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Fax Number:
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Work Phone Number:
310-794-2555
Email Address: pgorbach@ucla.edu
Work Email Address: pgorbach@ucla.edu
Education: Dr.P.H.
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Behavioral Epidemiology
Behaviors associated with the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases, especially at the partnership level. Behaviors associated with the spread of HIV epidemics internationally (especially SE Asia). Methodologies to study sexual behavior including behavioral surveillance surveys.
Current Research Interest
Identify partnership types and risks among those with acute and primary HIV infection. Trends in sexual behavior in Cambodia. Partnership level risks for sexually transmitted diseases among young heterosexuals.
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Pamina M. Gorbach M.H.S, Dr.P.H. is a behavioral epidemiologist whose research focuses on the risk behaviors that expose individuals to sexually transmitted infections including HIV, measurement at the sexual partnership level, and the social context of sexual health. She is an Associate Professor In Residence at UCLA in the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and in the Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine and trained at Johns Hopkins University, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and did a fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the University of Washington. Current research includes being a Project PI on a U-19 grant entitled the Microbicide Development Program to conduct an epidemiological study of men's and women's rectal health and behaviors; on UCLA's Network for AIDS Research in Los Angeles Project PI of a study on barriers to enrollment in a research registry for microbicides clinical trials; a longitudinal study of behavior change among men recently infected with HIV; and a community based epidemiological study of sexual and drug using networks in Los Angeles. Dr. Gorbach has experience collaborating with clinical epidemiology studies on sexually transmitted infections and reported symptoms as well as on studies of sexual transmission of STIs including HIV. She is the chair of the Behavioral Research Committee of the Microbicide Trials Network. Her international experience includes research in Cambodia, Vietnam, Mali, Ghana, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and Peru.
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Gorbach Pamina M, Manhart Lisa E, Hess Kristen L, Stoner Bradley P, Martin David H, Holmes King K Anal intercourse among young heterosexuals in three sexually
transmitted disease clinics in the United States..
Sexually transmitted diseases.
2009; 36(4):
193-8.
Drumright Lydia N, Gorbach Pamina M, Little Susan J, Strathdee Steffanie A Associations between substance use, erectile dysfunction medication
and recent HIV infection among men who have sex with men..
AIDS and behavior.
2009; 13(2):
328-36.
King William D, Larkins Sherry, Hucks-Ortiz Christopher, Wang Pin-Chieh, Gorbach Pamina M, Veniegas Rose, Shoptaw Steven Factors Associated with HIV Viral Load in a Respondent Driven Sample
in Los Angeles..
AIDS and behavior.
2009; 13(1):
145-53.
Ober Allison, Shoptaw Steve, Wang Pin-Chieh, Gorbach Pamina, Weiss Robert E Factors associated with event-level stimulant use during sex in a
sample of older, low-income men who have sex with men in Los Angeles..
Drug and alcohol dependence.
2009; 102(1-3):
123-9.
Iguchi Robert E, Ober Robert E, Berry Robert E, Fain Robert E, Heckathorn Robert E, Gorbach Robert E, Heimer Robert E, Kozlov Robert E, Ouellet Robert E, Shoptaw Robert E, Zule Robert E Simultaneous Recruitment of Drug Users and Men Who Have Sex with Men
in the United States and Russia Using Respondent-Driven Sampling:
Sampling Methods and Implications..
Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine.
2009; 102(1-3):
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Gorbach Pamina M, Drumright Lydia N, Javanbakht Marjan, Pond Sergei L, Woelk Christopher H, Daar Eric S, Little Susan J Antiretroviral drug resistance and risk behavior among recently HIV-infected men who have sex with men..
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes.
2008; 47(5):
639-43.
Coly Astou, Gorbach Pamina M Microbicide acceptability research: recent findings and evolution
across phases of product development..
Current opinion in HIV and AIDS.
2008; 3(5):
581-6.
Sharma Anjali, Bukusi Elizabeth, Gorbach Pamina, Cohen Craig R, Muga Charles, Kwena Z, Holmes King K Sexual identity and risk of HIV/STI among men who have sex with men in
Nairobi..
Sexually transmitted diseases.
2008; 35(4):
352-4.
Punpanich Warunee, Detels Roger, Gorbach Pamina M, Leowsrisook Pimsiri Understanding the psychosocial needs of HIV-infected children and
families: a qualitative study..
Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet thangphaet.
2008; 91 Suppl 3(1):
S76-84.
Menza Timothy W, Colfax Grant, Shoptaw Stephen, Fleming Mark, Guzman Robert, Klausner Jeffrey D, Gorbach Pamina, Golden Matthew R Interest in a methamphetamine intervention among men who have sex with
men..
Sexually transmitted diseases.
2007; 34(4):
209-14.
Nelson Sara J, Manhart Lisa E, Gorbach Pamina M, Martin David H, Stoner Bradley P, Aral Sevgi O, Holmes King K Measuring sex partner concurrency: it's what's missing that counts..
Sexually transmitted diseases.
2007; 34(10):
801-7.
Drumright Lydia N, Strathdee Steffanie A, Little Susan J, Araneta Maria Rosario G, Slymen Donald J, Malcarne Vanessa L, Daar Eric S, Gorbach Pamina M Unprotected anal intercourse and substance use before and after HIV
diagnosis among recently HIV-infected men who have sex with men..
Sexually transmitted diseases.
2007; 34(6):
401-7.
Gorbach Pamina M, Sopheab Heng, Chhorvann Chhea, Weiss Robert E, Vun Mean Chhi Changing behaviors and patterns among Cambodian sex workers: 1997-2003..
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes.
2006; 42(2):
242-7.
Smith Davey M, Drumright Lydia N, Frost Simon D W, Cheng W Susan, Espitia Stephen, Daar Eric S, Little Susan J, Gorbach Pamina M Characteristics of recently HIV-infected men who use the Internet to find male sex partners and sexual practices with those partners..
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes.
2006; 43(5):
582-7.
Gorbach PM, Drumright LN, Daar ES, Little SJ
Transmission behaviors of recently HIV-infected men who have sex with men.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
2006; 42(1):
80-85.
Gorbach Pamina M, Drumright Lydia N, Daar Eric S, Little Susan J Transmission behaviors of recently HIV-infected men who have sex with men..
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes.
2006; 42(1):
80-5.
Drumright Lydia N, Little Susan J, Strathdee Steffanie A, Slymen Donald J, Araneta Maria Rosario G, Malcarne Vanessa L, Daar Eric S, Gorbach Pamina M Unprotected anal intercourse and substance use among men who have sex with men with recent HIV infection..
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes.
2006; 43(3):
344-50.
Gorbach PM, Drumright LN, Holmes KK
Discord, discordance, and concurrency: comparing individual and partnership-level analyses of new partnerships of young adults at risk of sexually transmitted infections.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
2005; 32(1):
7-12.
Saphonn Vonthanak, Sopheab Heng, Sun Ly Penh, Vun Mean Chhi, Wantha Seng Suth, Gorbach Pamina M, Detels Roger Current HIV/AIDS/STI epidemic: intervention programs in Cambodia,
1993-2003..
AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education.
2004; 16(3 Suppl A):
64-77.
Drumright Lydia N, Gorbach Pamina M, Holmes King K Do people really know their sex partners? Concurrency, knowledge of
partner behavior, and sexually transmitted infections within
partnerships..
Sexually transmitted diseases.
2004; 31(7):
437-42.
Gorbach PM, Galea JT, Amani B, Shin A, Celum C, Kerndt P, Golden MR Don't ask, don't tell: patterns of HIV disclosure among HIV positive men who have sex with men with recent STI practising high risk behaviour in Los Angeles and Seattle.
Sexually Transmitted Infections
2004; 80(6):
512-517.
Gorbach Pamina M, Holmes King K Transmission of STIs/HIV at the partnership level: beyond
individual-level analyses..
Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine.
2003; 80(4 Suppl 3):
iii15-25.
Gorbach Pamina M, Stoner Bradley P, Aral Sevgi O, H Whittington Willian L, Holmes King K "It takes a village": understanding concurrent sexual partnerships in
Seattle, Washington..
Sexually transmitted diseases.
2002; 29(8):
453-62.
Gorbach Pamina M, Ryan Caroline, Saphonn Vonthanak, Detels Roger The impact of social, economic and political forces on emerging HIV
epidemics..
AIDS (London, England).
2002; 16 Suppl 4(8):
S35-43.
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