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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1978 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

James P. Hughes is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on infectious diseases, epidemiology, and general health professions.

Their recent scholarly output includes significant papers such as "Cabotegravir for the prevention of HIV-1 in women: results from HPTN 084, a phase 3, randomised clinical trial" (2022, The Lancet), "Mixed-effects models for the design and analysis of stepped wedge cluster randomized trials: An overview" (2020, Statistical Methods in Medical Research), "Early Detection of Covid-19 through a Citywide Pandemic Surveillance Platform" (2020, New England Journal of Medicine), "Comparison of Symptoms and RNA Levels in Children and Adults With SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the Community Setting" (2021, JAMA Pediatrics), and "Characteristics of COVID-19 in Homeless Shelters" (2020, Annals of Internal Medicine).

Their work spans multiple main fields, including:

  • Medicine

Subfields of their research include:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Epidemiology
  • General Health Professions
  • Statistics and Probability
  • Virology

The main topics addressed in their research comprise:

  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Reproductive tract infections research

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, James P. Hughes has coauthored many papers with:

  • Helen Y. Chu
  • Janet A. Englund
  • Timothy M. Uyeki
  • Lea M. Starita
  • Eric J. Chow

Their publications are regularly found in several prominent venues, including:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • Statistics in Medicine
  • Journal of the International AIDS Society

James P. Hughes has been recognized with awards such as:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2001
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 1978

Best Publications

  • The Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD): Part II. Standardization of the neuropathologic assessment of Alzheimer's disease

    Mirra Ss;Heyman A;McKeel D;Sumi Sm

  • The consortium to establish a registry for alzheimer’s disease (CERAD). Part I. Clinical and neuropsychological assessment of alzheimer’s disease

    J. C. Morris;A. Heyman;R. C. Mohs;J. P. Hughes

  • Design and analysis of stepped wedge cluster randomized trials

    Michael A. Hussey;James P. Hughes

  • Genital Human Papillomavirus Infection: Incidence and Risk Factors in a Cohort of Female University Students

    Rachel L. Winer;Shu Kuang Lee;James P. Hughes;Diane E. Adam

  • Effect of breastfeeding and formula feeding on transmission of HIV-1: a randomized clinical trial.

    Ruth Nduati;Grace John;Dorothy Mbori-Ngacha;Barbra Richardson

  • Clinical and epidemiologic features of primary HIV infection.

    Timothy W Schacker;Ann C. Collier;James Hughes;Theresa Shea

  • Condom use and the risk of genital human papillomavirus infection in young women.

    Rachel L. Winer;James P. Hughes;Qinghua Feng;Sandra O'Reilly

  • A Prospective Study of Risk Factors for Symptomatic Urinary Tract Infection in Young Women

    Thomas M. Hooton;Delia Scholes;James P. Hughes;Carol Winter

  • Detection of Abnormal Memory Decline in Mild Cases of Alzheimer's Disease Using CERAD Neuropsychological Measures

    Kathleen Welsh;Nelson Butters;James Hughes;Richard Mohs

  • Cytotoxic-T-cell responses, viral load, and disease progression in early human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection.

    L Musey;J Hughes;T Schacker;T Shea

  • Comparison of human papillomavirus types 16, 18, and 6 capsid antibody responses following incident infection.

    Joseph J. Carter;Laura A. Koutsky;James P. Hughes;Shu Kuang Lee

  • Detection and staging of dementia in Alzheimer's disease. Use of the neuropsychological measures developed for the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease

    Kathleen A. Welsh;Nelson Butters;James P. Hughes;Richard C. Mohs

  • Evaluation of human papillomavirus testing in primary screening for cervical abnormalities: comparison of sensitivity, specificity, and frequency of referral.

    Shalini L. Kulasingam;James P. Hughes;Nancy B. Kiviat;Constance Mao

  • 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

  • Effect of expedited treatment of sex partners on recurrent or persistent gonorrhea or chlamydial infection.

    Matthew R Golden;William L H Whittington;H Hunter Handsfield;James P Hughes

  • A non‐homogeneous hidden Markov model for precipitation occurrence

    James P. Hughes;Peter Guttorp;Stephen P. Charles

  • Development and Duration of Human Papillomavirus Lesions, after Initial Infection

    Rachel L. Winer;Nancy B. Kiviat;James P. Hughes;Diane E. Adam

  • 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

  • Biological and virologic characteristics of primary HIV infection.

    Timothy W. Schacker;James P. Hughes;Theresa Shea;Robert W. Coombs

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew R. Golden
Matthew R. Golden University of Washington
Laura A. Koutsky
Laura A. Koutsky University of Washington
Catherine MacPhail
Catherine MacPhail University of Wollongong
Connie Celum
Connie Celum University of Washington
King K. Holmes
King K. Holmes University of Washington
Kathleen Kahn
Kathleen Kahn University of the Witwatersrand
Audrey Pettifor
Audrey Pettifor University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jared M. Baeten
Jared M. Baeten University of Washington
Anna Wald
Anna Wald University of Washington
Nancy B. Kiviat
Nancy B. Kiviat University of Washington

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