Debbie M. Cheng, ScD
Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Dept of Biostatistics

ScD, Harvard University



Debbie M. Cheng is Professor of Biostatistics and has been on the faculty at the School of Public Health since 2002. Her research interests include longitudinal data analyses and the design and analysis of clinical trials. She collaborates with investigators at the Boston University School of Medicine on several projects in the areas of substance abuse and HIV research. She is Principal Investigator of the Biostatistics and Data Management Core for the URBAN ARCH Consortium, a consortium of studies designed to examine the consequences of alcohol on HIV disease progression. Dr. Cheng is also Co-Director of the Biostatistics Core for the Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research (CFAR). In addition, she serves as lead statistician on several other studies including: a randomized clinical trial of a multi-facted intervention designed to improve HIV outcomes among HIV-infected people who inject drugs in St. Petersburg, Russia (LINC-II Study) and a clinical trial testing the effectiveness of a collaborative care intervention for HIV care physicians to improve the management of chronic opioid therapy and reduce the misuse of prescription opioids among HIV-infected persons (TEACH study).  She has been an instructor for Introduction to Statistical Computing (BS723) and the Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials (BS722).

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2011 Boston University School of Public Health: Excellence in Teaching Award (Summer semester)
2011 Boston University School of Public Health: Excellence in Teaching Award (Spring semester)
2008 Boston University School of Public Health: Excellence in Teaching Award (Spring semester)
1995-1999 National Institutes of Health: Training Grant Recipient
1995-1998 Harvard School of Public Health: Teaching Fellow, Department of Biostatistics
1995 Graduated with Highest Distinction from Northwestern University


Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research (CFAR): Core Support (Cores A, B, E, G, K, SWG)
07/01/2018 - 06/30/2023 (PI of Sub-Project / SP)
PI: C. Robert Horsburgh Jr, MD
The Miriam Hospital NIH NIAID
2P30AI042853-20A1

Interventions to reduce alcohol use and increase adherence to TB preventive therapy among HIV/TB co-infected drinkers - 1/2
09/15/2017 - 08/31/2022 (PI)
The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco NIH NIAAA
5U01AA026223-02

URBAN ARCH (2/5) Biostatistics and Data Management Core (BDM)
09/01/2016 - 08/31/2021 (PI)
NIH/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
5U24AA020779-08

Pilot Study of Opioid-receptor Antagonists to Reduce Pain and Inflammation among HIV-Infected Persons with Alcohol Problems
09/20/2017 - 08/31/2019 (PI)
Boston Medical Center Corporation NIH NIAAA
5UH2AA026193-02

St. Peter HIV-Alcohol, Protein Biomarkers, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk
09/15/2017 - 08/31/2019 (PI)
Boston Medical Center Corporation NIH NIAAA
5R01AA025859-02

URBAN ARCH (3/5) Uganda Cohort TB Preventative Therapy for HIV-infected Alcohol Users in Uganda: An Evaluation of Safety, Tolerability and Adherence
09/22/2016 - 08/31/2019 (PI)
The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco NIH NIAAA
5U01AA020776-07

URBAN ARCH (4/5) Russia Cohort - Targeting HIV-comorbidities with Pharmacotherapy to Reduce Alcohol and Tobacco Use in HIV-infected Russians
09/01/2016 - 08/31/2019 (PI)
Boston Medical Center Corporation NIH NIAAA
5U01AA020780-08

Improving Physician Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain in HIV-infected Persons
09/15/2014 - 08/31/2019 (PI)
Boston Medical Center Corporation NIH NIDA
5R01DA037768-05

Linking Russian Narcology & HIV Care to Enhance Treatment, Retention, and Outcomes - Part II
09/15/2017 - 07/31/2019 (PI)
Boston Medical Center Corporation NIH NIDA
5R01DA045547-02

1/2 Alcohol associated Comorbidities and Microbiome Evaluation in HIV (ACME HIV)
08/01/2017 - 07/31/2019 (PI)
Vanderbilt University Medical Center NIH NIAAA
5U01AA026222-02

