Publications
If you would like to request a PDF for any of the below URBAN ARCH published papers, please contact Natalia Gnatienko, Administrative Director, at Natalia.Gnatienko@bmc.org
2024 (n=10)
Asiimwe SB, Kekibiina A, Woolf-King SE, Fatch R, Emenyonu N, Hahn JA. Alcohol consumption among persons living with HIV: perceptions, messages and interventions – a qualitative study at an HIV treatment clinic in South Western Uganda. AIDS Behav. 2024 Aug;28(8):2559-2576. Epub 2024 Jun 5. .
Biondi BE, Freibott CE, Cheng DM, Blokhina E, Lioznov D, Rateau L, Patts GJ, Bendiks S, Gnatienko N, Tindle HA, Freiberg MS, Krupitsky E, Samet JH, Stein MD. Healthcare utilization among persons with HIV and unhealthy alcohol use in St. Petersburg, Russia. AIDS Behav. 2024 Jan;28(1):19-25. Epub 2023 Sep 8. PMCID: PMC10961700
Freibott CE, Biondi BE, Rao SR, Blokhina E, Dugas JN, Patts G, Bendiks S, Krupitsky E, Chichetto NE, Samet JH, Freiberg MS, Stein MD, Tindle HA. Is abstinence from alcohol and smoking associated with less anxiety and depressive symptoms among people with HIV? AIDS Behav. 2024 Apr;28(4):1447-1455. Epub 2024 Jan 29.
Idrisov B, Van Draanen J, Lodi S, Lunze K, Kimmel SD, Quinn EK, Truong V, Blokhina E, Gnatienko N, Krupitsky E, Samet JH, Williams EC. Socioeconomic status and CD4 count among people with HIV who inject drugs in St. Petersburg, Russia. AIDS Behav. 2024 Jul;28(7):2239-2246. Epub 2024 Apr 24.
Kimmel SD, Samet JH, Cheng DM, Vetrova M, Idrisov B, Rossi SL, Rateau L, Astone K, Michals A, Sisson E, Blokhina E, Milet-Carty N, Bovell-Ammon BJ, Gnatienko N, Truong V, Krupitsky E, Lunze K. Stigma and other correlates of sharing injection equipment among people with HIV in St. Petersburg, Russia. Glob Public Health. 2024 Jan;19(1):2296009. PMCID: PMC10764055.
Kim TW, Bertholet N, Magane KM, Lloyd-Travaglini C, Winter MR, Samet JH, Erlandson KM, Stein MD, Bryant KJ, Saitz R, Heeren TC. Alcohol consumption and illicit drug use: associations with fall, fracture, and acute health care utilization among people with HIV infection. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2024 Apr 1;95(4):391-398. PMCID: PMC10922845.
Lucero MM, Palfai TP, Heeren TC, Stein MD, Kim TW, Saitz R. Heavy alcohol use and HIV outcomes: the moderating role of pain. AIDS Behav. 2024 Feb;28(2):636-644. Epub 2024 Jan 18. PMCID: PMC11129659
Rosen S, Blokhina E, Truong V, Bereznicka A, Gnatienko N, Quinn E, Lioznov D, Krupitsky E, Michals A, Lunze K, Samet JH. Comparative costs and potential affordability of a multifaceted intervention to improve treatment outcomes among people with HIV who inject drugs in Russia: economic evaluation of the LINC-II randomized controlled trial. J Int AIDS Soc. 2024 Feb;27(2):e26208. PMCID: PMC10895073.
Tsui JI, Rossi SL, Cheng DM, Bendiks S, Vetrova M, Blokhina E, Winter M, Gnatienko N, Backonja M, Bryant K, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. Pilot RCT comparing low-dose naltrexone, gabapentin and placebo to reduce pain among people with HIV with alcohol problems. PLoS One. 2024 Feb 26;19(2):e0297948. PMCID: PMC10896547.
Tumwegamire A, Fatch R, Emenyonu NI, Lodi S, Muyindike WR, Kekibiina A, Adong J, Ngabirano C, Beesiga B, Marson K, Golabi N, Kamya M, Chamie G, Hahn JA. Association between smoking and lack of HIV virological suppression in a cross-sectional study of persons with HIV on antiretroviral therapy in Uganda. PLoS One. 2024 Mar 20;19(3):e0300508. PMCID: PMC10954112.
