Paul Adamson, MD

Paul Adamson MD, MPH is a Clinical Instructor of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, where he specializes in Infectious Diseases. He went to medical school at the UC San Francisco School of Medicine and completed his residency training in Internal Medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital. He completed fellowship training in Infectious Diseases at UCLA. His interests include public health, sexually transmitted infections, and HIV prevention. Currently, his research is primarily focused on improving the diagnosis and treatment of STIs among key populations in global health settings, with an emphasis in antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea. He also participates in a variety of COVID-19 related research and advocacy projects. He is a clinical provider at the UCLA CARE Center, where he focuses on the prevention and treatment of HIV and other STIs.

FEATURED PUBLICATIONS:

1. Biba, U., Bui, H. T. M., Nguyen, L. T., Dang, H. T., Bui, T. T., Nguyen, T. C., Dau, N. S., Pham, L. Q., Giang, L. M., & Adamson, P. C. (2025). Field evaluation of a dual treponemal/non-treponemal point-of-care test for syphilis within an HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis programme in Hanoi, Vietnam. Sexually transmitted infections, sextrans-2025-056652. Advance online publication.

2. Setrakian, N., Bui, H. T. M., Adamson, P. C., Hoang, T. N., Gorbach, P. M., & Giang, L. M. (2025). Impact of changing pre-exposure prophylaxis regimens on retention among men who have sex with men in Hanoi, Vietnam (2020-2023): a cohort study. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 28 Suppl 2(Suppl 2), e26478.

3. Adamson, P. C., Bui, H. T. M., Pham, L. Q., Truong, P. T., Le, N. T., Le, G. M., & Klausner, J. D. (2025). Routine testing for chlamydia and gonorrhea in an HIV preexposure prophylaxis program in Hanoi, Vietnam: implications for low- and middle-income countries. AIDS (London, England), 39(9), 1152–1160.

Last updated: 11/18/2025