Katherine K Thomas

Biographic Data

ID6065343
NAMEKatherine K Thomas
GIVEN NAMESKatherine K
FAMILY NAMEThomas
SIGNATURETHOMAS K K
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Washington
ORCID0000-0002-7024-468X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR11
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2007
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Impact of Covid-19 Public Health Measures on Antiretroviral Therapy Use Among Ugandans Living with HIV in Sero-Different Couples

    Open AccessTimothy R Muwonge, Erika Feutz et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2025

    Antiretroviral therapy (ART) use and HIV suppression among people living with HIV (PLHIV) are critical for HIV control and prevention. Extreme restrictions on movement early during the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda may have impeded the ability to initiate and sustain access to and use of ART. From our stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial of an integrated PrEP and ART intervention for HIV-serodifferent couples at 12 ART clinics in Uganda, we ident…

  • Real-world performance of point-of-care vs. standard-of-care HIV viral load testing in western Kenya

    Open AccessJessica H Giang, Garoma Basha et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Routine HIV viral load testing is important for evaluating HIV treatment outcomes, but conventional viral load testing has many barriers including expensive laboratory equipment and lengthy results return times to patients. A point-of-care viral load testing technology, such as GeneXpert HIV-1 quantification assay, could reduce these barriers by decreasing cost and turnaround time, however real-world performance is limited. We conducted a seconda…

  • Urine lipoarabinomannan concentrations among HIV-negative adults with pulmonary or extrapulmonary tuberculosis disease in Vietnam

    Open AccessHoa Binh Nguyen, Mark Fajans et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Lipoarabinomannan (LAM) is a promising target biomarker for diagnosing subclinical and clinical tuberculosis (TB). Urine LAM (uLAM) testing using rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) has been approved for people living with HIV (PLWH), however there is limited data regarding uLAM levels in HIV-negative (HIV-ve) adults with clinical TB. We conducted a clinical study of adults presenting with clinical TB-related symptoms at the National Lung Hospital in H…

  • Behavioral Modeling and its Association with PrEP and ART Use in Ugandan HIV-Serodifferent Couples

    Open AccessLiying Wang, Timothy R Muwonge et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2024

    Integrating Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) delivery into Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) programs bridges the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) prevention gap for HIV-serodifferent couples prior to the partner living with HIV achieving viral suppression. Behavioral modeling is one mechanism that could explain health-related behavior among couples, including those using antiretroviral medications, but few tools exist to measure the extent to which …

  • ART initiation among women newly diagnosed with HIV in a contraceptive trial in sub-Saharan Africa

    Open AccessIvana Beesham, Rodal Issema et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2022

    Current guidelines recommend starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) as soon as possible after HIV diagnosis to reduce morbidity, mortality and onward HIV transmission. We examined factors influencing ART initiation by women who seroconverted during the Evidence for Contraceptive Options and HIV Outcomes (ECHO) Trial. ECHO, conducted between 2015 and 2018, enrolled HIV-negative, sexually active women, aged 16-35 years, from four African countries. …

  • Evaluating the effectiveness of patient education and empowerment to improve patient–provider interactions in antiretroviral therapy clinics in Namibia

    Open AccessEllen MacLachlan, Ellen W Maclachlan et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2016

    In order to increase patient active engagement during patient-provider interactions, we developed and implemented patient training sessions in four antiretroviral therapy (ART) clinics in Namibia using a "Patient Empowerment" training curriculum. We examined the impact of these trainings on patient-provider interactions after the intervention. We tested the effectiveness of the intervention using a randomized parallel group design, with half of t…

  • Does Adherence Change When No One is Looking? Comparing Announced and Unannounced Tenofovir Levels in a PrEP Trial

    Open AccessNicholas Musinguzi, Timothy R Muwonge et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2016

  • Antiretroviral Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention in Heterosexual Men and Women

    Jared M Baeten, Deborah Donnell et al.ARTICLENew England Journal of Medicine2012

    BACKGROUND: Antiretroviral preexposure prophylaxis is a promising approach for preventing human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection in heterosexual populations. METHODS: We conducted a randomized trial of oral antiretroviral therapy for use as preexposure prophylaxis among HIV-1-serodiscordant heterosexual couples from Kenya and Uganda. The HIV-1-seronegative partner in each couple was randomly assigned to one of three study regimens-…

  • Heterosexual HIV-1 transmission after initiation of antiretroviral therapy

    Open AccessDeborah Donnell, Jared M Baeten et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2010

  • Determinants of Recent HIV Infection Among Seattle-Area Men Who Have Sex with Men

    Hanne Thiede, Richard A Jenkins et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2009Cited by: 2References: 38

    Objectives. We sought to identify HIV-infection risk factors related to partner selection and sexual behaviors with those partners among men who have sex with men (MSM) in King County, Washington. Methods. Participants were recruited from HIV testing sites in the Seattle area. Recent HIV infection status was determined by the Serologic Testing Algorithm for Recent HIV Seroconversion (STARHS) or a self-reported previous HIV-negative test. Data on …

  • Changing Nutrition Behavior in Bangladesh

    Claudia F Parvanta, Claudia Parvanta et al.ARTICLEEcology of Food and Nutrition2007

    Behavior change theories and a positive deviance approach were used to improve child nutrition through home gardening groups in Bangladesh. Groups were assigned randomly to: (T1) individual, stage-based, role-model stories delivered by a literate agent; (T2) role-model stories told by illiterate garden group leaders at meetings; or (T3) no intervention. Four months later, 31% of the T1 mothers demonstrated feeding correct portions of vegetables t…