Assistant Professor, Physics
Phone: (974) 492 8210
Dr. Abu-Raddad is a theoretical epidemiologist studying the epidemiological factors and population processes shaping infectious disease spread in human and animal populations. He joined WCMC-Q in 2008 while serving as an Assistant Professor at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. He held positions as Research Scientist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington; as Postdoctoral Research Associate at Imperial College London; and as NSF-JSPS Postdoctoral Research Associate at Osaka University. He completed his Ph.D. study in Computational Physics at Florida State University. He serves as a consultant, member, advisory member and lead author for a number of public health projects for organizations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, World Bank, UNAIDS, and WHO.
Dr. Abu-Raddad's research interests are multidisciplinary and focus on studying the epidemiology and ecology of infectious diseases using analytical and computational approaches. He was the lead author or co-investigator of several high impact studies in recent years such as in relation to HIV/AIDS and SARS. His current main research interests include studying the spread of sexually transmitted disease such as HIV/AIDS, HSV-2, and HPV; investigating the role of biological cofactors in HIV epidemiology; assessment of the impact of different HIV interventions such as vaccines and male circumcision; studying the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in the Arab and Muslim Worlds; studying TB epidemiology and assessing the impact of novel TB diagnostics, drugs, and vaccines; simulation of community randomized controlled trials; and studying the ecology of multiple-strain infectious diseases.
- H.A. Weiss, J. N. Wasserheit, R.V. Barnabas, R.J. Hayes, and L.J. Abu-Raddad, "Persisting with Prevention: The importance of adherence for HIV prevention", Emerging Themes in Epidemiology, in press, (2008).
- T. Hallett, K. Singh, J. Smith, R. White, L.J. Abu-Raddad, and G. Garnett, "Understanding the Impact of Male Circumcision Interventions on the Spread of HIV in Southern Africa", PLoS One, (3), e2212, (2008).
- L.J. Abu-Raddad, B. I. S. van der Ventel, and N.M. Ferguson, "Interactions of multiple strain pathogen diseases in the presence of coinfection, cross immunity, and arbitrary strain diversity", Phys Rev Lett, (100), 168102, (2008).
- L.J. Abu-Raddad, A.S. Magaret, C. Celum, A. Wald, I.M. Longini, Jr., S.G. Self, and L. Corey, "Genital Herpes Has Played a More Important Role Than Any Other Sexually Transmitted Infection in Driving HIV Prevalence in Africa", PLoS One, (3), e2230, (2008).
- L.J. Abu-Raddad and I.M. Longini, Jr., "No HIV stage is dominant in driving the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa", AIDS, (22), 1055-61, (2008).
- M.-C. Boily, L.J. Abu-Raddad, K. Desai, B. Masse, S. Self, and R.M. Anderson, "Factoring the public health impact of HIV vaccine as an integral part of the regulatory process: Solution to a growing dilemma", Lancet Infectious Diseases, Lancet Infect Dis, (3), 200-7, (2008).
