Dr. Daniel T. Halperin
Senior Research Scientist, Harvard AIDS Prevention Research Project
Lecturer on International Health, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health
Selected publications by Daniel T. Halperin
Halperin DT, Stover J, Reynolds HW. Benefits and costs of expanding access to family planning programs to women living with HIV. AIDS 2009, 23 (suppl 1):S123–S13.
Morris BJ, Bailis SA, Waskett JH, Wiswell TE, Halperin DT. Medicaid coverage of newborn circumcision: A health parity right of the poor. American Journal of Public Health 2009; 99(6): 969-971.
Halperin DT, de Moya A, Perez-Then E, Pappas G, Garcia Calleja JM. Understanding the HIV epidemic in the Dominican Republic: A prevention success story in the Caribbean? Journal of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome 2009; 51(6): S52-59.
Ruark A, Shelton J, Halperin DT, Wawer M, Gray R. Universal voluntary HIV testing and immediate antiretroviral therapy [Correspondence]. Lancet 2009; 373:1078.
Potts M, Halperin DT, Kirby D, et al. Reassessing HIV prevention. Science 2008; 320: 749-50. [click here to access article] [click here to read a Google News online comment from the authors]
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De Lay P. Tailoring AIDS prevention. Science 2008, 321 (5896): 1631. [click here to access]
Prince AM. HIV Testing for whole populations. Science 2008, 321 (5896): 1631. [click here to access]
Halperin DT, Potts M, Kirby D, Klausner J, Wamai R, Swidler A, Marseille A, Walsh J, Hearst N. Response to DeLay and Prince. Science 2008, 321 (5896): 1632-4. [click here to access both Prince and Halperin, et al.]
Kirby D, Halperin DT. Success in Uganda: an analysis of behavior changes that led to declines in HIV prevalence in the early 1990s. ETR Associates, 2008. [click here to access this report as well as other reports in the "Success in Uganda" series]
Wilson D, Halperin DT. "Know your epidemic, know your response": A useful approach - if we get it right. Lancet 2008, 372:423-26. [free registration at www.thelancet.com required to access]
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Merson M, Padian N, Coates TJ, et al. Combination HIV prevention. Lancet 2008; 372(9652): 1805-6.
Halperin DT. Combination HIV prevention must be based on evidence. Lancet 2009; 373(9663): 544-5.
Halperin D, Potts M, Kirby D, Swidler A, Marseille E, Klausner J, Hearst N, Wamai R, Kahn J, Walsh J. Rethinking HIV Prevention in Generalized Epidemics (Poster). XVII International AIDS Conference, 3-8 August 2009.
Mah T, Halperin DT. Concurrent sexual partnerships and the HIV epidemic in Africa: The evidence to move forward. AIDS and Behavior 2008, DOI 10.1007/s10461-008-9433-x.
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Lurie MN, Ronsenthal S. Concurrent Partnerships as a Driver of the HIV Epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa? The Evidence is Limited. AIDS and Behavior 2009, DOI 10.1007/s10461-009-9583-5.
Mah TL, Halperin DT. The Evidence for the Role of Concurrent Partnerships in Africa’s HIV Epidemics: A Response to Lurie and Rosenthal. AIDS and Behavior 2009, DOI 10.1007/s10461-009-9617-z.
Halperin DT, Wamai RG, Weiss HA, Hankins C, Agot K, Abdool Karim Q, Shisana O, Otolorin EO, Kapiga S, Serwadda DM, Sanchez J, Pape JW, Mabuza K, Bowa K, Kebaabetswe P, Wilson D, Simelane D, Morris B, Sawires Phiri M, Setswe G, Sewankambo N, Heywood M, Woelk G, Ntaganira I, Cates W, Rees H, Diallo MO, Makhubele MB, Leclerc-Madlala S, Jackson H, Dludlu S, Kalambayi Kayembe P, Nyamucherera OF, Bongaarts J, Geffen N, Heywood M, Ncala J, Betukumesu B, Kintaudi L, Salang Seloilwe, Zungu N, Ruiz M, Venter F, Micheni K, de Moya EA, Cash R, Bailey RC. Male circumcision is an efficacious, lasting and cost-effective strategy for combating HIV in high-prevalence AIDS epidemics: Time to move beyond debating the science. Future HIV Therapy 2008, 2(5): 399-405.
Weiss HA, Halperin D, Bailey RC, Hayes RJ, Schmid G, Hankins CA. Male circumcision for HIV prevention: from evidence to action? AIDS 2008; 22: 567-574. [can be accessed for a fee at www.aidsonline.com]
Klausner JD, Wamai RG, Bowa K, Agot K, Kagimba J, Halperin D. Is male circumcision as good as the HIV vaccine we've been waiting for? (Editorial). Future Medicine 2008; 2(1): 1-7.
Halperin D. Letter: HIV Prevention. Washington Times, 12 June 2008.
Daniel T. Halperin and Helen Epstein. Why is HIV prevalence so severe in southern
Edward C. Green, Daniel T. Halperin, Vinand Nantulya, and Janice A. Hogle. Uganda’s HIV Prevention Success: The Role of Sexual Behavior Change and the National Response. AIDS and Behavior 2006; Volume 10, Number 4: 347-350.
Shelton JD, Halperin DT, Wilson D. Has global HIV incidence peaked? Lancet 2006; 367: 1120-1122. [free registration at www.thelancet.com required to access]
Halperin DT, Steiner M, Cassell M, Green EC, Hearst N, Kirby D, Gayle H, Cates W, et al. [149 signers in total]. The time has come for common ground on preventing sexual transmission of HIV. Lancet 2004; 364: 1913-15. [free registration at www.thelancet.com required to access]
Daniel Halperin. Putting a Plague in Perspective. The New York Times, 1/1/08.
Daniel Halperin. AIDS Prevention: What Works? The Washington Post, 10/22/07.
Michael M. Cassell, Daniel T. Halperin, James D. Shelton and David Stanton. Risk compensation: the Achilles' heel of innovations in HIV prevention? British Medical Journal 2006; 332; 605-607.
Halperin DT, Epstein H. Concurrent sexual partnerships help to explain Africa's high HIV prevalence: implications for prevention. The Lancet 2004; 364: 4-6.