Paul Adamson MD MPH
@padamsonmd.bsky.social
ID doc and researcher. Asst Professor at UCLA. Interests in HIV, sexually transmitted infections, global health, & AMR. 🇲🇽|🇺🇸 He/him. Views are mine.
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Drug-resistant #gonorrhea is an urgent issue, threatening our empiric treatment options. Resistance to ceftriaxone is rapidly increasing in the Asia-Pacific region.
Happy to share our study from Vietnam, now out in @jidjournal.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/jid/article/...
#IDsky #STIsky #AMR
Happy to share our study from Vietnam, now out in @jidjournal.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/jid/article/...
#IDsky #STIsky #AMR
Congratulations to Maldives on achieving #tripleelimination!!
Awesome public health news:
Maldives becomes the first country to achieve ‘triple elimination’ of
1. mother-to-child transmission of HIV,
2. Syphilis and
3. Hepatitis B
www.who.int/news/item/13...
Maldives becomes the first country to achieve ‘triple elimination’ of
1. mother-to-child transmission of HIV,
2. Syphilis and
3. Hepatitis B
www.who.int/news/item/13...
Maldives becomes the first country to achieve ‘triple elimination’ of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B
In a landmark public health achievement, WHO has validated the Maldives for eliminating mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of hepatitis B, while maintaining its earlier validation (in 2019) for EMTCT of HIV and syphilis. This makes the Maldives the first country in the world to achieve ‘triple elimination’.
www.who.int
October 15, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Congratulations to Maldives on achieving #tripleelimination!!
Dr. Marrazzo is not only a role-model physician-scientist and tireless health advocate, but also a brave leader in these trying times.
#IDSky
#IDSky
Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, former Director of NIAID, is Fired by Health and Human Services Secretary Kennedy in Retaliation for Filing Whistleblower Complaint with the Office of Special Counsel
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bit.ly/4gRA3yx
October 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Dr. Marrazzo is not only a role-model physician-scientist and tireless health advocate, but also a brave leader in these trying times.
#IDSky
#IDSky
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The proportion of Treponema pallidum PCR-positive primary syphilis infections which are seronegative for syphilis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
✅ Just Accepted
#IDSky
✅ Just Accepted
#IDSky
The proportion of Treponema pallidum PCR-positive primary syphilis infections which are seronegative for syphilis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Earlier syphilis detection is needed to reduce infectiousness, transmission and to improve control. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for...
doi.org
August 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The proportion of Treponema pallidum PCR-positive primary syphilis infections which are seronegative for syphilis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
✅ Just Accepted
#IDSky
✅ Just Accepted
#IDSky
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Alrighty, post vacay and ready to talk about @stihiv2025.org
Some amazing research and presentations:
1- Intense discussion about the need for screening for G/C in asymptomatic MSM. The evidence wasn't fully compelling but what it speaks to is the need for shared decision making in our field
Some amazing research and presentations:
1- Intense discussion about the need for screening for G/C in asymptomatic MSM. The evidence wasn't fully compelling but what it speaks to is the need for shared decision making in our field
August 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Alrighty, post vacay and ready to talk about @stihiv2025.org
Some amazing research and presentations:
1- Intense discussion about the need for screening for G/C in asymptomatic MSM. The evidence wasn't fully compelling but what it speaks to is the need for shared decision making in our field
Some amazing research and presentations:
1- Intense discussion about the need for screening for G/C in asymptomatic MSM. The evidence wasn't fully compelling but what it speaks to is the need for shared decision making in our field
Great talk by @ericpfchow.bsky.social about a ton of amazing work being done on #HPV #vaccination by he and many colleagues at MSHC in Australia.
Happy to have him at @dgsomucla.bsky.social to inspire the next generation of #STI researchers!
Happy to have him at @dgsomucla.bsky.social to inspire the next generation of #STI researchers!
August 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Great talk by @ericpfchow.bsky.social about a ton of amazing work being done on #HPV #vaccination by he and many colleagues at MSHC in Australia.
Happy to have him at @dgsomucla.bsky.social to inspire the next generation of #STI researchers!
Happy to have him at @dgsomucla.bsky.social to inspire the next generation of #STI researchers!
At least 500 federal grants to #UCLA have been suspended so far.
This is devastating to the scientific community here, but also threatens the science that fuels innovation, cures disease, and powers our economy.
When #science is attacked like this, we all lose.
chancellor.ucla.edu/messages/the...
This is devastating to the scientific community here, but also threatens the science that fuels innovation, cures disease, and powers our economy.
When #science is attacked like this, we all lose.
chancellor.ucla.edu/messages/the...
August 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
At least 500 federal grants to #UCLA have been suspended so far.
This is devastating to the scientific community here, but also threatens the science that fuels innovation, cures disease, and powers our economy.
