Departmental Affiliations
Center & Institute Affiliations
Ann-Margret Ervin, PhD ’06, MPH, designs and leads randomized clinical trials and researches innovative methods to improve clinical trial efficiency and build sustainable research capacity worldwide.
Contact Info
Research Interests
Epidemiology; Clinical trials; Clinical trials methodology; Artifical intelligence; Visual impairment; Eye disease; Ophthalmology; Bioethics; Research ethics; Systematic reviews and meta-analysis
Experiences & Accomplishments
Dr. Ervin's research interests focus on integrating innovative methods, including artificial intelligence, to improve the efficiency of clinical trials, advance representation in trials, and build the capacity to conduct clinical trials worldwide.
Dr. Ervin also designs and conducts randomized clinical trials with a particular focus on interventions to treat and prevent ocular disease and visual impairment and interventions to improve access to eye care for underserved populations. She holds a joint appointment in the Department of Ophthalmology and is a member of the Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology.
Additional areas of interest and collaboration include bioethics and vestibular rehabilitation clinical trials.
Dr. Ervin is the Clinical Trials and Evidence Synthesis Track Director and the faculty coordinator for the Clinical Trials Certificate Program.
Honors & Awards
- Secretariat Award (2023), American Academy of Ophthalmology, Task and Sub-Task Forces on Disparities in Eye Care
- Clinical Trials Training Program in Vision Research Fellowship, National Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Dean’s Scholar Academic Scholarship, Emory University
Select Publications
Selected publications since 2015.
Ervin A, Eghrari AO, West SK. Declaration of a Pandemic, 5 Years Later—Lessons Learned. JAMA Ophthalmology. 2025;143(8):621–622. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2025.2180
Ervin AM, Solomon SD, Shoge RY. Access to Eye Care in the United States: Evidence-Informed Decision-Making Is Key to Improving Access for Underserved Populations. Ophthalmology. 2022 Oct;129(10):1079-1080. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2022.07.011. Epub 2022 Sep 1. PMID: 36058738.
Solomon SD, Shoge RY, Ervin AM, Contreras M, Harewood J, Aguwa UT, Olivier MMG. Improving Access to Eye Care: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Ophthalmology. 2022 Oct;129(10):e114-e126. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2022.07.012. Epub 2022 Sep 1. PMID: 36058739.
Ervin AM, Taylor HA, Ehrhardt S. NIH policy on single IRB review: a new era in ethical review of multicenter studies. New England Journal of Medicine, 2016 December 15; 375 (24): 2315 – 2317.
Ervin AM, Taylor HA, Meinert CL, Ehrhardt S. Evidence gaps and ethical review of multicenter studies. Science, 2015 November 6; 350 (6261): 632-3.