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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, Revelle College

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
Fellow, American College of Preventive Medicine
Fellow, American College of Epidemiology

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.

Courses Taught
PH 661: Epidemiological Study Design Critique
PH 663: Principles of Epidemiology I
PH 666: Seminar in Infectious Disease Control

Selected Publications
Katz AR. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction: filling the gap for early leptospirosis diagnosis. Clin Infect Dis (in press).

Katz AR, Komeya AY, Soge OO, Kiaha MI, Lee MVC, Wasserman GM,
Maningas EV, Whelen AC, Kirkcaldy RD, Shapiro SJ, Bolan GA, Holmes KK.
Neisseria gonorrhoeae with high-level resistance to azithromycin: case report of the first isolate identified in the United States. Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Dec 19. Epub ahead of print.

Katz AR, Buchholz AE, Hinson K, Park SY, Effler PV. Leptospirosis in Hawaii,
1999-2008. Emerg Infect Dis 2011;17:221-226.

McGrath CM, Katz AR, Lee MVC, Rochat RW. Chlamydia screening of
adolescent females: a survey of providers in Hawaii. J Community Health
2011;36:274-280.

Katz AR, Chasnoff R, Komeya A, Lee MVC. Neisseria meningitidis urethritis: a
case report highlighting clinical similarities to and epidemiological differences
from gonococcal urethritis. Sex Transm Dis 2011;38:439-441.

Katz AR, Cadorna AM, Lee MVC, Komeya A, Kiaha M, Ohye RG. Investigation
of a cluster of syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia cases among heterosexual
Micronesians living on Oahu. J Community Health 2009;34:357-60.

Parrish JW, Katz AR, Grove JS, Maddock J, Myhre S. Characteristics of women
seeking emergency contraception at a university-based women’s health clinic. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009;201(1):22.e1-7.

Katz AR. Looking back on The House of God [letter]. JAMA 2008;299:2390.

Ellis T, Imrie A, Katz AR, Effler PV. Underrecognition of leptospirosis during a
dengue fever outbreak in Hawaii, 2001-2002. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis
2008;8:541-548.

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.

Morita JE, Fujioka RS, Tice AD, Berestecky J, Sato D, Seifried SE, Katz AR.
Survey of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage in healthy college students, Hawaii. Hawaii Med J 2007;66:213-215.

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.

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.

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

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;38:814-819.

Katz AR, Effler PV, Ohye RG, Lee MVC. Assessing age-related risk for
gonococcal and chlamydial infections among females in Hawaii, 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 Hawaii, 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 Hawaii, 1979-1998. Trop Med Int Health 2003;8:639-642.

Katz AR, Ansdell VE, Effler PV, Middleton CR, Sasaki DM. Leptospirosis in
Hawaii, 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, Sasaki 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.