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Alan Katz, MD, MPH Graduate Chair/Professor, Epidemiology 1960 East West Road, Biomed D104M Honolulu, HI 96822 email: katz@hawaii.edu phone: (808) 956-5741 fax: (808) 956-5818

Academic Degrees
MD, University of California-Irvine
MPH (Epidemiology), University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
BA (Biology), University of California-San Diego

Awards/Honors
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Distinguished Graduate Mentoring Award, 2008
Presidential Citation for Meritorious Teaching, 1989
Regents' Medal for Excellence in Teaching, 1992
Member, Delta Omega, National Public Health Honor Society

Dr. Alan Katz's research interests include leptospirosis and sexually transmitted diseases. This includes both epidemiologic and behavioral factors related to disease risk and prevention. He currently serves as a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the University of Hawai‘i AIDS Clinical Trials Group and is a staff physician and medical consultant at the Hawai‘i State Department of Health's Diamond Head STD Clinic.

Selected Research Projects
Efficacy of Cefpodoxime in the Treatment of Gonococcal Infection: In collaboration with colleagues from the California Department of Health Services and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Katz is the Hawai‘i state study coordinator for this multicenter efficacy study.

Epidemiology of STDs in Hawai‘i: In collaboration with colleagues at the Department of Health, Dr. Katz is analyzing and interpreting clinical and epidemiologic data on selected bacterial sexually transmitted diseases in Hawai‘i.

Selected Publications
Katz AR. Selection of cases and controls: additional information is needed [letter]. Int J Cardiol (in press).

Gaynor K, Katz AR, Park SY, Nakata M, Clark TA, Effler PV. Leptospirosis on Oahu: an outbreak associated with flooding of a university campus. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2007;76:882-885.

Katz, AR, Nekorchuk DM, Holck PS, Hendrickson LA, Imrie AA, Effler PV. Hawaii physician and nurse bioterrorism preparedness survey. Prehospital Disaster Med 2006;21:396-405.

Katz AR, Nekorchuk DM, Holck PS, Hendrickson LA, Imrie AA, Effler PV. Bioterrorism preparedness survey of Hawaii mental health professionals. Int J Ment Health 2006;35:12-25.

Vinetz JM, Wilcox BA, Aguirre A, Gollin LX, Katz AR, Fujioka RS, Maly K, Horowitz P, Chang H. Beyond disciplinary boundaries: leptospirosis as a model of incorporating transdisciplinary approaches to understand infectious disease emergence. EcoHealth 2005;2:1-16.

Scholly K, Katz AR, Gascoigne J, Holck PS. Using social norms theory to explain perceptions and sexual health behaviors of undergraduate college students: an exploratory study. J Am Coll Health 2005;53:159-166.

Katz AR, Effler PV, Ohye RG, Brouillet B, Lee MVC, Whiticar PM. False-positive gonorrhea test results with a nucleic acid amplification test: the impact of low prevalence on positive predictive value. Clin Infect Dis 2004;38:314-319.

Katz AR, Effler PV, Ohye RG, Lee MVC. Assessing age-related risk for gonococcal and chlamydial infections among females in Hawai‘i, 2001: a comparison of morbidity rates with screening test positivity. Ambul Pediatr 2004;4:188-191.

Katz AR, Lee MVC, Ohye RG, Whiticar PM, Effler PV. Ciprofloxacin resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae: trends in Hawai‘i, 1997-2002 [letter]. Lancet 2003;362:495.

Katz AR, Effler PV, Ansdell VE. Comparison of serology and isolates for the identification of infecting leptospiral serogroups in Hawai‘i, 1979-1998. Trop Med Int Health 2003;8:639-642.

Katz AR, Ansdell VE, Effler PV, Middleton CR, Sasaki DM. Leptospirosis in Hawai‘i, 1974-1998: epidemiologic analysis of 353 laboratory confirmed cases. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2002;66:61-70.

Effler PV, Bogard AK, Domen HY, Katz AR, Higa HY, Sasai DM. Evaluation of eight rapid screening tests for acute leptospirosis in Hawaii. J Clin Microbiol 2002;40:1464-1469.

Katz AR, Ansdell VE, Effler PV, Middleton CR, Sasaki DM. Assessment of the clinical presentation and treatment of 353 laboratory confirmed leptospirosis cases in Hawaii, 1974-1998. Clin Infect Dis 2001;;33:1834-1841.

Morens DM, Katz AR, Melish ME. The fourth disease, 1900-1881, RIP [letter]. Lancet 2001;357:2059.