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Connie Celum is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, General Health Professions, Virology, and Microbiology.

Their work encompasses several main topics, including:

  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Reproductive tract infections research
  • Sex work and related issues
  • Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment

Connie Celum has published extensively, with notable papers that include the following:

  • "Postexposure Doxycycline to Prevent Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections," 2023, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "The influence of HIV-related stigma on PrEP disclosure and adherence among adolescent girls and young women in HPTN 082: a qualitative study," 2020, Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • "Efficacy of Single-Dose Human Papillomavirus Vaccination among Young African Women," 2022, NEJM Evidence
  • "PrEP uptake, persistence, adherence, and effect of retrospective drug level feedback on PrEP adherence among young women in southern Africa: Results from HPTN 082, a randomized controlled trial," 2021, PLoS Medicine
  • "Community-based antiretroviral therapy versus standard clinic-based services for HIV in South Africa and Uganda (DO ART): a randomised trial," 2020, The Lancet Global Health

Their frequent co-authors include Jared M. Baeten, Linda-Gail Bekker, Deborah Donnell, Sybil Hosek, and Ruanne V. Barnabas.

Publication venues where Connie Celum commonly contributes include:

  • Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • AIDS and Behavior
  • Harvard Dataverse
  • PLoS ONE
  • The Lancet HIV

Connie Celum's research is embedded within large collaborative efforts focusing on HIV prevention and treatment strategies, particularly targeting adolescent and young adult populations. Their contributions span clinical trials, behavioral studies, and epidemiological investigations aimed at understanding and mitigating factors influencing HIV transmission and adherence to preventive interventions.

Best Publications

  • Antiretroviral prophylaxis for HIV prevention in heterosexual men and women.

    Jared M. Baeten;Deborah Donnell;Deborah Donnell;Patrick Ndase;Nelly R. Mugo;Nelly R. Mugo

  • Heterosexual HIV-1 transmission after initiation of antiretroviral therapy: a prospective cohort analysis.

    Deborah Donnell;Deborah Donnell;Jared M. Baeten;James Njogu Kiarie;James Njogu Kiarie;Katherine K. Thomas

  • HIV infection: epidemiology, pathogenesis, treatment, and prevention

    Gary Maartens;Connie L Celum;Sharon Ruth Lewin;Sharon Ruth Lewin;Sharon Ruth Lewin

  • The effects of herpes simplex virus-2 on HIV-1 acquisition and transmission: A review of two overlapping epidemics

    Lawrence Corey;Anna Wald;Connie L. Celum;Thomas C. Quinn

  • Acyclovir and transmission of HIV-1 from persons infected with HIV-1 and HSV-2.

    C. Celum;A. Wald;A. Wald;J.R. Lingappa;A.S. Magaret;A.S. Magaret

  • Mucosal shedding of human herpesvirus 8 in men.

    John Pauk;Meei Li Huang;Scott J. Brodie;Anna Wald

  • Use of hormonal contraceptives and risk of HIV-1 transmission: a prospective cohort study

    Renee Heffron;Deborah Donnell;Helen Rees;Connie Celum

  • Effect of aciclovir on HIV-1 acquisition in herpes simplex virus 2 seropositive women and men who have sex with men: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

    Connie Celum;Anna Wald;James Hughes;Jorge Sanchez

  • Bacterial vaginosis associated with increased risk of female-to-male HIV-1 transmission: a prospective cohort analysis among African couples.

    Craig R. Cohen;Jairam R. Lingappa;Jared M. Baeten;Musa O. Ngayo

  • High-risk behaviors among men who have sex with men in 6 US cities: baseline data from the EXPLORE Study.

    Beryl A. Koblin;Margaret A. Chesney;Marla J. Husnik;Sam Bozeman

  • HIV Protective Efficacy and Correlates of Tenofovir Blood Concentrations in a Clinical Trial of PrEP for HIV Prevention

    Deborah Donnell;Jared M. Baeten;Namandjé N. Bumpus;Justin Brantley

  • Substance Use and Sexual Risk: A Participant- and Episode-level Analysis among a Cohort of Men Who Have Sex with Men

    Grant Colfax;Eric Vittinghoff;Marla J. Husnik;David McKirnan

  • Global and regional molecular epidemiology of HIV-1, 1990–2015: a systematic review, global survey, and trend analysis

    Joris Hemelaar;Ramyiadarsini Elangovan;Jason Yun;Leslie Dickson-Tetteh

  • Determinants of Per-Coital-Act HIV-1 Infectivity Among African HIV-1–Serodiscordant Couples

    James P. Hughes;Jared M. Baeten;Jairam R. Lingappa;Amalia S. Magaret

  • Combination HIV prevention: significance, challenges, and opportunities.

    Ann E. Kurth;Ann E. Kurth;Connie Celum;Jared M. Baeten;Sten H. Vermund

  • Genital HIV-1 RNA Predicts Risk of Heterosexual HIV-1 Transmission

    Jared M. Baeten;Erin Kahle;Jairam R. Lingappa;Robert W. Coombs

  • Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 as a Cause of Genital Herpes: Impact on Surveillance and Prevention

    William E. Lafferty;Lois Downey;Connie Celum;Anna Wald

  • Increased risk of HIV-1 transmission in pregnancy: a prospective study among African HIV-1-serodiscordant couples.

    Nelly R. Mugo;Renee Heffron;Deborah Donnell;Anna Wald

  • Sexual risk, nitrite inhalant use, and lack of circumcision associated with HIV seroconversion in men who have sex with men in the United States.

    Susan P Buchbinder;Eric Vittinghoff;Patrick J Heagerty;Connie L Celum

  • What's love got to do with it? Explaining adherence to oral antiretroviral pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV-serodiscordant couples.

    Norma C. Ware;Monique A. Wyatt;Jessica E. Haberer;Jared M. Baeten

Frequent Co-Authors

Jared M. Baeten
Jared M. Baeten University of Washington
Deborah Donnell
Deborah Donnell Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Elizabeth A. Bukusi
Elizabeth A. Bukusi University of Washington
Anna Wald
Anna Wald University of Washington
Lawrence Corey
Lawrence Corey Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
James P. Hughes
James P. Hughes University of Washington
Allan R. Ronald
Allan R. Ronald University of Manitoba
Amalia Magaret
Amalia Magaret University of Washington
Jessica E. Haberer
Jessica E. Haberer Harvard University
Robert W. Coombs
Robert W. Coombs University of Washington

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