He is also Deputy Director of the USAID-funded MEASURE Evaluation Project, which is part of the Carolina Population Center. His principal area of research is the social epidemiology of HIV/AIDS. Before beginning work at MEASURE, Dr. Thomas researched the unintended consequences of high rates of incarceration. As Deputy Director of MEASURE Evaluation he oversees the Project’s global efforts to enable countries to implement evidence-based programs and policies addressing the HIV epidemic. His current research is on inter-organizational disease control networks in Ethiopia and the relation between women’s property rights and their risk of HIV infection in East Africa.