Sue Tvaroha, MS
Senior Research Administrator, Center for Technology and Behavioral Health
Sue is a Senior Research Administrator at CTBH. She has spent her career working in higher education in a variety of departments including the library, the Financial Aid office, and Human Resources at Cornell University. After moving to the Upper Valley, she first worked in the Development and Alumni Relations office at Dartmouth, but realized that she wanted to contribute more to the world. She found a job as a database manager in the Section of Infectious Disease and International Health working with HIV and TB research studies in Africa, and eventually became the International Data/Finance Manager. She designed and created databases for the research studies, traveled to Tanzania many times for site visits, managed the grants, the budgets, and the data, and helped numerous Tanzanians get degrees at Dartmouth or Boston University through some of the training grants.
Sue has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology with a minor in Mathematics from SUNY Geneseo, and she received a Master of Science degree in Management and Organization from Antioch University New England.
In her free time, she loves to go on outdoor adventures with her husband and 2 boys including farmer’s markets, hikes, going to the beach or a local fair, or just picking wild blackberries or collecting caterpillars to watch them turn into butterflies. She also enjoys reading, logic puzzles, and movies.
Selected Publications
- von Reyn CF, Lahey T, Arbeit RD, Landry B, Kailani L, Adams LV, Haynes BC, Mackenzie T, Wieland-Alter W, Connor RI, Tvaroha S, Hokey DA, Ginsberg AM, Waddell R. Safety and immunogenicity of an inactivated whole cell tuberculosis vaccine booster in adults primed with BCG: A randomized, controlled trial of DAR-901. PLoS One. 2017 May 12;12(5):e0175215. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175215. PMID: 28498853; PMCID: PMC5429024.
- von Reyn CF, Kimambo S, Mtei L, Arbeit RD, Maro I, Bakari M, Matee M, Lahey T, Adams LV, Black W, Mackenzie T, Lyimo J, Tvaroha S, Waddell R, Kreiswirth B, Horsburgh CR, Pallangyo K. Disseminated tuberculosis in human immunodeficiency virus infection: ineffective immunity, polyclonal disease and high mortality. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2011 Aug;15(8):1087-92. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.10.0517. PMID: 21740673.
- Mtei L, Matee M, Herfort O, Bakari M, Horsburgh CR, Waddell R, Cole BF, Vuola JM, Tvaroha S, Kreiswirth B, Pallangyo K, von Reyn CF. High rates of clinical and subclinical tuberculosis among HIV-infected ambulatory subjects in Tanzania. Clin Infect Dis. 2005 May 15;40(10):1500-7. doi: 10.1086/429825. PMID: 15844073.
- Vuola JM, Ristola MA, Cole B, Järviluoma A, Tvaroha S, Rönkkö T, Rautio O, Arbeit RD, von Reyn CF. Immunogenicity of an inactivated mycobacterial vaccine for the prevention of HIV-associated tuberculosis: a randomized, controlled trial. AIDS. 2003 Nov 7;17(16):2351-5. doi: 10.1097/00002030-200311070-00010. PMID: 14571187.
- Waddell RD, Chintu C, Lein AD, Zumla A, Karagas MR, Baboo KS, Habbema JD, Tosteson AN, Morin P, Tvaroha S, Arbeit RD, Mwinga A, von Reyn CF. Safety and immunogenicity of a five-dose series of inactivated Mycobacterium vaccae vaccination for the prevention of HIV-associated tuberculosis. Clin Infect Dis. 2000 Jun;30 Suppl 3:S309-15. doi: 10.1086/313880. PMID: 10875806.