David Celentano, ScD '77, MHS '75, is Professor, Deputy Chair, and Director of the Infectious Disease Epidemiology program in the Department of Epidemiology, with joint appointments in International Health,and Health, Society and Behavior as well as Medicine (School of Medicine). His research integrates behavioral science theory and research with epidemiology, in the study of behavioral and social epidemiology. While originally trained in a chronic disease paradigm (alcoholism and cancer control), he began his research in HIV/AIDS and STDs in the early 1980s. In this regard, he has worked on some of the major cohort studies (ALIVE, MACS) in HIV epidemiology, as well as conducted intervention research in the USA for heterosexual men and women, injection drug users, and young men who have sex with men.

He turned to international research in 1990, when he began a long-term collaboration with Chiang Mai University in northern Thailand. He has worked on and directed numerous HIV/AIDS and STD epidemiological investigations and preventive interventions. He and his collaborators have clearly demonstrated that a behavioral intervention with young men (military conscripts) leads to a 7-fold reduction in incident STDs and halving the HIV incidence rate. In addition, the role of STDs and alcohol use on HIV acquisition has been shown. More recently, his group has been conducting a prospective study of hormonal contraception in relation to HIV seroconversion, a study with significant family planning policy and health implications. Today, he is the Principal Investigator of four NIH-supported studies in Thailand, focusing on interventions to influence the association between opiate use, methamphetamine use, and other drugs on HIV. The focus of these interventions is to harness indigenous peer networks for risk reduction.

epidemiology, international health, HIV, AIDS, STDs, behavior, Asia, HIV/AIDS prevention, Thailand, India, Vietnam

Fellow, American College of Epidemiology, 2000

Member, American Epidemiological Society, 2002

2002 Innovators Award, American Association for Public Opinion Research, May 2002

2002 Achievement Award, American Sexually Transmitted Disease Association, October 2002

Doctor of Philosopy in Medical Science (honoris causa), Chiang Mai University, 2006

294. Morrison C, Richardson B, Mmiro F, Chipato T, Celentano DD, Luoto J, Mugerwa R, Padian N, Rugpao S, Cornelisse P, Salata RA, for the Hormonal Contraception and the Risk of HIV Acquisition (HC-HIV) Study Group. Hormonal contraception and the risk of HIV acquisition. AIDS 2007;21:85-95.

295. McGrath JW, Celentano DD, Chard SE, Fullem A, Kamya M, Gangakhedar RR, Khamboonruang C, Joglekar N, Malhotra-Kohli R, Kiwanuka A, Sirirojn B. A group based intervention to increase condom use among HIV serodiscordant couples in India, Thailand, and Uganda. AIDS Care 2007;19:418-424.

296. Quan VM, Vongchak T, Jittiwutikarn J, Kawichai S, Srirak N, Wiboonnatakul K, Razak MH, Suriyanon V, Celentano DD. Predictors of mortality among injecting and non-injecting, HIV-negative, drug users in northern Thailand. Addiction 2007;102:441-446.

297. MacKellar DA, Valleroy LA, Secura GM, Behel S, Bingham T, Celentano DD, Koblin BA, LaLota M, Shehan D, Thiede H, Torian LV for the Young Men’s Survey Study Group. Perception of lifetime risk and actual risk for acquiring HIV among young men who have sex with men. AIDS & Behav 2007;11:263-270.

298. Massad LS, Fazzari MJ, Anastos K, Klein RS, Minkoff H, Jamieson DJ, Duerr A, Celentano DD, Gange S, Cu-Uvin S, Young M, Watts H, Levine AM, Schuman P, Harris TG, Strickler HD. Outcomes after treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia among women with human immunodeficiency virus. J Lower Genital Tract Dis 2007;11:90-97.

299. Beyrer C, Kawichai S, Hyder JA, Borwornsin S, Srirak N, Natpratan C, Celentano DD, Khamboonruang C. Patterns of HIV and syphilis infection in northern Thailand, 1998-2001. Intern J STD & AIDS 2007;18:179-83.

300. NIMH International Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial Group. Methodological overview of a five-country community level HIV/STD prevention trial. AIDS 2007;21 (Suppl 1):S3-S18.

301. NIMH International Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial Group. Selection of populations represented in the NIMH Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial. AIDS 2007;21 (Suppl 1):S19-S28.

302. NIMH International Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial Group. Challenges and process of selecting outcome measures for the NIMH Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial. AIDS 2007;21 (Suppl 1):S29-S36.

303. NIMH International Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial Group. Design and integration of ethnography within an international HIV/STD behavior change prevention trial. AIDS 2007;21 (Suppl 1):S37-S48.

304. NIMH International Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial Group. The feasibility of autdio computer-assisted self-interviewing in international settings. AIDS 2007;21 (Suppl 1):S49-S58.

305. NIMH International Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial Group. The community popular opinion leader HIV prevention program: conceptual basis and intervention procedures. AIDS 2007;21 (Suppl 1:S59-S68.

306. NIMH International Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial Group. Ethical issues in the NIMH Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial. AIDS 2007;21 (Suppl 1):S69-S80.

307. NIMH International Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial Group. Sexually transmitted disease and HIV prevalence and risk factors in concentrated and generalized HIV epidemic settings. AIDS 2007;21 (Suppl 1):S81-S90.

308. NIMH International Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial Group. Formative study conducted in five countries to adapt the community popular opinion leader intervention. AIDS 2007;21 (Suppl 1):S91-98.

309. NIMH International Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial Group. Role of the Data Safety and Monitoring Board (DSMB) in an international trial. AIDS 2007;21 (Suppl 1):S99-S102.

