Dr. Joe Egger is an Associate Professor of the Practice and Director of Academic Programs at the Duke Global Health Institute. Joe is also currently visiting Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Joe teaches courses in epidemiology to Duke undergraduate and graduate students. Joe’s current research focuses on interventions to improve adolescent and mental health in Tanzania. Methodologically, Joe’s research focuses on randomized controlled trials, causal mediation analysis, longitudinal data analysis and multi-level modeling of cross-sectional data. Joe is also an active member of the Research Design & Analysis Core at DGHI. Prior to joining Duke, Joe was the lead epidemiologist for SciMetrika, a public health consulting firm based in Research Triangle Park, NC. Joe has worked in academic and government settings on a wide array of public health research topics, including HIV/AIDS, influenza, dengue, tobacco, obesity/nutrition, and cancers. Joe received his master's degree in medical geography from the University of Washington, and a PhD in infectious disease epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

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