Thomas J. Coates, Ph.D.
Department of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Prevention and Policy Research
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
10940 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1220, Box 957320
Los Angeles, CA 90024-7320
(310) 794-3580 Fax (310) 794-2795
tcoates@mednet.ucla.edu
Thomas J. Coates PhD joined the Division of Infectious Diseases at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine in 2003. His areas of emphasis and expertise are HIV prevention, the relationship of prevention and treatment for HIV, the relationship of biological and social/behavioral prevention strategies, and HIV policies. His domestic work has focused on men who have sex with men, and he has recently completed 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, and has initiated efforts in China to conduct studies of prevention with HIV-infected individuals. He is co-principal investigator of the currently funded NIAID HIV Prevention Trials Network, and has been proposed as the Director of the Behavioral and Social Science Core of the HPTN being submitted in May 2005. He was cited in Science in 2002 as the 4 th highest funded scientist in the clinical, social, and behavioral sciences and was elected to the Institute of Medicine in 2000.
* Pinkerton SD, Martin JN, Roland ME, Katz MH, Coates TJ, Kahn JO. Cost-effectiveness of human immunodeficiency virus post-exposure prophylaxis following sexual or injection drug use exposure in 96 US metropolitan areas. AIDS, 2004; 18: 2065-73.
* Coates TJ , Szekeres G. A plan for the next generation of HIV prevention research: 7 key policy investigative challenges. American Psychologist, 2004; 59: 747-757.
* Roland ME, Elbek TA, Kahn JO, Bamberger JO, Coates TJ, Krone MR, Katz MH, Busch MP, Martin JN. Human immunodeficiency virus RNA testing and non-occupational post-exposure prophylaxis. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2004; 190: 598-604.
* Colfax GN, Coates TJ, Husnik MJ, Huang Y, Buchbinder S, Vittinghoff E, and the Explore Study Team. Longitudinal patterns of methamphetamine, popper (amyl nitrite), and cocaine use and high risk sexual behavior among a cohort of San Francisco men who have sex with men: the EXPLORE study. Journal of Urban Studies, in press.
* Koblin BA, Chesney MA, Coates TJ, for the Explore Study Team. Results of a randomized controlled trial to reduce HIV acquisition among men who have sex with men: The EXPLORE randomized controlled study. Lancet, 2004; 364: 41-50.
* Miller GC, Mendoza W, Krohn M, Caceres CF, Coates T, Klausner JD. Male clients of female sex workers in Lima, Peru : A bridge population for STD/HIV transmission. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2004, 31: 337-342.
* Colfax GN, Vittinghoff E, Husnik MJ, McKirnan D, Buchbinder S, Koblin B, Celum C, Chesney M, Huang Y, Mayer K, Bozeman S, Judson FN, Coates TJ and the Explore Study Team. Substance use just before or during sex and its immediate effects on sexual risk behavior, controlling for participant and partner characteristics, among a cohort of men who have sex with men (MSM). American Journal of Epidemiology, 2004, 159: 1002-1012.
* Martin JN, Roland ME, Neilands TB, Krone MR, Bamberger JD, Kohn RP, Chesney MA, Franses K, Kahn JO, Coates TJ, Katz MH. Use of post-exposure prophylaxis against HIV infection following sexual exposure does not lead to increases in high-risk behavior. AIDS, 2004; 18: 787-792.
* 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.
* 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.
* Roland MD, MartinJN, Grant RM, Hellman NS , Bamberger JD, Katz MH, Chesney M, Franses K,Coates TJ, Kahn JO. Post-exposure prophylaxis for human immunodeficiency virus infection after sexual or injection drug use exposure: identification and characterization of source of exposure. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2001; 184: 1608-12.