Teaching and Mentoring Interests
Teaching introductory biostatistical principles and methods to medical and public health professionals
Current Studies
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Hughes
James Hughes, PhD
- Professor, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutch
- Professor, Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutch
- Professor, Biostatistics, University of Washington
- Graduate Faculty, Biostatistics, University of Washington
Background
Dr. James Hughes is a biostatistician who applies statistical methods to problems in HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases including cervical cancer, which is caused by human papillomavirus. He specializes in the design of randomized controlled trials involving clusters or groups of subjects, such as studies of HIV risk in transgender populations. He also studies statistical methods for dealing with misclassified data.
Education
University of Washington, 1993, PhD (Statistics)
University of Washington, 1980, MS (Biomathematics)
University of Maine, 1977, BS (Wildlife Ecology)
Research Interests
Application of statistical methods to problems in AIDS and other sexually transmitted disease
Cluster randomized trial designs
Stepped Wedge study designs