My research interests are primarily focused around methodological development with applications in HIV research and chronic kidney disease. I also have an interest in ophthalmic epidemiology, specifically the assessment of cataract severity.

Epidemiologic Methodology, HIV Research, Chronic Kidney Disease Research, Cataract Epidemiology

June 2008 Inductee, Delta Omega Society

June 2005 Awardee, Thomas and Louis I Dublin Award

October 2004 National Institutes of Health Training Grant

September 1995 Rehabilitation Engineering Teaching and Training Grant

Schwartz GJ, Abraham A, Furth SL, Warady B, Muñoz A. Optimizing duration and sampling times for iohexol plasma disappearance curves to measure glomerular filtration rate in children with chronic kidney disease. Kidney Int 2009; accepted for publication.

Abraham AG, Schwartz GJ, Furth S, Warady BA, Muñoz A. Longitudinal Formulas to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate in Children with CKD. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009; accepted for publication.

Kitahata MM, Gange SJ, Abraham AG, Merriman B, Saag MS, Justice AC, Hogg RS, Deeks SG, Eron JJ, Brooks JT, Rourke SB, Gill MJ, Bosch RJ, Martin JN, Klein MB, Jacobson LP, Rodriguez B, Sterling TR, Kirk GD, Napravnik S, Rachlis AR, Calzavara LM , Horberg MA, Silverberg MJ, Gebo KA, Goedert JJ, Benson CA, Collier AC, Van Rompaey SE, Crane HM, McKaig RG, Lau B, Freeman AM, Moore RD, for the NA-ACCORD Investigators. Effect of early versus deferred antiretroviral therapy for HIV on survival. N Engl J Med 2009;360:1815-1826.

Outwater A, Campbell J, Mgaya E, Abraham AG, Kinabo L, Kazaura M, Kub J: Homicide death surveillance in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot 2008;15:243-52.

Abraham AG, Congdon NG, and Gower E: The new epidemiology of cataract. Ophthalmol Clin North Am,2006;19(4):415-25s.

Gump A, LeGare M, and Hunt D: The application of Fitts' law to individuals with cerebral palsy. Percept Mot Skills, 2002;94:883-895.

Gump A, Haughney L, and Fredberg JJ: Relaxation of activated airway smooth muscle: relative potency of isoproterenol versus tidal stretch. J Appl Physiol, 2001;90(6):2306-2310.