Dr. James Blanchard
 
Professor of Community Health Sciences & Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba.
Canada Research Chair in Epidemiology & Global Public Health.

Degrees: B.Sc. Med (1986) and M.D. (1986) from the University of Manitoba
M.P.H. (1990) and Ph.D. in Epidemiology (1997) from the Johns Hopkins University

Mailing Address: Department of Community Health Sciences, R073– 750 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg , Manitoba, Canada R3E 0W3

Tel: (204) 977-5603 Fax: (204) 789-3905
E-mail: blancha0@cc.umanitoba.ca
Research Interests:
Epidemiology and control of sexually transmitted infections and HIV, HIV transmission dynamics, social and behavioural aspects of HIV, inflammatory bowel disease etiology.

Recent Publications:
  1. Aral SO, Blanchard JF , Lipshutz J. STD / HIV prevention: efficacy, effectiveness and population impact. Sex Transm Infect 2008 (in press).

  2. Aral SO, Lipshutz J, Blanchard J. Drivers of STD /HIV epidemiology and the timing and targets of STD /HIV prevention. Sex Transm Infect 2007;83 Suppl 1:i1-4.

  3. Becker ML, Cohen C, Cheang M, Washington RG, Blanchard JF , Moses S. Diarrheal disease among HIV-infected adults in Karnataka , India : evaluation of risk factors and etiology. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2007; 76:718-22.

  4. Becker ML, Ramesh BM, Washington RG, Halli S, Blanchard JF , Moses S. Prevalence and determinants of HIV infection in South India : a heterogeneous, rural epidemic. AIDS 2007; 21: 739-47.

  5. Bernstein CN, Rawsthorne P, Blanchard JF . Population-based case-control study of measles, mumps, and rubella and inflammatory bowel disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2007;13:759-62.

  6. Bernstein CN, Wajda A, Blanchard JF . The incidence of arterial thromboembolic diseases in inflammatory bowel disease: a population-based study. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2008;6:41-5.

  7. Blanchard JF , Bhattacharjee P, Kumaran S, Ramesh BM, Kumar NS, Washington RG, Moses S. Concepts and strategies for scaling up focused prevention programs for sex workers in India . Sex Transm Infect 2008;84 Suppl 2:ii19-23.

  8. Blanchard JF , Halli S, Ramesh BM, Bhattacharjee P, Washington RG, O'Neil J, Moses S. Variability in the sexual structure in a rural Indian setting: implications for HIV prevention strategies. Sex Transm Infect 2007;83 Suppl 1:i30-36.

  9. Blanchard JF , Khan A, Bokhari A. Variations in the population size, distribution and client volume among female sex workers in seven cities of Pakistan. Sex Transm Infect 2008;84 Suppl 2:ii24-7.

  10. Blanchard JF , Moses S, Rao KS , Chandrasekaran P, Alary M, Dallabetta G. Response to: How much does heterosexual commercial sex contribute to India 's HIV epidemic? (Gisselquist and Correa. Int J STD AIDS 2006;17:736–42 ) [Letter]. Int J STD AIDS 2007;13:359-60.

  11. Boily M-C, Lowndes CM, Vickerman P, Kumaranayake L, Blanchard J , et al. Evaluating large-scale HIV prevention interventions: study design for an integrated mathematical modelling approach . Sex Transm Infect 2009 (in press).

  12. Boily MC, Lowndes CM, Vickerman P, Kumaranayake L, Blanchard J , et al.; CHARME-India team. Evaluating large-scale HIV prevention interventions: study design for an integrated mathematical modelling approach. Sex Transm Infect 2007;83(7):582-9.

  13. Boily MC, Pickles M, Vickerman P, Buzdugan R, Isac S, Deering KN, Blanchard JF , Moses S, Lowndes CM, Ramesh BM, Demers E, Alary M. Using mathematical modelling to investigate the plausibility of attributing observed antenatal clinic declines to a female sex worker intervention in Karnataka state, India. AIDS 2008;22 Suppl 5:S149-64.

