Thomas Farley
professor

Department(s):
Community Health Sciences
Global and Community Health - BSPH

Email:
tfarley@tulane.edu

Research Interests:
Social and physical environmental determinants of health; intervention programs; policy approaches to health promotion

Educational Background:
MD, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Residency, Northwestern University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
MPH, Tulane University
BA, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
Centers for Disease Control, Epidemic Intelligence Service, Atlanta, GA

Publications:
Farley TA, Hadler JL, Gunn RA: The syphilis epidemic in Connecticut: relationship to drug use and prostitution. Sex Transm Dis 1990;17:163 168.

Mastro TB, Farley TA, Elliott JA, Facklam RR, Perks JR, Hadler JL, Good RC, Spika JS: An outbreak of surgical wound infections due to Group A Streptococcus carried on the scalp. N Engl J Med 1990;323:968 972.

Farley TA, Cartter ML, Wassell JT, Hadler JL: Predictors of outcome in methadone programs: effect of HIV counseling and testing. AIDS 1992;6:115 121.

Kohn MA, Farley TA, Ando T, Curtis M, Wilson SA, Jin Q, Monroe SS, Baron RC, McFarland LM, Glass RI: An outbreak of Norwalk virus gastroenteritis associated with eating raw oysters: implications for maintaining safe oyster beds. JAMA 1995;273:466 471.

Beltrami JF, Cohen DA, Hamrick JT, Farley TA: Rapid screening and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases in arrestees: a feasible control measure. Am J Public Health 1997;87:1423-1426.

Scribner RA, Cohen DA, Farley TA: A geographic relation between alcohol availability and gonorrhea rates. Sex Trans Dis 1998;25:544-548.

Cohen DA, Nsuami M, Etame RB, Tropez-Sims S, Abdalian S, Farley TA, Martin DH: A school-based chlamydia control program using DNA amplification technology. Pediatrics 1998 Jan;101:E1.

Farley TA, Niccolai LM, Kissinger PJ, Grace M: Attitudes and practices of pharmacists regarding needle sales to injection drug users. J Am Pharm Assoc 1999;39:23-26.

Rosenberg D, Moseley K, Kahn R, Kissinger P, Rice J, Kendall C, Coughlin S, Farley TA: Networks of persons with syphilis and at risk for syphilis in Louisiana: evidence of core transmitters. Sex Transm Dis 1999;26:108-114.

Cohen DA, Farley TA, Scribner RA, Bedimo R, Ward W, Kendall C, Rice J: Implementation of condom social marketing in Louisiana 1993-1996. Am J Public Health 1999;89:204-208.

Cohen, DA, Scribner RA, Bedimo R, Farley TA: Cost as a barrier to condom use: the evidence for condom subsidies in the United States. Am J Public Health 1999;89:567-568.

Cohen DA, Nsuami M, Martin DH, Farley TA: Repeated school-based screening for sexually transmitted diseases: a feasible strategy for reaching adolescents. Pediatrics 1999;104:1281-1285.

Cohen DA, Scribner RA, Farley TA: A structural model of health behavior: a pragmatic approach to explain and influence health behaviors at the population level. Prev Med. 2000;30:146-54.

Farley TA, Kahn RH, Johnson G, Cohen DA: Strategies for syphilis prevention: findings from surveys in a high-incidence area. Sex Transm Dis. 2000;27:305-10.

Cohen DA, Scribner RA, Farley TA. A structural model of health behavior: a pragmatic approach to explain and influence health behaviors at the population level. Prev Med. 2000;30:146-54.

Whittington WL, Kent C, Kissinger P, Oh MK, Fortenberry JD, Hillis SE, Litchfield B, Bolan GA, St. Louis ME, Farley TA, Handsfield HH. Determinants of persistent and recurrent Chlamydia trachomatis infection in young women: results of a multicenter cohort study. Sex Transm Dis. 2001;28:117-23.

