George W. Rutherford, M.D., A.M.
Adjunct Professor
PHONE: (415) 597-9108
FAX: (415) 597-8299
LOCATION: 50 Beale St, Suite 1200, San Francisco; 229 University Hall, UC Berkeley
E-MAIL: grutherford@psg.ucsf.edu
WEBSITES: The Prevention and Public Health Group, Residency in Preventive Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
Courses
- PH 253A: Topics in Public Health Surveillance
- PH 288: Preventive Medicine Residency Seminar
Research Interests
- Epidemiology and prevention of HIV in developing world
- Epidemiology and prevention of coccidioidomycosis
- Meta-analysis and guidelines development
- Childhood injury prevention and emergency services
- Health and readjustment needs of deployed military populations
Research Overview
My primary research interest is in the epidemiology and control of infectious diseases, with a particular emphasis on HIV/AIDS in low- and middle-income countries.
Publications
Anglemyer A, Rutherford GW, Baggaley RC, Egger M, Siegfried N. Antiretroviral therapy for prevention of HIV transmission in HIV-discordant couples. Coch Database Syst Rev 2011; (8):CD009153. PMID 21833973.
Bermúdez-Aza EH, Kerr LR, Kendall C, Pinho AA, de Mello MB, Mota RS, Guimarães MD, Alencar CS, de Brito AM, Dourado IC, da Batista SM, Abreu F, de Oliveira LC, de Souza Morães A, Benzaken AS, Merchán-Hamann E, de Freitas GM, McFarland W, Albuquerque E, Rutherford GW, Sabino E. Antiretroviral drug resistance in a respondent-driven sample of HIV-infected men who have sex with men in Brazil. J Acquir Immune Def Syn 2011; 58 (Suppl 3):S186-S192. PMID 21857316.
Butler LM, Were WA, Balinandi S, Downing R, Neilands TB, Gupta S, Rutherford GW, Mermin J. Human herpesvirus 8 infection in children and adults in a population-based study in rural Uganda. J Infect Dis 2011; 203:625-34. PMID: 21273188.
Chang LW, Kennedy CE, Kennedy GE, Lindegren ML, Marston BJ, Kaplan JE, Sweat MD, Bunnell RE, O'Reilly K, Rutherford GW, Mermin JH. Developing WHO guidelines with pragmatic, structured, evidence-based processes: a case study. Glob Public Health 2010; 5:395-412. PMID 20155547.
Gupta R, Dandu M, Packel L, Rutherford G, Leiter K, Phaladze N, Percy-de Korte F, Iacopino V, Weiser SD. Depression and HIV in Botswana: a population-based study on gender-specific socioeconomic and behavioral correlates. PLoS ONE 2010; 5(12):e14252. PMID 21170384
Hector RF, Rutherford GW, Tsang CA, Erhart LM, McCotter O, Anderson SM, Komatsu K, Tabnak F, Vugia DJ, Yang Y, Galgiani JN. The public health impact of coccidioidomycosis in Arizona and California. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2011; 8:1150-73. PMID 21659153.
Humphreys E, Smith NA, Azman H, McLeod D, Rutherford GW. Prevention of diarrhoea in children with HIV infection or maternal exposure to HIV infection. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2010; 6:CD008563. PMID: 20556793
Mbuagbaw LC, Irlam JH, Spaulding A, Rutherford GW, Siegfried N. Efavirenz or nevirapine in three-drug combination therapy with two nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors for initial treatment of HIV infection in antiretroviral-naïve individuals. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2010; 12:CD004246. PMID 21154355
Ng BE, Butler LM, Horvath T, Rutherford GW. Population-based biomedical sexually transmitted infection control interventions for reducing HIV infection. Coch Database Syst Rev 2011; (3):CD01220. PMID 21412869.
Rutherford GW, McFarland W, Spindler H, White K, Patel SV, Aberle-Grasse J, Sabin K, Smith N, Taché S, Calleja-Garcia JM, Stoneburner RL. Public health triangulation: approach and application to synthesizing data to understand national and local HIV epidemics. BMC Public Health 2010; 10:447. PMID 20670448
Salani Mota RM, Sansigolo Kerr LRF, Kendall C, Pinho A, de Mello MB, Dourado I, Guimarães MD, Brito A, Batista S, Abreu F, Benzaken A, Oliveira L, Morães A Merchán-Hamann E, Freitas G, Albuquerque EM, McFarland W, Rutherford G. Reliability of self-report of HIV status among MSM in Brazil. J Acquir Immune Defic Syn 2011; 57 (Suppl 3):S153-S156. PMID 21857311.
Siegfried N, Uthman OA, Rutherford GW. Optimal time for initiation of antiretroviral treatment in asymptomatic, HIV-infected, treatment-naïve adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2010; 3:CD008272. PMID: 20238364
Spaulding A, Rutherford GW, Siegfried N. Stavudine or zidovudine in three-drug combination therapy for initial treatment of HIV infection in antiretroviral-naïve individuals. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2010; 8:CD008651. PMID 20687097
Spaulding A, Rutherford GW, Siegfried N. Tenofovir or zidovudine in three-drug combination therapy with one nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor and one non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor for initial treatment of HIV infection in antiretroviral-naïve individuals. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2010; 10:CD008740. PMID 20927777
Stanley CM, Rutherford GW, Morshed S, Coughlin RR, Beyeza T. Estimating the health care burden of osteomyelitis in Uganda. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2010; 104:139-42. PMID: 19709706
Other Interests
- National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine, Committee on Gulf War Syndrome: Traumatic Brain Injuries (chair) (2007-08)
- Committee on Readjustment Needs of Returning Veterans (2009-now)
- Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice (2008-now)
- Salvatore Pablo Lucia Professor of Preventive Medicine, Epidemiology and Pediatrics and Head, Division of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, and Vice Chair, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF
- Director, UCSF-UCB Institute for Global Health
- Director, International Program, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, UCSF
- Director, UCSF-UCB Joint Residency Program in General Preventive Medicine and Public Health
- Coordinating Editor, Cochrane Collaborative Review Group on HIV Infection and AIDS
Profile updated: October 13, 2011