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Overview

David N. Orth is affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the intersections of medicine and social sciences, with particular expertise in infectious diseases, epidemiology, and sociology and political science.

Their published work includes topics such as HIV/AIDS research and interventions, sex work and related issues, and the correlations between HIV, drug use, and sexual risk behaviors.

Prominent paper contributions include:

  • Condom Failure Among HIV-Negative Men in Serodiscordant Relationships in Australia, Brazil, and Thailand, 2024, published in AIDS and Behavior

David N. Orth's frequent publication venue is:

  • AIDS and Behavior

They have collaborated with several co-authors, including:

  • Garrett Prestage
  • Christopher K. Fairley
  • David J. Templeton
  • Iryna Zablotska
  • Andrew E. Grulich

The scientist's main fields of study are:

  • Medicine
  • Social Sciences

Subfields addressed in their research include:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Epidemiology

The areas often explored in their research topics are:

  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Sex work and related issues
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk

Best Publications

  • Serial CSF corticotropin-releasing hormone levels and adrenocortical activity in combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Dewleen G. Baker;Scott A. West;Wendall E. Nicholson;Nosa N. Ekhator

  • Cushing's Syndrome

    David N. Orth

  • The melanocortin receptors: agonists, antagonists, and the hormonal control of pigmentation

    Roger D. Cone;Dongsi Lu;Sandhya Koppula;Dag Inge Vage

  • Epidermal Growth Factor: Effects of Androgens and Adrenergic Agents

    Richard L. Byyny;David N. Orth;Stanley Cohen;Ellen S. Doyne

  • Clinical and laboratory studies of ectopic humoral syndromes.

    Grant W. Liddle;Wendell E. Nicholson;Donald P. Island;David N. Orth

  • Results of treatment in 108 patients with Cushing's syndrome.

    David N. Orth;Grant W. Liddle

  • Corticotropin-releasing hormone in humans.

    David N. Orth

  • Clinical and laboratory findings and results of therapy in 58 patients with adrenocortical tumors admitted to a single medical center (1951 to 1978)

    Christine Bertagna;David N. Orth

  • Radioimmunoassay of Epidermal Growth Factor

    Richard L. Byyny;David N. Orth;Stanley Cohen

  • Effect of synthetic ovine corticotropin-releasing factor. Dose response of plasma adrenocorticotropin and cortisol.

    D N Orth;R V Jackson;G S DeCherney;C R DeBold

  • Results of treating childhood Cushing's disease with pituitary irradiation.

    Anthony S. Jennings;Grant W. Liddle;David N. Orth

  • Arginine vasopressin potentiates adrenocorticotropin release induced by ovine corticotropin-releasing factor.

    C R DeBold;W R Sheldon;G S DeCherney;R V Jackson

  • Epidermal growth factor (urogastrone) in human fluids: size heterogeneity.

    Yukio Hirata;David N. Orth

  • Specific high-affinity binding protein for human corticotropin-releasing hormone in normal human plasma.

    David N. Orth;Charles D. Mount

  • Epidermal Growth Factor: Identification of a New Hormone in Human Urine

    Ralph H. Starkey;Stanley Cohen;David N. Orth

  • Epidermal Growth Factor (Urogastrone) in Human Tissues

    Yukio Hirata;David N. Orth

  • Radioimmunoassay of Human Epidermal Growth Factor (Urogastrone)

    Ralph H. Starkey;David N. Orth

  • Cushing's disease with periodic hormonogenesis: one explanation for paradoxical response to dexamethasone.

    D. Brown Ronald;G. R. Van Loon;David. N. Orth;Grant W. Liddle

  • Experimental alteration of the circadian rhythm in plasma cortisol (17-OHCS) concentration in man.

    David N. Orth;Donald P. Island;Grant W. Liddle

  • The melanocortin receptors: agonists, antagonists, and the hormonal control of pigmentation: Recent Prog Horm Res

    R. D. Cone;D. Lu;S. Koppula;D. I. Vage

Frequent Co-Authors

Dewleen G. Baker
Dewleen G. Baker University of California, San Diego
Wylie Vale
Wylie Vale Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Michael O. Thorner
Michael O. Thorner University of Virginia
Jean Rivier
Jean Rivier Salk Institute for Biological Studies
David Puett
David Puett University of Georgia
Fayez K. Ghishan
Fayez K. Ghishan University of Arizona
Catherine Rivier
Catherine Rivier Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Gareth Leng
Gareth Leng University of Edinburgh
Lorah D. Dorn
Lorah D. Dorn Pennsylvania State University
Stanley N. Cohen
Stanley N. Cohen Stanford University

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