Economist
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Division of STD Prevention
1600 Clifton Rd
MS E-80
Atlanta,
GA
USA
30333
teg5@cdc.gov
Biographical Sketch:
Economist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (May, 1999 - present). Serve as an economic expert in support of CDC personnel and external partners in the Division of Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention. Perform cost effectiveness studies of public health programs and policy proposals, provide guidance in cost study design and implementation, and assist CDC staff in writing agency guidelines. Beginning in November, 2014, serve as Chief, Health Services Research and Evaluation Branch.
Recent Publications:
Owusu-Edusei K, Patel CG, Gift TL. “Does place of service matter? A utilization and cost analysis of sexually transmissible infection testing from 2012 claims data.” Sexual Health 2016 (Forthcoming).
Gift TL, Aral SO. “Predicting the marginal impact of interventions--issues and challenges.” Sex Transm Dis 2016; 43(1suppl):S8-S10.
Bernstein KT, Chow JM, Pathela P, Gift TL. “Bacterial sexually transmitted disease screening outside the clinic—implications for the modern sexually transmitted disease program.” Sex Transm Dis 2016; 43(1suppl):S42-S52.
Gift TL, O’Donnell LN, Rietmeijer CA, Malotte KC, Klausner JD, Margolis AD, Borkowf CB, Kent CK, Warner L. “The program cost of a brief video intervention shown in sexually transmitted disease clinic waiting rooms.” Sex Transm Dis 2016; 43(1):61-64.
Gift TL, Haderxhanaj, LT, Torrone EA, Behl AS, Romaguera RA, Leichliter JS. “Estimating the size and cost of services of the safety net population for STD prevention.” Public Health Rep 2015; 130(6):602-609.
Hoover KW, Parsell BW, Leichliter JS, Habel MA, Tao G, Pearson WS, Gift TL. “Continuing need for sexually transmitted disease clinics after the affordable care act.” Am J Public Health 2015; 105(5suppl):S690-S695.