Dr Katherine Fielding

BSc MSc PhD

Professor

in Medical Statistics & Epidemiology and Director of the TB Centre

Room

Room 108

LSHTM
Keppel Street
London
WC1E 7HT
United Kingdom

Tel.

+44 20 7927 2889

Fax.

+44 20 7636 8739

Email
Katherine

I joined the School in 2000 after working as a visiting scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Altanta, US and as a lecturer in medical statistics at the University of Nottingham, UK.

Affiliations

Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health

Centres

Centre for Evaluation

Statistical Methodology

Tuberculosis (TB) Centre

Teaching

I co-organise and teach on the second term module "Statistical Methods in Epidemiology". I also teach in the third term module "Advanced Statistical Methods in Epidemiology" and the distance learning module EP304.

Research

Research Area

Clinical trials

Public health

Randomised controlled trials

Discipline

Epidemiology

Statistics

Disease and Health Conditions

HIV/AIDS

Infectious disease

Tuberculosis

Country

China

Malawi

South Africa

Zambia

Region

Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)

Selected Publications

Effectiveness of Electronic Reminders to Improve Medication Adherence in Tuberculosis Patients: A Cluster-Randomised Trial.

Liu, X. ; Lewis, J.J. ; Zhang, H. ; Lu, W. ; Zhang, S. ; Zheng, G. ; Bai, L. ; Li, J. ; Li, X. ; Chen, H. ; Liu, M. ; Chen, R. ; Chi, J. ; Lu, J. ; Huan, S. ; Cheng, S. ; Wang, L. ; Jiang, S. ; Chin, D.P. ; Fielding, K.L. ;

2015

PLoS Med

A trial of mass isoniazid preventive therapy for tuberculosis control.

Churchyard, G.J. ; Fielding, K.L. ; Lewis, J.J. ; Coetzee, L. ; Corbett, E.L. ; Godfrey-Faussett, P. ; Hayes, R.J. ; Chaisson, R.E. ; Grant, A.D. ; Thibela TB Study Team, . ;

2014

N Engl J Med

A Four-Month Gatifloxacin-Containing Regimen for Treating Tuberculosis.

Merle, C.S. ; Fielding, K. ; Sow, O.B. ; Gninafon, M. ; Lo, M.B. ; Mthiyane, T. ; Odhiambo, J. ; Amukoye, E. ; Bah, B. ; Kassa, F. ; N'Diaye, A. ; Rustomjee, R. ; de Jong, B.C. ; Horton, J. ; Perronne, C. ; Sismanidis, C. ; Lapujade, O. ; Olliaro, P.L. ; Lienhardt, C. ; OFLOTUB/Gatifloxacin for Tuberculosis Project, . ; COLLABORATORS;Billy, C. ; Bah, H. ; Bah, M. ; Barry, M.A. ; Barry, M.T. ; Diallo, M. ; Kalle, T.O. ; Bah, M. ; Gumusboga, M. ; Martin, A. ; Portaels, F. ; Githui, C. ; Okallo, G. ; Wanjiku, E. ; Allen, J. ; Reddy, B. ; Anagonou, S. ; Affolabi, D. ; Bekou, W. ; Guendehou, B. ; Makpenon, A. ; Monteiro, G. ; Vihotode, E. ; Washinou, A. ; Bah, F. ; Cisse, A. ; Diouf, C. ; Hane, D. ; Kouassi, P. ; Mbaye, I. ; Nguessan, J.P. ; Sarr, M. ; Seck, A. ; Gomis, J.F. ; Tissot-Dupont, H. ; Baisley, K. ; Flach, C. ; Webb, E. ; Kanyok, T. ; Ndiaye, K. ; McIlleron, H. ; Smythe, W. ; Nabangchang, K. ; Nabangchang, C. ; Crespel, F. ; Massart, G. ; Vaillant, M. ; Mitchison, D. ; Cisse, M. ; Hadjani, F. ; Kikaya, V. ; Manyando, C. ; Mbaye, A. ; Mbaye, M. ; Mbaye, I. ; Mbui, J. ; Meremikwu, M. ; NDiaye, J.L. ; Suma, T.K. ; Traore, I. ; Zongo, I. ;

2014

N Engl J Med

Twelve-monthly versus six-monthly radiological screening for active case-finding of tuberculosis: a randomised controlled trial

Churchyard, G.J.; Fielding, K.; Roux, S.; Corbett, E.L.; Chaisson, R.E.; de Cock, K.M.; Hayes, R.J.; Grant, A.D.

2011

Thorax

Thibela TB: Design and methods of a cluster randomised trial of the effect of community-wide isoniazid preventive therapy on tuberculosis among gold miners in South Africa.

Fielding, K.L.; Grant, A.D.; Hayes, R.J.; Chaisson, R.E.; Corbett, E.L.; Churchyard, G.J.;

2011

Contemp Clin Trials

Reducing mortality with cotrimoxazole preventive therapy at initiation of antiretroviral therapy in South Africa

Hoffmann, C.J.; Fielding, K.L.; Charalambous, S.; Innes, C.; Chaisson, R.E.; Grant, A.D.; Churchyard, G.J.