When #science is attacked like this, we all lose.
chancellor.ucla.edu/messages/the...
This is devastating to the scientific community here, but also threatens the science that fuels innovation, cures disease, and powers our economy.
When #science is attacked like this, we all lose.
chancellor.ucla.edu/messages/the...
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Yet another blow to science and academic freedom. Cutting research funding - especially at institutions like UCLA - is a short sighted move that undermines innovation, public health, and progress. Feeling for all my colleagues in academia there 💔
BREAKING: The Trump administration has canceled $200 million in research grants to UCLA, citing allegations over antisemitism. The move came after Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi said UCLA would pay a "heavy price" over its handling of last year's pro-Palestinian encampment www.latimes.com/california/s...
August 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Yet another blow to science and academic freedom. Cutting research funding - especially at institutions like UCLA - is a short sighted move that undermines innovation, public health, and progress. Feeling for all my colleagues in academia there 💔
BREAKING: The Trump administration has canceled $200 million in research grants to UCLA, citing allegations over antisemitism. The move came after Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi said UCLA would pay a "heavy price" over its handling of last year's pro-Palestinian encampment www.latimes.com/california/s...
Trump freezes $200 million in UCLA science, medical research funding, citing antisemitism
The Trump administration has frozen roughly $200 million in National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health and other federal agency-funded research UCLA, citing allegations that UCLA discr...
www.latimes.com
August 1, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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Got to present the LIMIT Trial @stihiv2025.org looking at adding lidocaine to prefilled Bicillin shots to see if it could affect pain at 10 mins and 24hrs after injection vs control w/saline. 4 pt decline in pain at 10 mins, no difference at 24 hrs. This is prelim analysis but is promising #STISky
July 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Got to present the LIMIT Trial @stihiv2025.org looking at adding lidocaine to prefilled Bicillin shots to see if it could affect pain at 10 mins and 24hrs after injection vs control w/saline. 4 pt decline in pain at 10 mins, no difference at 24 hrs. This is prelim analysis but is promising #STISky
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Got to present @stihiv2025.org on risk based messaging in sexual health settings, focusing on person centered language, removal of risk based questions, and overall trying to not make your patients feel awful for their sex lives
July 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Got to present @stihiv2025.org on risk based messaging in sexual health settings, focusing on person centered language, removal of risk based questions, and overall trying to not make your patients feel awful for their sex lives
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#stihiv2025 🧪
Closing plenary @drjeannem.bsky.social
Great promise of long-acting HIV PrEP, if available, accessible, in a functioning health system
All it takes is a disaster…
Like withdrawal of PEPFAR - a humanitarian crisis
👇 @avac.org counter of preventable deaths
Closing plenary @drjeannem.bsky.social
Great promise of long-acting HIV PrEP, if available, accessible, in a functioning health system
All it takes is a disaster…
Like withdrawal of PEPFAR - a humanitarian crisis
👇 @avac.org counter of preventable deaths
July 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
#stihiv2025 🧪
Closing plenary @drjeannem.bsky.social
Great promise of long-acting HIV PrEP, if available, accessible, in a functioning health system
All it takes is a disaster…
Like withdrawal of PEPFAR - a humanitarian crisis
👇 @avac.org counter of preventable deaths
Closing plenary @drjeannem.bsky.social
Great promise of long-acting HIV PrEP, if available, accessible, in a functioning health system
All it takes is a disaster…
Like withdrawal of PEPFAR - a humanitarian crisis
👇 @avac.org counter of preventable deaths
Reposted by Paul Adamson MD MPH
Always an inspiration Dr. Marrazzo - provides loads of hope, keep passionately advocating! We need honest conversations, work with our community partners and don’t lose ground - fantastic #STIHIV2025
July 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Always an inspiration Dr. Marrazzo - provides loads of hope, keep passionately advocating! We need honest conversations, work with our community partners and don’t lose ground - fantastic #STIHIV2025
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“Silence equals death. We cannot go back there. We must resist erasure and rebuild trust with communities we’ve abandoned.” — Jeanne Marrazzo at the #STIHIV2025 closing, calling for renewed #STI & #HIV activism, diversified funding & unapologetic advocacy.
@stihiv2025.org
@stihiv2025.org
July 30, 2025 at 9:38 PM
“Silence equals death. We cannot go back there. We must resist erasure and rebuild trust with communities we’ve abandoned.” — Jeanne Marrazzo at the #STIHIV2025 closing, calling for renewed #STI & #HIV activism, diversified funding & unapologetic advocacy.
@stihiv2025.org
@stihiv2025.org
Thank you @stihiv2025.org for a fantastic conference!
Great to see so many colleagues. There were some amazing talks, it was so fun to learn from the best! Leaving feeling very inspired, even in these dark times.
And #Montreal was a great host city!
