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Kaveh Khoshnood, Ph.D.
blue arrow Assistant Professor, Epidemiology & Public Health
blue arrow Deputy Director, Law, Policy and Ethics Core

Contact:
blue arrow Ph: (203) 785-2920
Kaveh Khoshnood


Brief Bio:
Dr. Khoshnood is an infectious disease epidemiologist and his primary research interests are the epidemiology, prevention and control of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis among drug users, prisoners and other at risk populations in United States and in resource-poor countries. Dr. Khoshnood's other interests are the examination of the links between health and human rights, the role of health in international relations and the ethical dilemmas in research involving vulnerable populations. Dr. Khoshnood conducts research and mentors researchers from China, India, Russia, South Africa and Iran and teaches courses on HIV/AIDS, infectious disease and research ethics.

Areas of Expertise:
Drug use, sex worker and prison population,HIV/AIDS epidemiology and control,Research ethics

CIRA Affiliated Projects:
Funder:
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Status: Active
Region:
Russia, U.S. - Connecticut
Funder:
Fogarty International Center/National Institute on Drug Abuse/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Status: Active
Region:
Russia
Funder:
Fogarty International Center
Status: Active
Region:
Russia
Funder:
Fogarty International Center
Status: Completed
Region:
China

Selected Publications:
2009

Kim, D., Irwin, K. and Khosnood, K.  (2009). Expanded Access to Naloxone: Options for Critical Response to t he Epidemic of Opioid Overdose Mortality. American Journal of Public Health, 99(3), 402-407.

2008

Fry, C.L., Khoshnood, K., Power, R., & Sharma, M.  (2008). Harm Reduction Ethics: Acknowledging the Values and Beliefs Behind Our Actions. International Journal of Drug Policy, 19(1), 1-3.

2007

Heimer, R., Grau, L.E., Curtin, E., Khoshnood, K., Singer, M.  (2007). Assessment of HIV Testing of Urban Injection Drug Users: Implications for Expansion of HIV Testing and Prevention Efforts. American Journal of Public Health, 97(1), 110-116.

Heimer, R., Grau, L.E., Curtin, E., Khoshnood, K., Singer, M.  (2007). Should HIV Testing Programs for Urban Injection Users be expanded. American Journal of Public Health, 97(1), 110-116.

2006

Hashemian, F., Khoshnood, K., Desai, M.M., Falahati, F., Kasl, S., and Southwick, S.  (2006). Anxiety, Depression, and Posttraumatic Stress in Iranian Survivors of Chemical Warfare. JAMA, 296(5), 560-566.

Khoshnood, K., Wilson, S. Katherine, Filardo, G., Liu, Z., Ng, H.K., and Wu, Z.  (2006). Assessing the Efficacy of a Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing Intervention for Pregnant Women and Male Partners in Urumqi City, China. AIDS and Behavior, 10(6), 671-681.

Rowhani-Rahbar, A., Niccolai, L.M., Dunne, D.W., Green, S., Jenkins, H., and Khoshnood, K.  (2006). Comparative Epidemiology of Chlamydia Trachomatis Infection Among Men Attending Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinics with and Without Indication for Testing. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 17(7), 453-458.

Shaboltas, A.V., Toussova, O.V., Hoffman, I.F., Heimer, R., Verevochkin, S.V., Ryder, R.W., Khoshnood, K., Perdue, T., Masse, B.R., and Kozlov, A.P.  (2006). HIV Prevalence, Sociodemographic and Behavioral Correlates and Recruitment Methods among Injection Drug Users in St. Petersburg. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 41(5), 657-663.

Razzaghi , E.M., Movaghar, A.R., Green, T.C., and Khoshnood, K.  (2006). Profiles of Risk: A Qualitative Study of Injecting Drug Users in Tehran, Iran. Harm Reduction Journal, 3(12), .

Khoshnood, K.  (2006). The regulation of research by funding bodies: A wake-up call. International Journal of Drug Policy, 17(3), 246-247.

2005

Fry, R.S., Khoshnood, K., Vdovichenko, E., Granskaya, J., Sazhin, V., Shpakovskaya, L., Zhemkov, V., Zhemkova, M., Rowhani-Rahbar, A., Funk, M., and Kozlov, A.  (2005). Barriers to Completion of Tuberculosis Treatment Among Prisoners and Former Prisoners in St. Petersburg, Russia. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 9(9), 1027-1033.

Altice, F.L., Marinovich A., Khoshnood K., Blankenship K.M., Springer S.A., and Selwyn P.A.  (2005). Correlates of HIV Infection among Incarcerated Women: Implications for Improving Detection of HIV Infection. Journal of Urban Health, 82(2), 312-326.

