Dr Victoria Simms

BSc MSc PhD

Assistant Professor

in Epidemiology

Room

127

LSHTM
Keppel Street
London
WC1E 7HT
United Kingdom

I joined the School in 2011. Before coming here I spent five years with the Cicely Saunders Institute at King's College London, where I did my PhD on patient-centred problems at HIV diagnosis. Before that I worked on trachoma surveys in The Gambia and Sudan. I completed the Public Health in Developing Countries MSc at the School in 2005.

Affiliations

Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health

Teaching

I am a module co-ordinator for Design and Analysis of Epidemiological Studies (DANES), with Christian Bottomley. I also teach on Epidemiology and Control of Communicable Diseases, Basic Epidemiology and data management.

Research

I work on randomised controlled trials in the areas of HIV, adherence to antiretroviral therapy and mental health, including children and adolescents. Most of my research is based in Zimbabwe.

Research Area

Child health

Complex interventions

Health services research

Sanitation

Adolescent health

Health workers

Implementation research

Randomised controlled trials

Discipline

Epidemiology

Statistics

Disease and Health Conditions

HIV/AIDS

Mental health

Trachoma

Tuberculosis

Country

Gambia, The

India

Kenya

Malawi

Rwanda

Sudan

Tanzania

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Region

Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)

Selected Publications

Community burden of undiagnosed HIV infection among adolescents in Zimbabwe following primary healthcare-based provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling: A cross-sectional survey.

Simms, V. ; Dauya, E. ; Dakshina, S. ; Bandason, T. ; McHugh, G. ; Munyati, S. ; Chonzi, P. ; Kranzer, K. ; Ncube, G. ; Masimirembwa, C. ; Thelingwani, R. ; Apollo, T. ; Hayes, R. ; Weiss, H.A. ; Ferrand, R.A. ;

2017

PLoS Med

Clinical outcomes in children and adolescents initiating antiretroviral therapy in decentralized healthcare settings in Zimbabwe.

McHugh, G. ; Simms, V. ; Dauya, E. ; Bandason, T. ; Chonzi, P. ; Metaxa, D. ; Munyati, S. ; Nathoo, K. ; Mujuru, H. ; Kranzer, K. ; Ferrand, R.A. ;

2017

J Int AIDS Soc

Effect of a Primary Care-Based Psychological Intervention on Symptoms of Common Mental Disorders in Zimbabwe: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Chibanda, D. ; Weiss, H.A. ; Verhey, R. ; Simms, V. ; Munjoma, R. ; Rusakaniko, S. ; Chingono, A. ; Munetsi, E. ; Bere, T. ; Manda, E. ; Abas, M. ; Araya, R. ;

2016

JAMA

Cryptococcal meningitis screening and community-based early adherence support in people with advanced HIV infection starting antiretroviral therapy in Tanzania and Zambia: an open-label, randomised controlled trial.

Mfinanga, S. ; Chanda, D. ; Kivuyo, S.L. ; Guinness, L. ; Bottomley, C. ; Simms, V. ; Chijoka, C. ; Masasi, A. ; Kimaro, G. ; Ngowi, B. ; Kahwa, A. ; Mwaba, P. ; Harrison, T.S. ; Egwaga, S. ; Jaffar, S. ; REMSTART trial team, . ; COLLABORATORS;Chale, P. ; Kigocha, O. ; Shirima, R.P. ; Lema, Y. ; Kasubi, M. ; Mathania, M. ; Makuchilo, M. ; Mziray, F. ; Alway, C. ; Rwezaura, L. ; Mgohamwenda, J. ; Minde, J. ; Luhimbo, T. ; Biseko, M. ; Kapesa, E. ; Shoo, W. ; Barankena, A. ; Mzyece, J. ; Chanda, R. ; Salim, E. ; Kashongore, G. ; Kapotwe, V. ; Manan, D. ;

2015

Lancet

Clinical presentation, biochemical, and haematological parameters and their association with outcome in patients with Ebola virus disease: an observational cohort study.

Hunt, L.; Gupta-Wright, A.; Simms, V.; Tamba, F.; Knott, V.; Tamba, K.; Heisenberg-Mansaray, S.; Tamba, E.; Sheriff, A.; Conteh, S.; Smith, T.; Tobin, S.; Brooks, T.; Houlihan, C.; Cummings, R.; Fletcher, T.;

2015

Lancet Infect Dis

Integrating public health research trials into health systems in Africa: individual or cluster randomisation?

Simms, V.; Matiku, S.; Ngowi, B.; Chanda, D.; Lesikari, S.; Bottomley, C.; Egwaga, S.; Kahwa, A.; Guinness, L.; Mwaba, P.; Mfinanga, S.; Jaffar, S.;

2014

Trop Med Int Health

Multidimensional Patient-Reported Problems within Two Weeks of HIV Diagnosis in East Africa: A Multicentre Observational Study.

Simms, V. ; Gikaara, N. ; Munene, G. ; Atieno, M. ; Kataike, J. ; Nsubuga, C. ; Banga, G. ; Namisango, E. ; Penfold, S. ; Fayers, P. ; Powell, R.A. ; Higginson, I.J. ; Harding, R. ;

2013

PLoS One

Integration of palliative care throughout HIV disease.

Simms, V. ; Higginson, I.J. ; Harding, R. ;

2012