Expert Advisory Committee
Dr. Leone is an Associate Professor of Medicine at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC. He is the Director of the North Carolina HIV/STD Prevention and Control Branch and is an expert in HIV/STD surveillance, prevention, and control. Dr. Leone is well versed in epidemiology and policy. His many publications focus on screening practices for Primary Care Providers, issues for patients regarding evolving the health care environment, self-treatment patterns, and the effect of self treatment on symptom duration. His work is comprehensive and encompasses the breath of issues related to STDs, diagnostics, and treatment.
Under Dr. Leone's direction, North Carolina became the first state in the country to test for acute HIV in November 2002. This new model is very different than anything that's been done for HIV anywhere in the world. There is no other state in the union that's doing this program. The benefit of identifying acute HIV on the individual level gets a patient into care, perhaps making a difference in their long term progression. The benefit to partners is by preventing transmission. Dr. Leone has combined laboratory services through the state lab with field service activities.
