IHCCM - Faculty

Catherine S. Todd, M.D., MPH recently received a Clinical Scientist Development Award (CSDA) from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation entitled "Integration of Needle Exchange & VCT in Kabul, Afghanistan". [ Dr. Todd is currently living in Kabul, where she and her colleagues have completed a seroprevalence and behavioral assessment among injection drug users with results presented at the 16th International AIDS Conference in Toronto. The CSDA project aims to assess efficacy and increase awareness of harm reduction programs both among drug users and the community.

Selected Publications:

Todd CS, Haase C, and Stoner BP. Prevalence of Asymptomatic Gonococcal and Chlamydial Infection in an Emergency Room Population. Am J Public Health, 91(3):461-4, 2001.

Todd CS, Safi N, Strathdee SA. Drug use and harm reduction in Afghanistan. Harm Reduction Journal, 2005;7(2):13.

Todd CS, Khakimov MM, Alibayeva G, Abdullaeva M, Giyasova GM, Saad MD, Botros BA, Bautista CT, Sanchez JL, Carr JK, Earhart KC. Prevalence and correlates of human immunodeficiency virus infection among female sex workers in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Sex Transm Dis. 2006 Apr 4; [Electronically-published ahead of print].

Todd CS, Alibayeva G, Sanchez JL, Bautista CT, Carr JK, Earhart KC. Utilization of contraception and abortion and its relationship to HIV infection among female sex workers in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. In press, Contraception.