Kimberly Powers, PhD
Assistant Professor Department of Epidemiology
Dr. Kimberly Powers uses epidemiological, statistical and mathematical modeling methods to study HIV transmission, with the overarching goal of informing HIV prevention strategies. Her work focuses on improving understanding of the behavioral and biological determinants of HIV transmission, developing efficient methods for detecting acute HIV infection and using mathematical models to predict the impact of HIV transmission prevention interventions. Dr. Powers' ongoing projects aim to improve understanding of the HIV care continuum, inform measurement of HIV incidence and prevalence and predict the impact of HIV treatment-as-prevention strategies.
Honors and Awards
Postdoctoral Award for Research Excellence
2011, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health
2010, University of Noerth Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health
Rebecca James Baker Memorial Scholarship
2010, University of North Carolina Department of Epidemiology
Cornoni-Huntley Scholarship
2008, University of North Carolina Department of Epidemiology
Kaplan Student Publication Award
2008, University of North Carolina Department of Epidemiology
Phi Beta Kappa
1998, Hamilton College
Summa cum laude
1998, Hamilton College
Representative Courses
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
Key Publications
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.
Sexual partnership patterns in malawi: Implications for HIV/STI transmission. Kimberly A. Powers, Irving F. Hoffman, Azra C. Ghani, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Christopher D. Pilcher, Matthew A. Price, Audrey E. Pettifor, David A. Chilongozi, Francis E. A. Martinson, Myron S. Cohen, William C Miller (2011). Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 38(7), 657-666.
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