San Francisco Department of Health
HIV/AIDS Statistics and Epidemiology
25 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco,
CA
USA
94102
willi_mcfarland@hotmial.com
Biographical Sketch:
Positions and Employment
1992 Intern, Primary Care Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
1992-1994 Resident, Preventive Medicine, University of California, Berkeley
1993-1996 Post-doctoral fellow, NIMH, AIDS Prevention Studies, UCSF
1996-1997 Post-doctoral fellow, Infectious Diseases, Stanford University
1996-2002 Physician Specialist, Department of Medicine, UCSF
1995- Director, HIV/AIDS Statistics and Epidemiology Unit, SF Dept. of Public Health
1997- Regional Director for Africa, CAPS International Program, UCSF
2002- Associate Adjunct Professor, Dept. Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF
2005- Co-Director, Traineeship in AIDS Prevention Studies, post-doctoral program, UCSF
Selected peer-reviewed publications (in chronological order).
Total of 121 (61 as first, senior, or corresponding author); Selected articles:
1. Ssali A, Butler LM, Kabatesi D, King R, Kamya MR, Mandel J, Chen SY, *McFarland W. Traditional
healers for HIV/AIDS prevention and family planning, Kiboga District, Uganda: Changes in practice
and dissemination of information to clients. AIDS Behav 2005 (in press).
2. *McFarland W. Review: Effective sexual health interventions: issues in experimental evaluation.
AIDS Care 2004;6:262-264.
3. *McFarland W, Chen SY, Weide D, Kohn R, Klausner J. Gay Asian men in San Francisco follow the
international trend: increases in rates of unprotected anal intercourse and sexually transmitted
diseases. AIDS Education and Prevention 2004;16(1):13-18.
4. *McFarland W, Chen S, Hsu L, Schwarcz S, Katz M. Low socioeconomic status is associated with
a higher rate of death in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy, San Francisco. J Acquir
Immune Defic Syndr 2003;33(1):96-103.
5. *McFarland W, Lindan CP, Mandel J, Rutherford G. Special Issue: AIDS Prevention in the
Developing World. AIDS and Behavior 2002;6:207-293.
6. Mataure P, *McFarland W (corresponding author), Fritz K, Kim A, Woelk G, Ray S, Rutherford G.
Alcohol use and high risk sexual behaviour among adolescents and young adults in Harare,
Zimbabwe. AIDS and Behavior 2002;6:211-219.