Paul Adamson MD MPH
@padamsonmd.bsky.social
ID doc and researcher. Asst Professor at UCLA. Interests in HIV, sexually transmitted infections, global health, & AMR. π²π½|πΊπΈ He/him. Views are mine.
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Paul Adamson MD MPH
@padamsonmd.bsky.social
Β· Feb 17
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
Reposted by Paul Adamson MD MPH
The corrupted CDC website refers to a Danish study (Andersson et al) and "a statistically significant 67% increased risk of Asperger's syndrome per 1 mg increase in aluminum exposure among children born between 2007 and 2018 (Supplement Figure 4)." It's worth putting this into context. Short π§΅
November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The corrupted CDC website refers to a Danish study (Andersson et al) and "a statistically significant 67% increased risk of Asperger's syndrome per 1 mg increase in aluminum exposure among children born between 2007 and 2018 (Supplement Figure 4)." It's worth putting this into context. Short π§΅
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π¦ Funding theme spotlight: Seeking diagnostics for typhoid fever for low-resource settings.
There are 11β21M cases of typhoid fever globally each year, mostly among children and in LMICs. #IDSky π§ͺ
π Learn about our targeted theme + updated eligibility criteria: bit.ly/4dTKvDj
There are 11β21M cases of typhoid fever globally each year, mostly among children and in LMICs. #IDSky π§ͺ
π Learn about our targeted theme + updated eligibility criteria: bit.ly/4dTKvDj
November 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
π¦ Funding theme spotlight: Seeking diagnostics for typhoid fever for low-resource settings.
There are 11β21M cases of typhoid fever globally each year, mostly among children and in LMICs. #IDSky π§ͺ
π Learn about our targeted theme + updated eligibility criteria: bit.ly/4dTKvDj
There are 11β21M cases of typhoid fever globally each year, mostly among children and in LMICs. #IDSky π§ͺ
π Learn about our targeted theme + updated eligibility criteria: bit.ly/4dTKvDj
The trep test performed well; the non-trep test performed well for higher #RPR titer infections (β₯1:8)
A dual #POC test like this could improve same-day diagnosis & treatment of active syphilis infections in real-world settings. But not a replacement for RPR (eg- Tx response)
#diagnostics #STISky
A dual #POC test like this could improve same-day diagnosis & treatment of active syphilis infections in real-world settings. But not a replacement for RPR (eg- Tx response)
#diagnostics #STISky
November 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The trep test performed well; the non-trep test performed well for higher #RPR titer infections (β₯1:8)
A dual #POC test like this could improve same-day diagnosis & treatment of active syphilis infections in real-world settings. But not a replacement for RPR (eg- Tx response)
#diagnostics #STISky
A dual #POC test like this could improve same-day diagnosis & treatment of active syphilis infections in real-world settings. But not a replacement for RPR (eg- Tx response)
#diagnostics #STISky
Excited to share our new paper, led by UCLA med student Ursula Biba!
Point-of-care #syphilis testing is important, but can be challenging in high-prevalence populations. We field-tested a dual treponemal/non-trep #POCT in a #HIV #PrEP program in Hanoi π»π³
#STIsky
π sti.bmj.com/content/earl...
Point-of-care #syphilis testing is important, but can be challenging in high-prevalence populations. We field-tested a dual treponemal/non-trep #POCT in a #HIV #PrEP program in Hanoi π»π³
#STIsky
π sti.bmj.com/content/earl...
Field evaluation of a dual treponemal/non-treponemal point-of-care test for syphilis within an HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis programme in Hanoi, Vietnam
Objectives Syphilis infections are high among men who have sex with men (MSM) on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Point-of-care (POC) testing may improve diagnosis and treatment. We performed a fi...
sti.bmj.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Congratulations to Maldives on achieving #tripleelimination!!
Awesome public health news:
Maldives becomes the first country to achieve βtriple eliminationβ 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 βtriple eliminationβ 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 βtriple eliminationβ 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 βtriple eliminationβ.
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
bit.ly/4gRA3yx
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
β Just Accepted
#IDSky
β 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
β Just Accepted
#IDSky
β Just Accepted
#IDSky
Super interesting, I had to miss this session, so thank you for sharing!
August 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Super interesting, I had to miss this session, so thank you for sharing!
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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 π
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 π
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
Amazing - congratulations!!!
August 1, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Amazing - congratulations!!!
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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 π§ͺ
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 disasterβ¦
Like withdrawal of PEPFAR - a humanitarian crisis
π @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 disasterβ¦
Like withdrawal of PEPFAR - a humanitarian crisis
π @avac.org counter of preventable deaths
July 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
#stihiv2025 π§ͺ
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 disasterβ¦
Like withdrawal of PEPFAR - a humanitarian crisis
π @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 disasterβ¦
Like withdrawal of PEPFAR - a humanitarian crisis
π @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 donβt 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 donβt lose ground - fantastic #STIHIV2025
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βSilence equals death. We cannot go back there. We must resist erasure and rebuild trust with communities weβve abandoned.β β 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
βSilence equals death. We cannot go back there. We must resist erasure and rebuild trust with communities weβve abandoned.β β 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 ππ½
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 ππ½
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 ππ½
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 ππ½
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 π§ͺ day 2
Publish and thrive
Enthusiasm for writing to publish you science is vital
Great to be here with editors of
π£ Sexually Transmitted Infections
π£ Sexually Transmitted Diseases
π£ Journal of the IAS
π£ 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
π£ Sexually Transmitted Infections
π£ Sexually Transmitted Diseases
π£ Journal of the IAS
π£ Sexual Health
Me
@joetucker.bsky.social
Jason Ong
Kees Rietmeijer
Kenneth Mayer
July 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
#stihiv2025 π§ͺ day 2
Publish and thrive
Enthusiasm for writing to publish you science is vital
Great to be here with editors of
π£ Sexually Transmitted Infections
π£ Sexually Transmitted Diseases
π£ Journal of the IAS
π£ 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
π£ Sexually Transmitted Infections
π£ Sexually Transmitted Diseases
π£ Journal of the IAS
π£ 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
Reposted by Paul Adamson MD MPH
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