- Assistant Professor
Voice: (415) 597-4665
FAX: (415) 597-9213
Email: Hong-Ha.Truong@ucsf.edu
I am pursuing a multi-disciplinary research program that bridges HIV risk behavior, virology and epidemiology. My line of research encompasses the biological and behavior aspects of HIV transmission, with a focus on the detection of acute and recent HIV-1 infection and the surveillance of transmitted antiretroviral drug resistance.
Bridging scientific innovation to public health action, I coordinated the establishment of an antiretroviral drug resistance and acute HIV infection surveillance system in San Francisco. I have led research on serosorting among MSM as a HIV prevention strategy and conduct research on sexual HIV risk factors among high-risk minority women, transmission of HIV in individuals with acute retroviral syndrome and their source partners, and the social and psychological context of acute HIV infection. I also serve as a consultant providing technical assistance for the CDC Global AIDS Program.
Research interests
HIV/AIDS epidemiology, acute and recent HIV surveillance, antiretroviral drug resistance transmission, HIV/STD prevention, molecular epidemiology
Current research
- Community-Based HIV VCT: Zimbabwe
- International Travel Research to Inform Prevention (I-TRIP)
- Monitoring Resistance During Rapid Expansion of Antiretroviral Therapy
- Methamphetamine Use and HIV Disease Pathogenesis
- Serosorting among Men at Risk for HIV
Education
- 2006, Fellow (Medicine), University of California , San Francisco
- 2000, Ph.D (Pathobiology), University of Washington
- 1995, M.S. (Epidemiology), University of California Los Angeles
- 1993, M.P.H. (Community Health Sciences), UCLA
- 1991, B.S (Psychobiology), UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Publications
Articles by Hong-Ha M. Truong.
Last modified: February 1, 2012