Kohl KS, Rietberg K, Wilson S, Farley TA. Relationship between home food-handling practices and sporadic salmonellosis in adults in Louisiana, United States. Epidemiology & Infection 2002;129:267-76.

Kahn RH, Scholl DT, Shane SM, Lemoine AL, Farley TA. Screening for Syphilis in Arrestees: Usefulness for Community-wide Syphilis Surveillance and Control. Sex Transm Dis 2002 Mar;29(3):150-156.

Cohen DA, Farley TA, Taylor SN, Martin DH, Shuster MA. When and where do youth have sex? The potential role of adult supervision. Pediatr 2002:110(6):e66.

Niccolai LM, Farley TA, Ayoub MA, Magnus M, Kissinger PJ. HIV-infected persons' knowledge of their sexual partners' HIV status. AIDS Educ Prev. 2002 Jun;14(3):183-9.

Bedimo AL, Pinkerton SD, Cohen DA, Gray B, Farley TA. Condom distribution: a cost-utility analysis. Int J STD AIDS. 2002 Jun;13(6):384-92.

Kissinger PJ, Niccolai LM, Magnus M, Farley TA, Maher JE, Richardson-Alston G, Dorst D, Myers L, Peterman TA. Partner notification for HIV and syphilis: effects on sexual behaviors and relationship stability. Sex Transm Dis. 2003 Jan;30(1):75-82.

Cohen DA, Mason K, Bedimo A, Scribner R, Basolo V, Farley TA. Neighborhood physical conditions and health. Am J Public Health 2003;93:467-471.

Cohen DA, Farley TA, Mason K. Why is poverty unhealthy? Social and physical mediators. Soc Sci Med 2003;57:1631-1641.

Farley TA, Cohen DA, Elkins W. Asymptomatic sexually transmitted diseases: the case for screening. Prev Med 2003;36:502-509.

Farley TA, Cohen DA, Wu S, Besch CL. The value of screening for sexually transmitted diseases in an HIV clinic. J Acquir Immun Def Syn 2003;33:642-648.

Wendell DA, Cohen DA, Lesage D, Farley TA. Street outreach for HIV prevention: results of a state-wide programme. Int J STD AIDS. 2003;14:334-40.

Kahn RH, Moseley KE, Thilges JN, Johnson G, Farley TA. Community-based screening and treatment for STDs: results from a mobile clinic initiative. Sex Transm Dis 2003;30:654-658.

Farley TA, Cohen DA, Kahn RH, Lolis S, Johnson G, Martin DH. The acceptability and behavioral effects of antibiotic prophylaxis for syphilis prevention. Sex Transm Dis 2003;30:844-849.

Posner SJ, Myers L, Hassig SE, Rice JC, Kissinger P, Farley TA. Estimating HIV incidence and detection rates from surveillance data. Epidemiology. 2004;15:164-72.

Cohen DA, Mason K, Farley TA. Beer consumption and premature mortality in Louisiana: an ecologic analysis. J Stud Alcohol. 2004;65:398-403.

Cohen DA, Wu SY, Farley TA. Comparing the cost-effectiveness of HIV prevention interventions. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2004;37:1404-1414.

Hanson J, Posner S, Hassig S, Rice J, Farley TA. Assessment of sexually transmitted diseases as risk factors for HIV seroconversion in a New Orleans sexually transmitted disease clinic, 1990-1998. Ann Epidemiol 2005 Jan;15(1):13-20.

Cohen DA, Wu SY, Farley TA. Cost-effective allocation of government funds to prevent HIV infection. Health Affairs 2005;24:915-926.

Kissinger P, Mohammed H, Richardson-Alston G, Leichliter JS, Taylor SN, Martin DH, Farley TA. Patient-delivered partner treatment for male urethritis: a randomized controlled trial. Clin Infect Dis 2005;623-629.

Farley TA, Mason K, Rice J, Habel JD, Scribner R, Cohen DA. The relationship between the neighborhood environment and adverse birth outcomes. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 2006;20:188-200.

