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Seth Kalichman, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology
406 Babbidge Road
Unit 1020
Storrs, CT 06269-1020
Phone: (860) 486-4042 or (860) 208-3706
Website: http://denyingaids.blogspot.com
Email: seth.k@uconn.edu

Research Overview
Professor Kalichman dedicates his research to preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS and caring for those affected by the HIV epidemic. His research is focused in the southern United States and South Africa. His work has been continuously and exclusively funded by the National Institutes of Health since 1992. He was previously on the faculties of Loyola University of Chicago, Georgia State University, and the Medical College of Wisconsin where he worked under the direction of Jeffrey A. Kelly to help establish the Center for AIDS Intervention Research (CAIR). He is currently the director of the Southeast HIV and AIDS Research and Evaluation (SHARE) Project, a research program within the AIDS Survival Project in Atlanta, Georgia. His research in South Africa is in collaboration with the Human Sciences Research Council. Professor Kalichman serves on NIH grant review panels, has over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles, and has authored and edited five books in the area of HIV/AIDS prevention and care services, including Positive Prevention, recently published by Springer. He is also the current editor of the bimonthly journal AIDS and Behavior. Professor Kalichman was the recipient of the 1997 Early Career Award in Health Psychology from the American Psychological Association and the 2005 Distinguished Scientist Award from the Society for Behavioral Medicine.

CURRENT GRANTS:

Alcohol-Related Risks for HIV/AIDS among African Women. NIAAA R01 AA018074.
HIV Treatment Adherence Intervention for People with Poor Literacy Skills.
Multilevel Alcohol-HIV/AIDS Prevention in South Africa. NIAAA R01AA017399.
Brief HIV Risk Reduction Counseling in South Africa.
NIMH R01 MH074371.
HIV Treatment Adherence/Risk Reduction Integrated Intervention. NIMH R01MH071164.

Education
Ph.D., University of South Carolina (clinical-community psychology)
B.A., University of South Florida, 1983 (psychology)

Featured Publications
Denying AIDS: Conspiracy Theories, Pseudoscience, and Human Tragedy, Copernicus/Springer Books, 2009. www.springer.com/medicine/book/978-0-387-79475-4">Link with all royalties donated to purchase HIV treatments in Africa.

Kalichman, S.C., Amaral, C., Cherry, C., Flanagan, J., Pope, H., Eaton, L., White, D., Kalichman, M., Cain, D., Detorio, M., Caliendo, A. and Schinazi, R.F. (2008). Monitoring Antiretroviral Adherence by Anannounced Pill Counts Conducted by Telephone: Reliability and Criterion-Related Validity. HIV Clinical Trials, 9,298-308.

Kalichman, S.C. (2008). Co-occurrence of Treatment Non-Adherence and Continued HIV Transmission Risk Behaviors: Implications for Positive Prevention Interventions. Psychosomatic Medicine, 70, 593-597.

Scott-Sheldon, L.A.J., Kalichman, S.C., Carey, M.P., and Fielder, R. (2008). Stress Management in Adults with HIV/AIDS: A Meta-Analysis. Health Psychology, 27, 129-139.

Kalichman, S.C., Simbayi, L.C., Vermaakk, R., Jooste, S., and Cain, D. (2008). HIV/AIDS Risks among Men and Women Who Drink at Informal Alcohol Serving Establishments (Shebeens) in Cape Town, South Africa. Prevention Science, 9, 55-62.

Kalichman, S.C., DiBerto, G., and Eaton, L. (2008). HIV Viral Load in Blood Plasma and Semen: Review and Implications of Empirical Findings. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 35, 55-60.

Eaton, L. E., Kalichman, S. C., Cherry, C., Stearns, H., Flanagan, J., Cain, D., and Amaral, C. (2007). Explaining Continued HIV Transmission Among MSM: Serosorting Sexual Partners and Risk for HIV. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 33, 479-485.

Bogart, L., Walt L., Pavlovic, J., Ober, A., Brown, N., and Kalichman, S.C. (2007). Cognitive Strategies Affecting Recall of Sexual Behavior Among High-Risk Men and Women. Health Psychology, 26, 787-793.


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