Brian Williams, PhD

Research Fellow

Dr Brian Williams, who helped to set up SACEMA with Prof Wayne Getz and Prof Ekkehard Kopp, is now retired having spent the last ten years of his working life in the World Health Organization. Since retiring he has continued to work closely with SACEMA and has been one of the main driving forces behind the use of anti-retroviral therapy to stop AIDS and prevent TB. He continues to be active in both teaching and research.

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-3174-4876

Recent publications

Establishing conception intentions and safer conception services for eliminating the vertical, and reducing the horizontal, transmission of HIV
Black V, Davies N, Williams BG, Rees HV, Schwartz SR

BJOG : An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

(2016)

https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.14156
CD4 cell count: declining value for antiretroviral therapy eligibility
Ying R, Granich RM, Gupta S, Williams BG

Clinical Infectious Diseases

(2016)

https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/civ1224
Pattern, determinants, and impact of HIV spending on care and treatment in 38 high-burden low- and middle-income countries
Granich R, Gupta S, Montaner J, Williams BG, Zuniga JM

Journal of the International Association for Providers of AIDS Care

(2016)

https://doi.org/10.1177/2325957415623261
HIV treatment: time to lean forward
Granich R, Williams BG

The Lancet

(2016)

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)01293-3
Epidemiological trends for HIV in Southern Africa: implications for reaching the elimination targets
Turay M, Kiwango E, Chikukwa P, Damisoni H, Williams BG, Gboun M, Gouws E, Somse P, Mmelesi M, Lwamba C, Chikoko T, Fazito E

Current HIV/AIDS Reports

(2015)

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11904-015-0264-x
Evolving human rights and the science of antiretroviral medicine
Kavanagh M, Cohn J, Mabote L, Meier BM, Russell A, Sikwese K, Baker B, Williams BG

Health And Human Rights

(2015)

https://doi.org/10.2307/healhumarigh.17.1.76
Modelling challenges in context: lessons from malaria, HIV, and tuberculosis
Childs LM, Abuelezam NN, Dye C, Gupta S, Murray MB, Williams BG, Buckee CO

Epidemics

(2015)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epidem.2015.02.002
Modeling the implementation of universal coverage for HIV treatment as prevention and its impact on the HIV epidemic
Williams BG, Ying R, Barnabas RV

Current HIV/AIDS Reports

(2014)

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11904-014-0232-x
Mass treatment to eliminate tuberculosis from an island population
Hill PC, Dye C, Viney K, Tabutoa K, Kienene T, Bissell K, Williams BG, Zachariah R, Marais BJ, Harries AD

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

(2014)

https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.14.0007
The temporal dynamics of relapse and reinfection tuberculosis after successful treatment: a retrospective cohort study
Marx FM, Dunbar R, Enarson DA, Williams BG, Warren RM, van der Spuy G, van Helden PD, Beyers N

Clinical Infectious Diseases

(2014)

https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciu186