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Thomas Gift, PhD
Health Economist

Biography

TGift@cdc.gov

Much of Dr. Gift’s work at CDC has been in the area of cost-effectiveness analysis, particularly the cost-effectiveness of different approaches to chlamydia and gonorrhea screening and treatment. He has examined the cost-effectiveness of test selection, treatment regimen, and selective versus universal screening in a variety of settings, both in the United States and abroad.

His current work is focused on modeling the cost-effectiveness of expedited treatment for partners of patients diagnosed with chlamydia, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis.  He is also working on analyses of provider STD screening patterns, retesting interventions, and prenatal syphilis screening.

Dr. Gift was a Steven Teutsch Prevention Effectiveness Fellow. He holds a PhD and MS from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a BA from the University of Colorado-Denver.

Selected Publications

Gift TL, Gaydos CA, Kent CK, Marrazzo JM, Rietmeijer CA, Schillinger JA, Dunne EF. The Program Cost and Cost-Effectiveness of Screening Men for Chlamydia to Prevent Pelvic Inflammatory Disease in Women. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2008; 35(11 Suppl):S66-S75.
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Gift TL, Marrazzo J. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. in:  Behavioral Interventions for Prevention and Control of STDs, Including HIV.  Aral S, Douglas J, ed. New York: Springer. (Book chapter). 2007.

Faissol DM, Swann JL, Kolodziejski B, Griffin PM, Gift TL. The Role of Bathhouses and Sex Clubs in HIV Transmission: Findings from a Mathematic Model. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2007; 44(4):386-394.
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Chesson HW, Blandford J, Gift TL, Tao G, Irwin KL. The Estimated Cost of Sexually Transmitted Diseases among American Youth, 2000. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 2004;36(1):11-19.
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Gift TL, Walsh CM, Haddix A, Irwin KL. A Cost Effectiveness Evaluation of Testing and Treatment of Chlamydia trachomatis Infection among Asymptomatic Women Infected with Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2002;29(9):542-551.
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Gift TL, Arnould RJ, DeBrock L. Is Healthy Competition Healthy? New Evidence of the Impact of  Hospital Competition. Inquiry 2002;39(1):45-55, 2002.
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