Hong-Ha M. Truong, PhD, MS, MPH
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• M.P.H. Community Health Sciences University of California, Los Angeles
• M.S. Epidemiology University of California, Los Angeles
• Postdoctoral Fellowship Pediatrics University of California, Los Angeles
• B.S. Psychobiology University of California, Los Angeles
• Postdoctoral Fellowship Medicine University of California, San Francisco
• Ph.D. Pathobiology University of Washington

Websites

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• Profile at UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (caps.ucsf.edu)

Grants and Projects

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• In Our Own Words: Peer-to-Peer Messaging to Increase Uptake of HIV Prevention Strategies among Adolescents in Kenya, NIH, 2017-2021
• HIV Transmission Cluster Analysis to Inform Prevention, NIH, 2012-2018
• International Mobility of HIV, NIH, 2007-2013

Publications (36)

Top publication keywords:
Homosexuality, MaleAcquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeSexually Transmitted DiseasesDrug Resistance, ViralAIDS SerodiagnosisHIV AntibodiesSexual BehaviorKenyaHIV-1HIV InfectionsCommunity Health ServicesTravelRisk-TakingUrban Health ServicesSexual Partners

• Respondent-driven sampling to recruit adolescents in Kenya.
  Annals of epidemiology 2022 Truong HM, Fatch R, Ogolla D, Otieno B, Amboka S, Kadede K, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Guzé MA
• Community-Based HIV Testing for Urban Youth in Western Kenya.
  AIDS and behavior 2021 Truong HM, Guzé MA, Ouma D, Bushman D, Mocello AR, Kadede K, Bukusi EA, Odhiambo F, Cohen CR
• Community-based HIV testing services in an urban setting in western Kenya: a programme implementation study.
  The lancet. HIV 2020 Truong HM, Mocello AR, Ouma D, Bushman D, Kadede K, Ating'a E, Obunge D, Bukusi EA, Odhiambo F, Cohen CR
• Characterization of HIV Recent Infection Among High-Risk Men at Public STI Clinics in Mumbai.
  AIDS and behavior 2018 Truong HM, Fatch R, Grant RM, Mathur M, Kumta S, Jerajani H, Kellogg TA, Lindan CP
• Blood Donor Test-Seeking Motivation and Prior HIV Testing Experiences in São Paulo, Brazil.
  AIDS and behavior 2015 Truong HM, Blatyta PF, Santos FM, Montebello S, Esposti SP, Hangai FN, Salles NA, Mendrone A, Sabino EC, McFarland W, Gonçalez TT