Farley TA. Sexually transmitted diseases in the southeastern United States: location, race, and social context. Sex Transm Dis 2006;33(7 Suppl):S58-64.

Cohen DA, Wu SY, Farley TA. Structural interventions to prevent HIV/sexually transmitted disease: are they cost-effective for women in the southern United States? Sex Transm Dis. 2006;33(7 Suppl):S46-9.

Cohen DA, Ghosh-Dastidar B, Scribner R, Miu A, Scott M, Robinson P, Farley TA, Bluthenthal, R, Brown-Taylor D. Alcohol outlets, gonorrhea, and the Los Angeles civil unrest: A longitudinal analysis. Soc Sci Medicine 2006;62:3062-3071.

Cohen DA, Mason K, Farley TA, Ridgeway G. The collectivity of sexual behavior. Int J STD AIDS 2006;17:151-156.

Kissinger P, Schmidt N, Mohammed H, Leichliter JS, Gift TL, Meadors B, Sanders C, Farley TA Patient-delivered partner treatment for Trichomonas vaginalis infection: a randomized controlled trial. Sex Transm Dis 2006;33:445-450.

Wightkin J, Magnus JH, Farley TA, Boris NW, Kotelchuck M. Psychosocial Predictors of Being an Underweight Infant Differ by Racial Group: A Prospective Study of Louisiana WIC Program Participants. Matern Child Health J. 2007;11:49-55.

Farley TA, Meriwether RA, Baker ET, Watkins LT, Johnson CJ, Webber LS. Safe play spaces to increase physical activity in inner-city children: A pilot study of an environmental intervention. Am J Public Health 2007;97(9):1625-1631.

Farley TA, Meriwether RA, Baker ET, Rice JC, Webber LS. Where do the children play? The influence of playground equipment on physical activity of children in free play. J Phys Act Health. 2008 Mar;5(2):319-31.

Hong T, Farley TA. Urban residents' priorities for neighborhood features. A survey of New Orleans residents after Hurricane Katrina. Am J Prev Med. 2008 Apr;34(4):353-6.

Kissinger P, Amedee A, Clark RA, Dumestre J, Theall KP, Myers L, Hagensee ME, Farley TA, Martin DH. Trichomonas Vaginalis Treatment Reduces Vaginal HIV-1 Shedding. Sex Transm Dis. 2009 Jan;36(1):11-6.

Farley TA. Reforming Health Care or Reforming Health? Am J Public Health. 2009 Feb 5.

Rose D, Hutchinson PL, Bodor JN, Swalm CM, Farley TA, Cohen DA, Rice JC. Neighborhood food environments and Body Mass Index: the importance of in-store contents. Am J Prev Med. 2009 Sep;37(3):214-9.

Personal Statement:
My background is in pediatrics, epidemiology, and control of infectious diseases. I have worked on a child health program in Haiti, in infectious disease epidemiology for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and in prevention of vaccine-preventable diseases, tuberculosis, STDs, and HIV at the Louisiana Office of Public Health. But since I moved to Tulane in 2000, I have taken off on a different track.

My work in prevention of STDs/HIV led me to think about the social forces underlying high-risk sexual behavior. I then became interested in a wide range of health problems prevalent in the U.S. and the social and environmental factors underlying them. I am interested in developing, implementing, and evaluating population-based interventions that act on our social and physical environment. I wrote my ideas on this in a book titled Prescription for a Healthy Nation.

From July 2007 through June 2008, I took a leave of absence to work in the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene on both infectious disease control and promotion of healthy behaviors. I returned to New Orleans in July 2008.

Contact Information:
Community Health Sciences
1440 Canal Street, Suite 2301
New Orleans, LA 70112
Telephone: 504.988.5391
Fax: 504.988.3540
tfarley@tulane.edu

Level of Instruction:
graduate and undergraduate