By Dr Rick Varma

Journal articles

Roberts JM; Jin F; Thurloe JK; Ekman D; Adams MK; McDonald RL; Biro C; Poynten IM; Grulich AE; Farnsworth A; Aarnsworth R; Acraman B; Carr A; Carroll S; Cooper D; Cornall A; Crampton L; Fairley C; Farnsworth A; Feeney L; Garcia M; Garland S; Gluyas R; Hillman R; Howard K; Lawa F; Law C; Law M; Machalek D; McCaffery K; McGrath P; Mellor R; Pendlebury S; Petoumenos K; Pezzopane P; Phillips S; Mary Poynten I; Prestage G; Richards A; Seeds D; Segelov E; Tabrizi S; Templeton D; Tong W; Varma R, 2016, 'The value of a transformation zone component in anal cytology to detect HSIL', Cancer Cytopathology, 124, pp. 596 - 601, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cncy.21730

Machalek DA; Poynten IM; Jin F; Hillman RJ; Templeton DJ; Law C; Roberts JM; Tabrizi SN; Garland SM; Farnsworth A; Fairley CK; Grulich AE; Acraman B; Adams M; Carr A; Carroll S; Cooper D; Cornall A; Crampton L; Ekman D; Fairley K; Feeney L; Fraissard E; Howard K; Law M; McCaffery K; McDonald R; McGrath P; Mellor R; Norris R; O'Dwyer M; Pendlebury S; Petoumenos K; Phillips S; Prestage G; Richards A; Schema L; Seeds D; Segelov E; Thurloe J; Tong W; Varma R, 2016, 'A composite cytology-histology endpoint allows a more accurate estimate of anal high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion prevalence', Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, 25, pp. 1134 - 1143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-15-1106

Varma R; Chung C; Townsend A; Power M, 2016, 'Sexual health-related information delivery - Are patient information leaflets still relevant?', Sexual Health, 13, pp. 289 - 291, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH15205

Templeton DJ; Wright ST; McManus H; Lawrence C; Russell DB; Law MG; Petoumenos K; Ellis D; Bloch M; Agrawal S; Vincent T; Allen D; Smith D; Allardice K; Baker D; Odgers E; O'Connor CC; Phan S; Jackson E; McCallum K; Grotowski M; Ryder N; Taylor S; Cooper D; Carr A; Lee F; McRae K; Hesse K; Finlayson R; Gupta S; Varma R; Shakeshaft J; Brown K; McGrath V; Halligan S; Arvela N; Wray L; Thng C; Foster R; Lu H; Couldwell D; DSmith E; Furner V; Fernando S; Dubbo ; Watson J; Mulhall B; Wright S; Bendall C; Boyd M; Gunathilake M; Payne R; O'Sullivan M; White S; Russell D; Joslin J; Cashman C; Sowden D; Taing K; McGill K; Orth D; Youds D; Kelly M; Rowling D; Latch N; Warzywoda E; Dickson B; Donohue W; Moore R; Edwards S; Boyd S; NRoth J; Lau H; Read T; Silvers J; Zeng W; Hoy J; Watson K; Bryant M; Price S; Woolley I; Giles M; Korman T; Williams J; Nolan D; Guelfi G; Mills G; Wharry C; Raymond N; Bargh K; Morwood K; Roth N; Choong K; Cooper D; Han A, 2015, 'Antiretroviral treatment use, co-morbidities and clinical outcomes among Aboriginal participants in the Australian HIV Observational Database (AHOD)', BMC Infectious Diseases, 15, pp. 326, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-1051-4

Santella AJ; Schlub TE; Ooi C; Varma R; Holt M; Prestage G; Hillman RJ, 2015, 'Sexual behaviour and HIV prevention needs of men attending a suburban sex on premises venue', Sexual Health, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH14227

Wright ST; Law MG; Cooper DA; Keen P; McDonald A; Middleton M; Woolley I; Kelly M; Petoumenos K; Ellis D; Bloch M; Agrawal S; Vincent T; Allen D; Little JL; Smith D; Mincham C; Baker D; Ieroklis V; Templeton DJ; O'Connor CC; Phan S; Jackson E; McCallum K; Grotowski M; Taylor S; Carr A; Lee F; Hesse K; Sinn K; Norris R; Finlayson R; Prone I; Patel A; Varma R; Shakeshaft J; Brown K; McGrath V; Halligan S; Wray L; Read P; Lu H; Couldwell D; Furner V; Fernando S; Chuah J; Watson J; Lawrence C; Mulhall B; McManus H; Bendall C; Boyd M; Ryder N; Payne R; Russell D; Doyle-Adams S; Sowden D; Taing K; McGill K; Orth D; Youds D; Gibson A; Magon H; Dickson B; Donohue W; Moore R; Edwards S; Liddle R; Locke P; Roth NJ; Lau H; Read T; Silvers J; Zeng W; Hoy J; Watson K; Bryant M; Price S; Giles M; Hoy J; Williams J; Nolan D; Robinson J; Morwood K; Choong K; Li PCK; Lee MP; Vanar S; Faridah S; Kamarulzaman A; Choi JY; Vannary B; Ditangco R; Tsukada K; Pujari S; Makane A; Ng OT; Sasisopin AJ; Han A, 2015, 'Temporal trends of time to antiretroviral treatment initiation, interruption and modification: Examination of patients diagnosed with advanced HIV in Australia', Journal of the International AIDS Society, 18, pp. 19463, http://dx.doi.org/10.7448/IAS.18.1.19463

