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  • 1994 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Roger Detels is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research predominantly focuses on the field of Medicine, with significant contributions to Infectious Diseases, Virology, Epidemiology, Emergency Medicine, and General Health Professions.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • HIV-related health complications and treatments
  • HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
  • Sexual function and dysfunction studies
  • Homelessness and Social Issues

Among recent papers authored by or involving Roger Detels are:

  • Characteristics of the MACS/WIHS Combined Cohort Study: Opportunities for Research on Aging With HIV in the Longest US Observational Study of HIV, 2021, American Journal of Epidemiology
  • The Enigma of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Epidemic in China, 2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • COVID-19 symptoms and SARS-CoV-2 infection among people living with HIV in the US: the MACS/WIHS combined cohort study, 2020, HIV Research & Clinical Practice
  • NIH Workshop on HIV-Associated Comorbidities, Coinfections, and Complications: Summary and Recommendation for Future Research, 2020, JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
  • Social-environmental resiliencies protect against loneliness among HIV-Positive and HIV-negative older men who have sex with men: Results from the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS), 2021, Social Science & Medicine

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • M. Reuel Friedman (10 co-authored papers)
  • Michael Plankey (9 co-authored papers)
  • Frank J. Palella (8 co-authored papers)
  • Matthew J. Mimiaga (6 co-authored papers)
  • Sabina Haberlen (5 co-authored papers)

Roger Detels publishes primarily in venues such as UNC Libraries, Frontiers in Immunology, American Journal of Epidemiology, Clinical Infectious Diseases, and HIV Research & Clinical Practice.

They have been recognized with the award of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1994.

Best Publications

  • Genetic Restriction of HIV-1 Infection and Progression to AIDS by a Deletion Allele of the CKR5 Structural Gene

    Michael Dean;Mary Carrington;Cheryl Winkler;Gavin A. Huttley

  • Plasma Viral Load and CD4+ Lymphocytes as Prognostic Markers of HIV-1 Infection

    John W. Mellors;Alvaro Muñoz;Janis V. Giorgi;Joseph B. Margolick

  • THE MULTICENTER AIDS COHORT STUDY: RATIONALE, ORGANIZATION, AND SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PARTICIPANTS

    Kaslow Ra;Ostrow Dg;Detels R;Phair Jp

  • Epistatic interaction between KIR3DS1 and HLA-B delays the progression to AIDS

    Maureen P. Martin;Xiaojiang Gao;Jeong Hee Lee;George W. Nelson

  • The prognostic value of cellular and serologic markers in infection with human immunodeficiency virus type 1.

    John L. Fahey;Jeremy M.G. Taylor;Roger Detels;Bo Hofmann

  • Influence of combinations of human major histocompatibility complex genes on the course of HIV–1 infection

    Richard A. Kaslow;Mary Carrington;R. Apple;L. Park

  • Shorter Survival in Advanced Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection Is More Closely Associated with T Lymphocyte Activation than with Plasma Virus Burden or Virus Chemokine Coreceptor Usage

    Janis V. Giorgi;Lance E. Hultin;Jane A. McKeating;Timothy D. Johnson

  • KSHV antibodies among Americans, Italians and Ugandans with and without Kaposi's sarcoma.

    Shou-Jiang Gao;Lawrence Kingsley;Ming Li;Wei Zheng

  • The risk of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia among men infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1. Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study Group.

    John Phair;Alvaro Muñoz;Roger Detels;Richard Kaslow

  • Genetic Restriction of AIDS Pathogenesis by an SDF-1 Chemokine Gene Variant

    Cheryl Winkler;William Modi;Michael W. Smith;George W. Nelson

  • Effectiveness of Potent Antiretroviral Therapy on Time to AIDS and Death in Men With Known HIV Infection Duration

    Roger Detels;Alvaro Muñoz;Glen McFarlane;Lawrence A. Kingsley

  • Elevated CD38 antigen expression on CD8+ T cells is a stronger marker for the risk of chronic HIV disease progression to AIDS and death in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study than CD4+ cell count, soluble immune activation markers, or combinations of HLA-DR and CD38 expression.

    Zhiyuan Liu;William G. Cumberland;Lance E. Hultin;Harry E. Prince

  • Seroconversion to antibodies against Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus-related latent nuclear antigens before the development of Kaposi's sarcoma

    Shou Jiang Gao;Lawrence Kingsley;Donald R. Hoover;Thomas J. Spira

  • Elevated levels of CD38+ CD8+ T cells in HIV infection add to the prognostic value of low CD4+ T cell levels: results of 6 years of follow-up. The Los Angeles Center, Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study.

    J. V. Giorgi;Zhiyuan Liu;L. E. Hultin;W. G. Cumberland

  • The Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

    Michael S. Gottlieb;Jerome E. Groopman;Wilfred M. Weinstein;John L. Fahey

  • Inherited Resistance to HIV-1 Conferred by an Inactivating Mutation in CC Chemokine Receptor 5: Studies in Populations with Contrasting Clinical Phenotypes, Defined Racial Background, and Quantified Risk

    Peter A. Zimmerman;Alicia Buckler-White;Ghalib Alkhatib;Todd Spalding

  • Evolution of China's response to HIV/AIDS

    Zunyou Wu;Sheena G Sullivan;Sheena G Sullivan;Yu Wang;Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus

  • Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection in homosexual men who remain seronegative for prolonged periods.

    David T. Imagawa;Moon H. Lee;Steven M. Wolinsky;Kouichi Sano

  • Clinical manifestations of AIDS in the ERA of pneumocystis prophylaxis

    Donald R. Hoover;Alfred J. Saah;Helena Bacellar;John Phair

  • CD4 percentage, CD4 number, and CD4:CD8 ratio in HIV infection: which to choose and how to use.

    J M Taylor;J L Fahey;R Detels;J V Giorgi

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Gulliford
Martin Gulliford King's College London
John P. Phair
John P. Phair Northwestern University
Joseph B. Margolick
Joseph B. Margolick Johns Hopkins University
Charles R. Rinaldo
Charles R. Rinaldo University of Pittsburgh
Lisa P. Jacobson
Lisa P. Jacobson Johns Hopkins University
Zunyou Wu
Zunyou Wu Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention
Otoniel Martínez-Maza
Otoniel Martínez-Maza University of California, Los Angeles
Alvaro Muñoz
Alvaro Muñoz Johns Hopkins University
Janis V. Giorgi
Janis V. Giorgi University of California, Los Angeles
Alfred J. Saah
Alfred J. Saah MSD (United States)

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