Hunter H. Handsfield, MD
Professor of Medicine
Clinical Professor

CONTACT INFORMATION
Battelle
1100 Dexter Avenue N, Room 302
Seattle 98109

Phone: (206) 528-3214
hhh@u.washington.edu


LINK TO HUNTER HANDSFIELD'S COMMUNITY OF SCIENCE WEB PAGE

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

As director of the STD Control Program for Public Health - Seattle & King County, Dr. Handsfield's research emphasizes clinical and epidemiologic aspects of STDs, especially in relation to strategies for prevention and control. Current research projects include studies of novel approaches to STD partner management (e.g., expedited therapy without clinical examination and peer-referral strategies), studies of rescreening as a chlamydia control strategy, and epidemiology and prevention of resurgent STDs, HIV infection, and behavioral risks among men who have sex with men. Other research projects include studies of special outreach efforts to diagnose and treat STDs in populations outside STD clinics, public health aspects of genital herpes and its prevention, and industry-supported studies of new diagnostic tests and treatments for common STDs.

PUBLICATIONS

Golden MR, Hopkins SG, Morris M, Holmes KK, Handsfield HH. Support among persons infected with HIV for routine health department contact for HIV partner notification. J AIDS 32:196-202, 2003. 

Whittington WLH, Kent C, Kissinger P, Oh MK, Fortenberry JD, Hillis SE, Litchfield B, Bolan GA, St. Louis ME, Farley TA, Handsfield HH. Determinants of persistent and recurrent Chlamydia trachomatis infection in young women: results of a multicenter cohort study. Sex Transm Dis 28:219-25, 2001.

Corey L, Handsfield HH. Genital herpes and public health: addressing a global problem. JAMA 283:791-5, 2000.