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Nathan M Thielman, Associate Professor of Medicine

Affiliation: DGHI Members

Contact Info:
Office Location:  109 Trent Hall
Office Phone:  +1 919 668 5158, +1 919 668 1721
Email Address: send me a message
Web Page:  http://faculty.duhs.duke.edu/faculty/info?pid=5611

School(s):

School of Medicine
Department(s):

Division(s):  

Infectious Disease
Topical Interests:

HIV/AIDS Treatment and Prevention
Geographical Interests:

Research Interests:

My research focuses on a range of clinical and social issues that affect persons living with or at risk for HIV infection in resource-poor regions in the rural southeastern U.S. and in sub-Saharan Africa. Internationally, I am working with colleagues in the Division of Infectious Diseases and the Duke Global Health Institute to understand the acceptability and impact of HIV voluntary counseling and testing services in rural parts of the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania and how psychosocial, demographic, and economic characteristics affect the health outcomes of those found to be HIV-infected. Domestically, I am the Clinical Site Leader for Duke’s Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Unit, and non-clinical trials research focuses on health disparities in HIV care in the rural southeastern U.S.

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

  1. HO Ramadhani, NM Thielman, KZ Landman, EM Ndosi, F Gao, JL Kirchherr, R Shah, HJ Shao, SC Morpeth, JD McNeill, JF Shao, JA Bartlett, JA Crump, Predictors of incomplete adherence, virologic failure, and antiviral drug resistance among HIV-infected adults receiving antiretroviral therapy in Tanzania., Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, United States, vol. 45 no. 11 (December, 2007), pp. 1492-8, ISSN 1537-6591  [abs]
  2. J Leserman, BW Pence, K Whetten, MJ Mugavero, NM Thielman, MS Swartz, D Stangl, Relation of lifetime trauma and depressive symptoms to mortality in HIV., The American journal of psychiatry, United States, vol. 164 no. 11 (November, 2007), pp. 1707-13, ISSN 0002-953X  [abs]
  3. MJ Mugavero, BW Pence, K Whetten, J Leserman, M Swartz, D Stangl, NM Thielman, Childhood abuse and initial presentation for HIV care: An opportunity for early intervention., AIDS care, England, vol. 19 no. 9 (October, 2007), pp. 1083-7, ISSN 0954-0121  [abs]
  4. SC Morpeth, JA Crump, HJ Shao, HO Ramadhani, PR Kisenge, CA Moylan, S Naggie, LB Caram, KZ Landman, NE Sam, DK Itemba, JF Shao, JA Bartlett, NM Thielman, Predicting CD4 lymphocyte count <200 cells/mm(3) in an HIV type 1-infected African population., AIDS research and human retroviruses, United States, vol. 23 no. 10 (October, 2007), pp. 1230-6, ISSN 0889-2229  [abs]
  5. MJ Mugavero, BW Pence, K Whetten, J Leserman, M Swartz, D Stangl, NM Thielman, Predictors of AIDS-related morbidity and mortality in a southern U.S. Cohort., AIDS patient care and STDs, United States, vol. 21 no. 9 (September, 2007), pp. 681-90, ISSN 1087-2914  [abs]
  6. AK Person, HO Ramadhani, NM Thielman, Antiretroviral treatment strategies in resource-limited settings., Current HIV/AIDS reports, United States, vol. 4 no. 2 (May, 2007), pp. 73-9, ISSN 1548-3568  [abs]
  7. KZ Landman, NM Thielman, A Mgonja, HJ Shao, DK Itemba, EM Ndosi, AC Tribble, JF Shao, JA Bartlett, JA Crump, Antiretroviral treatment literacy among HIV voluntary counseling and testing clients in Moshi, Tanzania, 2003 to 2005., Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (Chicago, Ill. : 2002), United States, vol. 6 no. 1 (March, 2007), pp. 24-6, ISSN 1545-1097  [abs]
  8. SC Morpeth, NM Thielman, Diarrhea in patients with AIDS., Current treatment options in gastroenterology, United States, vol. 9 no. 1 (February, 2006), pp. 23-37, ISSN 1092-8472  [abs]
  9. NM Thielman, HY Chu, J Ostermann, DK Itemba, A Mgonja, S Mtweve, JA Bartlett, JF Shao, JA Crump, Cost-effectiveness of free HIV voluntary counseling and testing through a community-based AIDS service organization in Northern Tanzania., American journal of public health, United States, vol. 96 no. 1 (January, 2006), pp. 114-9, ISSN 0090-0036  [abs]
  10. AC Cheng, JR McDonald, NM Thielman, Infectious diarrhea in developed and developing countries., Journal of clinical gastroenterology, United States, vol. 39 no. 9 (October, 2005), pp. 757-73, ISSN 0192-0790  [abs]
  11. HY Chu, JA Crump, J Ostermann, RB Oenga, DK Itemba, A Mgonja, S Mtweve, JA Bartlett, JF Shao, NM Thielman, Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of clients presenting for HIV voluntary counselling and testing in Moshi, Tanzania., International journal of STD & AIDS, England, vol. 16 no. 10 (October, 2005), pp. 691-6, ISSN 0956-4624  [abs]
  12. K Whetten, SS Reif, S Napravnik, MS Swartz, NM Thielman, JJ Eron, K Lowe, T Soto, Substance abuse and symptoms of mental illness among HIV-positive persons in the Southeast., Southern medical journal, United States, vol. 98 no. 1 (January, 2005), pp. 9-14, ISSN 0038-4348  [abs]
  13. S Ole-Nguyaine, JA Crump, GS Kibiki, K Kiang, J Taylor, W Schimana, JA Bartlett, JF Shao, JD Hamilton, NM Thielman, HIV-associated morbidity, mortality and diagnostic testing opportunities among inpatients at a referral hospital in northern Tanzania., Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology, England, vol. 98 no. 2 (March, 2004), pp. 171-9, ISSN 0003-4983  [abs]
  14. NM Thielman, RL Guerrant, Clinical practice. Acute infectious diarrhea., The New England journal of medicine, United States, vol. 350 no. 1 (January, 2004), pp. 38-47, ISSN 1533-4406
  15. Thielman, N.M., Fang, G.D., Marcinkiewicz, M., Sarosiek, J., and Guerrant, R.L. Role of platelet activating factor in Chinese hamster ovary cell responses to cholera toxin. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 99:1999-2004, 1997
  16. Miller, W.C., Thielman, N.M., Swai, N., Cegielski, J.P., Shao, J.,Ting,D., Mlalasi, J., Manyenga, D., Lallinger, G.J. Delayed type hypersensitivity testing in Tanzanian adults with HIV infection and/or tuberculosis. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and Human Retrovirology. 12(3):303-8,1996
  17. Fonteles, M.C., Fang, G.D., Thielman, N.M., Yotseff, P.S., Guerrant, R.L. Role of platelet activating factor in the inflammatory and secretory effects of Clostridium difficile toxin A. Journal of Lipid Mediators and Cell Signaling 11:133-143, 1995
  18. Miller, W.C., Thielman, N.M., Swai, N., Shao, J., Cegielski, J.P., Manyenga, D., Mlalasi, J., Lallinger, G.J. Diagnosis and screening of HIV/AIDS using clinical criteria in Tanzanian adults. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and Human Retrovirology. 9:408-414,1995
  19. J Leserman, K Whetten, K Lowe, D Stangl, MS Swartz, NM Thielman, How trauma, recent stressful events, and PTSD affect functional health status and health utilization in HIV-infected patients in the south., Psychosomatic medicine, United States, vol. 67 no. 3 , pp. 500-7, ISSN 1534-7796  [abs]