Hard-to-Reach Population Methods Research Group

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The Hidden Population Methods Research Group (HPMRG)

The workshop will be conducted by the Hidden Population Methods Research Group:

Dr. Krista J. Gile is a Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow at Nuffield College at the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on developing statistical methodology for social and behavioral science research, particularly related to making inference from partially-observed social network structures. Most of her current work is focused on understanding the strengths and limitations of data sampled with link-tracing designs such as snowball sampling, contact tracing, and respondent-driven sampling. In particular, her dissertation and recent work focus on understanding the implications of assumptions of current RDS methodology, and on introducing improved estimation strategies for RDS data. For details see web page.

Dr. Mark S. Handcock is Professor of Statistics in the Department of Statistics at the University of California – Los Angeles. His research involves methodological development, and is based largely on motivation from questions in the social and epidemiological sciences. He has published extensively on survey sampling, network inference, and network sampling methods. He recently moved form the University of Washington. He teaches [Social Analysis of Networks|http://www.stat.washington.edu/~handcock/567/]and [Sample Survey Techniques|http://www.stat.washington.edu/~handcock/529/]. For details see [web page].

Dr. Lisa G. Johnston is an epidemiologist, applied researcher and RDS consultant. Dr. Johnston has six years of experience providing supervision and training on using RDS methods, HIV/STI biological-behavioral surveillance survey planning and implementation, and the RDS Analysis Tool (RDSAT). She has provided RDS technical assistance in over 30 countries and has done extensive consulting for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and many other institutions including Family Health International (FHI), United Nations Development Program, and UNAIDS. She is currently adjunct professor at Tulane University, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and a Senior Analyst at the University of California, San Francisco, Global Health Sciences. For details see web page.

Dr. Cori Mar is the Director of the Statistics Core at the Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology (CSDE) at the University of Washington. Her duties include providing training in statistical methods, data analysis techniques, and statistical programming. Dr. Mar has taught R in a variety of formats from a 2-3 hour one class introduction to one hour a week through a 10 week course. Dr. Mar has extensive experience as a translator between statisticians and the applied researchers. For details see web page.

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