1. 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

2. Summary of Activities Key publications
An internationally generalizable risk index for mortality after one year of antiretroviral therapy. AIDS. 2013;27(4):
Predictive accuracy of the Veterans Aging Cohort Study index for mortality with HIV infection: a North American cross cohort analysis. JAIDS. 2013;62(2):
The VACS Index predicts mortality in a young, healthy HIV population starting highly active antiretroviral therapy. JAIDS. 2014;65(2):
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):
Current work
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30 day outcomes in uninfected, hospitalized patients
Yale, New York University, U. Pennsylvania