Halperin CV 2015 - Daniel Halperin

CURRICULUM VITAE
Daniel T. Halperin
April 2015
dhalpe@gmail.com
http://danielhalperin.web.unc.edu
www.tinderboxbook.com
Education
B.A.
University of California at Berkeley, 1979, Economics; Development Studies (Honors)
M.S.
University of California at Berkeley, 1982, Health and Medical Sciences
M.C.A.T.
Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, 1992, Creative Arts Therapies
Ph.D.
Univ. of California Berkeley, 1995, Medical/Cultural Anthropology; Latin Amer Studies
(Postdoctoral Training) University of California at Berkeley (1995-1998), HIV/AIDS Epidemiology
Employment and Positions
2013-
Professor of Epidemiology/Coordinator of Doctoral Students’ Program in Public
Health, Ponce School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Puerto Rico
2011-
Adjunct (Full) Professor, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2015-2016
Visiting Lecturer/Senior Research Scientist, Escuela Superior Politecnica de
Chimborazo (ESPOCH), Riobamba, Ecuador (planned)
2013-2014
Visiting Senior Research Scientist/Lecturer, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias
Sociales (FLACSO), Quito and Riobamba, Ecuador
2006-2011
Lecturer in Global Health/Senior Research Scientist, Harvard School of Public Health
2005-2006
Senior Prevention Technical Advisor, United States Agency for International
Development (USAID), Southern Africa Regional HIV/AIDS Program, Pretoria
2001-2005
Senior Technical Advisor, Prevention/Behavior Change Programs, USAID Office of
HIV/AIDS, Washington D.C.
2001
Visiting Professor, University of Witwatersrand, Anthropology Department and
HIV/AIDS Graduate Research Program, Johannesburg, South Africa
1998-2001
Assistant Professor, University of California at San Francisco (UCSF); Community
Health Systems Department, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS)
1995-1998
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of California at Berkeley School of Public
Health, HIV/STD Epidemiology and Prevention
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1980-1992
Instructor, UC Berkeley; School of Public Health, Anthropology Department, College
of Natural Resources, Spanish Department (not continuous)
1987-88
Organizer, International Research Conferences, UC Berkeley/Columbia University
1983-1984
Assistant Professor, City University of New York, Romance Languages Department
Awards, Grants, and Fellowships
2015-2017
United States Department of Agriculture, Research grant for study of obesity
prevention in Puerto Rican young adults, $150,000.
2015-2016
Escuela Superior Politecnica de Chimborazo (ESPOCH))/Ecuadorian government
(Proyecto Prometeo), Research fellowship on dietary and other nutrition-related
issues in the Andean region, $65,000 (planned)
2013-2014
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO)/Ecuadorian government
(Proyecto Prometeo), Research fellowship on obesity and other diet-related issues in
the Andean region, $30,000.
2013
Ponce School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Puerto Rico, Small research grant for
qualitative study on obesity prevention in Puerto Rico, $2,500.
2013
The New York Times, “Editor’s Choice” selection for Tinderbox: How the West
Sparked the AIDS Epidemic and How the World Can Finally Overcome It, by Craig
Timberg and Daniel Halperin (Penguin Books).
2012
United Nations Foundation, Research grant on integration of family planning and
HIV-AIDS programs, $20,000 (co-investigator Nomi Fuchs).
2012
Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Behavioral and Social Science Division, Atlanta,
Annual Award Ceremony Honored Guest Speaker.
2011
United Nations Foundation, Research grant on international family planning policy,
$50,000 (co-investigator Richard Cizik).
2006-2010
Harvard AIDS Prevention Research Project, John Templeton Foundation Grant
#11869-11874, $2,246,500, Co-Principal Investigator; conducting and overseeing
epidemiological and social science research on behavior change and HIV prevention.
2008
Global Alliance to Immunize against AIDS/Brown University, Providence,
International Hope is a Vaccine Award.
2008
Hahnemann Medical College/Drexel, Philadelphia, Award for Service to Profession.
2007
USAID, Office of HIV-AIDS, Superior Award for Outstanding Career Achievement.
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2003
American Public Health Association, Best International Paper on HIV-AIDS.
1999-2001
University of California AIDS Research Program Grant #K99-SF-167 (“A Neglected
HIV Risk Factor: The Male Circumcision Decision”), $100,000, Principal
Investigator; survey, hospital record, and ethnographic study of the practice and
acceptability of neonatal circumcision services at San Francisco General Hospital.
1999-2000
NIH (NIMH) RO-1 Grant #U-10MH6153601 (“Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention
Trial”),UCSF (CAPS) and Cayetano Heredia University, Lima, Peru, $3,300,000,
Project Anthropologist; directing qualitative research at Peru site of a multi-country,
community randomized prevention trial with behavioral and biological outcomes.
1999
Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Field Research (São Luís,
Brazil) and Writing Fellowship #6409, $14,600.
1998-1999
University of California AIDS Research Program Grant #R97-SF-117 ("A Grounded
Theory of HIV-AIDS Symptom Management"), UCSF Community Health Systems
Department, $110,000, Project Director; managing multi-site study of medication
adherence issues, conducting bilingual interviews, data analysis, etc.
1998-1999
NIH (NIRR) P-30 Center Grant #NR03927 ("Research Center for Symptom
Management"), UCSF School of Nursing, $242,038, Research Support Director;
managing research support and advanced faculty training activities.
1995-98
NIH (NIAAA) Postdoctoral Training Grant #T532AA07240, UC Berkeley School of
Public Health, Research Fellowship in HIV-STD Epidemiology ($116,000).
1995
UC Berkeley Graduate Social Science Research Scholarship, $8,000.
1995
American Anthropological Association, Volney Stefflre Award for Best Scientific
Paper ($500).
1992-93
Smithsonian Institution, Anthropology Film Archives, Washington DC. Visiting
Scholar Fellowship, $4400.
