Recent articles by Jeff Sheehy
Six Recommended Measures to Prevent Hepatitis C for Young Injection-Drug Users
July 24, 2013UCSF researchers are recommending six comprehensive measures to prevent the spread of hepatitis C for the estimated 31,000 young people who may be newly infected each year in the U.S. due to injection-drug use.
HIV Testing Increased and Infection Reduced in Africa with Community Intervention
March 05, 2013Community intervention with free mobile HIV testing and counseling, same-day results and post-test support led to a 14 percent reduction in new HIV infections in targeted communities in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to results of a large randomized, controlled trial.
NIH Awards $15 Million Grant to Continue UCSF-Gladstone AIDS Research
October 16, 2012The National Institutes of Health has awarded more than $15 million over the next five years to the UCSF-Gladstone Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) to continue its pioneering translational AIDS research.
Starting Antiretroviral Therapy Improves HIV-Infected Africans' Nutrition
October 02, 2012Starting HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy reduces food insecurity and improves physical health, thereby contributing to the disruption of a lethal syndemic, UCSF and Massachusetts General Hospital researchers have found in a study focused on sub-Saharan Africa.
Food Insecurity Increases Hospital Use by HIV-Positive Urban Poor in San Francisco
August 22, 2012UCSF researchers found that poor HIV-infected individuals living in San Francisco are significantly more likely to visit emergency rooms and to have hospital stays if they lack access to food of sufficient quality and quantity for a healthy life.
Hair Samples from Infants Show Exposure to Anti-HIV Drugs in the Womb and During Breast-feeding
July 21, 2012Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Makerere University in Uganda have used hair and blood samples from three-month old infants born to HIV-positive mothers to measure the uninfected babies’ exposure — both in the womb and from breast-feeding — to antiretroviral medications their mothers were taking. The results, they said, are surprising.
Bacterial Vaginosis Is Associated with Higher Risk of Female-to-Male Transmission of HIV
June 26, 2012An investigation led by UCSF has found that the risk of female-to-male HIV transmission is increased three fold for women with bacterial vaginosis, a common disorder in which the normal balance of bacteria in the vagina is disrupted.
UCSF Researchers Identify A Potential New HIV Vaccine/Therapy Target
May 30, 2012After being infected with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) in a laboratory study, rhesus macaques that had more of a certain type of immune cell in their gut than others had much lower levels of the virus in their blood, and for six months after infection were better able to control the virus.
Progress Against HIV Thwarted By Patients' Unmet Needs
April 26, 2012In a groundbreaking study published last year, scientists reported that effective treatment with HIV medications not only restores health and prolongs life in many HIV-infected patients, but also curtails transmission to sexual partners up to ninety-seven percent.
White House Names San Francisco HIV/AIDS Leader to National Post
March 14, 2012President Barack Obama appointed UCSF AIDS expert Grant Colfax, MD, as the director of the Office of National AIDS Policy.
