Elizabeth Turner, PhD

Elizabeth (Liz) Turner, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics and in the Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI) at Duke University. Her primary research interest is the development of methodology for the design and analysis of cluster randomized trials (CRTs), with a special focus on translating methods to be accessible to the practitioner. She heads the DGHI Research Design and Analysis Core and has led the design of more than 10 CRTs in global mental health, malaria and cardiovascular disease in multiple settings around the world including Kenya, Tanzania, Nepal, China and Pakistan.