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Kimberly Powers, PhD
Kimberly Powers, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Dr. Kimberly Powers uses epidemiological, statistical and mathematical modeling methods to study infectious disease transmission. Her work focuses on improving understanding of the HIV care continuum and using mathematical models to predict the impact of HIV prevention interventions on HIV transmission. She also develops models of SARS-CoV-2 transmission to inform public health efforts against COVID-19.
Kimberly Powers in the Gillings news
- The complex challenges of COVID-19 prevention among jails in the South
- Checking in with COVID-19 Gillings Innovation Labs
- New study gives insight into how often COVID-19 spreads through households
- Seven new Gillings Innovation Labs will tackle COVID-19
- Eight faculty members win 2020 Teaching Innovation Awards
Honors and Awards
Teaching Excellence and Innovation Award2020, Gillings School of Global Public Health
Postdoctoral Award for Research Excellence2011, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health2010, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health
Rebecca James Baker Memorial Scholarship2010, University of North Carolina Department of Epidemiology
Cornoni-Huntley Scholarship2008, University of North Carolina Department of Epidemiology
Kaplan Student Publication Award2008, University of North Carolina Department of Epidemiology
Phi Beta Kappa1998, Hamilton College
Summa cum laude1998, Hamilton College
Representative Courses
EPID 755: Introduction to Infectious Disease Epidemiology
EPID 799C: Advanced Methods in Infectious Disease Epidemiology
EPID 894: Infectious Disease Seminar
Research Activities
Infectious Disease Transmission
Mathematical Modeling
HIV Care Continuum
HIV Surveillance
Acute HIV Infection
HIV Prevention
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
Key Publications
Longitudinal trajectories of HIV care retention in North Carolina. Powers KA, Samoff E, Weaver MA, Sampson LA, Miller WC, Leone PA, Swygard H (2017). Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 74(Suppl 2), S88-S95.
Building on the HIV cascade: a complementary ‘HIV States and Transitions’ framework for describing HIV diagnosis, care, and treatment at the population level. Powers KA, Miller WC (2015). Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 69(3), 341-347.
Ongoing HIV Transmission and the HIV Care Continuum in North Carolina. Anna B. Cope, Kimberly A. Powers, JoAnn D. Kuruc, Peter A. Leone, Jeffrey A. Anderson, Li-Hua Ping, Laura P. Kincer, Ronald Swanstrom, Victoria L. Mobley, Evelyn Foust, Cynthia L. Gay, Joseph J. Eron, Myron S. Cohen and William C. Miller (2015). PloS one, 10(6), e0127950.
Community viral load as a measure for assessment of HIV treatment as prevention. William C Miller, Kimberly A Powers, M Kumi Smith, Myron S Cohen (2013). The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 13(5), 459-464.
The role of acute and early HIV infection in the spread of HIV and implications for transmission prevention strategies in Lilongwe, Malawi: A modelling study. Kimberly A Powers, Azra C Ghani, William C Miller, Irving F Hoffman, Audrey E Pettifor, Gift Kamanga, Francis Ea Martinson, Myron S Cohen (2011). The Lancet, 378(9787), 256-268.
Education
Visiting Scholar, Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Modeling, Imperial College London, 2010
PhD, Epidemiology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2010
Visiting Scholar, Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Modeling, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2007
MSPH, Epidemiology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006
BA, Mathematics, Hamilton College, 1998
