Lauren Katzen
Portfolio Manager
Lauren Katzen, who joined the Population Council in 2006, is the portfolio manager for the Council's HIV and AIDS program.
In this role, Katzen manages operational conduct of the development lifecycle (from preclinical development through clinical testing) of all development candidates in the HIV and AIDS biomedical prevention product pipeline, helping manage all projects and creating lifecycle timelines for each product. She contributes to and supports the development and review of agreements, standard operating procedures, study protocols, investigator brochures, and publications for the HIV and AIDS program.
Prior to her role as portfolio manager, Katzen was a clinical trial specialist responsible for study management, including developing project timelines, study-specific documents, manuals, and standard operating procedures; managing budgets and subawards to trial sites; working with investigators to develop surveys and case report forms; ensuring proper training of site staff; and conducting on-site monitoring in accordance with relevant regulations and guidelines.
Katzen holds an M.P.A. in health policy and management from the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University, and a B.A. in sociology, Italian studies, and women’s studies from Wheaton College in Massachusetts.
Lauren Katzen
Portfolio Manager
A Qualitative Exploration of Women Newly Infected with HIV (more)
Interviews conducted by Council researchers will inform ongoing work in the creation of integrated service delivery models.
(1/2008 - ongoing)
Topics: HIV care, support, and treatment; Integrating health services
Countries: South Africa
Fertility Intentions and Reproductive Health Needs of Newly HIV-infected Women (more)
Council researchers conducted a study with women who recently tested HIV-positive to determine their fertility intentions and RH needs.
(1/2008 - ongoing)
Topics: HIV care, support, and treatment; Integrating health services
Countries: South Africa
A Simulated Clinical Trial to Explore Willingness to Participate and Methods for Improving Reporting of Adherence Among a Sex-worker Cohort in Nellore, India (more)
A simulated microbicides clinical study is being conducted in India to develop and test strategies for improving recruitment, adherence, and the reporting of adherence for future microbicides clinical trials.
(1/2008 - 1/2012)
Topics: Microbicides; Sex workers
Countries: India
Lauren Katzen
Portfolio Manager
An evaluation of methods to improve the reporting of adherence in a placebo gel trial in Andhra Pradesh, India (abstract) (HTML)Abbott,Sharon; Friedland,Barbara A.; Sarna,Avina; Katzen,Lauren L.; Rawiel,Ulrike; Srikrishnan,Aylur K.; Shalini,C.S.; Tun,Waimar; Kelly,Christine A.; Solomon,Suniti; Mensch,Barbara S.
AIDS and Behavior 17(6): 2222-2236
Publication date: 2013
Approaches that will yield greater success when implementing self-administered electronic data capture ICT systems in the developing world with an illiterate or semi-literate population (PDF)
Mierzwa,Stan; Souidi,Samir; Friedland,Irene; Littlefield,Sarah A.; Katzen,Lauren L.; Savel,Craig; Boccio,Deborah; RamaRao,Saumya
Publication date: 2013
Characteristics of female sex workers in southern India willing and unwilling to participate in a placebo gel trial (abstract) (HTML)
Mensch,Barbara S.; Friedland,Barbara A.; Abbott,Sharon; Katzen,Lauren L.; Tun,Waimar; Kelly,Clifton A.; Sarna,Avina; Srikrishnan,Aylur K.; Solomon,Suniti
AIDS and Behavior 17(2): 585-597
Publication date: 2013
Effective approaches to user-interface design with ACASI in the developing world (HTML)
Mierzwa,Stan; Souidi,Samir; Friedland,Irene; Katzen,Lauren L.; Littlefield,Sarah A.
Interactions XX.3(May-June 2013): 58-61
Publication date: 2013
Sexually transmitted infections and reproductive health morbidity in a cohort of female sex workers screened for a microbicide feasibility study in Nellore, India (abstract) (HTML)
Sarna,Avina; Friedland,Barbara A.; Srikrishnan,Aylur K.; Katzen,Lauren L.; Tun,Waimar; Abbott,Sharon; Rawiel,Ulrike; Kelly,Christine A.; Shalini,C.S.; Solomon,Suniti; Mensch,Barbara S.
Global Journal of Health Science 5(3): 139-149
Publication date: 2013
Acceptability in microbicide and PrEP trials: Current status and a reconceptualization (abstract) (HTML)
Mensch,Barbara S.; van der Straten,Ariane; Katzen,Lauren L.
Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS 7(6): 534-541
Publication date: 2012
Validation of a dye stain assay for vaginally inserted hydroxyethylcellulose-filled microbicide applicators (abstract) (HTML)
Katzen,Lauren L.; Fernandez-Romero,Jose A.; Sarna,Avina; Murugavel,Kailapuri G.; Gawarecki,Daniel; Zydowsky,Thomas M.; Mensch,Barbara S.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases 38(11): 1050-1055
Publication date: 2011
Lauren Katzen
Portfolio Manager
Impact of a comprehension assessment among adult and adolescent clients on scale up of male circumcision services in Zambia (abstract) (PDF)Poster presentation at the 6th International AIDS Society Conference, Rome, Italy, 17-20 July
Friedland,Barbara A.; Apicella,Louis; Sheehy,Meredith; Schenk,Katie D.; Munjile,Kelvin; Adams,Alfred; Hewett,Paul C.; Katzen,Lauren L.
Publication date: 2011
MTN 005 ACASI training (PDF)
presentation at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, 23 March
Mierzwa,Stan; Katzen,Lauren L.
Publication date: 2011
'I was honest, but not that much': A qualitative investigation of acceptability of ACASI and self-reports of honesty in a simulated microbicide trial (abstract)
Poster presentation at the XVIII International AIDS Conference, Vienna, 22 July
Abbott,Sharon; Mensch,Barbara S.; Katzen,Lauren L.
Publication date: 2010
Challenges implementing behavioral research in microbicides clinical trials
Presentation at Microbicides 2008, New Delhi, 24-27 February
Abbott,Sharon; Friedland,Barbara A.; de Kock,Alana; Harries,Jane; Morar,Neetha S.; Madiba,Sphiwe; Katzen,Lauren L.
Publication date: 2008
Decision making and the influences of others in the informed consent process: A qualitative investigation in the Phase 3 study of Carraguard® (PDF)
Poster presented at Microbicides 2008, New Delhi, 24-27 February
Abbott,Sharon; Friedland,Barbara A.; Katzen,Lauren L.; de Kock,Alana; Madiba,Sphiwe; Cishe,Sheila
Publication date: 2008
Evaluation of a video to enhance the informed consent process in the Phase 3 Carraguard® trial (PDF)
Poster presented at Microbicides 2008, New Delhi, 24-27 February
Friedland,Barbara A.; Skoler,Stephanie; de Kock,Alana; Katzen,Lauren L.; Apicella,Louis; Williams,Manuela M.; Mehlomakulu,Vuyelwa; Mtimkulu,Vuyelwa
Publication date: 2008
Impact of acceptability on adherence in the Carraguard® Phase 3 trial (PDF)
Poster presented at Microbicides 2008, New Delhi, 24-27 February
Friedland,Barbara A.; Littlefield,Sarah A.; Skoler,Stephanie; de Kock,Alana; Palanee,Thesla; Gehret,Marlena; Katzen,Lauren L.; Morar,Neetha S.; Mehlomakulu,Vuyelwa; Williams,Manuela M.
Publication date: 2008
Male partner involvement in the Carraguard® Phase 3 trial: Data from a qualitative study of the informed consent process (PDF)
Poster presented at Microbicides 2008, New Delhi, 24-27 February
Madiba,Sphiwe; Friedland,Barbara A.; Abbott,Sharon; Katzen,Lauren L.; de Kock,Alana; Cishe,Sheila
Publication date: 2008
Qualitative evaluation of the informed consent process in the Phase 3 Carraguard® efficacy trial: Study staff experiences and recommendations for future trials (PDF)
Poster presented at Microbicides 2008, New Delhi, 24-27 February
Katzen,Lauren L.; Friedland,Barbara A.; Abbott,Sharon; de Kock,Alana; Madiba,Sphiwe; Cishe,Sheila
Publication date: 2008
What motivates women to enroll in vaginal microbicide clinical trials: Results from the Phase III Carraguard trial
Poster presentation at XVII International AIDS Conference, Mexico City, 3-8 August
Abbott,Sharon; Friedland,Barbara A.; Katzen,Lauren L.; Madiba,Sphiwe; de Kock,Alana; Cishe,Sheila
Publication date: 2008
Health concerns and HIV risk perception as motives to join a clinical trial
Presentation at 36th Annual Psychosocial Workshop, New Orleans, April
Abbott,Sharon; Friedland,Barbara A.; Katzen,Lauren L.
Publication date: 2007
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