1992
Common Boundary journal, Best Dissertation Essay ($500).
1991
Fulbright Travel Research Fellowship, Northeastern Brazil, $7,000.
1989-90
Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, Academic Scholarship, $7,500.
1980
Inter-American Foundation, Master’s Research Fellowship, Honduras, $9,000.
1979-80
US Department of Education/University of California Regents, Foreign Language and
Area Studies Graduate Fellowship, $12,000.
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Book
2012 Timberg, C. and Halperin, D. Tinderbox: How the West Sparked the AIDS Epidemic and How
the World Can Finally Overcome It. Penguin Books (http://www.tinderboxbook.com)
Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals
2013 Halperin, D.T. Scaling-up family planning in low-income countries: Lessons from Ethiopia.
Lancet, doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62032-2.
2013 Psaki, S., Ayivi-Guedehoussou, N., Halperin, D.T. Leveraging changing gender norms to
address concurrency: Focus group findings from South African university students. Sexual Health,
doi:10.1071/SH12209.
2012 Morris, B.J., Bailey, R.C., Klausner, J., Leibowitz, A., Wamai, R.G., Waskett, J.H., Banerjee,
J., Halperin, D.T., Zoloth, L., Weiss, H.A., Hankins, C.A. Review: A critical evaluation of
arguments opposing male circumcision for HIV prevention in developed countries. AIDS Care.
2011 Halperin, D.T., Mugurungi, O., Hallett T., Muchini, B., Campbell, B., Magure, T., Benedikt,
C., Gregson, S.A. A surprising prevention success: Why did the HIV epidemic decline in
Zimbabwe? PLoS Medicine 8(2); doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000414.
2011 Berlan, D., Halperin, D.T. Apparent displacement of global health funding priorities: Time
for some difficult decisions? Social Science & Medic.; dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.05.043.
2011 Morris, B.J., Gray, R., Castellsagues, X, Bosch, F.X, Halperin. D.T. The strong protective
effect of circumcision against cancer of the penis. Advances in Urology; doi:10.1155/2011/812368.
2011 Klausner, J.D., Halperin, D.T., et al. Circumcision denialism unfounded and unscientific.
Amer J Prev Med. 40(3):e11-e12.
2010 Muchini, B., Benedikt, C., Gomo, E., Mate, R., Mugurungi, O., Magure, T., Campbell, B.,
Halperin, D.T. (co-primary author). Local perceptions of the forms, timing and causes of behavior
change in response to the AIDS epidemic in Zimbabwe. AIDS and Behavior, DOI 10.1007/s10461010-9783-z.
2010 Mah, T., Halperin, D.T. The evidence for the role of concurrent partnerships in Africa’s HIV
epidemics. AIDS and Behavior, DOI 10.1007/s10461-009-9617-z.
2010 Epstein, H., Swidler, A., Gray, R., Reiners, G., Parker, P., Parkhurst, J., Short, R., Halperin,
D.T. Measuring concurrent partnerships. Lancet 375:1869.
2010 Ruark, A.H., Shelton, J.D., Halperin, D.T. Acyclovir and transmission of HIV-1 from persons
infected with HIV-1 and HSV-2. New Engl. J Med. 362(18):1741.
2010 Weiss, H.A., Larke, N., Schenker, I., Halperin, D.T. Risk of complications following male
circumcision of neonates and children: A systematic review. BMC Urology 10.1186/1471-2490-10-2
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2010 Mah, T., Halperin, D.T. Concurrent sexual partnerships and the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan
Africa: The evidence to move forward. AIDS and Behavior, 14:11-16.
2009 Halperin, D.T., Stover, J., Reynolds, H. Benefits and costs of expanding access to family
planning programs to women living with HIV. AIDS, 23:S123–S130.
2009 Halperin, D.T., de Moya, A., Perez-Then, E., Pappas ,G., Garcia Calleja, J.M. Understanding
the HIV epidemic in the Dominican Republic: A prevention success story in the Caribbean? Journal
of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, 51(6):S52-59.
2009 Halperin, D.T. Combination HIV prevention must be based on evidence. Lancet, 373
(9663):544-45.
2009 Plank, R., Makhema, J., Kebaabetswe, P., Hussein, F., Lesetedi, C., Halperin, D., Bassil, B.,
Shapiro, R., Lockman, S. Infant male circumcision as part of HIV prevention efforts in Gaborone,
Botswana, and surrounding areas: Acceptability and feasibility. AIDS and Behavior,
10.1007/s10461-009-9632-0.
2009 Herling-Ruark, A.H., Shelton, J.D., Halperin, D.T., Wawer, M., Gray, R. Universal voluntary
HIV testing and immediate antiretroviral therapy. Lancet, 373:1078.
2009 Morris, B.J., Bailis, S.A., Waskett, J.H., Wiswell, T.E., Halperin, D.T. Medicaid coverage of
newborn circumcision: A health parity right of the poor. American Journal of Public Health,
99(6):969-71.
2008 Wilson, D., Halperin, D.T. “Know your epidemic, know your response”: A useful approach –
if we get it right. Lancet, 372:423-26.
2008 Klausner, J., Wamai, R., Bowa, K., Agot, K., Kagimba, J., Halperin, D.T. (co-primary author)
Is male circumcision as good as the HIV vaccine we’ve been waiting for? Future HIV Therapy,
2(1):1-7.
2008 Halperin, D.T., Potts, M., Kirby, D., Klausner, J., Wamai, R., Swidler, A., Marseille, E.,
Walsh, J., Hearst, N. Science, 321 (5896):1632-34.
