John M. Colford, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.Professor of Epidemiology
PHONE: (510) 642-9370
FAX: (510) 666-2551
LOCATION: 113A Haviland Hall
E-MAIL: jcolford@berkeley.edu
Courses
- PH 250B Epidemiologic Methods
- PH 252C Intervention Trial Design
Research Interests
- Waterborne infectious diseases (domestic, developing country, and recreational water settings)
- Clinical trial design (individual and community-level)
- HIV / AIDS Epidemiology
Selected Publications
Colford JM Jr., Rees JR, Wade TJ, Khalakdina A, Hilton JF, Ergas IJ, Burns S, Benker A, Ma C, Bowen C, Mills D, Vugia D, Juranek D, and Levy D. Participant blinding and gastrointestinal illness in a randomized, controlled trial of an in-home drinking water intervention. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2002 Jan;8:29-36. PMID: 11749745.
Eisenberg J.N.S., Lewis B. L., Porco T. C., Hubbard A. H., Colford JM Jr. Bias due to secondary transmission when estimating attributable risks reported from intervention trials. Epidemiology. 2003 Jul;14:442-50.
Wade T, Sandhu S, Levy D, Lee S, LeChevalier M, Katz L, Colford J. Did a severe flood in the Midwest cause an increase in the incidence of gastrointestinal illness? American Journal of Epidemiology. 2004 Feb;159:398-405
Fewtrell L, Kaufmann RB, Kay D, Enanoria W, Haller L, Colford JM Jr. Water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions to reduce diarrhoea in less developed countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2005 Jan;5(1):42-52.
Colford JM Jr., Wade TJ, Sandhu SK, Wright CC, Lee S, Shaw S, Fox K, Burns S, Benker A, Brookhart MA, van der Laan M, Levy D. A randomized controlled trial of in-home drinking water intervention for the reduction of gastrointestinal illness. Am J Epidemiol. 2005 Mar 1;161(5):472-82.
Colford JM Jr, Saha SR, Wade TJ, Wright CC, Vu M, Charles S, Jensen P, Hubbard A, Levy DA, Eisenberg JN. A pilot randomized, controlled trial of an in-home drinking water intervention among HIV + persons. J Water Health. 2005 Jun;3(2):173-84.
Colford JM Jr, Roy S, Beach MJ, Hightower A, Shaw SE, Wade TJ. A review of household drinking water intervention trials and an approach to the estimation of endemic waterborne gastroenteritis in the United States. Journal of Water and Health. 2006;4(Suppl 2):71-88.
Colford JM Jr, Wade TJ, Schiff KC, Wright CC, Griffith JF, Sandhu SK, Burns S, Hayes J, Sobsey M, Lovelace G, Weisberg S. Water quality indicators and the risk of illness at non-point source beaches in Mission Bay, California. Epidemiology. 2007 Jan;18(1):27-35.
Profile updated: April 23, 2007