Dr Awachana Jiamsakul

Dr Awachana Jiamsakul

Senior Lecturer
  • PhD - "HIV Drug Resistance and Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy in Asia" (The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Australia)
  • Master of Statistics  (UNSW Sydney, Australia)
  • Bachelor of Science (Statistics and Pharmacology, University of Sydney, Australia)
Medicine & Health
The Kirby Institute

I have been a project statistician and coordinator for the TREAT Asia studies since 2009, primarily working on the HIV observational database (TAHOD, TAHOD-LITE, TAHOD CC) and resistance studies (TASER-M, TASER-S, and TASER-2). I have worked in the clinical trial sector within the pharmaceutical and CRO organisations, and is currently a Research Fellow at the Kirby Institute's Biostatistics and Databases Program. I have extensive experience in analysing different types of medical and epidem...

Phone
+61 2 9385 0944
E-mail
ajiamsakul@kirby.unsw.edu.au
Location
Wallace Wurth

I am part of the International Epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) grant U01AI069907.

I am the Biostatistician for The TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database (TAHOD, TAHOD-LITE, TAHOD-CC). I have been involved in numerous publications over the years focusing on risk factors, adherence and genotyping in people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Asia. More recently, I have been involved in the development and analysis of TAHOD sub-studies including pregnancies among women living with HIV, mental health-related issues, linkage of loss to follow-up patients, and COVID-19 incidence and outcomes among PLHIV. I am also involved in a multi-regional study assessing risk factors for treatment and survival outcomes in patients (HIV positive and negative) diagnosed with a malignant lymphoma.

 

 

My Research Supervision

  • Dhanushi Rupasinghe , PhD candidate.

Hepatitis among PLHIV in Asia

  • Win Min Han, Scientia PhD candidate

BMI and non communicable diseases among PLHIV in Asia

  • Rebecca Henry, PhD candidate

Tuberculosis among PLHIV in resource limited countries

  • Dyna Khoun, Fogarty IeDEA Mentorship Program candidate

BMI and hypertension among PLHIV in Asia

 

My Teaching

My teaching includes database management and statistical analyses of epidemiological databases. I have also conducted concept sheet and manuscript writing workshop at international conferences.