2008 Wamai, R.G., Weiss, H.A., Hankins, C., Agot, K., Karim, Q.A., Shisana, O., Bailey, R.C.,
Betukumesu, B., Bongaarts, J., Bowa, K., Cash, R., Cates, W., Diallo, M.O., Dludlu, S., Geffen, N.,
Heywood, M., Jackson, H., Kayembe, P.K., Kapiga, S., Kebaabetswe, P., Kintaudi, L., Klausner,
J.D., Leclerc-Madlala, S., Mabuza, K., Makhubele, M.B., Miceni, K., Morris, B.J., de Moya, A.,
Ncala, J., Ntaganira, I., Nyamucherera, O.F., Otolorin, E.O., Pape, J.W., Phiri, M., Rees, H., Ruiz,
M., Sanchez, J., Sawires, S., Seloilwe, E.S., Serwadda, D.M., Setswe, G., Sewankambo, N.,
Simelane, D., Venter, F., Wilson, D., Woelk, G., Zungu, N., Halperin, D.T. (co-primary author).
Male circumcision is an efficacious, lasting and cost-effective strategy for combating HIV in highprevalence AIDS epidemics. Future HIV Therapy, 2 (5):399-405.
2008 Weiss H.A., Halperin, D.T., Bailey R.C., Hayes R., Schmid, G., Hankins, C. Male
circumcision for HIV prevention: From evidence to action? AIDS, 22:567-74.
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2008 Potts, M., Halperin, D.T. (co-primary author), Kirby, D., Swidler, A., Klausner. J.D.,
Marseille, E., Hearst, N., Wamai, R.G., Kahn, J.G., Walsh, J. Reassessing HIV prevention. Science,
320:749-50.
2007 Halperin, D.T., Epstein, H. Why is HIV prevalence so severe in southern Africa? The role of
multiple concurrent partnerships and lack of male circumcision. Southern African Journal of HIV
Medicine, 26:19-25.
2007 Epstein, H., Halperin, D.T. Comments on global sexual behaviour. Lancet, 369:557.
2007 Halperin, D.T., Weiss, H., Drain, P., Hughes, J., Auvert, B., Ahmed, S., Serwadda, D.,
Kagimba, J., Agot, K., Otolorin, E.O., Epstein, H., Woelk, G., Moya, A., Karim, Q.A., Martinson,
N., Bongaarts, J., Sawires, S., Peacock, D., Potts, M. Male circumcision matters (as one part of an
integrated HIV prevention response), PloS One doi/10.1371/annotation/723.
2006 Drain, P.K., Halperin, D.T., Hughes, J.P., Klausner, J., Bailey, R.C. Male circumcision,
religion, and infectious diseases: An ecologic analysis of 118 developing countries. Bio-Med-Central
Infect Dis., 6(1):172- .
2006 Shelton, J.D., Halperin, D.T., Wilson, D. Has global HIV incidence peaked? Lancet, 367
(9517):1120-22.
2006 Cassell, M.M., Halperin, D.T., Shelton, J.D., Stanton D. Risk compensation: The Achilles’
heel of emerging innovations in HIV prevention? British Medical Journal, 332 (7540):605-07.
2006 Bailis, S.A., Halperin, D.T. Review of “A Surgical Temptation: The Demonization of the
Foreskin and the Rise of Circumcision in Britain," by R. Darby. Brit. Med. Journal, 332 (7534):183.
2006 Halperin, D.T. The controversy over fear arousal in AIDS prevention and lessons from
Uganda. Journal of Health Communication, 11:266-67.
2006 Bailis, S.A.., Halperin, D.T. Male circumcision: Time to re-examine the evidence. student
British Medical Journal, 14:179-80.
2006 Green, E.C., Halperin, D.T. (co-primary author), Nantulya, V., Hogle, J.A. Uganda’s HIV
prevention success: The role of sexual behavior change and the national response. AIDS and
Behavior, 10 (4):335-46.
2006 Morris, B.J., Bailis, S.A., Castellsague, X., Wiswell, T.E., Halperin, D.T. RACP's policy
statement on male circumcision is ill-conceived. Australian Journal of Public Health, 30:16-22.
2005 Halperin, D.T., Fritz, K., McFarland, W., Woelk, G. The feasibility of adult male
circumcision for HIV prevention in Zimbabwe. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 32 (4):238-39.
2004 Halperin, D.T., Steiner, M., Cassell, M., Green, E.C., Hearst, N., Kirby, D., Gayle H., Cates,
W., et al. [149 signers in total]. The time has come for common ground on preventing sexual
transmission of HIV. Lancet, 364 (9449):1913-15.
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2004 Halperin, D.T., Post, G.L. Global HIV prevalence: The good news might be even better.
Lancet, 364 (9439):1035-36.
2004 Halperin, D.T., Epstein, H. Concurrent sexual partnerships help to explain Africa’s high
HIV prevalence: Implications for prevention. Lancet, 363 (9428):4-6.
2004 Shelton, J.D., Halperin, D.T. (co-primary author), Nantulya, V., Potts, M., Gayle, H.D.,
Holmes, K.K. Partner reduction is crucial for balanced "ABC" approach to HIV prevention. British
Medical Journal, 328 (7444):891-94.
2004 Drain, P.K., Smith, J.S., Hughes, J.P., Halperin, D.T., Holmes, K.K. Correlates of national
HIV seroprevalence rates: An ecologic analysis of 122 developing countries. Journal of Acquired
Immunodeficiency Syndrome, 35 (4):407-20.
2002 Halperin, D.T., Weiss, H., Hayes, R., Auvert, B., Bailey, R., Caldwell, J., Coates, T., Padian,
P., Potts, M., Ronald, A., Short, R., Williams, B., Klausner, J. Comments on male circumcision and
HIV acquisition and transmission in Rakai, Uganda. AIDS, 16 (5):810-12.
2001 Misegades, L., Page-Shafer, K., Halperin, D., McFarland, W. Anal intercourse among young
low-income women in California: An overlooked risk factor for HIV? AIDS, 15:534-35.
2000 Halperin, D.T., Allen, A. Is poverty the root cause of African AIDS? AIDS Analysis Africa,
11:1, 15.