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• Brief Report: Recent Infection, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Transmission Clusters Frequently Observed Among Persons Newly Diagnosed With HIV in San Francisco.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2015 Truong HM, Pipkin S, O'Keefe KJ, Louie B, Liegler T, McFarland W, Grant RM, Bernstein K, Scheer S
• Examining clinic-based and public health approaches to ascertainment of HIV care status.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2015 Christopoulos KA, Scheer S, Steward WT, Barnes R, Hartogensis W, Charlebois ED, Morin SF, Truong HM, Geng EH
• Geographic and temporal trends in the molecular epidemiology and genetic mechanisms of transmitted HIV-1 drug resistance: an individual-patient- and sequence-level meta-analysis.
  PLoS medicine 2015 Rhee SY, Blanco JL, Jordan MR, Taylor J, Lemey P, Varghese V, Hamers RL, Bertagnolio S, Rinke de Wit TF, Aghokeng AF, Albert J, Avi R, Avila-Rios S, Bessong PO, Brooks JI, Boucher CA, Brumme ZL, Busch…
• Does offering human immunodeficiency virus testing at the time of blood donation reduce transfusion transmission risk and increase disclosure counseling? Results of a randomized controlled trial, São Paulo, Brazil.
  Transfusion 2015 Goncalez TT, Blatyta PF, Santos FM, Montebello S, Esposti SP, Hangai FN, Salles NA, Mendrone A, Truong HM, Sabino EC, McFarland W
• Gay and bisexual men engage in fewer risky sexual behaviors while traveling internationally: a cross-sectional study in San Francisco.
  Sexually transmitted infections 2014 Truong HM, Fatch R, Grasso M, Robertson T, Tao L, Chen YH, Curotto A, McFarland W, Grant RM, Reznick O, Raymond HF, Steward WT
• Subtype classification of Iranian HIV-1 sequences registered in the HIV databases, 2006-2013.
  PloS one 2014 Baesi K, Moallemi S, Farrokhi M, Alinaghi SA, Truong HM
• Trends in early initiation of antiretroviral therapy and characteristics of persons with HIV initiating therapy in San Francisco, 2007-2011.
  The Journal of infectious diseases 2013 Hsu LC, Truong HM, Vittinghoff E, Zhi Q, Scheer S, Schwarcz S
• Substance use and HIV risk behavior among men who have sex with men: the role of sexual compulsivity.
  Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 2013 Woolf-King SE, Rice TM, Truong HM, Woods WJ, Jerome RC, Carrico AW
• Balancing theory and practice in respondent-driven sampling: a case study of innovations developed to overcome recruitment challenges.
  PloS one 2013 Truong HM, Grasso M, Chen YH, Kellogg TA, Robertson T, Curotto A, Steward WT, McFarland W
• Behavior, intention or chance? A longitudinal study of HIV seroadaptive behaviors, abstinence and condom use.
  AIDS and behavior 2012 McFarland W, Chen YH, Nguyen B, Grasso M, Levine D, Stall R, Colfax G, Robertson T, Truong HM, Raymond HF
• Sentinel surveillance of HIV-1 transmitted drug resistance, acute infection and recent infection.
  PloS one 2011 Truong HM, Kellogg TA, McFarland W, Louie B, Klausner JD, Philip SS, Grant RM
• International travel among HIV-positive and HIV-negative men who have sex with men, San Francisco, USA.
  International journal of STD & AIDS 2011 Taylor KD, Raymond HF, Truong HM, Ick T, Le B, Rive J, McFarland W
• HIV seroadaptation among individuals, within sexual dyads, and by sexual episodes, men who have sex with men, San Francisco, 2008.
  AIDS care 2011 McFarland W, Chen YH, Raymond HF, Nguyen B, Colfax G, Mehrtens J, Robertson T, Stall R, Levine D, Truong HM
• Recent HIV type 1 infection among participants in a same-day mobile testing pilot study in Zimbabwe.
  AIDS research and human retroviruses 2011 Truong HM, Fritz K, McFarland W, Hartogensis W, Fiamma A, Coates TJ, Morin SF
• Correlation of immune activation during late pregnancy and early postpartum with increases in plasma HIV RNA, CD4/CD8 T cells, and serum activation markers.
  Clinical and vaccine immunology : CVI 2010 Truong HM, Sim MS, Dillon M, Uittenbogaart CH, Dickover R, Plaeger SF, Bryson YJ
• Assessing subtype and drug-resistance-associated mutations among antiretroviral-treated HIV-infected patients.
  AIDS (London, England) 2010 Hamkar R, Mohraz M, Lorestani S, Aghakhani A, Truong HM, McFarland W, Banifazl M, Eslamifar A, Foroughi M, Pakfetrat A, Ramezani A
• Recent HIV-1 infection detection: comparison of incidence estimates derived by laboratory assays and repeat testing data.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2009 Truong HM, Kellogg T, Louie B, Klausner J, Dilley J, McFarland W
• Lack of understanding of acute HIV infection among newly-infected persons-implications for prevention and public health: The NIMH Multisite Acute HIV Infection Study: II.
  AIDS and behavior 2009 Remien RH, Higgins JA, Correale J, Bauermeister J, Dubrow R, Bradley M, Steward WT, Seal DW, Sikkema KJ, Kerndt PR, Mayer KH, Truong HM, Casey CY, Ehrhardt AA, Morin SF
• Behavior change following diagnosis with acute/early HIV infection-a move to serosorting with other HIV-infected individuals. The NIMH Multisite Acute HIV Infection Study: III.
  AIDS and behavior 2009 Steward WT, Remien RH, Higgins JA, Dubrow R, Pinkerton SD, Sikkema KJ, Truong HM, Johnson MO, Hirsch J, Brooks RA, Morin SF
• Strategies used in the detection of acute/early HIV infections. The NIMH Multisite Acute HIV Infection Study: I.
  AIDS and behavior 2009 Kerndt PR, Dubrow R, Aynalem G, Mayer KH, Beckwith C, Remien RH, Truong HM, Uniyal A, Chien M, Brooks RA, Vigil OR, Steward WT, Merson M, Rotheram-Borus MJ, Morin SF
• HIV risk behaviors in heterosexual partnerships: female knowledge and male behavior.
  AIDS and behavior 2009 Chen YH, Raymond HF, McFarland W, Truong HM
• Frequent international travel by men who have sex with men recently diagnosed with HIV-1: potential for transmission of primary HIV-1 drug resistance.
  Journal of travel medicine 2008 Truong HM, Kellogg T, Schwarcz S, Delgado V, Grant RM, Louie B, Ngo H, McFarland W
• HIV is hyperendemic among men who have sex with men in San Francisco: 10-year trends in HIV incidence, HIV prevalence, sexually transmitted infections and sexual risk behaviour.
  Sexually transmitted infections 2008 Scheer S, Kellogg T, Klausner JD, Schwarcz S, Colfax G, Bernstein K, Louie B, Dilley JW, Hecht J, Truong HM, Katz MH, McFarland W
• Trends in sexually transmitted diseases, sexual risk behavior, and HIV infection among Asian/Pacific Islander men who have sex with men, San Francisco, 1999-2005.
  Sexually transmitted diseases 2007 Raymond HF, Chen S, Truong HM, Knapper KB, Klausner JD, Choi KH, McFarland W
• Increases in sexually transmitted infections and sexual risk behaviour without a concurrent increase in HIV incidence among men who have sex with men in San Francisco: a suggestion of HIV serosorting?
  Sexually transmitted infections 2006 Truong HM, Truong HH, Kellogg T, Klausner JD, Katz MH, Dilley J, Knapper K, Chen S, Prabhu R, Grant RM, Louie B, McFarland W
• Routine surveillance for the detection of acute and recent HIV infections and transmission of antiretroviral resistance.
  AIDS (London, England) 2006 Truong HM, Grant RM, McFarland W, Kellogg T, Kent C, Louie B, Wong E, Klausner JD
• Contraceptive intentions among adolescents after abortion.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2006 Truong HM, Kellogg T, McFarland W, Kang MS, Darney P, Drey EA
• Diagnostic assays for HIV-1 infection.
  MLO: medical laboratory observer 2004 Truong HM, Klausner JD
• Concordance between HIV source partner identification and molecular confirmation in acute retroviral syndrome.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2002 Truong HM, Berrey MM, Shea T, Diem K, Corey L
• Image analysis and diagnostic classification of hepatocellular carcinoma using neural networks and multivariate discriminant functions.
  Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology 1994 Erler BS, Hsu L, Truong HM, Petrovic LM, Kim SS, Huh MH, Ferrell LD, Thung SN, Geller SA, Marchevsky AM
• A study of hepatocellular carcinoma using morphometric and densitometric image analysis.
  American journal of clinical pathology 1993 Erler BS, Truong HM, Kim SS, Huh MH, Geller SA, Marchevsky AM