Assistant Professor120D Marston Hall 160 Governors Drive University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003-2210 chaitrag@umass.edu(413) 545-2306(413) 545-1027Academic WebsiteHorizontal TabsEducation B.E. in Industrial Engineering, Bangalore Institute of Technology, 2002 Masters in Industrial Engineering, University of South Florida, 2006 Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, University of South Florida, 2010 Research Systems simulation modeling, applied probability modeling, and economic analysis in public health, such as: projecting future cases of HIV and other STIs and analyzing impact and cost-effectiveness of national intervention strategies; and estimating transition parameters for modeling natural history of cancer and projecting disease burden. Program Area: Industrial Engineering Publications Stover, J., Gopalappa, C., Mahy, M., Doherty, M.C., Easterbrook, P.J., Weiler, G., and Ghys, P.D., The impact and cost of the 2013 WHO recommendations on eligibility for antiretroviral therapy, AIDS, 28 Suppl. 2:S225-30, 2014 Gopalappa, C., Stover, J., Shaffer, N., and Mahy, M., The Costs and Benefits of Option B+ for the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV, AIDS, 28 Suppl. 1:S5-14, 2014 Gopalappa, C., Huang, Y., Melanie, T., Kwame, O., and Gift, T., Cost-effectiveness of screening and treating men for chlamydia and gonorrhea in Maricopa correctional facilities to prevent possible pelvic inflammatory disease in women from transmissions, STD, 40 (10):776-783, 2013 Farnham, P., Gopalappa, C., Sansom, S., Costs and effectiveness of early versus late treatment in view of recent guidelines for starting treatment at an earlier HIV stage, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, JAIDS, 64(2):183-189, 2013. Farnham, P.G., Holtgrave, D. R., Gopalappa, C., Angela B. Hutchinson, Stephanie L. Sansom, Lifetime Costs and QALYs Saved from HIV Prevention in the Test and Treat Era, Letter to the Editor, JAIDS, 64(2):e15-e18, 2013 Gopalappa, C., Farnham, P., Hutchinson, A., and Sansom, S., Cost-effectiveness of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) goal of increasing the proportion linking to care at diagnosis, JAIDS, 61 (1):99-105, 2012. Gopalappa, C., Cremaschi, S., Das, T., Orcun, S., Applied Probability Models for Estimating Progression Rates between Colorectal Cancer Stages, Health Care Management Science 14(1), March 2011: Pg 1-21 Gopalappa, C., Das, T., Enkemann, S., and Eschrich, S., Removal of Hybridization and Scanning Noise from Microarrays, IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience, 8(3), 2009 HonorsRegistration: Steven M. Teutsch Prevention Effectiveness Post-doctoral Fellowship, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010- 12 Pritsker Doctoral Dissertation Award, Institute of Industrial Engineers, 3rd Place, 2011 LinksHomepage: Academic Website
