Center for Global Health Faculty

Medical Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention BOTSWANA

Academic Degrees

Contact Information

Email:

jshepha1+jhmi.edu

Phone:

+267 367 2430

Research and Professional Experience

HIV/AIDS Management and therapy in the developing world Optimum Opportunistic Infection prevention and management in the developing world CCR5/CXCR4 co-receptor epidemiology in Africa Malaria and AIDS TB and HIV coinfection in Africa Influenza

Keywords

CDC, Botswana, HIV, AIDS

Selected Publications

Shepherd J.C., Subramanian, A., Montgomery R., Gong G., Bergmann A., Blythe D., Dropulic L. (2004) West Nile Virus Encephalitis in a kidney transplant recipient. Am. J. Transplant. 4: 830-833.

Shepherd J.C. and Quinn, T.C. (2004) A Short Primer on the Newest Entry Inhibitors. Hopkins HIV Report 16, 4: 1.

Shepherd J.C., and Quinn, T.C. (2005) Entry Inhibitors: A New Class of Antiretroviral Drugs. Series of AIDS Information Files: Medical Postgraduates. Igaku Shobo Publishing, Osaka, Japan.

Shepherd J.C., and Quinn, T.C. (2007) Chapter 10. Laboratory Testing for HIV Infection. In “Global HIV/AIDS Medicine”, Sande, M., and Volberding, P., eds.; Elsevier.

Gottlieb G.S., Nickle D.C., Jensen M.A., Wong K.G., Kaslow R.A., Shepherd J.C., Margolick J.B., Mullins J.I. (2007) HIV-1 Superinfection with a Dual-Tropic Virus and Rapid Progression to AIDS: A Case report. Clin. Inf. Dis. 45, 501-509.

Shepherd J.C., Jacobson L., Qiao W., Jamieson B., Phair J., Shankarappa R., Quinn T., Margolick J. (2008) Analysis of the timing of CXCR-4 Tropic HIV Emergence in the MACS Cohort. J. Infect. Dis., 198; 1104-1112. [accompanied by an “Invited Commentary” by Berger and Hoover “HIV-1 Tropism, Disease Progression and Clinical Management”, J. Infect. Dis. 198, 1095-1097]

Habib AG, Shepherd JC, Eng MK, Babshani M, Jumare J, Yakubu U, Gebi UI, Saad M, Ibrahim H, Blattner WA (2009) Adherence to Anti Retroviral Therapy During Muslim Rhamadan Fasting. AIDS Behav. 13; 42-45.

Shepherd J.C., Habib A.R., Dakum P.D. (2009) Treating and Training at the Same Time. In: “From the Ground Up; A Guide to Building Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Care Programs in Resource-Limited Settings”. Teitelman S. and Marlink R., eds; in the press.

Sagar M, Laeyendecker O, Lee S, Gamiel J, Wawer M, Gray R, Serwadda D, Sewankambo N, Shepherd JC, Toma J, Huang W, Quin TC (2009) HIVs with Signature Genotypic Characteristics are Selected During Heterosexual Transmission in Rakai, Uganda. J. Infect. Dis. 199; 580-589.