310. Sivaram S, Latkin CA, Solomon S, Celentano DD. HIV prevention in India: Focus on men, alcohol use and social networks. Harvard Health Policy Rev 2007;7:125-134.

311. Kawichai S, Celentano DD, Chariyalertsak S, Visrutaratna S, Short O, Ruangyuttikam C, Chariyalertsak C, Genberg B, Beyrer C. Community-based Voluntary Counseling and Testing services in rural communities of Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand. AIDS Behav 2007; 11:770-777.

312. Tovanabutra S, Kijak G, Beyrer C, Gammon-Richardson C, Sakkhachornphop S, Vongchak T, Jittiwutikarn J, Razak MH, Sanders-Buell E, Robb ML, Suriyanon V, Birx DL, Michael NL, Celentano DD, McCutchan FE. Identification of CRF34_01B, a second circulating recombinant form unrelated to and more complex than CDF15_01B, among injecting drug users in northern Thailand. AIDS Res Hum Retrovirol 2007;23:829-833.

313. Brown JM, Wald A, Hubbard A, Bakka H, Rungruengthanakit K, Moncada J, Chipato T, Rugpao S, Mmiro R, Celentano DD, Salata R, Morrison C, Richardson B, Padian N. Incident and prevalent herpes simplex virus type 2 increases the risk of HIV acquisition among women. AIDS 2007;21:1515-1523.

314. Sivaram S, Johnson S, Bentley ME, Srikrishnan AK, Latkin CA, Go VF, Solomon S, Celentano DD. Exploring ‘Wine Shops’ as a venue for HIV prevention interventions in urban India. J Urban Health 2007;84:563-576.

315. Bergenstrom A, Go VF, Nam LV, Thuoc NP, Thuy M, Celentano DD, Frangakis C, Quan VM. Return to post-test counseling by out-of-treatment injecting drug users participating in cross-sectional survey in North Vietnam. AIDS Care 2007;19:935-939.

316. Gupta SB, Murphy G, Koenig E, Adon C, Beyrer C, Celentano DD, Khawaja S, Sifakis F, Parry J, Straus W. Comparison of methods to detect recent HIV-1 infection in cross-sectionally collected specimens: Outcomes in a cohort of female sex workers in the Dominican Republic. AIDS Res Hum Retrovirol 2007;23:1475-1480.

317. Go VF, Solomon S, Srikrishnan AK, Sivaram S, Johnson S, Sripaipan T, Murugavel KG, Latkin C, Mayer KH, Celentano DD. HIV rates and risk behaviors are low in the general population of males in South India, but high in alcohol venues: results from 2 probability surveys. JAIDS 2007;46:491-497.

318. Sifakis F, Hylton JB, Solomon L, Flynn C, MacKellar DA, Valleroy LA, Celentano DD. Racial disparities in HIV incidence among young men who have sex with men: The Baltimore Young Men’s Sturvey. JAIDS 2007;46:343-348.

319. Sherman SG, German D, Sirirojn B, Thompson N, Aramrattana A, Celentano DD. Initiation of methamphetamine use among young Thai drug users: A qualitative study. J Adolesc Med 2008;42:36-42.

320. Perngmark P, Vanichseni S, Celentano DD. The Thai HIV/AIDS epidemic at 15 years: Sustained needle sharing among southern Thai drug injectors. Drug Alcohol Depend 2008;92:183-190.

321. Wongworapat K, Keawvichit R, Sirirojn B, Dokuta S, Ruangyuttikarn C, Sriplienchan S, Sontirat A, Thai Kla K, Gravitt P, Celentano DD. Detection of human papillomavirus from self-collected vaginal samples of women in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Sex Transm Dis 2008;35:172-173.

322. Celentano DD, Sirirojn B, Sutcliffe CG, Quan VM, Thomson N, Keawvichit R, Wongworapat K, Latkin C, Taechareonkul S, Sherman SG, Aramrattana A. Sexually transmitted infections and sexual and substance use correlates among young adults in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Sex Trans Dis 2008;35:400-405.

323. Sherman SG, Gann D, German D, Sirirojn B, Thomson N, Aramrattana A, Celentano DD. A qualitative study of sexual behaviours among methamphetamine users in Chiang Mai, Thailand: a typology of risk. Drug Alc Rev 2008;27:263-269.

324. Rugpao S, Koonlertkit S, Sriplienchan S, Pinjaroen, Werawatanakul Y, Ruengkirs T, Lamlertittikul S, Limtrakul A, Sinchai W, Wongstanee A, Celentano DD, Morrison CS. Low condom use in Thai couples even under intensive and regular counseling. AIDS Behav 2008;12:419-430.

325. Panchanadeswaran S, Solomon S, Bentley M, Sivaram S, Go V, Srikrishnan AK, Zelaya CE, Celentano DD. Initimate partner violence is as important as client violence in increasing street-based female sex workers’ vulnerability to HIV in India. Int J Drug Policy 2008;19:106-112.

326. German D, Sherman SG, Latkin CA, Sirirojn B, Thomson N, Sutcliffe, CG, Aramrattana A, Celentano DD. Young Thai women who use methamphetamine: intersection of sexual partnerships, drug use, and social networks. Int J Drug Policy 2008;19:122-129.

327. Celentano DD. Is HIV screening in the labor and delivery unit feasible and acceptable in low-income settings? PLoS Med 2008;5:e107. doi:10.1371/journal/pmed.0050107

328. Turner AN, Morrison CS, Padian NS, Kaufman JS, Behets FM, Salata RA, Mmiro FA, Mugerwa RD, Chipato T, Celentano DD, Rugpao S, Miller WC. Male circumcision and women’s risk of incident chlamydial, gonococcal and trichomonal infections. Sex Transm Dis 2008;35: doi: 10.1097/WLW.0b013e31816b1fcc