Name: Richard S. Garfein
Title: Associate Professor; Department of Family & Preventative Medicine, Division of International Health & Cross Cultural Medicine

Email:
rgarfein@ucsd.edu
Campus Address:
Ash Building 103
Phone: (858) 822-3018

Education:

Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
M.P.H., San Diego State University

Field of Expertise:

His current research involves observational studies and behavioral intervention trials related to HIV and viral hepatitis prevention among injection drug users. Since joining the UCSD faculty in 2005, Dr. Garfein broadened his research activities to include studying the combined epidemics of tuberculosis and HIV in Mexico and developing interventions to prevent HIV transmission among methamphetamine-using men who have sex with men through research awards from the U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, respectively. Dr. Garfein is also involved in two California Department of Health Services funded evaluation projects that have the potential to impact HIV prevention activities statewide. The first is an evaluation of a restructured protocol for providing HIV counseling and testing in publicly funded clinics in San Francisco and Los Angeles. The other evaluates syringe discard practices after passage of Senate Bill 1159, which allows pharmacists in authorized counties or cities to dispense syringes without a prescription His international research and consulting activities include Mexico, Russia, Thailand, Japan, the Caribbean, and Africa.

Regions of Interest: U.S.-Mexico Border Region, Mexico, Russia, Thailand, Japan, the Caribbean, and Africa.


Selected Publications:
New UCSD Cross-Border Program Aims to Assess and Treat Tuberculosis in Tijuana


Lansky A, Abdul-Quader AS, Cribbin M, Hall T, Finlayson TJ, Garfein RS, Lin LS, Sullivan PS. Developing an HIV Behavioral Surveillance System for Injecting Drug Users: The National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System . Public Health Reports 2007 Suppliment I


Stopka TJ, Garfein RS, Ross A, Truax SR. Increasing Syringe Access and HIV Prevention in California: Findings from a Survey of Local Health Jurisdiction Key Personnel. Journal of Urban Health 2006 Dec 7; [Epub ahead of print]