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Bill Miller, MD, PhD

Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Gillings

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Office:
2101 McGavran-Greenberg
CB# 7435
Chapel Hill, NC 27599

Resources

Bill Miller, MD, PhD

Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Gillings

Areas of Interest

Sexually Transmitted Infections, HIV, Substance Use, Epidemiology, Interventions, and Surveillance

About

Dr. Miller conducts research in Vietnam, China, and Malawi. Currently, his research in Vietnam focuses on interventions and implementation science to improve the quality of HIV care and prevention. Ongoing work uses a brief alcohol intervention to improve ART use and is being evaluated in a trial for appropriate PrEP persistence. He also has ongoing work with people who inject drugs, seeking to ensure that they receive the needed care. His work has overall focused on many related issues such as HIV care, acute HIV infection, partner services, and appropriate surveillance. He currently serves on the board of directors for both UNC Project Malawi and UNC Project Vietnam.

Awards and Honors

  • Achievement Award, American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association (2021)
  • Community Engaged Champion Award, Ohio State University (2020)
  • Fellow, Infectious Diseases Society of America (2012)
  • Distinguished Teaching Award for Post-Baccalaureate Instruction, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2009)

Memberships

  • American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association
  • Board Member International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research
  • Board Member Society for Epidemiologic Research, Past President

In the news

  • bill-and-clara-inside-story-600x400

    Finding Their Way Home

    Bill Miller, MD, PhD, and his wife Clara Lee, MD, talk about navigating decades of marriage and academics in a new UNC Research feature. Lee is a surgeon scientist, specializing in breast reconstruction and studying how women make decisions about whether to have those surgeries. Miller is an epidemiologist and runs multiple clinical trials through … Read more

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    Vietnam Clinical Trials Help HIV Patients

    UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases researchers Vivian Go and Dr. Bill Miller are running multiple clinical trials in Vietnam to prevent HIV spread and support people living with the disease. Go is a professor in the health behavior department, and Miller is a professor in the epidemiology department. Both are members of … Read more

  • William-Miller

    Supporting People Living With HIV In Vietnam

    Clinical Trials Day honors all that has been accomplished through clinical trials, as well as the people behind them. The UNC Global Clinical Trials Unit at the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases (IGHID) facilitates high-quality research, with investigators and research coordinators working to address the challenging questions that need answers, that impact the lives … Read more

Education

  • Undergraduate

    Princeton University

  • MD

    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  • Residency

    University of Maryland Hospital

  • Fellowship

    Duke University Medical Center