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Thomas Coates, Ph.D.

Professor in Residence, Epidemiology

Work Phone Number: 310-794-3580

Work Email Address: tcoates@mednet.ucla.edu

Education: Ph.D.
Research Interests: HIV prevention in developing countries; policy approaches to HIV prevention studies currently underway in South Africa, Peru and China.

Bio: Dr. Coates joined the Division of Infectious Diseases as Professor in 2003. His areas of emphasis and expertise are HIV prevention, the relationship of prevention and treatment for HIV, and HIV policies. His domestic work has focused on men who have sex with men, and he is currently finishing a nationwide clinical trial of an experimental HIV preventive intervention focused on this population. He is also finishing domestic trials of post-exposure prophylaxis. He is directing a community-randomized clinical trial in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Tanzania and Thailand to determine the impact of strategies for destigmatizing HIV on HIV incidence community-wide. He is also leading a prevention clinical trial in South America as part of a 5-country effort. He is co-principal investigator of the NIAID funded HIV Prevention Trials Network, and is conducting policy research domestically and internationally. He was cited in Science in 2002 as the 4th highest funded scientist in the clinical, social, and behavioral sciences and was elected to the Institute of Medicine in 2000.

Selected Publications:

Pinkerton, S.D., Martin, J.N., Roland, M.E., Katz, M.H., Coates, T.J., Kahn, J.O. Cost-effectiveness of post-exposure prophylaxis following sexual or injection drug exposure to human immunodeficiency virus. Archives of Internal Medicine 2004; 164: 46-53.

Chesney MA, Koblin BA, Barresi P, Husnik MJ, Celum C, Colfax G, Mayer K, McKirnan D, Judson FN, Huang Y, Coates TJ, Explore Study Team. An individually tailored intervention for prevention of HIV infection: Baseline data from the EXPLORE Study. American Journal of Public Health 2003; 93: 933-938.

Miller GA, Klausner JD, Coates TJ, Meza R, Gaydos CA, Hardick J, Leon S, Caceres CF Assessment of a rapid antigen detection system for Trichomonas vaginalis infection. Clinical Diagnostics and Laboratory Immunology 2003; 10: 1157-8.

Koblin BA, Chesney MA, Husnik MJ, Bozeman S, Celum C, Buchbinder S, Mayer K, McKirnan D, Judson FN, Huang Y, Coates TJ, Explore Study Team High risk behaviors among men who have sex with men in six cities in the United States: Baseline data from the EXPLORE Study. American Journal of Public Health 2003; 93: 926-932.

Morin SF, Vernon K, Harcourt J, Steward WT, Volk J, Riess TH, Neilands TB, McLaughlin M, Coates TJ Why HIV infections have increased among men who have sex with men and what to do about it: Findings from the California focus groups. AIDS and Behavior 2003; 7: 353-362.
Contact Information:
Mailing Address:
10940 Wilshire Blvd.
Suite 1220
Los Angeles, CA 90095
UNITED STATES

Work Phone Number: 310-794-3580

Work Email Address: tcoates@mednet.ucla.edu

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