I have also worked on vitamin A deficiency, health and demographic surveillance systems, measurement of anthropometric status and of cause-specific child mortality, and the health risks and benefits of creches for young children, among other things. 

I am currently on various advisory committees, including the WHO Child and Adolescent Health Division's Technical Steering Committee, the UNAIDS M&E Reference Group, the WHO HPV Vaccine Advisory Committee, and am Chair of the INDEPTH Scientific Advisory Committee and on their Board of Trustees.

• Selected publications

• Alternatives to randomisation in the evaluation of public-health interventions: design challenges and solutions

  Bonell, C.P.; Hargreaves, J.; Cousens, S.; Ross, D.; Hayes, R.; Petticrew, M.; Kirkwood, B.R.;

  Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2011; 65(7):582-7

• Long-Term Biological and Behavioural Impact of an Adolescent Sexual Health Intervention in Tanzania: Follow-up Survey of the Community-Based MEMA kwa Vijana Trial.

  Doyle, A.M.; Ross, D.A.; Maganja, K.; Baisley, K.; Masesa, C.; Andreasen, A.; Plummer, M.L.; Obasi, A.I.; Weiss, H.A.; Kapiga, S.; Watson-Jones, D.; Changalucha, J.; Hayes, R.J.; for the MEMA kwa Vijana Trial Study Group, .;

  PLoS Med, 2010; 7(6):e1000287

• Impact of the MEMA kwa Vijana Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Interventions on Use of Health Services by Young People in Rural Mwanza, Tanzania: Results of a Cluster Randomized Trial.

  Larke, N.; Cleophas-Mazige, B.; Plummer, M.L.; Obasi, A.I.; Rwakatare, M.; Todd, J.; Changalucha, J.; Weiss, H.A.; Hayes, R.J.; Ross, D.A.;

  J Adolesc Health, 2010; 47(5):512-22

• Behavioural interventions to reduce HIV risk: what works?

  Ross, D.A.;

  AIDS, 2010; 24 Suppl 4:S4-14

• Effect of Herpes Simplex Suppression on Incidence of HIV among Women in Tanzania.

  Watson-Jones, D.; Weiss, H.A.; Rusizoka, M.; Changalucha, J.; Baisley, K.; Mugeye, K.; Tanton, C.; Ross, D.; Everett, D.; Clayton, T.; Balira, R.; Knight, L.; Hambleton, I.; Le Goff, J.; Belec, L.; Hayes, R.;

  N Engl J Med, 2008; 358(15):1560-71

• Biological and behavioural impact of an adolescent sexual health intervention in Tanzania: a community-randomized trial.

  Ross, D.A.; Changalucha, J.; Obasi, A.I.; Todd, J.; Plummer, M.L.; Cleophas-Mazige, B.; Anemona, A.; Everett, D.; Weiss, H.A.; Mabey, D.C.; Grosskurth, H.; Hayes, R.J.;

  AIDS, 2007; 21(14):1943-55

• Contradictory sexual norms and expectations for young people in rural Northern Tanzania.

  Wight, D.; Plummer, M.L.; Mshana, G.; Wamoyi, J.; Shigongo, Z.S.; Ross, D.A.;

  Soc Sci Med, 2006; 62(4):987-97

• The weight of evidence: a method for assessing the strength of evidence on the effectiveness of HIV prevention interventions among young people.

  Ross, D.A.; Wight, D.; Dowsett, G.; Buve, A.; Obasi, A.I.;

  World Health Organ Tech Rep Ser, 2006; 938:79-102; discussion 317-41

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