Invited Speakers
Jeffrey Klausner
Since 1998 Dr. Jeffrey Klausner has been Director of Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention and Control Services for the San Francisco Department of Public Health and is currently an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine.
Dr Klausner is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases and has an active clinical practice. Dr. Klausner received his Medical Degree from Cornell University and a Masters of Public Health degree from the Harvard School of Public Health.
Dr. Klausner has published over 150 manuscripts related to the epidemiology of sexual risk behavior, substance use, the Internet, antimicrobial resistance, STDs and HIV infection. He is the senior editor of the new text book "Current Diagnosis & Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases."
Dr. Klausner received the 2002 American STD Association Young Investigator Award and in 2006 a Special Recognition Award from UCSF his contributions in teaching.
Joel Palefsky
Dr. Palefsky is Professor of Medicine at UCSF and Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research. He is co-director of the UCSF Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute. A graduate of the McGill University School of Medicine, Dr. Palefsky was a resident in Internal Medicine at McGill University and did his fellowship in Infectious Diseases at Stanford University. His research focus is on the molecular biology, treatment and natural history of anogenital HPV infections. He is an internationally recognized expert in the manifestations of HPV infection and anogenital precancerous disease. He is the director of the world's first clinic devoted to prevention of anal cancer, the Anal Neoplasia Clinic at the UCSF Cancer Center. He is the head of the HPV Working Group of the NCI-sponsored AIDS Malignancy Consortium and is co-director of the Cancer and Immunology Program of the UCSF Cancer Center. He is the author of over 160 publications.
Jorma Paavonen
Dr. Paavonen, graduated from the Medical School, University of Helsinki in 1973, specialized in Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1979 and received his PhD in 1979. He spent two years post-doc as a Visiting Scientist at the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medicine at the University of Washington, Seattle 1981-82. He returned to the University of Washington as Visiting Professor in 1984-87. He then returned to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Helsinki as a clinical assistant Physician-in-Chief. He was nominated as an Associate Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Helsinki, in 1991, and became full Professor in 1998. He is currently Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology dividing his time in teaching, research and clinical work. He has published almost 400 original or review articles in peer reviewed journals since 1978. His main research areas are sexually transmitted infections, particularly chlamydial and HPV infections, adverse pregnancy outcome, and menorrhagia. He has two sons, also medical doctors, and four grandchildren.