Brandon John BrownDirector of Undergraduate Program and PSOE Lecturer |
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Research Interests |
HPV, HIV, STDs, cervical cancer, genital warts, female sex workers, MSM, vaccines | |
| URLs | UCI public health website | |
| UCLA Program in Global Health | ||
| NGO Via Libre | ||
| Epicentro-mens community health center | ||
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Academic Distinctions |
Brandon has received several awards for his work on HPV, HIV, and cervical cancer prevention, including the Mary and Carl Taylor Fund in International Health, the Delta Omega scholarship, the Dan David Prize, the Clements Mann Fellowship in Vaccine Sciences, the Carol Eliasberg Martin scholarship in cancer prevention, and the International AIDS Research Travel Award. Brandon teaches several courses, including Ethics and responsible conduct of research in public health, Introduction to ethics in public health, International Epidemiology, Sex trafficking, Advances in global health, Introduction to global health ,Honors Research,Upper division writing in public health |
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| Appointments |
UCLA Program in Global Health http://www.globalhealth.med.ucla.edu/about/index.html http://www.globalhealth.med.ucla.edu/about/brown.html |
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Research Abstract |
My research focuses on infectious diseases in developing countries. I have a large vaccination study with female sex workers (FSWs) in Peru. I also have ongoing studies of cancer screening, HPV, STIs, and HIV in FSWs and men who have sex with men (MSM). My new cohort study looks at the effect of genital warts on HIV incidence among high risk MSM. I have submitted grants for projects on syphilis, HIV and HPV in high risk groups, and setting up an STD lab in Peru. | |
| Publications |
1. Petros G*, Airhihenbuwa CO, Simbayi L, Ramlagan S, Brown B. HIV/AIDS and OTHERING in South Africa: The Blame Goes On. Culture, Health and Sexuality 2006; 8(1): 67-77. 2. Brown BE and Brown BJ, M, Welch R, Cranston B, Hanchard B, Hisada M*. Haplotypes of IL6 and IL10 and Susceptibility to Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type I Infection among Children. The Journal of Infectious Diseases 2006; 194: 1565-9 3. Brown BJ, Huang M-H, Karlamangla AR, Kado DM*, and Seeman TE. APOE- ?4 and vitamins B6, B12, folate, or homocysteine interacting to predict cognitive function and longitudinal decline: MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging. Journal of Nutrition, Health, and Aging 2010. 4. Brown B, Carcamo C, Blas M, Valderrama M, and Halsey N*. Peruvian FSWs: understanding HPV and barriers to vaccination. Vaccine 28 (2010) 7743-7747. 5. Brown B, Blas M, Cabral A, Carcamo C, Gravitt P, Halsey N*. Oral sex practices, oral HPV, and correlations between oral and cervical HPV prevalence among female sex workers in Lima, Peru. International Journal of STDs and AIDS 2011; 22: 655-658. 6. Brown B*, Blas M, Cabral A, Byraiah G, Guerra-Giraldez C, Sarabia-Vega V, Carcamo C, Gravitt PE, Halsey NA. HPV Prevalence, Cervical Abnormalities, and Risk Factors among Female Sex Workers in Lima, Peru. International Journal of STDs and AIDS 2011; 23 242-247 7. Brown B*, Blas M, Cabral A, Carcamo C, Gravitt P, Halsey N. Randomized trial of HPV4 vaccine assessing the response to vaccine in two schedules among Peruvian FSWs. Vaccine 2012; 30: 2309-14. 8. Brown B* and Klausner JD. High-level evidence demonstrates male circumcision reduces Human Papilloma Virus infections. HPV Today n26. 9. Munoz K, Sharoff N, Brown B*. Reducing HPV Transmission in the Developing World through Education and Targeted Vaccination. Journal of Global Health Perspectives (Accepted October 3, 2012). |
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| Grants | Merck IISP 35706: May 2008-April 2012~ Acceptability and feasibility of a modified HPV vaccine schedule in brothel based female sex workers in Peru and pap smear sensitivity. | |
| Merck IISP 37983: May 2011-February 2012~A study of HPV prevalence in multiple anatomical sites among men who have sex with men in Peru and anal cancer screening. | ||
| Merck IISP 39619: October 2011-December 2014~The role of Genital Warts in HIV acquisition among MSM in Peru | ||
| UC Mexus: November 2011-April 2012~Cervical cancer prevention among female sex workers in Tijuana, Mexico | ||
| NIH R01 PAR-11-145 International Research in Infectious Diseases: July 2012-June 2017~Syphilis: Translating technology to understand a neglected epidemic | ||
| Fordham Research Ethics Training Institute: July 2012-June 2014~Undue inducement in clinical studies of HIV in developing countries | ||
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Professional Societies |
Infectious Disease Society of America Global Health Council |
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| Other Experience |
Investigator NGO Via Libre 2009—Pres |
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Undergraduate Council UC Irvine 2011—Pres |
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Curriculum Committee Chair UCI 2011—Pres |
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| Graduate Programs |
Public Health |
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| Research Center | Global Health | |
| Link to this profile | http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=5873 | |
| Last updated | 10/11/2012 | |