2000 Bailey, R.C., Halperin, D.T. Circumcision and HIV. Lancet, 355 (9207):927.
2000 Halperin, D.T. Book review of “Indigenous Theories of Contagious Disease,” by Edward
Green. Social Science and Medicine 50:1878-79.
1999 Halperin, D.T., Bailey, R.C. Male circumcision and HIV infection: Ten years and counting.
Lancet, 354:1813-15.
1999 Halperin, D.T. Dry sex practices and HIV infection in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
Sexually Transmitted Infections, 75(6):445-46.
1999 Halperin, D.T. Heterosexual anal intercourse: Prevalence, cultural factors, and HIV infection
and other health risks. AIDS Patient Care, 13(12):717-30.
1999 Halperin, D.T. Memória e “consciência” em uma religião afro-brasileira: O Tambor de Mina
do Maranhão. Religião e Sociedade, 19(2):77-102, ISER, Rio de Janeiro.
1998 Halperin, D.T. HIV, STDs, anal sex and AIDS prevention policy in a northeastern Brazilian
city. International Journal of STD and AIDS, 9(5):294-98.
1998 Halperin, D.T. New WHO guidelines on infant feeding and HIV. Maternal Child Health
News, 8:9, University of Capetown, South Africa.
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1996 Halperin, D.T. A delicate science: A critique of an exclusively emic anthropology.
Anthropology and Humanism, 21(1):31-40.
1996 Halperin, D.T. Trance and possession: Are they the same? Transcultural Psychiatric Research
Review, 33(1):33-41.
1995 Halperin, D.T. Memory and "consciousness" in an evolving Brazilian possession religion.
Anthropology of Consciousness, 6(4):1-17.
1980 Halperin, D.T. The Jarí Project: Large-scale land and labor utilization in the Amazon.
Geographical Survey, January, pp. 13-21.
1979 Halperin, D.T. What is going on in Chile? A socio-economic analysis. Terra Firma:
Berkeley Review of Development 1:39-49.
Articles in Review, Submission or Preparation
Halperin, D.T., Shiboski, S.C., Palefsky, J.M., Padian, N.S. High risk of HIV-1 infection from anal
intercourse: A substantial, overlooked co-factor in heterosexual HIV transmission. Lancet, in
resubmission.
Wallengren, K., Halperin, D., Colvin, M., Hanisch, D. Comprehensive prevention interventions
associated with changes in reported risk behaviour: Results from a repeat KAP survey by Apparel
Lesotho Alliance to Fight AIDS, AIDS, in review.
Halperin, D.T. The enigma of heterosexual AIDS: Remembering the Nushawn Williams incident.
New Republic, in review.
Halperin, D.T., Mah, T., von Wissell, D., Mavuso, M. Evaluation of a national campaign to reduce
multiple partnerships in Swaziland. Paper in preparation.
Sane, T., Halperin, D.T. The acceptability of male circumcision in Swaziland: Survey and
qualitative findings. Paper in preparation.
Other Publications
2013 Timberg, C. and Halperin, D. Five myths about AIDS. Washington Post, March 8, 2013.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-aids/2013/03/08/422c1fb6-875f-11e2999e-5f8e0410cb9d_story.html
2012 Halperin, D. HIV prevention done right: Local control is vital to the success of anti-AIDS
efforts in other countries. Los Angeles Times, July 24, 2012.
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jul/24/opinion/la-oe-halperin-HIV-circumcision-africa-20120724
2012 Halperin, D.T. "Combination prevention" is necessary, but must be done right. PSI, "Impact,"
July 30, 2012. http://blog.psiimpact.com/2012/07/combination-prevention-is-necessary-but-must-bedone-right
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2012 Timberg, C. and Halperin, D. A smarter way to fight AIDS in Africa. Washington Post,
March 9, 2012. http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-smarter-way-to-fight-aids-inafrica/2012/02/17/gIQAEpkd1R_story.html
2012 Timberg, C. and Halperin, D. Let’s talk about sex. Global Post, March 5, 2012.
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/opinion/120305/how-we-can-better-understand-thespread-aids
2012 Vreeland, R. Tinderbox author hopes to ignite dialogue about HIV prevention (interview).
Poz, April 16, 2012. http://www.poz.com/articles/Halperin_HIV_Tinderbox_401_22250.shtml
2011 Halperin, D.T. “Treatment as prevention”: Real-world evidence must be the guide. Financial
Times, December 1, 2011. http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/7d3bc504-1a76-11e1-ae4e00144feabdc0.html#axzz1nW3l4hdO
2010 Halperin, D.T. Four major misconceptions about the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. Reuters,
July 19, 2010. http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2010/07/19/four-major-misconceptions-aboutthe-global-hivaids-epidemic/
2009 Herling-Ruark, A., Halperin, D.T. Book review of “Unimagined Communities” by Robert
Thorton. The Wilson Quarterly, Winter 2009:100-01;
www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=wq.essay&essay_id=500758
2008 Halperin, D.T Putting a plague in perspective. New York Times, January 1, 2008, p. A19;
www.nytimes.com/2008/01/01/opinion/01halperin.html
2008 Halperin, D.T. (interview). New thinking in HIV prevention: An anthropological and
epidemiological viewpoint. Future Virology, 3(4):311-15;
www.futuremedicine.com/doi/full/10.2217/17460794.3.4.311
2008 Morris, B., Halperin, D.T., Klausner, J. Letter on male circumcision. New Scientist, August
23, 2008, p. 20-21.
2008 Halperin, D.T. (interview). A low-tech way to combat HIV/AIDS: The world is finally
waking up to male circumcision. Harvard Public Health Review, Spring/Summer 2008;
www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/magazine/spr08/spr08halperin.html
2008 Halperin, D.T HIV prevention (letter). Washington Times, June 10, 2008;
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jun/10/letter-hiv-prevention/
2007 Halperin, D.T. AIDS prevention: What works? Washington Post, October 22, 2007, p. A23;
www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2007/10/21/AR2007102101368.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
2006 Halperin, D.T. Male circumcision: A potentially important new addition to HIV prevention.
Contact (“HIV Prevention: Current Issues and New Technologies”), 82:32-6, World Council of
Churches, Toronto; http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/news/con-182.pdf
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2006 Halperin, D.T. Male circumcision: Why is it now being considered seriously? Global
AIDSLink, 100:6,18.
