Eugene

Thomas Richardson, M.D., M.A.

Research Interests

Prevention of HIV and tuberculosis transmission

Political ecology of infectious disease burdens

Education

2017 Ph.D. Anthropology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Advisor: Prof. James Jones
2009 M.D. Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
2001 M.A. Asian Studies, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
1999 B.S. Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC

Post-Graduate Training/Research Experience

2013- Research Scientist, Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, University of Cape

Town, South Africa
Advisors: Profs. Robin Wood and Linda-Gail Bekker
2012-15 Research Fellow, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic
Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
2011-12 Clinical Fellow, Infectious Disease
Stanford University Hospitals, Stanford, CA
2009-11 Intern/Resident, Internal Medicine (Clinical Investigator Pathway)
Stanford University Hospitals, Stanford, CA
2009 Research fellow, Avian Flu
NAMRU3/Centers for Disease Control, Cairo, Egypt
2007-08 Doris Duke fellow at Kalafong Hospital (Pretoria), Maternal HIV
Yale School of Medicine/University of Pretoria
2005 Research assistant, Yellow Fever
World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
2004 Intern, Health Action in Crises
World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
2004 Laboratory supervisor
Doctors Without Borders/Mdecins Sans Frontires, Bentiu, Sudan
2003 Research Assistant, MDR-TB
Partners In Health, Lima, Peru
2002-03 Research Assistant, Dengue
John A. Burns School of Medicine/University of Hawaii

Licensure and Certifications

2014 American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease (Board

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2012 American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine

2010 Medical Board of California Physician and Surgeon

Honors and Awards

2013 Graduate Summer Research Award

Stanford Center for African Studies
2010 Johnson & Johnson Global Health Scholar
Tugela Ferry, South Africa
2009-11 Resident Ambassador
Stanford Department of Medicine
2009 Honors in Research
Weill Cornell Medical College
2009 Anthony S. Werner Memorial Prize in Infectious Disease
Weill Cornell Medical College
2009 O.C. Hubert Fellowship in International Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2008 Elsevier Clinical Research Award
American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene
2008 Benjamin H. Kean Traveling Fellow
American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene
2005 David E. Rogers Fellowship
New York Academy of Medicine
2001 Graduate with Merit (equivalent of Latin Honors)
University of Sydney
1999 Graduated Cum Laude
Duke University
1995-2001 J.M. Rubin Foundation Fellowship

Current Grants

2014- Freeman Spogli Institute/Global Underdevelopment Action Fund

CO2 and Social Mixing Observational Study and the Effects on
TB Transmission
Role: Co-investigator

2013- Stanford University School of Medicine

Advanced Residency Training at Stanford (ARTS) Fellowship

2012- Stanford University

Gerhard Casper Graduate Fellowship in Science and Engineering
Total: $220,000

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Completed Grants

2012-13 NIH/NIAID
NRSA grant T32 AI052073
Epidemiology of emerging infections and bioterrorism

2010-12 Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Ethical challenges encountered during short-term overseas
training in biomedical research and practice
(Funds used to create a web-based ethics training; available at:
http://ethicsandglobalhealth.org/index.shtml)

2007-08 Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Caring for the HIV-infected mother and her child in an
integrated health system

Affiliations

2013- International AIDS Society

2012- HIV Medicine Association
2011- Infectious Disease Society of America
2011- Stanford Society of Physician Scholars
2008- American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene
2004- Mdecins Sans Frontires-USA Association

Teaching Activities

2013- Invited lecturer, International Women's Health & Human Rights

massive open online course (MOOC). Available at
http://www.internationalwomenshealth.org/
2012- Invited Lecturer for Stanford courses,
HUMBIO 151: Introduction to Epidemiology
PEDS 223: Human Rights and Global Health
HISTORY 324C: Genocide and Humanitarian Intervention
FEMGEN 129: Critical Issues in International Women's Health
2012-14 Clinical instructor. Arbor Free Clinic
Stanford University School of Medicine
2011-13 Mentor, Stanford Immersion in Medicine Series (SIMS) Physician
Shadowing Program

Scientific Peer Reviewer

AIDS
Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID)
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS)

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Antiviral Research
20th International AIDS Conference 2014, Melbourne, Australia