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Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2018 URBAN ARCH (2/5) Biostatistics and Data Management Core (BDM) 5U24AA020779-08 37
2017 URBAN ARCH (2/5) Biostatistics and Data Management Core (BDM) 5U24AA020779-07 37
2016 URBAN ARCH (2/5) Biostatistics and Data Management Core (BDM) 2U24AA020779-06 37
2015 Biostatistics and Data Management (BDM) Core - Urban ARCH Consortium 5U24AA020779-05 37
2014 Biostatistics and Data Management (BDM) Core - Urban ARCH Consortium 5U24AA020779-04 37
2013 Biostatistics and Data Management (BDM) Core - Urban ARCH Consortium 5U24AA020779-03 37
2012 Biostatistics and Data Management (BDM) Core - Urban ARCH Consortium 5U24AA020779-02 37
2011 Biostatistics and Data Management (BDM) Core - Urban ARCH Consortium 1U24AA020779-01 37
2008 CORE--DATA MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS CORE 5P01AG004390-25-9003 295
2007 CORE--DATA MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS CORE 5P01AG004390-24-9003 295
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  1. Tsui JI, Walley AY, Cheng DM, Lira MC, Liebschutz JM, Forman LS, Sullivan MM, Colasanti J, Root C, O'Connor K, Shanahan CW, Bridden CL, Del Rio C, Samet JH. Provider opioid prescribing practices and the belief that opioids keep people living with HIV engaged in care: a cross-sectional study. AIDS Care. 2019 Jan 11; 1-5.View Related Profiles. PMID: 30632790; DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2019.1566591;.
     
  2. Colasanti J, Lira MC, Cheng DM, Liebschutz JM, Tsui JI, Forman LS, Sullivan M, Walley AY, Bridden C, Root C, Podolsky M, Abrams C, Outlaw K, Harris CE, Armstrong WS, Samet JH, Del Rio C. Chronic Opioid Therapy in People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Patients' Perspectives on Risks, Monitoring, and Guidelines. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Jan 07; 68(2):291-297.View Related Profiles. PMID: 29860411.
     
  3. Gnatienko N, Wagman JA, Cheng DM, Bazzi AR, Raj A, Blokhina E, Toussova O, Forman LS, Lioznov D, Bridden C, Sullivan M, Bryant K, Samet JH, Tsui JI. Serodiscordant partnerships and opportunities for pre-exposure prophylaxis among partners of women and men living with HIV in St. Petersburg, Russia. PLoS One. 2018; 13(11):e0207402.View Related Profiles. PMID: 30444903; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207402;.
     
  4. Bagley SM, Cheng DM, Winter M, Alford DP, LaBelle C, Walley AY, Samet JH. Opioid and cocaine use among primary care patients on buprenorphine-Self-report and urine drug tests. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2018 11 01; 192:245-249.View Related Profiles. PMID: 30290291.
     
  5. Wagman JA, Samet JH, Cheng DM, Gnatienko N, Raj A, Blokhina E, Toussova O, Forman LS, Lioznov D, Tsui JI. Female Gender and HIV Transmission Risk Behaviors Among People Living with HIV Who Have Ever Used Injection Drugs in St. Petersburg, Russia. AIDS Behav. 2018 Sep; 22(9):2830-2839.View Related Profiles. PMID: 29797161.
     
  6. Weinstein ZM, Gryczynski G, Cheng DM, Quinn E, Hui D, Kim HW, Labelle C, Samet JH. Tapering off and returning to buprenorphine maintenance in a primary care Office Based Addiction Treatment (OBAT) program. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2018 08 01; 189:166-171.View Related Profiles. PMID: 29958128.
     
  7. West BS, Cheng DM, Toussova O, Blokhina E, Gnatienko N, Liu K, Samet JH, Raj A. Contraceptive Use Among HIV-Infected Females with History of Injection Drug Use in St. Petersburg, Russia. AIDS Behav. 2018 Jun; 22(6):1787-1791.View Related Profiles. PMID: 29170946.
     
  8. Gnatienko N, Freiberg MS, Blokhina E, Yaroslavtseva T, Bridden C, Cheng DM, Chaisson CE, Lioznov D, Bendiks S, Koerbel G, Coleman SM, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. Design of a randomized controlled trial of zinc supplementation to improve markers of mortality and HIV disease progression in HIV-positive drinkers in St. Petersburg, Russia. HIV Clin Trials. 2018 06; 19(3):101-111.View Related Profiles. PMID: 29663871.
     
  9. Hahn JA, Cheng DM, Emenyonu NI, Lloyd-Travaglini C, Fatch R, Shade SB, Ngabirano C, Adong J, Bryant K, Muyindike WR, Samet JH. Alcohol Use and HIV Disease Progression in an Antiretroviral Naive Cohort. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2018 04 15; 77(5):492-501.View Related Profiles. PMID: 29303844.
     
  10. Lasser KE, Lunze K, Cheng DM, Blokhina E, Walley AY, Tindle HA, Quinn E, Gnatienko N, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. Depression and smoking characteristics among HIV-positive smokers in Russia: A cross-sectional study. PLoS One. 2018; 13(2):e0189207.View Related Profiles. PMID: 29408935.
     
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Bar chart showing 169 publications over 20 distinct years, with a maximum of 18 publications in 2007

YearPublications
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20053
20068
200718
20089
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201110
201210
201315
201417
20158
201615
201714
201810
20192
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Biostatistics
Methods for longitudinal data analysis
Design of clinical trials
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