Robert Bailey (epidemiologist)

Robert C. Bailey
NationalityAmerican
EducationHarvard University (Ph.D.)
Emory University (MPH)
Known forWork on circumcision and HIV prevention
Awards2008 Researcher of the Year Award from the University of Illinois at Chicago
Scientific career
FieldsEpidemiology
InstitutionsUniversity of Illinois at Chicago

Robert C. Bailey is an American epidemiologist and professor of epidemiology at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) School of Public Health. He is also an adjunct professor in UIC's Department of Anthropology, a research associate at Chicago's Field Museum, and a visiting lecturer at the University of Nairobi.[1][2]

Education

After receiving his Ph.D. in biological anthropology from Harvard University, Bailey received his MPH from Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health in 1997.[3]

Research

Bailey is known for researching the ability of circumcision to prevent HIV transmission.[4][5][6] In particular, he is known for serving as the principal investigator for a randomized controlled trial of circumcision to prevent the transmission of HIV in Kisumu, Kenya. The trial was stopped early in December 2006, because its results showed that circumcision significantly reduced the risk of HIV infection.[1][7][8] He subsequently helped design Kenya's circumcision program as an HIV/AIDS prevention strategy.[9]

Potential adverse effects of circumcision

Bailey has also researched risk compensation among circumcised men in Kenya, finding no evidence that it is occurring there, and some evidence that the opposite may be happening.[10] His work has also indicated that complication rates for circumcision are much lower (18%) when performed in medical settings than when performed traditionally (35%).[11]

Awards

In 2008, Bailey was named one of UIC's Researchers of the Year.[12] In 2010, he received the Distinguished Achievement Award from the RSPH Alumni Association.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b "Robert Bailey". University of Illinois at Chicago. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  2. ^ C. Bailey, Robert (2016-12-01). "Meet Our Editorial Board Member: Ronald C. Bailey". Current HIV Research. 14 (6): 455. doi:10.2174/1570162X1406161102151917. PMC 4812799.
  3. ^ "Distinguished Achievement Award". Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  4. ^ Madhani, Aamer (1999-11-19). "Circumcision Urged As Way To Confine Aids Spread". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  5. ^ Nelson, Christopher (2010-12-26). "Chicago AIDS Research Center pools resources". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  6. ^ "Circumcision call from Aids doctors". BBC News. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  7. ^ Bailey, Robert C; Moses, Stephen; Parker, Corette B; Agot, Kawango; Maclean, Ian; Krieger, John N; Williams, Carolyn FM; Campbell, Richard T; Ndinya-Achola, Jeckoniah O (2007-02-24). "Male circumcision for HIV prevention in young men in Kisumu, Kenya: a randomised controlled trial". The Lancet. 369 (9562): 643–656. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60312-2. PMID 17321310. S2CID 3497837.
  8. ^ "Adult Male Circumcision Significantly Reduces Risk of Acquiring HIV". National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Press release). 2006-12-13. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  9. ^ Belluck, Pam (2011-09-26). "Small Fixes: Slow Progress in Circumcising Men to Fight AIDS in Africa". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  10. ^ de Lange, Catherine (2013-11-14). "AIDS prevention: Africa's circumcision challenge". Nature. 503 (7475): 182–185. doi:10.1038/503182a. PMID 24226870.
  11. ^ "Demand for male circumcision rises in a bid to prevent HIV". Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 84 (7). July 2006. Archived from the original on April 30, 2007. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  12. ^ "Frank Chaloupka Named UIC Researcher of the Year". Institute for Health Research and Policy (Press release). Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  13. ^ "Leaders in HIV prevention". Public Health Magazine. 2011.