2001 Halperin, D.T. Is poverty the root cause of African AIDS?: Or should we also be looking at
some of the more neglected factors behind the pandemic? AIDS Bulletin, 10(2):10-15.
2001 Halperin, D.T., Williams, B. Off message: This is no way to fight AIDS in Africa.
Washington Post, August 26, p. B1.
2000 Halperin, D.T. Dry sex practice does not only happen in Africa! Women’s Health News
(33):22-3.
2000 Halperin, D. Old ways and new spread AIDS in Africa. San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 30, p.
A-31; www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2000/11/30/ED113453.DTL&hw=
old+ways+halperin+daniel&sn=003&sc=379
2000 Halperin, D.T. Las prácticas del “sexo seco” y la infección VIH en República Dominicana y
Haití. Rumbo, 352:50-51.
1999 Halperin, D.T. Breastfeeding and HIV transmission: The realities may be much more
complex than “breast vs. bottle.” Global AIDSLink (58):8-10.
1998 Halperin, D.T. Building upon traditional HIV prevention: Promoting "second stage" HIV risk
reduction. Global AIDSLink (51):1-16.
1998 Halperin, D.T., Green, E.C. Global HIV/AIDS patient care: Looking beyond access to antiviral drug treatment. Global AIDSLink (52):10-11.
1992 Halperin, D.T. Dancing with the spirits: Possession rituals in Brazil reveal possible new
dimensions for dance therapy. Common Boundary, November-December: 49-52.
1979 Halperin, D.T. A comparison of Mexican and California prison systems. The Californian,
Berkeley, March 1979.
Reports and Technical Briefs
2013 Halperin, D.T. Technical Report: “Qualitative Study on Obesity Prevention in Puerto Rico.”
Ponce School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
2013 Fuchs, N., Misunas, C., Halperin, D.T. Technical Report: “Opportunities to Increase Family
Planning/HIV Integration under PEPFAR: A Summary of PEPFAR Guidance over Time.” Marie
Stopes International/United Nations Foundation.
2012 Halperin, D.T. Technical Report: “Recommendations for Mozambique’s Social
Communications Campaigns.” Johns Hopkins Communications Programs, Maputo.
2011 Halperin, D.T. Technical Report: “Assessment of the National HIV Prevention Approach.”
USAID, Tanzania.
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2011 Halperin, D.T. Technical Report: “Preliminary Review of Scale-Up of Family Planning
Service Delivery in Ethiopia.” University of California, Berkeley.
2011 Le Breton, J., Halperin, D.T. Technical Report: “Review of Programmes that Seek to Reduce
HIV Transmission from Multiple and Concurrent Partnerships in Southern Africa.” SADC,
Gaborone, Botswana.
2010 Hanisch, D., Wallengren, K, Halperin, D. Technical Report: “Lesotho Apparel Industry HIV
Prevention Project: Follow-up HIV Sero-Prevalence and Behavioral Study.” ALAFA, Maseru,
Lesotho.
2010 Hamilton, T., Halperin, D. Technical Report: “Inception Report on the Socio-Economic
Impact of HIV/AIDS in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.” St. Vincent and the Grenadines Ministry of
Finance and Economic Planning.
2009 Eveillard. R., Halperin, D.T. Technical Report: “Qualitative Research on Multiple
Concurrent Partnerships in Haiti,” Management Sciences for Health/USAID, Haiti.
2009 Senda, R., Uetela, M., Halperin, D.T. Technical Report: “Summary of Formative Research
on the Dynamics of Sexual Relationships between Men and Women in Communities in Five
Mozambican Provinces.” Foundation for the Development of the Community (FDC), Maputo.
2009 Fitzpatrick, L., Halperin, D.T. Technical Report: “HIV in the Caribbean: A Systematic Data
Reivew, 2003-2008.” World Bank, Washington D.C.
2009 Pappas-DeLuca, K.A., Simeon, F., Kustaa, F., Halperin, D. Technical Report: “Qualitative
Research on Male Circumcision in Namibia.” USAID Health Care Improvement Project, Bethesda,
MD: University Research Co., LLC (URC).
2008 Weiss, H., Polonsky, J. Bailey, R., Hankins, C., Halperin, D., Schmid, G. “Male
Circumcision: Global Trends and Determinants of Prevalence, Safety and Acceptability.” Geneva:
WHO. www.malecircumcision.org/media/documents/MC_Global_Trends_Determinants.pdf
2008 Weiss, H., Larke, N., Halperin, D., Schenker, I. “Neonatal and Child Circumcision: A Global
Review.” London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
2008 Kirby, D., Halperin, D.T. “Success in Uganda: An Analysis of Behavior Changes that Led to
Declines in HIV Prevalence in the Early 1990s.” Scotts Valley, Calif: ETR Associates.
http://programservices.etr.org/base/documents/Uganda-BehaviorsFormat.pdf
2007 Harvard University Program on AIDS. Video and powerpoint presentation: “Evidence-Based
Behavior Change HIV Prevention Approaches for Sub-Saharan Africa”
(www.harvardaidsprp.org/symposia-events/HalperinHUPApresentation011707.html)
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2004 Stover, J., Fuchs, N., Halperin, D., Gibbons, A., Gillespie, D. USAID, Office of Population
Issues Brief: “Costs and Benefits of Providing Family Planning Services at PMTCT and VCT Sites”
(http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/pop/techareas/familyplanning/fppmtct.pdf).
