Academic Degrees

 

BA Mathematics, 1999, University of Cambridge

MSc Applied Statistics, 2000, University of Oxford

PhD Statistics and Epidemiology of HIV in Zimbabwe, 2006, Imperial College, University of London

 

 

Affiliation

 

Tropical Epidemiology Group

Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Unit

Department of Epidemiology and Population Health

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

 

Based full time at the Aurum Institute for Health Research, Johannesburg

Email:  jlewis@auruminstitute.org

Phone:  +27 11 638 2545

Fax:  +27 11 638 2502

Research

My interests are in the application of statistical and epidemiological techniques to problems in tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS.  

 

Selected Publications

 

Lewis JJ, Ronsmans C, Ezeh A, Gregson S. The population impact of HIV on fertility in sub-Saharan Africa. AIDS. 2004, Suppl    2:S35-43.

Lewis JJ, Garnett GP, Papaya S, Nyamukapa CA, Donnelly CA, Gregson S. Beer halls as a focus for HIV prevention activities in rural Zimbabwe. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2005, 32(6):364-369.

Lewis JJ, Garnett GP, Nyamukapa CA, Donnelly CA, Gregson S. Sexually transmitted infections and uptake of treatment in rural Zimbabwe. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2005, 81:326-332.

Grassly NC, Lewis JJ, Mahy M, Walker N, Timæus IM. Comparison of household-survey estimates with projections of mortality and orphan numbers in sub-Saharan Africa in the era of HIV/AIDS. Population Studies. 2004, 58(2):207-217.

Becker NG, Lewis JJ, Li Z, McDonald A. Age-specific back-projection of HIV diagnosis data. Statistics in Medicine. 2003, 22(13):2177-90.

Gregson S, Garnett GP, Nyamukapa CA, Hallett T, Lewis JJ, Mason PR, Chandiwana SK, Anderson RM. HIV decline associated with behaviour change in eastern Zimbabwe. Science. 2006, 311:664-666.

Gregson, S, Nyamukapa CA, Garnett GP, Wambe M, Lewis JJ, Mason PR, Chandiwana SK, Anderson RM. HIV infection and reproductive health in teenage women orphaned and made vulnerable by AIDS in Eastern Zimbabwe. AIDS Care. 2005, 17(7):785-794

Recent Invited Talks / Presentations

 

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

 

Lewis JJ (presenter), Garnett GP, Donnelly CA, Sawyer C, Gregson S. The interaction between HIV/AIDS and fertility in sub-Saharan  Africa. Presented at: Empirical Evidence for the Demographic and Socio-Economic Impact of AIDS, Durban, South Africa, 2003.

Garnett GP, Lewis JJ (presenter). The impact of population growth on the epidemiology and evolution of infectious diseases. Presented at: HIV, the Resurgent Infections, and Population Change in Africa, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 2004.

Grassly NC, Lewis JJ (presenter), Mahy M, Walker N, Timæus IM. Comparison of survey estimates with UNAIDS/WHO projections of mortality and orphan numbers in sub-Saharan Africa. Presented at: Empirical Evidence for the Demographic and Socio-Economic Impact of AIDS, Durban, South Africa, 2003.

Garnett GP (presenter), Lewis JJ, Nyamukapa CA, Mason P, Chandiwana SK, Gregson S. Determinants of a major rural HIV epidemic in Eastern Zimbabwe. Presented at: 16th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research (ISSTDR), Amsterdam, 2005.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

 

Lewis JJ (presenter), Donnelly CA, Mare P, Mupambireyi Z, Garnett GP, Gregson S. Evaluating the proximate determinants framework for HIV infection in rural Zimbabwe. Presented at: XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto, Canada, 2006.

Lewis JJ (presenter), Garnett GP, Mushati P, Donnelly CA, Nyamukapa CA, Chandiwana SK, Gregson S. The relationship between socioeconomic status and HIV infection in Zimbabwe: differences by gender and location. Presented at: XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto, Canada, 2006.

Lewis JJ, Mason P (presenter), Wambe M, Donnelly C, Garnett GP, Gregson S. Reconciling male and female reports on numbers of sexual partners: data from rural Zimbabwe. Presented at: XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto, Canada, 2006.

Lewis JJ (presenter), Garnett GP, Mhlanga S, Nyamukapa CA, Donnelly CA, Gregson S. Beer halls as a focus for HIV prevention activities in rural Zimbabwe. Presented at: BASHH/ASTDA Spring Meeting, Bath, UK, 2004.

Lewis JJ (presenter), Chandiwana SK, Nyamukapa CA, Garnett GP, Donnelly CA, Gregson S. Patterns of sexual behaviour and risk of HIV infection in rural Zimbabwe. Presented at: XIV International AIDS Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 2002.