Research

Selected Public Health Research and Program Evaluation

  • Get Tested! Community-based Chlamydia Screening Project
  • Health Opportunities for Teens: Screening Prevention and Treatment of STDs (HOT SPoTs)
  • Investigation of Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in California
  • Patient-Delivered Partner Treatment for Chlamydia in Family Planning Settings
  • Cervical Dysplasia Surveillance to Evaluate the Impact of the HPV Vaccine
  • Safety and Efficacy of Azithromycin for Treating Chlamydia in Pregnancy
  • Survey of California Medical Providers’ Chlamydia Care Practices
  • Determining Neonatal Herpes Morbidity and Mortality in California using Hospital Data
  • Efficacy of Cefpodoxime in the Treatment of Gonorrhea
  • Survey of California Laboratory STD Diagnostic Test Utilization
  • Evaluation of Online Course to Improve Chlamydia Screening
  • Comparison of Serology Test Performance for Primary Syphilis

Statewide Leadership

  • Public Health Medical Officer Co-Chair for the California HPV Vaccine Workgroup
  • Scientific Advisory Committee for the California Chlamydia Action Coalition (CCAC)
  • Clinical and Laboratory Committees for the Region IX Infertility Prevention Project (IPP)

National Expert Consultation

  • American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology. Adolescent screening guidelines subcommittee. 2009.
  • Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Medical Committee, Preventive Care Workgroup. 2008-10.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. STD Treatment Guidelines 2010 and National STD Prevention Conference 2010. Atlanta, GA, 2009.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. STD Treatment Guidelines 2006. Atlanta, GA, March 2005. Final document available online.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Expedited Partner Therapy in the Management of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Atlanta, GA, May 2005. Final document available online.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Male Chlamydia Screening. Atlanta, GA, March 2006. Final document available online.
  • National Institutes of Health, Food and Drug Administration, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Consultation on self-obtained vaginal swabs for STD testing. Washington D.C. June 2006.

Current Professional Advisory Service

  • Editorial Board, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • Clinical and Laboratory Committees for the Region IX Infertility Prevention Project
  • Continuing Medical Education Advisory Committee for the Center for Health Training
  • UCSF/UC Berkeley Preventive Medicine Residency Advisory Board
  • California Coalition of Childhood Immunizations Adolescent Immunizations Subcommittee
  • Pharmacy Access Partnership Circle of Advisors
  • HPV Project Advisory Committee for the California Medical Association Foundation

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS AND TEACHING

One of my many passions is teaching. I have academic appoints at UCSF and UC Berkeley that allow me to teach graduate and medical students, residents, and post-doctoral fellows. For over 7 years, I have been teaching a semester course on sexual health promotion and STD control. As the clinical co-director of the California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center, I have developed curricula and conducted training for practicing providers based on national CDC guidelines for STD screening, diagnosis, and treatment. And along with our other clinical faculty, I provide ongoing technical assistance to local health jurisdictions and clinical consultation to healthcare providers throughout U.S. Public Health Service Region IX (California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii and Pacific Island territories).

Academic Appointments

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Division of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of California San Francisco
  • Assistant Adjunct Professor, Division of Epidemiology, University of California at Berkeley Heidi Bauer’s Faculty Page

Current Teaching Activities

  • Clinical Co-Director and Instructor. California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
  • Instructor. UC Berkeley School of Public Health. Graduate seminar on sexual health promotion and STD control
  • Guest Lecturer. UCSF-UCB Joint Preventive Medicine Residency
  • Examiner. Health and Medical Sciences Department, University of California at Berkeley