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Robinson Cabello, MD

Robinson Cabello, MD (Faculty Mentor) is Executive Director of Asociacion Civil Via Libre, Peru’s oldest community-based AIDS service organization. Dr. Cabello has played a key role in both adult and pediatric clinical trials of HIV and STI therapeutics and in community-based studies of HIV prevention and diagnosis. In addition to his advocacy work in national health policy for management of HIV infection, he has collaborated with investigators from UCLA, UPCH, and Asociacion Civil Impacta Salud y Educacion on studies of HIV/STI epidemiology, prevention and treatment among MSM in Peru.

Research Interests:

Clinical trials of HIV/STI therapeutics

Epidemiology of HIV/STIs

"Test and Treat" strategies for HIV testing and linkage to care

Selected Recent Publications:

Lipsitz MC, Segura ER, Castro JL, Smith E, Medrano C, Clark JL, Lake JE, Cabello R. Bringing testing to the people - benefits of mobile unit HIV/syphilis testing in Lima, Peru, 2007-2009. Intern J STD AIDS (2014) 25(5):325-31.

Clark JL, Konda KA, Silva-Santisteban A, Peinado J, Lama JR, Cabello R, Sebastian JL, Perez-Brumer A, Pun M, Suarez-Ognio L, Sanchez J. Sampling Methodologies for Epidemiologic Surveillance of MSM and Transgender Women in Latin America: An Empiric Comparison of Convenience Sampling, TSS, and RDS. AIDS and Behavior, (2014) 18(12):2338-48.

Novak RM, Metch B, Buchbinder S, Cabello R, Donastorg Y, Figoroa JP, Abdul-Jauwad H, Joseph P, Koenig E, Metzger D, Sobieszycz M, Tyndall M, Zorilla C. Risk behavior among women enrolled in a randomized controlled efficacy trial of an adenoviral vector vaccine to prevent HIV acquisition. AIDS 2013 Jul 17;27(11):1763-70.

Blas MM, Alva IE, Carcamo C, Cabello R, Goodreau SM, Kimball AM, Kurth A. Effect of an online video-based intervention to increase HIV testing in men who have sex with men in Peru. PLoS One 2010 May 3; 5(5):e10448.