#STIHIV2025
Pic of the team from Vietnam 👋🏽
Great to see so many colleagues. There were some amazing talks, it was so fun to learn from the best! Leaving feeling very inspired, even in these dark times.
And #Montreal was a great host city!
#STIHIV2025
Pic of the team from Vietnam 👋🏽
July 31, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Thank you @stihiv2025.org for a fantastic conference!
Great to see so many colleagues. There were some amazing talks, it was so fun to learn from the best! Leaving feeling very inspired, even in these dark times.
And #Montreal was a great host city!
#STIHIV2025
Pic of the team from Vietnam 👋🏽
Great to see so many colleagues. There were some amazing talks, it was so fun to learn from the best! Leaving feeling very inspired, even in these dark times.
And #Montreal was a great host city!
#STIHIV2025
Pic of the team from Vietnam 👋🏽
Really interesting talk on penA among commensal Neisseria by team at Maastricht.
They looked at species distribution and penA mutations before/after treatment for #gonorrhea. They did not find a trend in ceftriaxone resistance mutations after treatment.
#STIHIV2025 @stihiv2025.org #AMR
They looked at species distribution and penA mutations before/after treatment for #gonorrhea. They did not find a trend in ceftriaxone resistance mutations after treatment.
#STIHIV2025 @stihiv2025.org #AMR
July 31, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Really interesting talk on penA among commensal Neisseria by team at Maastricht.
They looked at species distribution and penA mutations before/after treatment for #gonorrhea. They did not find a trend in ceftriaxone resistance mutations after treatment.
#STIHIV2025 @stihiv2025.org #AMR
They looked at species distribution and penA mutations before/after treatment for #gonorrhea. They did not find a trend in ceftriaxone resistance mutations after treatment.
#STIHIV2025 @stihiv2025.org #AMR
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#stihiv2025 🧪 day 2
Publish and thrive
Enthusiasm for writing to publish you science is vital
Great to be here with editors of
📣 Sexually Transmitted Infections
📣 Sexually Transmitted Diseases
📣 Journal of the IAS
📣 Sexual Health
Me
@joetucker.bsky.social
Jason Ong
Kees Rietmeijer
Kenneth Mayer
Publish and thrive
Enthusiasm for writing to publish you science is vital
Great to be here with editors of
📣 Sexually Transmitted Infections
📣 Sexually Transmitted Diseases
📣 Journal of the IAS
📣 Sexual Health
Me
@joetucker.bsky.social
Jason Ong
Kees Rietmeijer
Kenneth Mayer
July 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
#stihiv2025 🧪 day 2
Publish and thrive
Enthusiasm for writing to publish you science is vital
Great to be here with editors of
📣 Sexually Transmitted Infections
📣 Sexually Transmitted Diseases
📣 Journal of the IAS
📣 Sexual Health
Me
@joetucker.bsky.social
Jason Ong
Kees Rietmeijer
Kenneth Mayer
Publish and thrive
Enthusiasm for writing to publish you science is vital
Great to be here with editors of
📣 Sexually Transmitted Infections
📣 Sexually Transmitted Diseases
📣 Journal of the IAS
📣 Sexual Health
Me
@joetucker.bsky.social
Jason Ong
Kees Rietmeijer
Kenneth Mayer
Prof Bobbie Van Der Pol discussing point-of-care tests
We have made high demands, but don't really know what we want from #POCT
She also discussed regulatory hurdles and challenges that limit availability.
Takeways: better is better and we need #regulatoryreform
#STIHIV2025 @stihiv2025.org
We have made high demands, but don't really know what we want from #POCT
She also discussed regulatory hurdles and challenges that limit availability.
Takeways: better is better and we need #regulatoryreform
#STIHIV2025 @stihiv2025.org
July 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Prof Bobbie Van Der Pol discussing point-of-care tests
We have made high demands, but don't really know what we want from #POCT
She also discussed regulatory hurdles and challenges that limit availability.
Takeways: better is better and we need #regulatoryreform
#STIHIV2025 @stihiv2025.org
We have made high demands, but don't really know what we want from #POCT
She also discussed regulatory hurdles and challenges that limit availability.
Takeways: better is better and we need #regulatoryreform
#STIHIV2025 @stihiv2025.org
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We are over detecting and over treating infections using NAATS - viability assays are the way forward #STIHIV2025
July 29, 2025 at 11:47 AM
We are over detecting and over treating infections using NAATS - viability assays are the way forward #STIHIV2025
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#stihiv2025 🧪
„What the hell do we do now?“
Special plenary on the sudden new reality of 📉 STI HIV and global health funding
Redress donor dependence
Donor funding needed, but needs to be smarter and done with governments
Need and opportunity to strengthen primary care service
@stihiv2025.org
„What the hell do we do now?“
Special plenary on the sudden new reality of 📉 STI HIV and global health funding
Redress donor dependence
Donor funding needed, but needs to be smarter and done with governments
Need and opportunity to strengthen primary care service
@stihiv2025.org
July 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
#stihiv2025 🧪
„What the hell do we do now?“
Special plenary on the sudden new reality of 📉 STI HIV and global health funding
Redress donor dependence
Donor funding needed, but needs to be smarter and done with governments
Need and opportunity to strengthen primary care service
@stihiv2025.org
„What the hell do we do now?“
Special plenary on the sudden new reality of 📉 STI HIV and global health funding
Redress donor dependence
Donor funding needed, but needs to be smarter and done with governments
Need and opportunity to strengthen primary care service
@stihiv2025.org
Exciting talks in the Next-Generation #Diagnostics session.
