Dr. Amalia Meier Magaret

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University of Washington
School of Medicine
Laboratory Medicine
Virology
Research Assistant ProfessorAppointed: 2004
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Biostatistics
Joint Assistant MemberAppointed: 2004

Mailing Address

Virology Research Clinic
600 Broadway, Suite 400
Seattle, Washington 98122
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (206) 520-4316
Fax: (206) 720-4371
amag@u.washington.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of Washington, Biostatistics, 2001.
M.S., Western Michigan University, Applied Statistics, 1997.

Expertise and Research Interests

Dr. Magaret provides statistical support to clinical research on HSV1 and HSV2 and other herpesvirus infections: the natural history, immunology, risk factors for acquisition, treatments and vaccines. She also supports investigations regarding the clinical association between herpes and HIV.

Areas of statistical methods work include misclassification in time-to-event outcomes, laboratory assay validation, and methods for quantifying and examining risk factors for viral shedding.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Biometry, Biostatistics, Clinical Research Or Studies, Herpes, HIV, Immunology, Survival Probability, Vaccine, Virology.

Additional Terms:

Diagnostic Methods, Herpes and HIV, Survival Analysis.

Memberships

American Statistical Association
International Biometric Society

Publications

  • Fredricks DN, Smith C, Meier A (Oct 2005) Comparison of six DNA extraction methods for recovery of fungal DNA as assessed by quantitative PCR, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 43 (10), 5122-8
  • Meyer JL, Crosby RA, Whittington WL, Carrell D, Ashley-Morrow R, Meier AS, Harrington RD, DiClemente R, Wald A (Aug 2005) The psychosocial impact of serological herpes simplex type 2 testing in an urban HIV clinic, Sexually Transmitted Infections, 81 (4), 309-15
  • Cohen CR, Koochesfahani KM, Meier AS, Shen C, Karunakaran K, Ondondo B, Kinyari T, Mugo NR, Nguti R, Brunham RC (Aug 2005) Immunoepidemiologic profile of Chlamydia trachomatis infection: importance of heat-shock protein 60 and interferon- gamma, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 192 (4), 591-9
  • Zerr DM, Meier AS, Selke SS, Frenkel LM, Huang ML, Wald A, Rhoads MP, Nguy L, Bornemann R, Morrow RA, Corey L (Feb 2005) A population-based study of primary human herpesvirus 6 infection, The New England Journal of Medicine, 352 (8), 768-76
  • Meier AS, Richardson BA, Hughes JP (Dec 2003) Discrete proportional hazards models for mismeasured outcomes, Biometrics, 59 (4), 947-54
  • Criniti A, Mwachari CW, Meier AS, Nduba V, Sanguli L, Ngumo JK, Cohen CR (Dec 2003) Association of hormonal contraception and HIV-seroprevalence in Nairobi, Kenya, Aids (london, England), 17 (18), 2667-9
  • Mwachari CW, Meier AS, Muyodi J, Gatei W, Waiyaki P, Cohen CR (Sep 2003) Chronic diarrhoea in HIV-1-infected adults in Nairobi, Kenya: evaluation of risk factors and the WHO treatment algorithm, Aids (london, England), 17 (14), 2124-6
  • Penner J, Meier AS, Mwachari C, Ayuka F, Muchina B, Odhiambo J, Cohen CR (Feb 2003) Risk factors for pneumonia in urban-dwelling HIV-infected women: a case-control study in Nairobi, Kenya, Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999), 32 (2), 223-8
  • Mwachari CW, Cohen CR, Meier AS, Nganga LW, Kimari JN, Odhiambo JA (Aug 2001) Respiratory tract infection in HIV-1-infected adults in Nairobi, Kenya: evaluation of risk factors and the world health organization treatment algorithm, Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999), 27 (4), 365-71
  • Van Kessel K, Reed S, Newton K, Meier A, Lentz G (Jun 2001) The second stage of labor and stress urinary incontinence, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 184 (7), 1571-5
  • Eschenbach DA, Patton DL, Hooton TM, Meier AS, Stapleton A, Aura J, Agnew K (Mar 2001) Effects of vaginal intercourse with and without a condom on vaginal flora and vaginal epithelium, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 183 (6), 913-8
  • Patton DL, Thwin SS, Meier A, Hooton TM, Stapleton AE, Eschenbach DA (Oct 2000) Epithelial cell layer thickness and immune cell populations in the normal human vagina at different stages of the menstrual cycle, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 183 (4), 967-73
  • Miller L, Patton DL, Meier A, Thwin SS, Hooton TM, Eschenbach DA (Sep 2000) Depomedroxyprogesterone-induced hypoestrogenism and changes in vaginal flora and epithelium, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 96 (3), 431-9
  • Eschenbach DA, Patton DL, Meier A, Thwin SS, Aura J, Stapleton A, Hooton TM (Sep 2000) Effects of oral contraceptive pill use on vaginal flora and vaginal epithelium, Contraception, 62 (3), 107-12
  • Eschenbach DA, Thwin SS, Patton DL, Hooton TM, Stapleton AE, Agnew K, Winter C, Meier A, Stamm WE (Jun 2000) Influence of the normal menstrual cycle on vaginal tissue, discharge, and microflora, Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 30 (6), 901-7

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