Tong WWY; Shepherd K; Garland S; Meagher A; Templeton DJ; Fairley CK; Jin F; Poynten IM; Zaunders J; Hillman RJ; Grulich AE; Kelleher AD; Carr A; Acraman B; Fraissard E; Law C; McGrath P; Mellor R; Norris R; O'Dwyer M; Seeds D; Thompson K; Varma R; Adams M; Biro C; Cornall A; Crampton L; Ekman D; Ellard J; Farnsworth A; Feeney L; Howard K; Hyne S; Law M; Machalek D; McCaffery K; McDonald R; Pendlebury S; Petoumenos K; Phillips S; Prestage G; Richards A; Roberts J; Schema L; Segelov E; Tabrizi S; Thurloe J; Bailey M; Cunningham P; Fsadni B; Grassi K; Ip S; Lograsso M; McBride K; Merlin K; Munier M-L; Piperias M; Xu Y, 2015, 'Human Papillomavirus 16-Specific T-Cell Responses and Spontaneous Regression of Anal High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 211, pp. 405 - 415, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiu461

Cornall AM; Roberts JM; Molano M; Machalek DA; Phillips S; Hillman RJ; Grulich AE; Jin F; Poynten IM; Templeton DJ; Garland SM; Tabrizi SN; Prestage G; Tong W; Varma R, 2015, 'BMJ open: Laser capture microdissection as a tool to evaluate human papillomavirus genotyping and methylation as biomarkers of persistence and progression of anal lesions', BMJ Open, 5, pp. e008439, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008439

Castley A; Sawleshwarkar S; Varma R; Herring B; Thapa K; Chibo D; Nguyen N; Hawke K; Ratcliff R; Dwyer DE; Nolan D, 2015, 'O20.1 The challenges of diversity: hiv-1 subtype distribution and transmission networks within the australian molecular epidemiology network-hiv 2005–2012', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 91, pp. A70.1 - A70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2015-052270.187

Templeton DJ; Read P; Varma R; Bourne C, 2014, 'Australian sexually transmissible infection and HIV testing guidelines for asymptomatic men who have sex with men 2014: A review of the evidence', Sexual Health, 11, pp. 217 - 229, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH14003

Varma R; Carroll SJ; Jacobson IV; Milross CG; Post J, 2011, 'Combination antiretroviral therapy as treatment for HIV-associated MALT lymphoma of the nasopharynx', Internal Medicine Journal, 41, pp. 437 - 438

Alexander S; Coelho da Silva F; Manuel R; Varma R; Ison C, 2011, 'Evaluation of strategies for confirming Neisseria gonorrhoeae nucleic acid amplification tests.', J Med Microbiol, 60, pp. 909 - 912, http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.028563-0

Molano M; Tabrizi SN; Garland SM; Roberts JM; MacHalek DA; Phillips S; Chandler D; Hillman RJ; Grulich AE; Jin F; Poynten IM; Templeton DJ; Cornall AM; McCaffery K; Howard K; Farnsworth A; Fairley K; Prestage G; Carr A; Tong W; Law C; Acraman B; Crampton L; Feeney L; Fraissard E; Law M; McGrath P; Mellor R; Norris R; O'Dwyer M; Pendlebury S; Petoumenos K; Richards A; Schema L; Seeds D; Segelov E; Thurloe J; Varma R; Han A, 2010, 'CpG methylation analysis of hpv16 in laser capture microdissected archival tissue and whole tissue sections from high grade anal squamous intraepithelial lesions: A potential disease biomarker', Plos One, 11, pp. e0160673, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0160673

Varma R; Baithun S; Alexander S; Goh BT, 2009, 'Acute syphilitic interstitial orchitis mimicking testicular malignancy in an HIV-1 infected man diagnosed by Treponema pallidum polymerase chain reaction.', Int J STD AIDS, 20, pp. 65 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/ijsa.2008.008253

Janjan NA; Cohen E; Adams M; Stewart E; Foley D; Varma R, 1994, 'Radiation tolerance of the transplanted liver: A histopathologic study in three cases', American Journal of Clinical Oncology Cancer Clinical Trials, 17, pp. 129 - 133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00000421-199404000-00008

Conference Papers

Templeton DJ; Comninos NB; Rutherford A; Goddard SL; Guy R; Donovan B; Varma R; Callander D, 2017, 'GREATER THAN TENFOLD INCREASE IN PHARYNGEAL CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN ATTENDING AUSTRALIAN SEXUAL HEALTH CLINICS 2010-2016', in SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP, pp. A188 - A188, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2017-053264.489

Conference Abstracts

Varma R; Ma M; Walsh J; Power M; Rochford A, 2015, 'SEX WORKER OUTREACH SCREENING IN WESTERN SYDNEY; EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF A HIGH-RISK POPULATION', in SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP, Vol. 91, pp. A246 - A246, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2015-052270.637

Reports

Philpot SP; Aung E; Prestage G; Mao L; Chen T; Varma R; Mciver R; Templeton DJ; Stackpool G; Robinson S; Carmody C; Power C; Grulich AE; Bavinton BR, 2021, Qualitative Interviews with Overseas-Born Gay and Bisexual Men Recently Diagnosed with HIV from Non-English Speaking Countries: Report of Results, The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Sydney Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/3gk3-2z83

Preprints

Phillips TR; Fairley CK; Maddaford K; McNulty A; Donovan B; Guy R; McIver R; Wigan R; Varma R; Ong JJ; Callander D; Skelsey G; Pony M; O'Hara D; Bilardi JE; Chow EPF, 2023, Understanding Risk Factors for Oropharyngeal Gonorrhea Among Sex Workers Attending Sexual Health Clinics in 2 Australian Cities: Mixed Methods Study (Preprint), http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.46845

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