Thomas J. Coates

Thomas J. Coates (born 1945) is the Director of the multi-campus University of California Global Health Institute,[1] a UC-wide initiative established to improve health and reduce the burden of disease throughout the world. He is Professor Emeritus at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and Founding Director of the UCLA Center for World Health,[2] a joint initiative of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and UCLA Health, He has conducted extensive research in the realm of HIV[3] and is the Michael and Sue Steinberg Endowed Professor of Global AIDS Research within the Division of Infectious Diseases at UCLA and Distinguished Professor of Medicine.[4] Health-related behavior is of particular interest to Coates. Throughout his career as a health expert, his theory-based research has been focused on interventions aimed at reducing risks and threats to health[5]

Education

Coates studied at San Luis Rey College and obtained his BA in Philosophy in 1968. He attended San Jose State University from 1968 to 1971, receiving his Master's in Psychology. He also completed his PhD in Counseling Psychology at Stanford University in 1977.[6]

Career

Coates joined the Department of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine with a joint appointment in the Bloomberg School of Public Health in 1979 and served on the Faculty at Johns Hopkins until 1982.

In 1982, the University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine appointed him faculty of the Department of Medicine, Division of Primary Care Internal Medicine.

In 1986, during the height of the HIV epidemic and fueled by his passion for infectious disease research, Coates co-founded the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies at UCSF, directing it from 1991 to 2003.[7] In 1996, coordinating and integrating all of UCSF's AIDS research activities under an umbrella of 60 programs and laboratories,[8] Coates founded the AIDS Research Institute, and was its Executive Director until 2003.[9] As a leading behavioral scientist, Coates made great strides in behavioral research in HIV primary and secondary prevention both domestically and globally and conducted HIV research on three continents.[10] With funding from USAID and WHO, Coates led a randomized control trial to determine the efficacy of HIV voluntary counseling and testing in Kenya, Trinidad, and Tanzania.[11] As the principal investigator for Project Accept (HPTN 043), Coates led a study on the effect of community-based voluntary counseling and testing on HIV incidence in a cluster-randomized trial in 48 communities at five sites in South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and Thailand.[12] He also led a prevention clinical trial in South America. In 2000, he was elected as a member of the Institute of Medicine.[13]

Coates' studies on the pivotal role of behavioral science in combating the HIV/AIDS epidemic have been a catalyst for social change.[14][15] In 2013, Coates received the Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award in appreciation of his pioneering HIV-related research and to honor his contributions to public health.[16]

Aside from HIV prevention, Coates' areas of emphasis are centered on global health and international health policy.[3]

Honors and awards
  • 2015 Unsung Hero Award, Blood:Water, Nashville, Tennessee[17]
  • 2013 The Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award/Society of Public Health Education[16]
  • 2004 Award for Distinguished Contribution to Research in the Public Policy, American Psychological Association, Washington, DC[18]
  • 2000 Elected to the Institute of Medicine (now the National Academy of Medicine) of the National Academy of Sciences[13]
  • 1996 Stop AIDS Project, Sam B. Puckett Memorial HIV Prevention Award, for leadership and dedication in the fight against AIDS[19]
  • 1994 Centers for Disease Control, Charles C. Shepard Science Award, for program participation and presentation, "HIV Prevention Programs in Research: What Have We Accomplished and Where Do We Need to Go?"[20]
  • 1991 American Psychological Association, Division of Health Psychology Award, for outstanding contribution to health psychology[21]

References
  1. "Thomas J. Coates, PhD | Bios | About Us - UC Global Health Institute". www.ucghi.universityofcalifornia.edu. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  2. Horton, Richard (25 April 2014). "Offline: America—a country facing two futures". The Lancet. 383 (9927): 1448. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60535-3. S2CID 54323969.
  3. "Thomas J. Coates, PhD - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  4. "UCLA Academic Personnel Office". www.apo.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  5. "Tom Coates — KCRW". www.kcrw.com. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  6. "Thomas J. Coates, PhD | UCLA Center for World Health". UCLA Center for World Health. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  7. "The History of AIDS at UCSF | AIDS Research Institute". ari.ucsf.edu. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  8. "AIDS Expert Tom Coates Leaves UCSF AIDS Research Institute for UCLA". Kaiser Health News. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  9. Russell, Sabin (29 May 2003). "UCSF loses man who shaped AIDS Research Institute / Coates follows partner to UCLA". San Francisco Chronicle. SFGATE. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  10. "Feds Spent $800,000 of Economic Stimulus on African Genital-Washing Program". CNS News. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  11. "Efficacy of voluntary HIV-1 counselling and testing in individuals and couples in Kenya, Tanzania, and Trinidad: a randomised trial. The Voluntary HIV-1 Counseling and Testing Efficacy Study Group". Lancet. 356 (9224): 103–112. 2000-07-08. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(00)02446-6. ISSN 0140-6736. PMID 10963246.
  12. "Project Accept (HPTN 043): A Cluster-Randomized Trial of Community Mobilization, Mobile HIV Testing, Post-Test Support Services, and Real-Time Performance Feedback". www.cbvct.med.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  13. "National Academy of Medicine Directory". National Academy of Medicine. National Academy of Medicine. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  14. "HIV needs psychology". American Psychological Association. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  15. National Research Council (US) Committee on National Needs for Biomedical Behavioral Scientists (2000). National Research Council (US) Committee on National Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists. Addressing the Nation's Changing Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US). pp. Appendix F, Personal Statement Concerning Research Training in the Behavioral and Social Sciences. doi:10.17226/9827. ISBN 978-0-309-06981-6. PMID 24967499.
  16. "Society for Public Health Education". www.sophe.org. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  17. "Blood Water Red Tie Gala". event.bloodwater.org. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  18. "Award for Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public Policy | BAPPI". American Psychological Association. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  19. "BAY AREA REPORT -- SAN FRANCISCO / STOP AIDS Project Honors 3 Activists". SFGate. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  20. "Ending the HIV/AIDS Pandemic: From Scientific Advances to Public Health Implementation. 2015 Charles C. Shepard Science Awards". U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 18 June 2015. pp. 57. https://www.cdc.gov/od/science/aboutus/shepard/images/SSA15_Program.pdf.
  21. "APA Division 38: Awards History". www.health-psych.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
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