Presentations and Invited Lectures

1. Richardson ET. HIV and infant feeding. Invited lecture at the 2007
UNESCO Workshop of Water and HIV/AIDS. Pretoria, South Africa.
2. Richardson ET, Pattinson R, Bergh A, Makin J. The utility of a postnatal
bridging card in facilitating communication between health centres.
Presented at the 2008 Conference on Priorities in Perinatal Care in Southern
Africa. Johannesburg, South Africa.
3. Richardson ET, Pattinson R, Bergh A, Makin J. The journey of the other
and infant between birth and six weeks: A map of potential routes. Oral
presentation at the 2008 Conference on Priorities in Perinatal Care in Southern
Africa. Johannesburg, South Africa.
4. Richardson ET, Pattinson R, Bergh A, Makin J. Caring for the mother and
infant in an integrated health system. Oral presentation at the 2008 Meeting of
the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene.
5. DeCamp M, Rodriguez J, Richardson ET, Sugarman J, Barry M. Developing
an introductory ethics curriculum for short-term global health training. Poster at
the 2011 Global Health Conference. Montreal, Canada.
6. Richardson ET & Zolopa AR. HIV and gender inequality. Poster at the 2013
International AIDS Society Conference. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
7. Richardson ET. Humanitarian organizations. Invited lecture for the 2014
Stanford Human Rights Education Initiative Workshop on Humanitarianism.
8. Richardson ET, Morrow CD, Kalil DB, Bekker L-G, Wood R. Tuberculosis in
Schools. Oral presentation at the 2014 NCCIDSA Meeting TB Symposium. Mayo
Clinic TB Center, Rochester, MN.
9. Bekker L-G & Richardson ET. Cost-effectiveness of viral load monitoring in
resource-limited settings. Invited presentation for the 8th INTEREST Workshop
2014. Lusaka, Zambia.

Publications

1. Richardson ET, Luo R, Fink D, Nutman TB, Geisse JK, Barry M.

Transient facial swellings in a patient with a remote African travel history.
Journal of Travel Medicine 2012 May-Jun;19(3):183-5. doi:10.1111/j.1708-
8305.2012.00612.x.
2. Richardson ET & Polyakova A. The illusion of scientific objectivity and
the death of the investigator. European Journal of Clinical Investigation 2012
Feb;42(2):213-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2011.02569.x.
3. DeCamp M, Crump J, Rodriguez J, Richardson ET, Barry M, Sugarman J.
TB in a global health exchange program. Journal of General Internal Medicine
2012;27(1):7.

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4. Wood R & Richardson ET. Prioritizing Healthcare Delivery in a

Conflict Zone; Comment on 'TB/HIV Co-Infection Care in Conflict-Affected
Settings: A Mapping of Health Facilities in the Goma Area, Democratic Republic
of Congo'. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 2013;1(3):
231232. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2352737 or
http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2352737
5. Richardson ET, Grant PM, Zolopa AR. Evolution of HIV treatment
guidelines in high- and low-income countries: Converging recommendations.
Antiviral Research. 2014;103:8893. doi:10.1016/j.antiviral.2013.12.007.
6. Collins SE, Grant PM, Richardson ET, Zolopa AR. Integrating integrase
inhibitors into an antiretroviral regimen. Current Treatment Options in Infectious
Diseases 2014;6(2):144-158. doi:10.1007/s40506-013-0009-6.
7. Richardson ET, Wood R. A Trial of Mass Isoniazid Preventive Therapy for
Tuberculosis Control [Letter to the Editor]. New England Journal of Medicine
2014;370:1661-1663. doi:10.1056/NEJMc1402073
8. Richardson ET, Morrow CD, Kalil DB, Ginsberg S, Bekker L-G, Wood R.
Shared Air: A Renewed Focus on Ventilation for the Prevention of Tuberculosis
Transmission. PLoS ONE 2014;9(5):e96334. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0096334.
9. Richardson ET. Research on oral preexposure prophylaxis in sub-Saharan
Africa is an example of biomedical tunnel vision. AIDS 2014 (in press).
10. Richardson ET, Collins SE, Kung T, Jones JH, Tram KH, Bekker L-G,
Zolopa AR. Gender inequality and HIV transmission: A global analysis. Journal
of the International AIDS Society 2014 (in press).