Elizabeth
Sugar
, PhD, MS

Research Professor

Departmental Affiliations

Biostatistics
Primary
Epidemiology
Joint
Division
Clinical Trials and Evidence Synthesis
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Contact Info

615 N. Wolfe Street, Room E3537
Baltimore
Maryland
21205
US        
410-614-7837
esugar2@jhu.edu

Research Interests

Biostatistics; clinical trials; longitudinal cohort studies
Experiences & Accomplishments
Education
PhD
University of Washington, Seattle
2003
MS
University of California, Santa Barbara
1997
BA
Pomona College
1995
Overview
My primary interest is in the design and analysis of clinical trials and observational studies. My work in Oncology trials has focused on early stage (Phase I and II) and vaccine trials as well as pre-clinical experiments. My work in airways (e.g. asthma, COPD) and ophthalmology has focused on late-stage (e.g. Phase III, post-approval) clinical trials and longitudinal cohort studies.
Select Publications

  • The American Lung Association Asthma Clinical Research Centers; Writing Committee: Sumino K, Sugar EA, Irvin CG, Kaminsky DA, Shade D, Wei CY, Holbrook JT, Wise RA, Castro M.  Variability of methacholine bronchoprovocation and the effect of inhaled corticosteroids in mild asthma.  Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology; in press Jan 12, 2014.

  • Sugar EA, Pascoe AJ, Azad N (2012).  Reporting of preclinical tumor-graft cancer therapeutic studies.  Cancer Biology and Therapy; 13(13): 1262-8.  PMID 22895077.  PMCID: PMC3493433.


  • Sugar EA,     Jabs DA, Ahuja A, Thorne JE, Danis RP, Meinert CL, for the Studies of the Ocular Complications of AIDS Research Group (2011).  Incidence of cytomegalovirus retinitis in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy.  Am J Ophthalmol. 153(6): 1016-1024. PMID: 22310076.  PMCID: PMC3358595.

  • The Multicenter Uveitis Steroid Treatment (MUST) Trial Research Groups; Writing Committee: Kempen JH, Altaweel MM, Holbrook JH, Jabs DA, Louis TA, Sugar EA*, Thorne JE (2011).  Randomized comparison of systemic anit-inflammatory therapy versus fluocinolone acetonide implant for intermediate, posterior, and panuveitis: the Multicenter Uveitis Steroid Treatment Trial.  Ophthalmology; 118(10): 1916-1926.  PMID 21840602.  PMCID: PMC3191365.

    *  Chair of the MUST Statistical Committee and primary statistician for the manuscript.

  • Fakhry C*, Sugar E*, D’Souza G, Gillison M (2010).  Two-week versus six-month sampling interval in a short-term natural history study of oral HPV infection in an HIV-positive cohort.  PLoS One; 5(7): e11918. PMID: 20689835.  PMCID: PMC2912874.

    *  First two authors contributed equally.

Projects
Multicenter Uveitis Steroid Treatment (MUST) Trial