Heffernan, R.T., Barrett, N.L., Gallagher, K.M., Hadler, J.L., Harrison, L.H., Reingold, A.L., Khoshnood, K., Holford, T.R., and Schuchat, A.  (2005). Declining Incidence of Invasive Streptococcus Pneumoniae Infection among Persons with AIDS in an Era of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy, 1995-2000. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 191(12), 2038-2045.

Singer, M., Stopka, T., Shaw, S., Santelices, C., Buchanan, D., Teng, W., Khoshnood, K., and Heimer, R.  (2005). Lessons From The Field: From Research to Application in the Fight Against AIDS among Injection Drug Users in Three New England Cities. Human Organization, 64(2), 179 - 191.

Mirsaeidi, S.M., Tabarsi, P., Khoshnood, K., Pooramiri, M.V., Rahbar, A.R., Mansoori, S.D., Masjedi, H., Zahirifard, S., Mohammadi, F., Farnia, P., Masjedi, M.R., and Velayati, A.A.  (2005). Treatment of Multiple Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Iran. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 9(6), 317-22.

2004

Rahbar, A.R., Rooholamini, S. and Khoshnood, K.  (2004). Prevalence of HIV Infection and Other Blood-Borne Infections in Incarcerated and Non-Incarcerated Injection Drug Users (IDUs) in Mashhad, Iran. International Journal of Drug Policy, 15(2), 151-155.

Buchanan, D., Singer, M., Shaw, S., Teng, W., Stopka, T., Khoshnood, K., and Heimer, R.  (2004). Syringe Access, HIV Risk, and AIDS in Massachusetts and Connecticut: The Health Implications of Public Policy. in Castro, A., and Singer, M., Unhealthy Health Policy: A Critical Anthropological Examination (pp.). Walnut Creek: Altamira Press.

2002

Heimer, R., Clair, S., Teng, W., Grau, L.E., Khoshnood, K. and Singer, M.  (2002). Effects of Increasing Syringe Availability on Syringe-Exchange Use and HIV Risk: Connecticut, 1990-2001. Journal of Urban Health, 79(4), 556-70.

Buchanan, D., Khoshnood, K., Stopka, T., Shaw, S., Santelices, C. and Singer, M.  (2002). Ethical Dilemmas Created by the Criminalization of Status Behaviors: Case Examples From Ethnographic Field Research With Injection Drug Users. Health Education and Behavior, 29(1), 30-42.

Heimer, R., Bray, S., Burris, S., Khoshnood, K. and Blankenship, K.M.  (2002). Structural Interventions to Improve Opiate Maintenance. International Journal of Drug Policy, 13(2), 103-111.

Pollock, H.A., Khoshnood, K., Blankenship, K.M. and Altice, F.L.  (2002). The Impact of Needle Exchange-Based Health Services on Emergency Department Use. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 17(5), 341-348.

2001

Gandhi, N.S., Chen, J.Z., Khoshnood, K., Xing, F.Y., Li, S. W., Liu, Y.R., Zhan, B., Xue, H.C., Tong, C.J., Wang, Y., Wang, W.S., He, D.X., Chen, C., Xiao, S.H., Hawdon, J.M. and Hotez, P.J.  (2001). Epidemiology of Necator Americanus Hookworm Infections in Xiulongkan Village, Hainan Province, China: High Prevalence and Intensity among Middle-Aged and Elderly Residents. Journal of Parasitology, 87(4), 739-743.

Patchen, L. and Khoshnood, K.  (2001). Risk of Perinatal Transmission with Treatment Combinations of Intrapartum and Newborn Zidovudine Monotherapy. AIDS Reader, 11(5), 269-77.

2000

Khoshnood, K., Blankenship, K.M., Pollack, H.A., Roan, C.T. and Altice, F.L.  (2000). Syringe Source, Use, and Discard Among Injection-Drug Users in New Haven, Connecticut. AIDS & Public Policy Journal, 15(3-4), 88-94.

Singer, M., Stopka, T., Siano, C., Springer, K., Barton, G., Khoshnood, K., de Puga, A.G. and Heimer, R.  (2000). The Social Geography of AIDS and Hepatitis Risk: Qualitative Approaches for Assessing Local Differences in Sterile-Syringe Access Among Injection Drug Users. American Journal of Public Health, 90(7), 1049-1056.

1999

Pollack, H., Khoshnood, K. and Altice, F.  (1999). Health care delivery strategies for criminal offenders. Journal of Health Care Finance, 26(1), 63-77.

1998

Heimer, R., Khoshnood, K., Bigg, D., Guydish, J. and Junge, B.  (1998). Syringe use and reuse - effects of syringe exchange programs in four cities. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes & Human Retrovirology, 18(Suppl 1), S 37-S 44.


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Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control
Public Health Issues in HIV/AIDS
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