2004 USAID, Office of Population technical report: “Repositioning Family Planning in Africa.”
2003 USAID, Office of HIV-AIDS Issues Brief: “Phase I Report of the ABC Study: Summary of
HIV Prevalence and Sexual Behavior Findings.”
2003 Bessinger, R., Akwara, P., Halperin, D.T. Sexual behavior, HIV and fertility trends: A
comparative analysis of six countries; Phase I of the ABC Study. Washington, D.C.: Measure
Evaluation/USAID (http://www.cpc.unc.edu/measure/publications/pdf/sr-03-21b.pdf).
2003 USAID, Office of HIV-AIDS Issues Brief: “The ABCs of HIV Prevention”
(http://www.usaid.gov/pop_health/aids/News/abcfactsheet.html).
2003 USAID, Office of HIV-AIDS Issues Brief: “Male Circumcision and HIV Prevention”
(http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/aids/TechAreas/research/issue_mc.pdf).
2002 USAID, Office of HIV-AIDS Meeting Report: “The ‘ABCs’ of HIV Prevention:
Report of a USAID Technical Meeting on Behavior Change Approaches to Primary Prevention of
HIV/AIDS” (http://www.usaid.gov/pop_health/aids/TechAreas/prevention/abc.pdf).
2002 USAID Office of HIV-AIDS/AIDSMARK Meeting Report: “Male Circumcision: Current
Epidemiological and Field Evidence; Program and Policy Implications for HIV Prevention and
Reproductive Health” (http://www.path.org/files/MC_USAID_02_Meeting_Report.pdf).
2002 USAID, HIV-AIDS Technical Report: “What Happened in Uganda?: Declining HIV
Prevalence, Behavior Change and the National Response.”
(http://www.usaid.gov/pop_health/aids/Countries/africa/uganda_report.pdf).
1993- Smithsonian Institution Anthropology Film Archives, Washington, D.C. Annotated video
collection, 50 hours of original ethnographic footage of northern Brazilian healing rituals.
Relevant Research/Technical and Consulting Activities
2015-2017
Lead researcher for study of obesity prevention in Puerto Rican young adults, United
States Department of Agriculture.
2015-2016
Senior researcher on dietary/nutritional study in the Andean region of Ecuador,
Escuela Superior Politecnica de Chimborazo (ESPOCH), Riobamba (planned).
2013-2014
Senior researcher on obesity/dietary study in Andean region of Ecuador, Facultad
Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), Quito, Ecuador.
2013
Lead researcher for qualitative study on obesity prevention in Puerto Rico, Ponce
School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Puerto Rico.
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2006-2012
Senior technical advisor for HIV Prevention, UNAIDS Southern and East Africa
Region, Johannesburg regional office.
2012
Technical lead for Marie Stopes International/United Nations Foundation project on
integration of family planning and HIV prevention in six developing countries,
including Cambodia and Ethiopia site visits.
2012
Technical advisor for Johns Hopkins Social Communication project design and
assessment of the HIV behavioral change strategy in Mozambique.
2011
Technical advisor for USAID-Tanzania on assessing the HIV prevention strategy.
2010-2011
Principal technical advisor for University of California, Berkeley study of family
planning and safe abortion service delivery in rural Ethiopia.
2010
Technical advisor for Southern African Development Community (SADC) regional
initiative on HIV prevention, Gaborone.
2010
Principal technical advisor for workplace-based HIV prevention project in Lesotho.
2009-2010
Lead technical advisor for World Bank-funded HIV/AIDS evaluation in St. Vincent
and the Grenadines.
2006-2010
Core researcher/technical advisor on UNFPA/Imperial College study of declining
HIV prevalence and associated behavior change trends in Zimbabwe.
2009
Technical advisor for USAID-South Africa on HIV prevention strategy development.
2009
Technical advisor on HIV prevention and behavior change qualitative research and
long-term strategy development in Haiti.
2008-2009
Lead technical advisor for World Bank HIV/AIDS epidemiological review and
analysis of the Caribbean region.
2008-2009
Technical advisor for USAID/Mozambique Gov. and NGOs on HIV prevention and
behavioral change strategy development, Maputo, Beira and Gaza.
2008
Technical advisor for USAID/University Research Institute study of male
circumcision acceptability and feasibility in Namibia.
2008
Technical advisor for Population Services International male circumcision pilot
project in Zambia.
2007-2008
Technical advisor for UNAIDS’ HIV Reference Group on Estimates, Modeling, and
Projection.
2007-2008
Technical advisor for Gates Foundation/London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine study of international neonatal male circumcision practices.
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2007-2008
Technical advisor for CDC/Population Services International studies of multiple
concurrent partnerships and HIV prevention in Botswana and South Africa.
1998-2002
Core Faculty of University of California, San Francisco Center for AIDS Prevention
Studies/NIH Fogarty Program International Scholars Training Program.
2001
Visiting Scholar, South Africa Medical Research Council; conducted study on HIV
risk perception, sexual behavior, gender, alcohol use, and related HIV/AIDS issues in
Soweto, Northwest Province, and Kwa-Zulu Natal Province, South Africa.
1982-2002
Consultant for documentary productions by PBS/NOVA, Discovery Health Channel,
BBC, WebMD, etc.
1985-2001
Consultant/technical advisor for USAID-funded and various other HIV and other
international health projects in Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, South Africa,
Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Central America, Peru, and Colombia.
1995-1998
Conducted multi-disciplinary study on HIV/STDs, substance use, sexual behavior,
and clinicians’ practices among Latino and other inner-city clients and providers at
public STD clinics in northern California.
1979-1980
Founder/Organizer, San Jose Pinula Cross-Cultural Exchange Project; leading
undergraduate students from UC Berkeley to San Jose Pinula, a rural
Guatemalan community.
