Jim Thomas

Ph.D., Epidemiology

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James Thomas, MPH, PhD is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology in the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and the Deputy Director for HIV/AIDS and other Infectious Disease in the MEASURE Evaluation Program of the Carolina Population Center. Dr. Thomas's principle research interest is in the social epidemiology of HIV/AIDS. As Deputy Director of MEASURE Evaluation, Dr. Thomas provides overall strategic direction and oversight to a large portfolio of HIV and infectious disease monitoring and evaluation activities in more than 30 countries. He is also currently leading two research activities; one pertaining to inter-organizational disease control networks in Ethiopia, and the other on the relationship between women's property rights and their risk of HIV infections in East Africa. Dr. Thomas was also the principal author of the American Public Health Association's Code of Ethics and has a strong interest in how public health ethics vary across cultures.

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Information updated on 3/13/2013