Program in Global Health David Geffen School of Medicine

Jesse Clark, MD; Director, Latin America Programs

Email: jlclark@mednet.ucla.edu

Dr. Clark is Assistant Professor-in-Residence in the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease and Program in Global Health. He is based full time in the Lima, Peru office where his research focuses on new strategies for the control of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in resource-limited settings in Latin America. Prior to joining the Program in Global Health as an Infectious Diseases Fellow in 2005, he studied History and American Civilization at Brown University and Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and completed Internal Medicine Residency at Montefiore Medical Center. Building on previous work addressing patterns of HIV/STI transmission in high-risk populations in urban Peru, his current research focuses on the development of effective, multidisciplinary prevention interventions to limit the spread of HIV and other STIs among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Latin America. He has received a K23 Career Development Award from the NIH/NIMH as well as seed grant funding from the UCLA AIDS Institute, and is a member of the Scientific Review Committee of the NIH/NIAID STI Clinical Trials Group.

Current Research

Partner Management:
Partner notification and expedited treatment as mechanisms for HIV/STI control among MSM in Peru. Specific strategies to be assessed include Internet-based notification systems and patient-delivered partner therapy following STI diagnosis.

Patterns of HIV/STI Transmission in Latin America:
Analysis of behavioral, social, and biomedical patterns of HIV and STI transmission in high-risk populations in urban Peru; network patterns of HIV/STI transmission in urban communities; and bridging networks for HIV transmission in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Selected Publications

Clark JL, Segura ER, Montano SM, Leon SR, Kochel T, Salvatierra HJ, Alcantara J, Caceres CF, Coates TJ, Klausner JD. Routine Laboratory Screening for Acute and Recent HIV Infection in Lima, Peru (Submitted).

Clark JL, Lescano AG, Konda KA, Leon SR, Jones FR, Caceres CF, Klausner JD, Coates TJ, and the NIMH Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial. Syndromic Management for STI Control in Urban Peru. PLoS One 4(9):e7201; PMC 19779620.

Clark JL, Konda KA, Segura ER, Salvatierra HJ, Leon SR, Hall ER, Caceres CF, Klausner JD, Coates TJ. Risk Factors for Spread of HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections Among HIV-infected Men Who Have Sex with Men in Lima, Peru. STI (Special Issue on MSM) (2008) 84(6):449-54.

Clark JL, Espinosa B, Leon SR, Hall ER, Salvatierra HJ, Caceres CF, Klausner JD, Coates TJ. Absence of Lymphogranuloma Venereum Among High-risk Men Who Have Sex with Men in Lima, Peru. International Journal of STD and AIDS (2008) 19(6):427-28.

Clark JL, Salvatierra HJ, Konda KA, Segura ER, Galea JT, Leon SR, Hall ER, Klausner JD, Caceres CF, Coates TJ. Sexual Identity, Sexual Role, Sexual Practices and Risk for HIV/STI Acquisition among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Peru. Poster Discussion; AIDS 2008 Conference, Mexico City, Mexico (2008).

Clark JL, Konda KA, Munayco C, Chinaro MP, Lescano AG, Leon SR, Pajuelo J, Suarez LS, Klausner JD, Coates TJ, Caceres CF. Prevalence of HIV, HSV-2, and Syphilis in Male Sexual Partners of Pregnant Women in Peru. BMC Public Health 2008, 8:65 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-65<./p>

Clark JL, Caceres CF, Lescano AG, Konda KA, Leon SR, Jones FR, Kegeles SM, Klausner JD, Coates TJ and the NIMH Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial. Prevalence of Same-sex Sexual Behavior and Associated Characteristics Among Low-income Urban Males in Peru. PLoS One (2007) 2(8):e778.

Clark JL, Long CM, Giron JM, Cuadros JA, Caceres CF, Coates TJ, Klausner JD and the NIMH Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial. Partner notification for sexually transmitted diseases in Peru: Knowledge, attitudes and practices in a high-risk community. STD (2007) 34(5):309-13.
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