Marcia A Testa is a Senior Lecturer on Biostatistics at the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts. Dr Testa and colleagues are currently developing quantitative methodologies for the measurement and analysis of expanded patient outcomes (health status, quality of life, patient
satisfaction, cost-effectiveness and risk-benefit) for clinical, health
economic and epidemiological research studies with particular
emphasis in cardiovascular disease, HIV, cancer and diabetes. She has
served as a member of the Scientific Research Review Board of the
American Diabetes Association for the past six years.