Maria Rodriguez-Barradas VACS Index Workgroup Amy Justice, MD, PhD Co-Director Members Kathleen Akgun Sheldon Brown Kendall Bryant Joyce Chang Matthew Freiberg Cynthia Gibert Matthew Goetz Vincent Marconi Kathleen McGinnis Kris Ann Oursler David Rimland Maria Rodriguez-Barradas Janet Tate, ScD Co-Director

Summary of Activities Key publications An internationally generalizable risk index for mortality after one year of antiretroviral therapy. AIDS. 2013;27(4):563-72. Predictive accuracy of the Veterans Aging Cohort Study index for mortality with HIV infection: a North American cross cohort analysis. JAIDS. 2013;62(2):149-63. The VACS Index predicts mortality in a young, healthy HIV population starting highly active antiretroviral therapy. JAIDS. 2014;65(2):226-30. The VACS index accurately predicts mortality and treatment response among multi-drug resistant HIV infected patients participating in the OPTIMA study. PLoS One. 2014;9(3):e92606. Association of the VACS Index with exercise capacity in HIV-infected adults. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2013;29(9):1218-23. Current work Version 2.0 30 day outcomes in uninfected, hospitalized patients Yale, New York University, U. Pennsylvania