Reviewer of Manuscripts and Proposals (partial list)
National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health (review panels),
MacArthur Foundation, International AIDS Society, University of California AIDS Research
Program, Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, University of California
Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, Oxford University Press, Indiana University Press,
The Lancet (Editorial Consultant 2006- ), PLoS (Editorial Board member 2007- ), AIDS,
British Medical Journal, Journal of American Medical Association, Science,
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Journal of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome,
Lancet Infectious Diseases, Social Science and Medicine, Sexually Transmitted Infections,
American Journal of Epidemiology, AIDS and Behavior, Journal of Health Communication,
American Anthropologist, Cultural Anthropology, Population and Development Review,
Medical Anthropology, Studies in Family Planning, Future HIV Therapy, AIDS Analysis
Africa, African Journal of AIDS Research, Pediatrics, Current Anthropology.
Professional Affiliations
American Public Health Association
Society for Applied and Medical Anthropology, Senior Fellow
International AIDS Society
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Global Health Council
American Anthropological Association
Languages
Spanish:
Fluent, near-native level
Portuguese:
Fluent, near-native level
French:
Basic reading and conversational skills
Thai/Laotian:
Basic conversational skills
Japanese:
Rudimentary conversational skills
American Sign Language:
Rudimentary conversational skills
Presentations at Scientific and Professional Meetings (partial list, since 1990)
International:
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), Quito, Ecuador, 2014*
Universidad Politecnica, Riobamba, Ecuador, 2013*
International AIDS Conference, Washington DC, 2012*
Mozambique National AIDS Control Council, Presentation on HIV Epidemiology and Prevention,
Maputo, 2012*
PEPFAR/USAID/CDC Presentation on HIV Epidemiology and Prevention, Dar Salam, Tanzania
2011*
Southern Africa/UNAIDS Consultation on Multiple and Concurrent Partnerships, Gaborone 2009
(background technical preparations, etc.)
Council on Foreign Relations, Meeting on the Future of UNAIDS, New York 2009*
Harvard University/UNAIDS/World Bank Meeting on HIV Prevention in Southern Africa,
Gaborone 2009 (conference organizer, oral presentations)*
United Nations General Assembly, Panel on Global Health Challenges, New York 2008*
International AIDS Conference, Mexico City 2008 (five oral presentations)
Botswana HIV-AIDS Conference, Gaborone 2008 (plenary presentation)*
* = invited presentation
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USAID/PEPFAR Technical Meeting on Multiple Concurrent Sexual Partnerships and HIV
Prevention, Washington DC 2008*
UNFPA/Zimbabwe Ministry of Health/National AIDS Council, Presentation on HIV Decline
and Associated Behavior Change, Harare 2008*
Mozambique National AIDS Council, Presentation on HIV Epidemiology and Prevention, Maputo,
2008*
Population Services International, Presentation on HIV Epidemiology and Prevention, Lusaka,
Zambia 2008*
Harvard University/DFID/Imperial College, Meeting on Health Systems Strengthening, London
2008*
UNAIDS Reference Group Meeting on HIV Estimates, Modeling, and Projection, London 2008*
DFID, London, Presentation on HIV Epidemiology and Prevention 2008*
Harvard Medical School, International (virtual) Lecture on HIV Epidemiology 2008*
Southern Africa Foundations Meeting, Presentation on HIV Epidemiology and Prevention Issues,
Johannesburg 2007*
United Nations/USAID, Presentation on HIV Epidemiology/Prevention Issues in Southern Africa,
Harare 2007*
Harvard Medical School, Multi-site (virtual) Lecture on Global HIV Prevention 2007*
Harvard University/Makerere University, Symposium on Behavior Change for HIV Prevention in
Africa, Kampala 2006*
UNAIDS/WHO Africa Regional Meeting on Male Circumcision and HIV Prevention, Nairobi
2006*
SADC/UNAIDS/et al Regional HIV Prevention Meeting for Editors and Journalists, Maputo 2006*
London School of Economics/DFID Public Lecture Series 2006*
International AIDS Conference, Toronto 2006 (oral and poster presentations)
UNFPA/UNAIDS, HIV Epidemiology and Prevention Presentation, Harare, Zimbabwe 2006*
SADC/UNAIDS/WHO Experts Meeting on Social Communication, Swaziland 2006*
WHO/UNAIDS Technical Consultation on STI Treatment for HIV Prevention, Geneva 2006*
UNAIDS, HIV Prevention Technical Presentation, Geneva 2006*
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Population and Health Research Unit Lecture Series, Johannesburg, South Africa 2006*
SADC/UNAIDS/UNICEF/WHO. HIV Prevention “Think Tank” Experts Meeting, Lesotho 2006
(meeting co-organizer)*
CDC/USAID/UNAIDS. HIV Prevention and Epidemiology Technical Presentation, Windhoek,
Namibia 2006*
USAID/UNAIDS/CDC. HIV Prevention and Epidemiology Presentation, Lusaka, Zambia 2005*
USAID/UNAIDS/WHO/CDC. HIV Prevention and Epidemiology Presentation, Harare, Zimbabwe
2005*
UNAIDS/WHO HIV Prevention and Epidemiology Technical Presentation, Johannesburg 2005*
USAID/CDC Africa Regional Meeting on HIV/AIDS, Johannesburg, South Africa 2005 (plenary)*
CDC/USAID/FHI Regional Meeting on Youth and Reproductive Health, Monte Limar, Nicaragua
2004 (plenary and other presentations)*
PAHO/WHO, Prevention and Epidemiology Technical Presentation, Managua, Nicaragua 2004*
International AIDS Conference, Bangkok, Thailand 2004 (panel organizer, poster session)
USAID Africa SOTA Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa 2004*
WHO/UNAIDS/CDC/USAID Technical Consultation on HIV Surveillance and Epidemiology,
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2003
International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA), Nairobi, Kenya 2003
(panel organizer)
USAID/CDC/UNAIDS Technical Consultation on HIV/AIDS Behavior Change Communication
Programs for East and Southern Africa, Kampala, Uganda 2003*
WHO/UNAIDS/CDC/USAID Technical Consultation on HIV Surveillance and Epidemiology,
Bangkok, Thailand 2003*
International HIV/AIDS Alliance, Conference on HIV Prevention in High Prevalence Epidemics,
Cape Town, South Africa 2003*
USAID Conference on Primary HIV Prevention/Behavior Change, Washington DC 2002 (meeting
organizer; principal discussant)
USAID/PATH/Johns Hopkins University, two-day Conference on Male Circumcision: Current
Epidemiological and Field Evidence, Washington DC 2002 (meeting organizer; moderator,
presenter)
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World AIDS Conference, Barcelona, Spain 2000 (research posters, session organizer)
International Family Planning Leadership Program, UC Berkeley 2001*
