Jeffrey S. Mandel, PhD, MPH Co-Director, CAPS International Program, UCSF Director, ACTION (Japanese Nurse Training Program), UCSF and the Japanese Foundation for AIDS Prevention (JFAP)
Phone: 415-597-9144   Fax: 415-597-9125 Email: jmandel@psg.ucsf.edu

Dr. Jeffrey Mandel has been Co-Director of the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS) International Program since 1994. He is a social-clinical psychologist with a background in health administration. Dr. Mandel has been involved in AIDS behavioral research and clinical care since 1981 and was awarded one of the first NIMH AIDS behavioral research grants in 1983. In 1987, he was awarded the Hedda Bolgar Achievement Award honoring professional achievement in social-clinical psychology. He has lectured internationally on the psychosocial impact of HIV/AIDS, and consulted on AIDS-related research and training programs in Asia, Latin America, Africa, and Eastern Europe.

Principal Research Interests

• Educational and behavioral interventions to prevent HIV/AIDS in the developing world
• HIV counseling and testing in the developing world

Principal Teaching Activities

  At UCSF

• CAPS/Fogarty Visiting Scientist Program, UCSF

Selected Publications

McFarland W, Lindan C, Mandel J, Rutherford G. HIV Prevention in the developing world: Training researchers for the long haul. AIDS & Behavior 2002; 6:207-210.

Moyo W, Chirenje M, Mandel J, Schwarcz S, Klausner J, Rutherford G, McFarland W. Impact of a single session of counseling on partner referral for sexually transmitted disease treatment, Harare, Zimbabwe. AIDS & Behavior 2002; 6:237-244.

Choi K H, Diehl E, Yaqi G, Shuquan Q, Mandel J. High HIV Risk but inadequate prevention services for men in China Who Have Sex with Men: An Ethnographic Study. AIDS & Behavior, 2002:4; 255-266.

Choi KH, Liou H, Han L, Mandel J, Rutherford G. Emerging HIV epidemic in China among men who have sex with men, Lancet. In press.

Bauvirat A, Page-Shafer K, van Griensven GJP Evans J, Mandel JS et al. Risk of HIV in association with i ncarceration among intravenous drug users in Bangkok, Thailand. BMJ. 2003 Feb 8;326(7384):308.

Shuquan Q, Wei L, Choi KH, Rongjian L, Deyuan J, Yueijao Z, Tian F, Chu P, Shi H, Zheng X, Mandel J. The potential for rapid sexual transmission of HIV in China: sexually transmitted diseases and condom failure highly prevalent among female sex workers. AIDS & Behavior 2002; 6:267-276.

Srithanaviboonchai K, Choi K, van Griensven F, Hudes ES, Visaruratana S, Mandel JS. HIV-1 in Ethnic Shan migrant workers in northern Thailand. AIDS 2002; 16:929-931.