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Don C. Des Jarlais

Don C. Des Jarlais

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Medicine

D-Index
121
Citations
191613
World Ranking
3509
National Ranking
1933

Overview

Don C. Des Jarlais is affiliated with New York University in the United States and has a significant research focus in the field of Medicine, with a strong emphasis on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Hepatology, and General Health Professions. Their work spans multiple subfields within medicine, especially concerning infectious disease epidemiology and health interventions related to drug use and HIV/AIDS.

The main topics of Des Jarlais's research include:

  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Hepatitis C virus research
  • Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Des Jarlais include:

  • "The Impact of COVID-19 on Syringe Services Programs in the United States" (2020) published in AIDS and Behavior
  • "HIV outbreaks among people who inject drugs in Europe, North America, and Israel" (2020) published in The Lancet HIV
  • "Syringe Services Programs' Role in Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S.: Why We Cannot Do It Without Them" (2021) published in American Journal of Preventive Medicine
  • "Reasons People Who Use Opioids Do Not Accept or Carry No-Cost Naloxone: Qualitative Interview Study" (2020) published in JMIR Formative Research
  • "Harm reduction and health services provided by syringe services programs in 2019 and subsequent impact of COVID-19 on services in 2020" (2022) published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Des Jarlais frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • International Journal of Drug Policy
  • Harm Reduction Journal
  • AIDS and Behavior
  • PLoS ONE

Collaborations are an important aspect of Des Jarlais's research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Jonathan Feelemyer
  • Phạm Minh Khuê
  • Nicolas Nagot
  • Roselyne Vallo
  • Didier Laureillard

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Theo Vos;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Rafael Lozano;Mohsen Naghavi;Kyle Foreman;Stephen Lim

  • Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Theo Vos;Rafael Lozano;Mohsen Naghavi

  • A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Stephen S. Lim;Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Goodarz Danaei

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Gregory A Roth;Gregory A Roth;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Solomon M Abay

  • Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Mohsen Naghavi;Rafael Lozano

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Theo Vos;Ryan M. Barber;Brad Bell;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohsen Naghavi;Haidong Wang;Rafael Lozano;Adrian Davis

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Theo Vos;Christine Allen;Megha Arora;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Jeffrey D. Stanaway;Ashkan Afshin;Emmanuela Gakidou;Stephen S. Lim

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Simon I Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Max G Griswold;Nancy Fullman;Caitlin Hawley;Nicholas Arian

  • The State of US Health, 1990-2010: Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors

    Christopher J. L. Murray;Jerry Abraham;Mohammed K. Ali;Miriam Alvarado

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013

    Mohammad H. Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H. Ross Anderson;Victoria F. Bachman

  • Improving the reporting quality of nonrandomized evaluations of behavioral and public health interventions: the TREND statement.

    Don C. Des Jarlais;Cynthia Lyles;Nicole Crepaz

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990-2015 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Nicholas J. Kassebaum;Megha Arora;Ryan M. Barber;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013 : quantifying the epidemiological transition

    Christopher J. L. Murray;Ryan M. Barber;Kyle J. Foreman;Ayse Abbasoglu Ozgoren

  • Global epidemiology of hepatitis B and hepatitis C in people who inject drugs: results of systematic reviews

    Paul K. Nelson;Bradley M Mathers;Benjamin Cowie;Holly Hagan

  • Drinking to death: the changing face of liver disease

    MG Griswold;N Fullman;C Hawley;N Arian

Frequent Co-Authors

Samuel R. Friedman
Samuel R. Friedman National Development and Research Institutes
Holly Hagan
Holly Hagan New York University
Hannah L.F. Cooper
Hannah L.F. Cooper Emory University
Ted R. Miller
Ted R. Miller Pacific Institute
Alan D. Lopez
Alan D. Lopez University of Melbourne
Zulfiqar A Bhutta
Zulfiqar A Bhutta Aga Khan University
Robert G. Weintraub
Robert G. Weintraub Royal Children's Hospital
Ferrán Catalá-López
Ferrán Catalá-López Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Samath D Dharmaratne
Samath D Dharmaratne University of Peradeniya
Maziar Moradi-Lakeh
Maziar Moradi-Lakeh Iran University of Medical Sciences

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