George Rutherford, MD
Professor
My research interests are the epidemiology and prevention of infectious and tropical diseases of public health importance, both internationally and domestically, with a primary focus on HIV and AIDS. My work is funded primarily by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through the Presidential Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. I also have smaller projects dealing with the epidemiology of tuberculosis in California, the prevention of childhood injury, immunizations and bioterrorism. I am a member of the AIDS Research Institute's Executive Committee.
Education
2018 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer, 1984 - , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
PGY-4, 1982 - Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego
PGY-3, 1981 - Paediatrics, University of Toronto - Hospital for Sick Children
PGY-1, PGY-2, 1980 - Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego
M.D., 1978 - Medicine, Duke University
B.S., 1975 - Chemistry, Stanford University
A.M., 1975 - History, Stanford Unviersity
A.B., 1974 - Classics, Stanford University
Publications
- COVID-19 Susceptibility and Outcomes among People Living with HIV in San Francisco.
- Correction to: Behind bars: the burden of being a woman in Brazilian prisons.
- Routine asymptomatic testing strategies for airline travel during the COVID-19 pandemic: a simulation analysis.
- Co-infection, SARS-CoV-2 and influenza: an evolving puzzle.
- Outdoor Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and Other Respiratory Viruses, a Systematic Review.
- Behind bars: the burden of being a woman in Brazilian prisons.
- Facial Masking for Covid-19. Reply.
- Association of neighborhood parks with child health in the United States.
- How History of Medicine Helps Us Understand COVID-19 Challenges.
- Political prioritization and the competing definitions of adolescent pregnancy in Kenya: An application of the Public Arenas Model.
- Facial Masking for Covid-19 - Potential for "Variolation" as We Await a Vaccine.
- HIV Care Continuum and Meeting 90-90-90 Targets: Cascade of Care Analyses of a U.S. Military Cohort.
- Will Coronavirus Disease 2019 Become Seasonal?
- Estimation of effects of contact tracing and mask adoption on COVID-19 transmission in San Francisco: a modeling study.
- Can HIV recent infection surveillance help us better understand where primary prevention efforts should be targeted? Results of three pilots integrating a recent infection testing algorithm into routine programme activities in Kenya and Zimbabwe.
- RECENT HIV INFECTION SURVEILLANCE IN ROUTINE HIV TESTING IN NAIROBI, KENYA: A FEASIBILITY STUDY.
- Screening for Park Access during a Primary Care Social Determinants Screen.
- The impact of different types of violence on Ebola virus disease transmission during the 2018-2020 outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- LIFETIME SYPHILIS PREVALENCE AND ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS AMONG FEMALE PRISONERS IN BRAZIL.
- The Association of Knowledge, Attitudes and Access with Park Use before and after a Park-Prescription Intervention for Low-Income Families in the U.S.
- Economic compensation interventions to increase uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
- Service delivery interventions to increase uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention: A systematic review.
- Projections of epidemic transmission and estimation of vaccination impact during an ongoing Ebola virus disease outbreak in Northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as of Feb. 25, 2019.
- Estimating the impact of violent events on transmission in Ebola virus disease outbreak, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2018-2019.
- Real-time predictions of the 2018-2019 Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo using Hawkes point process models.
- Immunization coverage among refugee children in Berlin.
- Clinic and park partnerships for childhood resilience: A prospective study of park prescriptions.
- Neurological, cognitive, and psychological findings among survivors of Ebola virus disease from the 1995 Ebola outbreak in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of Congo: a cross-sectional study.
- The Continuing Value of CD4 Cell Count Monitoring for Differential HIV Care and Surveillance.
- Projections of Ebola outbreak size and duration with and without vaccine use in Équateur, Democratic Republic of Congo, as of May 27, 2018.
- Primary HIV prevention in pregnant and lactating Ugandan women: A randomized trial.
- Does prior dengue virus exposure worsen clinical outcomes of Zika virus infection? A systematic review, pooled analysis and lessons learned.
- Overdose mortality rates in Croatia and factors associated with self-reported drug overdose among persons who inject drugs in three Croatian cities.
- Supportive interventions to improve retention on ART in people with HIV in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.
- Disclosure and Clinical Outcomes Among Young Adolescents Living With HIV in Kenya.
- Primary antifungal prophylaxis for cryptococcal disease in HIV-positive people.
- Understanding why HIV-infected persons disengaged from pre-ART care in Freetown, Sierra Leone: a qualitative study.
- Cefazolin versus Nafcillin for Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection in a California Tertiary Medical Center.
- Feasibility and effectiveness of a brief, intensive phylogenetics workshop in a middle-income country.
- Developing WHO guidelines with pragmatic, structured, evidence-based processes: A case study.
- Antiretroviral regimens for patients with HIV who fail first-line antiretroviral therapy.
- A meta-analysis of the effect of high weight on asthma.
- Antifungal interventions for the primary prevention of cryptococcal disease in adults with HIV.
- Three- or four- versus two-drug antiretroviral maintenance regimens for HIV infection.
- The Cochrane HIV/AIDS review group and evidence-based practice in nursing.
- Surveillance for incident HIV infection: new technology and new opportunities.
- Three- or four- versus two-drug antiretroviral maintenance regimens for HIV infection.
- Research in the Veterans Health Administration: the report of the Research Realignment Advisory Committee.
- Medicaid managed care and public health data.
- Progression and clinical outcome of infection due to human immunodeficiency virus.
- Cysticercosis: first 12 months of reporting in California.
- The draft lottery and AIDS: evidence against increased intravenous drug use by Vietnam-era veterans.
- The role of human immunodeficiency virus infection in pneumococcal bacteremia in San Francisco residents.
- Human immunodeficiency virus infection in tuberculosis patients.
- Phase I study of low-dose zidovudine and acyclovir in asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus seropositive individuals.
- The epidemiology of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
- A model-based estimate of the mean incubation period for AIDS in homosexual men.
- Survival patterns of the first 500 patients with AIDS in San Francisco.
- Incidence of salmonellosis in patients with AIDS.