Susie Hoffman, Dr.P.H., is a Research Scientist at the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, and Co-Director for Epidemiology of the Statistics, Epidemiology and Data Management Core. She has been engaged in HIV/STD prevention research among adult women since 1990, most recently as a Co-Investigator of the study "Increasing Dual Protection Among Low-Income Minority Women" and prior to that, on the assessment team in Project FIO (The Future Is Ours). She has special expertise in interview development and evaluation design, and has conducted both quantitative and qualitative data analyses.  Current interests include using STD biologic markers as intervention outcomes, microbicide acceptability, alternate strategies for women and the role of emergency contraception as a component of dual protection.

Prior to her work at the HIV Center, Dr. Hoffman developed and conducted an evaluation of a community based AIDS education program in a high seroprevalence neighborhood in Brooklyn and was engaged in clinic-based health services research. She has extensive community organizing experience and has served on the Board of the Public Health Association of New York City and on the Section Council, Medical Care, American Public Health Association.

Current Studies:

Packaging Proven HIV Behavioral Interventions for Use with Underserved and Emergent High-Risk Populations
Principal Investigator: Susie Hoffman, Dr. Ph.H.

Care and Treatment Uptake among the Newly Diagnosed in South Africa
Principal Investigator: Susie Hoffman, Dr. P.H.

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