Robert C. Bailey

Professor
Epidemiology

Contact Information

E-mail: rcbailey@uic.edu

Address:
959 Sphpi, M/c 923, M/C 923
1603 W. Taylor St
Chicago, IL 60612

Phone: 312-355-0440

Academic Background

PHD, Anthropology, Harvard Univ, 1985
MSO, Public Admin, Emory Univ, 1996
MPH, Public Health, Emory Univ, 1996
ADB, History, Harvard Univ, 1969

Research Interests

HIV/AIDS prevention. Male circumcision as a strategy for HIV/STD prevention. Support and care for people living with HIV. Behavioral disinhibition with introduction of ART in developing countries.

Teaching Interests

Epidemiology of HIV, human growth and nutrition, international health, infectious diseases

Publications

Bailey RC, Moses S, Parker CB, Agot K, Maclean I, Krieger JN, Williams CFM, Campbell RT, Ndinya-Achola JO, 2007. Male circumcision for HIV prevention in young men in Kisumu, Kenya: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2007; 369:643-56.

Bailey RC and Mehta S. Circumcision's place in the vicious cycle between HSV-2 and HIV. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2009;199:923-925.

Mehta SD, Moses S, Ndinya-Achola JO, Agot K, Mclean I, Bailey RC. Identification of novel risks for non-ulcerative sexually transmitted infections among young men in Kisumu, Kenya. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2007;34:892-899

Bailey RC, Egesah O, Rosenberg S. Male circumcision for HIV prevention: a prospective study of complications in clinical and traditional settings in Bungoma, Kenya. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2008;86(9):669-677.

Mattson CL, Campbell RT, Bailey RC, Agot K, Ndinya-Achola JO, Moses S. Risk compensation is not associated with male circumcision: a multi-faceted evaluation of men enrolled in a randomized trial in Kenya. PLoS ONE 2008 Jun 18;3(6):e2443.

 Halperin D and RC Bailey. Male circumcision and HIV infection: ten years and counting. Lancet 1999; 354: 1813-1815.

Weiss HA, Halperin DT, Bailey RC, Hayes RJ, Schmidt G, Hankins C. Male circumcision for HIV prevention: from evidence to action. AIDS 2008; 22:1-8.

Westercamp N and Bailey RC, 2006. Acceptability of male circumcision for prevention of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: A review. AIDS and Behavior.2006 Oct 20; [Epub ahead of print]

Patterson BK, Landay A, Siegel JN, Flener Z, Pessis D, Chaviano A, Bailey RC, 2002. Susceptibility to human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection of human foreskin and cervical tissue in explant culture. American J of Pathology 2002; 16: 867-873.

Recent Honors and Awards

2005, National Faculty Honors Visiting Professor Univeristy of Manitoba Winnipeg