Ronald C. Hershow

Associate Professor
Epidemiology

Contact Information

E-mail: rchersho@uic.edu

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

Phone: 312-996-4759

Academic Background

MD, General, Cornell U
BA, Biology, Hofstra Univ

Research Interests

Infectious diseases, specifically HIV infection, noscomial infections, viral hepatitis, bioterrorism

Teaching Interests

Infectious disease epidemiology

Publications

 Hershow RC, Chomel BB, Graham DR, Schyve PM, Mandel EJ, Kane MA, Hadler SC. "Hepatitis D Virus Infection in Illinois State Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled: Epidemiology and Clinical Manifestations." Annals of Internal Medicine, 110: 779-785, 1989. .

 Minkoff H, Hershow R, Watts DH, Frederick M, Cheng I, Tuomala R, Pitt J, Zorrilla CD, Hammill H, Adenyi-Jones SK, Thompson B. The relationship of pregnancy to human immunodeficiency disease progression. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 189:552-559, 2003.

 Hershow RC, Kalish LA, Sha B, Till M, Cohen M. Hepatitis C virus infection in Chicago women with or at risk of HIV infection: Evidence for sexual transmission. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 25:527-532, 1998.

 Hershow RC, Galai N, Fukuda K, Graber J, Vlahov D, Rezza G, et al. An international collaborative study of the effects of coinfection with human T lymphotropic virus type II on human immunodeficiency virus type 1 disease progression in injection drug users. J Infect Dis. 174:309-317, 1996.

 Hershow RC, Riester KA, Lew J, et al. Increased vertical transmission of human immunodeficiency virus from hepatitis C coinfected mothers. J Infect Dis. 176:414-20, 1997.

Navas-Nacher EL, Read JS, Leighty RM, Tuomala RE, Zorrilla CD, Landesman S, Rosenblatt H, Hershow RC. Mode of Delivery and post-partum HIV-1 disease progression: The Women and Infants Transmission Study Group. AIDS 2006, 20:429-436.

Huo D, Bailey SL, Hershow RC, Ouellet L. Effects of primary and secondary needle exchange on HIV risk behaviors and drug treatment enrollment among injection drug users. AIDS Education and Prevention: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 2005; 17:170-84.

Olshansky, S.J., Carnes, BA, Hershow, R., Passaro, D., Layden, J., Brody, J., Hayflick, L., Butler, RN., Allison, DB., Ludwig, DS. 2005. Misdirection on the road to Shangri-La. Sci. Aging Knowl. Environ. 2005; Vol. 2005, Issue 22, pp. pe15, 1 June 2005. http://sageke.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2005/22/pe15.

Minkoff H, Shen XL, Watts DH, Leighty R, Hershow R, Palevsky J, Tuomala R, Neu N, Zorilla CD, Paul M, Strickler H. The relationship of pregnancy to HPV carriage. Obstetric and Gynecology. 2006.108:953-60.

French AL, Evans CT, Anastos K, Greenblatt RM, Hershow R, Huebner R, Augenbraun R, Young M, Lopez-Gatell H, Passaro DJ. Incidence of Tuberculin skin test conversion among HIV-infected and uninfected women: Results of a 6 year study. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2006. 42:592-596.

Recent Honors and Awards

2006, Nominated for UIC School of Public Health Golden Apple Award TEACHING AWARD University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health