Biostatistics, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, HIV/AIDS, Maternal & Child Health

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Mr. Giganti received a Masters of Science in Biostatistics form the University of Washington-Seattle in 2007, thesis title “Developing a motivation and understanding for Dirichlet Process priors in a nonparametric Bayesian framework”. He is highly skilled with biostatistics computer software including SAS, R, STATA, and S-Plus.

In addition to teaching several courses at SGU, his experience includes a position as a database analyst at the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia where he planned and performed multiple statistical analyses based on an electronic medical record database which longitudinally tracks HIV treatment and care experience for over 200,000 patients. Mr. Giganti also has experience as a research assistant at the Statistical Center for HIV/AIDS Research & Prevention in Seattle, WA, where he assisted with the statistical analysis of various clinical trials from the HIV Vaccine Trials Network.

Mr. Giganti’s research interests include biostatistics, infectious disease epidemiology, HIV/AIDS, and maternal & child health. He is currently a referee for PLoS ONE and Sahara - Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance.

Chi BH, Vwalika B, Killam WP, Wamalume C, Giganti MJ, Mbewe R, Stringer EM, Chintu NT, Putta NB, Liu KC, Chibwesha CJ, Rouse DJ, Stringer JS. Implementation of the Zambia Electronic Perinatal Record System for comprehensive prenatal and delivery care. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2011 May;113(2):131-6.

Stringer EM, Ekouevi DK, Coetzee D, Tih PM, Creek TL, Stinson K, Giganti MJ, Welty TK, Chintu N, Chi BH, Wilfert CM, Shaffer N, Dabis F, Stringer JS; PEARL Study Team. Coverage of nevirapine-based services to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in 4 African countries. JAMA. 2010 Jul 21;304(3):293-302.

Giganti MJ, Levy JW, Banda Y, Kusanthan T, Sinkala M, Stringer JS, Chi BH. Methods and baseline results of a repeated cross-sectional survey to assess the public health impact of antiretroviral therapy in Lusaka, Zambia. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 May;82(5):971-7.

Stringer EM, Giganti M, Carter RJ, El-Sadr W, Abrams EJ, Stringer JS; MTCT-Plus Initiative. Hormonal contraception and HIV disease progression: a multicountry cohort analysis of the MTCT-Plus Initiative. AIDS. 2009 Nov;23 Suppl 1:S69-77.

Chi BH, Giganti M, Mulenga PL, Limbada M, Reid SE, Mutale W, Stringer JS. CD4+ response and subsequent risk of death among patients on antiretroviral therapy in Lusaka, Zambia. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2009 Sep 1;52(1):125-31.

 

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