Nancy Hessol, M.S.P.H.
Assistant Adjunct Professor
nancyh@itsa.ucsf.edu

Mailing Address:
University of California, San Francisco
Division of Infectious Diseases
Box 1352
405 Irving Street
San Francisco, CA 94122-1352

Office Location:
405 Irving Street

Research Interests:
HIV/AIDS epidemiology; HIV-related malignancies; recruitment and retention of women and minorities in research studies; adverse perinatal outcomes; disparities in health care. 

Select Publications:

Hessol NA, Seaberg EC, Preston-Martin S, Massad S, Sacks H, Silver S,  Melnick S, Abulafia O, Levine A. Cancer risk among participants in the Women’s Interagency HIV Study.  JAIDS, 36:978-85, 2004.

Hessol NA, Vittinghoff E, Fuentes-Afflick E.  Reduced risk of inadequate prenatal care in the era following Medicaid expansions in California.  Medical Care, 42:416-22, 2004.

Hessol NA, Schneider M, Bacon M, Barranday Y, Holman S, Robison E, Weber K, Williams C, Greenblatt RM.  Retention of women enrolled in a prospective study of HIV infection: impact of race, unstable housing, and use of HIV therapy.  Am J Epidemiol, 154:563-73, 2001.

Hessol NA, Fuentes-Afflick E, Bacchetti P. Risk of low birth weight among black and white parents. Obstet Gynecol, 92:814-22, 1998.

Koblin BA, Hessol NA, Zauber AG, Taylor PE, Buchbinder SP, Katz MH, Stevens CE.  Increased incidence of cancer among homosexual men, New York City and San Francisco, 1978-1990.  Am J Epidemiol, 144:916-923, 1996.

Education and Training:

BA, Hampshire College, 1979

MSPH, University of California, Los Angeles, 1982

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