Jim Todd MA MSc

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I came to epidemiology through an unconventional route, having dropped out of school at 15. After travel, joining and leaving a religious commune, I obtained a degree in Maths and a PGCE to teach Maths at Secondary school level. I worked as a teacher in Tanzania for three years, where I met my wife, and came back to do the MSc in Biometry at Reading University. I worked for the MRC Laboratories in The Gambia for 3 years (1990-1993), and for 3 years with the MRC Uganda research Unit on AIDS (2006-2008). In between I worked for LSHTM in the Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit, working in Tanzania and London, with projects in several countries in Africa. In 2009, I returned to the School to work in PSD, and at the same time returned to Mwanza, Tanzania to become the Technical Advisor for the TAZAMA Project.

Affiliation

• Department of Population Studies

Teaching

In my previous existence at the School, I taught and organised several face-to-face courses, including Analysis and Design of Research studies, and Data Processing and Analysis. I organised the European Course in Tropical Epidemiology in 2004. Since 2009 I have been the module organiser for EP202, and a tutor for other modules within the distance learning MSc in Epidemiology. I have supervised three PhD students. I am passionate about developing teaching materials for use in resource-poor settings.

Research

My current research interests are the epidemiology and control of HIV and STD. I interested in developing and delivering sustainable interventions at district level, and ensuring such interventions are properly monitored and evaluated to inform future improvements. I believe that prevention is the best cure for many public health problems, but that treatment of disease can be used for prevention. I am leading a project funded by the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria, which is delivering ART in health centres, and monitoring the impact on health outcomes.

I am a member of the editorial board of Parasite Immunology.

• Selected publications

• The impact of community level treatment and preventative interventions on trachoma prevalence in rural Ethiopia.

  Cumberland, P.; Edwards, T.; Hailu, G.; Harding-Esch, E.; Andreasen, A.; Mabey, D.; Todd, J.;

  Int J Epidemiol, 2008; 37(3):549-58

• Patterns of individual and population-level adherence to antiretroviral therapy and risk factors for poor adherence in the first year of the DART trial in Uganda and Zimbabwe.

  Muyingo, S.K.; Walker, A.S.; Reid, A.; Munderi, P.; Gibb, D.M.; Ssali, F.; Levin, J.; Katabira, E.; Gilks, C.; Todd, J.; DART Trial Team (inc Todd, J)

  J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, 2008; 48(4):468-75

• Use of data from HIV counselling and testing services for HIV surveillance in Africa

  Mwaluko, G.; Wringe, A.; Todd, J.; Glynn, J.R.; Crampin, A.C.; Jaffar, S.; Kalluvya, S.; Zaba, B.

  Lancet, 2007; 369(9561):612-613

• Time from HIV seroconversion to death: a collaborative analysis of eight studies in six low and middle-income countries before highly active antiretroviral therapy

  Todd, J.; Glynn, J.R.; Marston, M.; Lutalo, T.; Biraro, S.; Mwita, W.; Suriyanon, V.; Rangsin, R.; Nelson, K.E.; Sonnenberg, P.; Fitzgerald, D.; Karita, E.; Zaba, B.

  Aids, 2007; 21:S55-S63

• Risk Factors Influencing HIV Infection Incidence in a Rural African Population: A Nested Case-Control Study.

  Todd, J.; Grosskurth, H.; Changalucha, J.; Obasi, A.; Mosha, F.; Balira, R.; Orroth, K.; Hugonnet, S.; Pujades, M.; Ross, D.; Gavyole, A.; Mabey, D.; Hayes, R.;

  J Infect Dis, 2006; 193(3):458-66

• Cause-specific mortality rates in sub-Saharan Africa and Bangladesh

  Adjuik, M.; Smith, T.; Clark, S.; Todd, J.; Garrib, A.; Kinfu, Y.; Kahn, K.; Mola, M.; Ashraf, A.; Masanja, H.; Adazu, U.; Sacarlal, J.; Alam, N.; Marra, A.; Gbangou, A.; Mwageni, E.; Binka, F.

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2006; 84(3):181-188

• Feasibility and effectiveness of cotrimoxazole prophylaxis for HIV-1-infected adults attending an HIV/AIDS clinic in Uganda

  Watera, C.; Todd, J.; Muwonge, R.; Whitworth, J.; Nakiyingi-Miiro, J.; Brink, A.; Miiro, G.; Antvelink, L.; Kamali, A.; French, N.; Mermin, J.

  Jaids-Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2006; 42(3):373-378

• The sexual health of pupils in years 4 to 6 of primary schools in rural Tanzania

  Todd, J.; Changalucha, J.; Ross, D. A.; Mosha, F.; Obasi, A. I.; Plummer, M.; Balira, R.; Grosskurth, H.; Mabey, D. C.; Hayes, R.

  Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2004; 80(1):35-42

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