George Rutherford, MD, MA

Principal Investigator/Senior Advisor
+1 415 476-5781

George Rutherford is a Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at UCSF. He is a senior advisor to UPIEA. He is a former state health officer and has worked in international health for over 25 years supporting HIV surveillance and treatment globally. During the COVID-19 pandemic he has served as an advisor to the city of San Francisco in their contact tracing efforts and his leading several sero-prevalence studies.

Publications

Syndemic Factors Associated with Zika Virus Infection Prevalence and Risk Factors in a Cohort of Women Living in Endemic Areas for Arboviruses in Northeast Brazil.

Tropical medicine and infectious disease

Kerr L, Sanhueza-Sanzana C, Leal M, Aguiar I, Allel K, Sandoval MH, Frota CC, Aguiar MT, Martins AF, Dias L, Almeida RLF, Carvalho FHC, Correia FGS, Pires Neto RDJ, Araújo FM, Lima STS, Mello LMS, Nogueira LL, Leitão TDMJS, Teixeira MDG, Stolow J, Werneck GL, Coelho ICB, Blanton R, Silva AZD, Rutherford GW, Kendall C

"We chose PrEP because I wanted to be sure that this child my wife was going to conceive was indeed mine." Factors influencing the choice of safer conception methods and experiences with its use: a qualitative study among HIV sero-discordant couples in Zi

BMC public health

Brown JM, Musara P, Gitome S, Chitukuta M, Mataveke B, Chirenda T, Mgodi N, Mutero P, Matubu A, Chareka G, Chasakara C, Murombedzi C, Makurumure T, Hughes CS, Bukusi E, Cohen CR, Shiboski S, Darbes L, Rutherford GW, Chirenje ZM, Mhlanga F

The epidemiology of HIV population viral load in twelve sub-Saharan African countries.

PloS one

Hladik W, Stupp P, McCracken SD, Justman J, Ndongmo C, Shang J, Dokubo EK, Gummerson E, Koui I, Bodika S, Lobognon R, Brou H, Ryan C, Brown K, Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha H, Kingwara L, Young P, Bronson M, Chege D, Malewo O, Mengistu Y, Koen F, Jahn A, Auld A, Jonnalagadda S, Radin E, Hamunime N, Williams DB, Kayirangwa E, Mugisha V, Mdodo R, Delgado S, Kirungi W, Nelson L, West C, Biraro S, Dzekedzeke K, Barradas D, Mugurungi O, Balachandra S, Kilmarx PH, Musuka G, Patel H, Parekh B, Sleeman K, Domaoal RA, Rutherford G, Motsoane T, Bissek AZ, Farahani M, Voetsch AC

Evaluation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Nucleocapsid Antigen in the Blood as a Diagnostic Test for Infection and Infectious Viral Shedding.

Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Mathur S, Davidson MC, Anglin K, Lu S, Goldberg SA, Garcia-Knight M, Tassetto M, Zhang A, Romero M, Pineda-Ramirez J, Diaz-Sanchez R, Rugart P, Chen JY, Donohue K, Shak JR, Chenna A, Winslow JW, Petropoulos CJ, Yee BC, Lambert J, Glidden DV, Rutherford GW, Deeks SG, Peluso MJ, Andino R, Martin JN, Kelly JD

Magnitude and determinants of SARS-CoV-2 household transmission: a longitudinal cohort study.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Daniel Kelly J, Lu S, Anglin K, Garcia-Knight M, Pineda-Ramirez J, Goldberg SA, Tassetto M, Zhang A, Donohue K, Davidson MC, Romero M, Sanchez RD, Djomaleu M, Mathur S, Chen JY, Forman CA, Servellita V, Montejano RD, Shak JR, Rutherford GW, Deeks SG, Abedi GR, Rolfes MA, Saydah S, Briggs-Hagen M, Peluso MJ, Chiu C, Midgley CM, Andino R, Martin JN

Infectious viral shedding of SARS-CoV-2 Delta following vaccination: A longitudinal cohort study.

PLoS pathogens

Garcia-Knight M, Anglin K, Tassetto M, Lu S, Zhang A, Goldberg SA, Catching A, Davidson MC, Shak JR, Romero M, Pineda-Ramirez J, Diaz-Sanchez R, Rugart P, Donohue K, Massachi J, Sans HM, Djomaleu M, Mathur S, Servellita V, McIlwain D, Gaudiliere B, Chen J, Martinez EO, Tavs JM, Bronstone G, Weiss J, Watson JT, Briggs-Hagen M, Abedi GR, Rutherford GW, Deeks SG, Chiu C, Saydah S, Peluso MJ, Midgley CM, Martin JN, Andino R, Kelly JD

Immunogenicity of rVSV?G-ZEBOV-GP Ebola vaccination in exposed and potentially exposed persons in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Hoff NA, Bratcher A, Kelly JD, Musene K, Kompany JP, Kabamba M, Mbala-Kingebeni P, Dighero-Kemp B, Kocher G, Elliott E, Reilly C, Halbrook M, Ilunga Kebela B, Gadoth A, Ngoie Mwamba G, Tambu M, McIlwain DR, Mukadi P, Hensley LE, Ahuka-Mundeke S, Rutherford GW, Muyembe-Tamfum JJ, Rimoin AW