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DENNIS H. OSMOND, PHD

Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF

CONTACT

dosmond@psg.ucsf.edu
(415) 514-8006 (office)
(415) 514-8150 (fax)

Box 0560, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-0560

EDUCATION

Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, A.B., 1961, American Studies
University of California, Berkeley, California, M.A., 1966, English Literature
University of California, Berkeley, California, Ph.D. Cand., 1969, English Literature
University of California, Berkeley, California, PhD, 1992, Epidemiology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1961-1963

Master, English Department and athletic coach, Wilbraham Academy, Wilbraham, MA.

1963-1965

Clerical Supervisor, San Francisco Examiner

1967-1969

Teaching Assistant, University of California, Berkeley, California, English Department

1969-1971

Instructor, University of California, Berkeley, California

1971-1972

Associate, University of California, Berkeley, California

1977-1977

Field Director, Survey Research Center, University of California, Berkeley

1977-1979

Field Director, West Coast Cancer Foundation, San Francisco, California

1979-1982

Field Director for Epidemiology, Northern California Cancer Program, Palo Alto, CA.

1982-1988

Associate Specialist, University of California San Francisco Medical Center, Department of Epidemiology and International Health

1988-1992

Specialist, University of California San Francisco Medical Center, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

1992-1996

Assistant Adjunct Professor, University of California San Francisco Medical Center, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

1996

Co-Director, Traineeships in AIDS Prevention Studies (NIH Fellowship program)

1996-2002

Associate Adjunct Professor, University of California San Francisco, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

2002-present

Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco
HONORS & AWARDS

Francis Wayland Scholar, Brown University, Providence, R.I

Margaret Beattie Award for Excellence in Laboratory Science, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

1996

Health Services Research Paper of the Year

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Osmond DH, Padian NS, Sheppard HW, Glass S, Shiboski SC, Reingold A. Risk factors for hepatitis C virus seropositivity in heterosexual couples. JAMA 1993; 269:361-5.

Osmond DH, Charlebois E, Sheppard HW, Page K, Winkelstein W Jr., Moss AR, Reingold A. Comparison of risk factors for hepatitis C and hepatitis B virus infection in homosexual men. Journal of Infectious Diseases 1993;167:66-71.

Osmond DH, Page K, Wiley J, Garrett K, Sheppard HW, Moss AR, Schrager L, Winkelstein W. HIV infection in homosexual and bisexual men 18 to 29 years of age: The San Francisco Young Men's Health Study. Am J Public Health 1994; 84:1933-7.

Moss AR, Vranizan K, Gorter R, Bacchetti P, Watters J, and Osmond DH. HIV seroconversion in intravenous drug-users in San Francisco, 1985-1990. AIDS 1994; 8:223-31.

Osmond DH, Charlebois E, Lang W, Shiboski S, Moss AR. Changes in AIDS survival time in two San Francisco cohorts of homosexual men, 1983 to 1993. JAMA 1994; 271:1083-7.

Osmond DH, Vranizan K, Schillinger D, Stewart AL, Bindman AB. Measuring the need for medical care in an ethically diverse population. Health Serv Res 1996; 31:551-71.

Stansell JD, Osmond DH, Charlebois E, LaVange L, Wallace JM, Alexander BV, Glassroth J, Kvale PA, Rosen MJ, Reichman LB, Turner JR, Hopewell JC, and the Pulmonary Complications of HIV Study Group. Predictors of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in HIV-infected patients. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1997; 155:60-6.

Martin JN, Ganem DE, Osmond DH, Page-Shafer KA, Macrae D, Kedes DH. Sexual transmission and the natural history of human herpesvirus 8 infection. N Engl J Med 1998; 338:948-54.

Bindman AB, Osmond D, Hecht F, Lehman JS, Vranizan K, Keane D, Reingold A and the Multistate Evaluation of Surveillance of HIV (MESH) Study Group. Multistate evaluation of anonymous HIV testing and access to medical care. JAMA 1998; 280:1416-20.

Grumbach K, Osmond D, Vranizan K, Jaffe D, Bindman AB. Primary care physicians' experience of financial incentives in managed-care systems. N Engl J Med 1998; 339:1516-44.

Blackbourn DJ, Osmond D, Levy JA, Lennette ET. Increased human herpesvirus 8 seroprevalence in young homosexual men who have multiple sex contacts with different partners. J Infect Dis 1999; 179:237-9.

Huang L, Stansell JD, Osmond D, Turner J, Kvale PA, Wallace JM, Rosen MJ, Glassroth J, Reichman LB, Rao AV, Hopewell PC and the Pulmonary Complications of HIV Study Group. Analysis of a diagnostic algorithm for the evaluation of suspected Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in symptomatic HIV-infected persons. Chest 1999; 115:1025-32.

Osmond DH, Chin DP, Glassroth JG, Kvale PA, Wallace JM, Rosen MJ, Reichman LB, Poole WK, Hopewell PC and the Pulmonary Complications of HIV Study Group. The impact of bacterial pneumonia and P. Carinii pneumonia on the course of HIV disease progression. Clin Infect Dis 1999; 29:536-43.

Martin JN and Osmond DH. Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus and sexual transmission of cancer risk. Curr Opin Oncol 1999; 11:508-15.

Osmond DH, Bindman AB, Vranizan K, Lehman JS, Hecht FM, Keane D, Reingold A and the Multistate Evaluation of Surveillance of HIV (MESH) Study Group. Name-based HIV surveillance and public health interventions with persons reported with HIV infection. Ann Intern Med 1999; 131:775-9.

Martin JN, Amad Z, Cossen C, Lam PK, Kedes DH, Page-Shafer K, Osmond DH, and Forghani B. Use of epidemiologically well-defined subjects and existing immunofluorescence assays to calibrate a new enzyme immunoassay for human herpesvirus 8 antibodies. J Clin Microbiol 2000; 38:696-701.

Martin JN and Osmond DH. Determining specific sexual practices associated with human herpesvirus 8 transmission. Am J Epidemiol 2000; 151:225-29.

Osmond DH, Catania J, Pollack, L, Canchola J, Jaffe D, MacKellar D, Valleroy L. Obtaining HIV test results with a home collection test kit in a community telephone sample. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol, 2000; 24:363-8.

Catania JA, Osmond DH, Stall RD, Pollack L, Paul JP, Blower S, Binson D, Canchola JA, Mills TC, Fisher L, Choi K-H, Porco T, Turner C, Blair J, Henne J, Bye LL, Coates TJ. The continuing HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men. Am J Public Health, 2001; 91:907-14.

Osmond DH, Buchbinder S, Cheng A, Graves A, Vittinghoff E, Cossen CK, Forghani B, Martin JN. Prevalence of Kaposi Sarcoma-associated herpesvirus infection in homosexual men at beginning of and during the HIV epidemic. JAMA 2002; 287:221-25.

Martin JL, Wiley J, Osmond D. Social networks and unobserved heterogeneity in risk for AIDS. Popul Res Policy Rev 2003; 22:65-90.

Porco TC, Martin JN, Page-Shafer KA, Cheng A, Charlebois E, Grant RM, Osmond DH. Decline in HIV infectivity following the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy. AIDS 2004; 18:81-8.

5/15/06

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