Ariel Chao, MPH
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Biography
Ariel is a PhD candidate at YSPH in the Biostatistics Department. She is working on methods that address mismeasured clusters in cluster-randomized trials when evaluating causal effects in the presence of spillover, and applying these methods to HIV prevention trials.
Education & Training
- MPH
- Yale School of Public Health, Biostatistics (2020)
- BS
- University of California, Los Angeles, Physiological Science (2017)
Research
Research at a Glance
Yale Co-Authors
Frequent collaborators of Ariel Chao's published research.
Donna Spiegelman, ScD
Publications
2020
Early access to antiretroviral therapy versus standard of care among HIV‐positive participants in Eswatini in the public health sector: the MaxART stepped‐wedge randomized controlled trial
Khan S, Spiegelman D, Walsh F, Mazibuko S, Pasipamire M, Chai B, Reis R, Mlambo K, Delva W, Khumalo G, Zwane M, Fleming Y, Mafara E, Hettema A, Lejeune C, Chao A, Bärnighausen T, Okello V. Early access to antiretroviral therapy versus standard of care among HIV‐positive participants in Eswatini in the public health sector: the MaxART stepped‐wedge randomized controlled trial. Journal Of The International AIDS Society 2020, 23: e25610. PMID: 32949103, PMCID: PMC7507004, DOI: 10.1002/jia2.25610.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsViral suppressionStandard of careAntiretroviral treatmentCox proportional hazards modelHealth systemART-naïve participantsHIV-positive patientsHIV-positive adultsViral load monitoringHIV-positive participantsAppropriate care managementProportional hazards modelEarly accessPublic sector health facilitiesHealth system effectsPublic health systemHealth system's abilityClinic transitionAntiretroviral therapyCD4 countCare retentionVL monitoringPublic health sectorDisease stageEndpoint rateMortality under early access to antiretroviral therapy vs. Eswatini’s national standard of care: the MaxART clustered randomized stepped‐wedge trial
Chao A, Spiegelman D, Khan S, Walsh F, Mazibuko S, Pasipamire M, Chai B, Reis R, Mlambo K, Delva W, Khumalo G, Zwane M, Fleming Y, Mafara E, Hettema A, Lejeune C, Bärnighausen T, Okello V. Mortality under early access to antiretroviral therapy vs. Eswatini’s national standard of care: the MaxART clustered randomized stepped‐wedge trial. HIV Medicine 2020, 21: 429-440. PMID: 32458567, DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12876.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsAntiretroviral therapyMortality rateDisease-related mortality rateCox proportional hazards modelCause mortality ratesStepped-wedge trialProportional hazards modelStepped-wedge designQuality of lifeEvidence of harmClinic transitionSecondary outcomesSOC participantsHealth clinicsLong-term consequencesImplementation trialHazards modelHIVStudy participantsMortalityHealth systemDecrease infectionEarly accessClinicTherapy