Elizabeth Brown

Dr. Elizabeth Brown holds dual roles as a Research Professor in Biostatistics at the University of Washington School of Public Health and a Professor in the Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Epidemiology Program at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. She leads the Statistical and Data Management Center of the Microbicide Trials Network and directs the Statistical and Data Sciences Unit for the Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Consortium. Her work focuses on designing and analyzing clinical trials for HIV/AIDS, HPV, and COVID-19 prevention.

• Education: ScD (Biostatistics, Harvard University, 2002), MS (Biometrics, University of Colorado, 1998), BS (Mechanical Engineering, University of Virginia, 1994)
• Key Appointments: Member of the Translational Data Science Integrated Research Center at Fred Hutch, Principal Investigator for the Microbicide Trials Network.

Research interests include joint longitudinal-spatial models for infectious diseases, causal inference in clinical trials, and Bayesian methods for survival analysis. Her projects span HIV prevention (e.g., dapivirine vaginal ring), cardiovascular outcomes, and global vaccine trials. She has contributed to major milestones such as the European Medicines Agency approval of HIV prevention interventions.