Prof Pingyu Zhou presented data about TMF7, a novel target for #syphilis diagnosis. Worked on the target from bench to bedside!
And can potentially be a great tool for #neurosyphilis
#STIHIV2025 #STIsky
Prof Pingyu Zhou presented data about TMF7, a novel target for #syphilis diagnosis. Worked on the target from bench to bedside!
And can potentially be a great tool for #neurosyphilis
#STIHIV2025 #STIsky
July 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Exciting talks in the Next-Generation #Diagnostics session.
Prof Pingyu Zhou presented data about TMF7, a novel target for #syphilis diagnosis. Worked on the target from bench to bedside!
And can potentially be a great tool for #neurosyphilis
#STIHIV2025 #STIsky
Prof Pingyu Zhou presented data about TMF7, a novel target for #syphilis diagnosis. Worked on the target from bench to bedside!
And can potentially be a great tool for #neurosyphilis
#STIHIV2025 #STIsky
Interesting talk about the evidence, or lack thereof, on #chlamydia #gonorrhea & #Mgen screening among men who have sex with men by Chris Kenyon.
He presented a compelling case, that risks might outweigh benefits of screening.
But this is complicated, I think more data are needed.
#STIHIV2025
He presented a compelling case, that risks might outweigh benefits of screening.
But this is complicated, I think more data are needed.
#STIHIV2025
July 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Interesting talk about the evidence, or lack thereof, on #chlamydia #gonorrhea & #Mgen screening among men who have sex with men by Chris Kenyon.
He presented a compelling case, that risks might outweigh benefits of screening.
But this is complicated, I think more data are needed.
#STIHIV2025
He presented a compelling case, that risks might outweigh benefits of screening.
But this is complicated, I think more data are needed.
#STIHIV2025
Reposted by Paul Adamson MD MPH
Beautiful prez on #stigma by #HIV journalist @picardonhealth.bsky.social @ #STIHIV2025: “That’s what stigma means. When an illness affects not only your body, but your soul, & your place in society.”
ICYMI, our ED tells Devex that we must act now to prioritize equity, www.devex.com/news/why-int...
ICYMI, our ED tells Devex that we must act now to prioritize equity, www.devex.com/news/why-int...
July 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Beautiful prez on #stigma by #HIV journalist @picardonhealth.bsky.social @ #STIHIV2025: “That’s what stigma means. When an illness affects not only your body, but your soul, & your place in society.”
ICYMI, our ED tells Devex that we must act now to prioritize equity, www.devex.com/news/why-int...
ICYMI, our ED tells Devex that we must act now to prioritize equity, www.devex.com/news/why-int...
Reposted by Paul Adamson MD MPH
Great presentation on ST8123 clade b - which is associated with ceftriaxone resistance originated in China traveled to UK and USA #STIHIV2025
July 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Great presentation on ST8123 clade b - which is associated with ceftriaxone resistance originated in China traveled to UK and USA #STIHIV2025
Kicking off @stihiv2025.org with a great session on building international #STI & #HIV research capacity in low- and middle-income countries.
Mentor and #ECR speakers from Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Nice to see my colleagues from Vietnam in the group!
#STIHIV2025
Mentor and #ECR speakers from Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Nice to see my colleagues from Vietnam in the group!
#STIHIV2025
July 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Kicking off @stihiv2025.org with a great session on building international #STI & #HIV research capacity in low- and middle-income countries.
Mentor and #ECR speakers from Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Nice to see my colleagues from Vietnam in the group!
#STIHIV2025
Mentor and #ECR speakers from Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Nice to see my colleagues from Vietnam in the group!
#STIHIV2025
Reposted by Paul Adamson MD MPH
I usually focus on new HIV prevention, treatment & cure research at these conferences, but this year at #IAS2025, the global impact of the Trump administration's funding cuts was the top concern.
www.ebar.com/story/155876/
www.ebar.com/story/155876/
July 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I usually focus on new HIV prevention, treatment & cure research at these conferences, but this year at #IAS2025, the global impact of the Trump administration's funding cuts was the top concern.
www.ebar.com/story/155876/
www.ebar.com/story/155876/