Conference on Socio-Cultural Context of the AIDS Epidemic in Southern Africa, University of the
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2001*
University of Pretoria, Anthropology Department, South Africa 2001*
World AIDS Conference, Durban, South Africa 2000 (panel discussant)
African Social Sciences in Health, Annual Conference, Federal University of Botswana, Gaboronne
2000 (research/plenary presentations)
Reproductive Health Research Conference, Capetown 2000*
Global Health Council Annual Meeting, Washington DC 1999 (research paper, panel organizer)
Federal University of Brazil; Recife, Pernambuco and São Luís, Maranhão campuses 1999*
Taller Nacional para Planificación Estratégica frente VIH/SIDA/DST, Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic 1999*
Society for Applied and Medical Anthropology Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico 1998
University of Capetown Anthropology Colloquium, South Africa 1996*
Sociedade Brasileira para o Progresso da Ciência, São Luís, Brazil 1995
International Visual Anthropology Conference, University of Amsterdam 1992 (research paper and
video competition award)
Annual Conference of Religious and Cultural Studies, Universidade Federal do Pernambuco, Recife
1991*
National (USA):
American College of Preventive Medicine, Annual Meeting, Atlanta 2015*
Furman University, Lecture Series on Global Health, Greenville, South Carolina 2014*
“Somos” Conference on Puerto Rican policy issues, San Juan, Puerto Rico 2013*
Ponce School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ponce, Puerto Rico 2013*
Northeastern University, School of Public Health/African Studies Programs 2012*
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Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Behavioral and Social Science Divisions 2012*
University of North Carolina, Program in the Humanities and Human Values symposium, Chapel
Hill 2012*
Ponce School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ponce, Puerto Rico 2012*
CSIS, Washington DC 2012*
Seattle Science Lecture, Seattle Town Hall 2012*
Triangle Area Population Society, Chapel Hill, NC 2012*
University of California, San Francisco, Dept. of Medical Anthropology 2012*
MIT/Harvard University Program on Global Health, Symposium, Boston 2011*
World Bank/USAID “HIV prevention debates,” Washington D.C. 2010 (panelist on two debates)*
Harvard University School of Public Health Biostatistics Forum on HIV Epidemiology 2010*
University of North Carolina, Infectious Disease Symposium, Chapel Hill 2010*
Dartmouth College, Day-long Conference on HIV Prevention, Hanover, NH 2010*
MIT/Harvard Program on Global Health, HIV Symposium, Cambridge 2010*
Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, HIV Conference, Boston 2009*
University of California, Conference on HIV/RH Prevention Technologies, Berkeley 2009*
Harvard Medical School HIV-AIDS Conference, Boston 2009 *
Brown University World AIDS Day Conference, Providence 2008 (Keynote presenter)*
American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco 2008*
New York University Lecture Series, Conversations in Global Public Health 2008*
World Bank Global AIDS Program, Current Issues Seminar, Washington DC 2008*
Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health/JHPIEGO, Baltimore 2008*
Northwestern University, Conference on Human Rights and Global Health 2008*
University of California, San Francisco, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, Town Hall
Presentation 2008*
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Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston 2008*
Population Services International, Washington, DC 2007*
Harvard University School of Public Health, Epidemiology Department 2007*
Columbia University HIV Center Grand Rounds, New York 2007*
Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, Tampa 2007*
UC Berkeley School of Public Health, One-Day Symposium on HIV Prevention 2007*
Boston University, Department of International Health 2007*
Harvard University Program on AIDS Lecture Series, Boston 2007*
Population and Family Health Sciences Lecture, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health 2004*
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco 2003
George Washington University, DC, World AIDS Day Conference 2003*
Polk Symposium, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Baltimore 2002*
Population Communications Services, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore 2002*
Population Leadership Program Training Workshop on Health Communication, USAID 2002*
USAID “Mini-University” Training, Washington DC 2002*
Psychosocial Workshop on Reproductive Health Annual Meeting, Washington DC 2001*
University of California, San Francisco, Dept. of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Grand Rounds 2001*
University of Texas, Houston, School of Public Health 2001*
University of California AIDS Research Program Annual Meeting, Los Angeles 2001
University of California, San Francisco, International Faculty Symposium 2001*
American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco 2000 (research
presentations, panel discussant, panel co-organizer)
University of California, San Francisco/Berkeley International Health Interest Group 2000*
University of California AIDS Research Program Annual Meeting, San Francisco 2000 (poster)
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University of California, San Francisco, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies 2000*
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Chicago 1999
Research Conference on Health and Society in Africa, Stanford University 1999*
University of California San Francisco/Berkeley Medical Anthropology Symposium 1999*
University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health 1999*
Eleventh National HIV/AIDS Update Conference, San Francisco 1999
Society for Scientific Study of Sexuality Annual Meeting, San Francisco 1999*
University of California, Berkeley, Prevention Research Center Lecture Series 1998*
University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health 1998*
American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco 1996
Southwest Anthropological Association, San Francisco 1995
American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta 1994
American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC 1993
American Dance Therapy Association Regional Meeting, Chicago 1992
American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco 1992
Hahnemann University and Medical College, Philadelphia 1990 (poster)
Society of Latin Americanist Geographers, Rohnert Park, CA 1980*
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