  14. Halli SS, Blanchard J , Satihal DG, Moses S. Migration and HIV transmission in rural South India : an ethnographic study. Cult Health Sex 2007; 9: 85-94.

  15. Mignone J, Washington RG, Ramesh BM, Blanchard JF , Moses S. Formal and informal sector health providers in southern India : role in the prevention and care of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS. AIDS Care 2007;19:152-8.

  16. Moses S, Ramesh BM, Nagelkerke NJ, Khera A, Isac S, Bhattacharjee P, Gurnani V, Washington R, Prakash KH, Pradeep BS, Blanchard JF . Impact of an intensive HIV prevention programme for female sex workers on HIV prevalence among antenatal clinic attenders in Karnataka state, south India : an ecological analysis. AIDS 2008 Dec;22 Suppl 5:S101-8.

  17. Munro HL, Pradeep BS, Jayachandran AA, Lowndes CM, Mahapatra B, Ramesh BM, Washington R, Jagannathan L, Mendonca K, Moses S, Blanchard JF , Alary M. AIDS 2008;22 Suppl 5:S117-25.

  18. Ramesh BM, Moses S, Washington R, Isac S, Mohapatra B, Mahagaonkar SB, Adhikary R, Brahmam GN, Paranjape RS, Subramanian T, Blanchard JF ; IBBA Study Team. Determinants of HIV prevalence among female sex workers in four south Indian states: analysis of cross-sectional surveys in twenty-three districts. AIDS 2008;22 Suppl 5:S35-44.

  19. Reza-Paul S, Beattie T, Syed HU, Venukumar KT, Venugopal MS, Fathima MP, Raghavendra HR, Akram P, Manjula R, Lakshmi M, Isac S, Ramesh BM, Washington R, Mahagaonkar SB, Glynn JR, Blanchard JF , Moses S. Declines in risk behaviour and sexually transmitted infection prevalence following a community-led HIV preventive intervention among female sex workers in Mysore , India . AIDS 2008;22 Suppl 5:S91-100.

  20. Williams JR, Foss AM, Vickerman P, Watts C, Ramesh BM, Reza-Paul S, Washington RG, Moses S, Blanchard J , Lowndes CM, Alary M, Boily MC. What is the achievable effectiveness of the India AIDS Initiative intervention among female sex workers under target coverage? Model projections from southern India . Sex Transm Infect 2006;82:372-80.

Book Chapters

  1. Roos LL, Fedson DS, Roberts JD, Blanchard JF : Supporting the delivery of preventive services through information systems: A Manitoba example. In Chapman AR (ed): Health Care and Information Ethics: Protecting Fundamental Human Rights. Kansas City , MO : Sheed and Ward;1997:191-215.

  2. Bernstein CN, Blanchard JF . Epidemiology of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. In Cohen RD (ed): Clinical Gastroenterology: Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Diagnosis and Therapeutics. Totowa , NJ : Humana Press Inc;2003:17-32.

  3. Blanchard JF , Moses S. Female sex workers and their clients in the epidemiology and control of sexually transmitted diseases. In: Holmes KK, et al ., eds. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Fourth Edition . New York : McGraw-Hill, 2008.

    Other Technical Publications (Selected)

    1. Nagelkerke N, Jha P, de Vlas S, Korenromp E, Moses S , Blanchard J , Plummer F. Modelling the HIV/AIDS epidemics in India and Botswana : the effect of interventions. Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, CMH Working Paper Series, Paper No. WG5:4. Geneva : World Health Organization, 2001.
    2. Moses S.,

      Blanchard JF , Kang H, et al. AIDS in South Asia : Understanding and Responding to a Heterogeneous Epidemic. Washington DC : World Bank, 2006 (http://www.wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2006/08/24/000160016_20060824174441/Rendered/PDF/370930SAR0Aids01PUBLIC1.pdf).

    3. Blanchard JF , for the Canada-Pakistan HIV/AIDS Surveillance Project. HIV Second Generation Surveillance in Pakistan : National Report I. National AIDS Control Programme, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad , 2005 (http://www.nacp.gov.pk/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/HASP-Round1report-final.pdf).