Michael T. Lu, MD, MPH
Co-Principal Investigator of the Data and Statistical Coordinating Center for REPRIEVE, Co-Chair of the REPRIEVE Mechanistic Substudy
Michael T. Lu, MD, MPH, is Co-Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cardiovascular Imaging Research Center (CIRC), Associate Chair of Imaging Science for the MGH Department of Radiology, and Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Lu completed his MD and MPH at Harvard University. His training included a residency in Diagnostic Radiology at the University of California, San Francisco, fellowship in Thoracic and Cardiac Imaging at MGH, and a NIH T32 fellowship in Cardiac Imaging also at MGH. Dr. Lu's research focus is on using cardiac CT to improve cardiovascular health and to understand the pathophysiology of coronary artery disease in people living with HIV.
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Heather Ribaudo, PhD
Co-Principal Investigator of the Data and Statistical Coordinating Center for the REPRIEVE trial and Co-Chair of the Data Management Committee
Heather Ribaudo, PhD is a Principal Research Scientist at the Department of Biostatistics at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health where she is the Director of Biostatistics and Programming for the Center for Biostatistics in AIDS Research. Dr. Ribaudo received her Ph.D. from the Medical Statistics department of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
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Kenneth Williams, Ph.D.
Oversight of laboratory assessments of immune activation
Kenneth Williams, Ph.D. is Professor of Biology at Boston College. His research focuses on chronic immune activation of monocyte/macrophages among humans with HIV and animals with SIV.
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Tricia Burdo, Ph.D
Oversight of laboratory assessment of immune activation markers in plasma of REPRIEVE participants
Tricia Burdo, Ph.D, is an Associate Professor of Neuroscience at Temple University College of Medicine. Her research focuses on the role of ongoing chronic immune activation and the role of monocyte/macrophages in HIV-associated peripheral neuropathy (HIV-PN), HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) and cardiovascular disease (CVD).
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Triin Umbleja, MSc
Trial Statistician
Triin is a biostatistician at the Center for Biostatistics in AIDS Research. She works with other biostatisticians on the team, supports day-to-day activities, prepares DSMB reports, and - Triin’s favorite – works on REPRIEVE’s many exciting analyses. She is also the protocol statistician on the physical function substudy PREPARE, and has worked on various other ACTG studies in coinfections and comorbidities of HIV over the past 17 years.
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Kayla Paradis
Project Manager of the DCC
Kayla is the Project Manager of the Data Coordinating Center (DCC). She manages and oversees trial operations, imaging, and non-imaging data management, QA/QC, clinical trials documentation, as well as clinical trial regulatory components. Kayla assists in managing all aspects of the REPRIEVE DCC and serves as primary liaison for the principal investigators, biostatisticians, clinical research sites, and Clinical Events Committee (CEC).
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Audra Sturniolo
Data Analyst
Audra is a data analyst for the Data Coordinating Center (DCC).
She works on data management and organization and assists with QA/QC for the A5333s mechanistic substudy.
Outside of work Audra enjoys trail running and pilates.
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Radhika (Ria) Barve
Clinical Research Coordinator
Radhika (Ria) joined the DCC in June 2021 as a Clinical Research Coordinator. She is responsible for collecting, completing, and transferring source documentation from Clinical Research Sites to the Events Oversight Committee for adjudication. She also works on adjudication reconciliation between the DCC, FSTRF, and TIMI.
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Nory Klop-Packel
Clinical Research Coordinator
Nory is a Clinical Research Coordinator at the Data Coordinating Center (DCC).
Nory joined the Data Coordinating Center (DCC) in June 2022 as a Clinical Research Coordinator. She is responsible for collecting, completing, and transferring source documentation from Clinical Research Sites to the Events Oversight Committee for adjudication.
Outside of work, Nory enjoys running, gymnastics, and all kinds of music.
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Emilia Norton
Clinical Research Coordinator
Emilia joined the Data Coordinating Center (DCC) in December 2022 as a Clinical Research Coordinator.
She is responsible for collecting, completing, and transferring source documentation from clinical research sites to the Clinical Events Committee for adjudication.
Outside of work, Emilia enjoys spending time in the sun and exploring new neighborhoods in Boston.
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