2023 (n=15)
Basukala B, Rossi S, Bendiks S, Gnatienko N, Patts G, Krupitsky E, Lioznov D, So-Armah K, Sagar M, Cheng C, Henderson AJ. Virally suppressed people living with HIV who use opioids have diminished latency reversal. Viruses. 2023; 15(2):415. PMCID: PMC9961149
Bertholet N, Saitz R, Hahn JA, Heeren TC, Emenyonu NI, Freiberg M, Winter MR, Kim TW, Magane KM, Lloyd-Travaglini C, Fatch R, Bryant K, Forman LS, Rateau L, Blokhina E, Muyindike WR, Gnatienko N, Samet JH. Impact of alcohol use disorder severity on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) viral suppression and CD4 count in three international cohorts of people with HIV. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2023 Apr;47(4):704-712. Epub 2023 Feb 17. PMCID: PMC10198460.
Bertholet N, Winter MR, Heeren T, Walley AY, Saitz R. Polysubstance use patterns associated with HIV disease severity among those with substance use disorders: A latent class analysis. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2023 Jan;84(1):79-88. PMCID: PMC9948140.
Carroll JJ, Rossi SL, Vetrova MV, Blokhina E, Sereda Y, Lioznov D, Luoma J, Kiriazova T, Lunze K. The impacts of COVID-19 on structural inequities faced by people living with HIV who inject drugs: A qualitative study in St. Petersburg, Russia. Int J Drug Policy. 2023 Jul;117:104060. Epub 2023 May 15. PMCID: PMC10183634.
Chamie G, Hahn JA, Kekibiina A, Emenyonu NI, Beesiga B, Marson K, Fatch R, Lodi S, Adong J, Thirumurthy H, McDonell MG, Gandhi M, Bryant K, Havlir DV, Kamya MR, Muyindike WR. Financial incentives for reduced alcohol use and increased isoniazid adherence during tuberculosis preventive therapy among people with HIV in Uganda: an open-label, factorial randomised controlled trial. Lancet Glob Health. 2023 Dec;11(12):e1899-e1910. PMCID: PMC11005200.
Gichane MW, Camlin CS, Getahun M, Emenyonu N, Woolf-King S, Sanyu N, Katusiime A, Fatch R, Muyindike W, Hahn JA. Understanding patients’ experiences with a brief alcohol reduction intervention among people living with HIV in Uganda: a qualitative study. Subst Use Misuse. 2023;58(13):1714-1721. Epub 2023 Aug 8. PMCID: PMC10538401.
Hahn JA, Fatch R, Emenyonu NI, Sanyu N, Katusiime A, Levine B, John Boscardin W, Chander G, Hutton H, Camlin CS, Woolf-King SE, Muyindike WR. Effect of two counseling interventions on self-reported alcohol consumption, alcohol biomarker phosphatidylethanol (PEth), and viral suppression among persons living with HIV (PWH) with unhealthy alcohol use in Uganda: A randomized controlled trial. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2023 Mar 1;244:109783. Epub 2023 Jan 21. PMCID: PMC10437504.
Hahn JA, Ngabirano C, Fatch R, Emenyonu NI, Cheng DM, Adong J, Tumwegamire A, Terrault NA, Linas BP, Jacobson KR, Muyindike WR. Safety and tolerability of isoniazid preventive therapy for tuberculosis for persons with HIV with and without alcohol use. AIDS. 2023 Aug 1;37(10):1535-1543. PMCID: PMC10355800.
Idrisov B, Lunze K, Cheng DM, Blokhina E, Gnatienko N, Patts G, Bridden C, Rossi SL, Weiser SD, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. Food insecurity and transmission risks among people with HIV who use substances. AIDS Behav. 2023 Jan 21. PMCID: PMC9859749
Klepp TD, Heeren TC, Winter MR, Lloyd-Travaglini CA, Magane KM, Romero-Rodríguez E, Kim TW, Walley AY, Mason T, Saitz R. Cannabis use frequency and pain interference among people with HIV. AIDS Care. 2023 Aug;35(8):1235-1242. Epub 2023 May 18. PMCID: PMC10332422.
Luoma JB, Rossi SL, Sereda Y, Pavlov N, Toussova O, Vetrova M, Bendiks S, Kiriazova T, Krupitsky E, Lioznov D, Blokhina E, Lodi S, Lunze K. An acceptance-based, intersectional stigma coping intervention for people with HIV who inject drugs-a randomized clinical trial. Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2023 Mar 20;28:100611. PMCID: PMC10173263.
McLaughlin A, Lin N, Jiang W, Lodi S, Lioznov D, Patts G, Gnatienko N, Blokhina E, Bendiks S, Freiberg MS, Tindle HA, Krupitsky E, Hahn JA, Samet JH, So-Armah K. Association of alcohol consumption with CD4 recovery after antiretroviral therapy initiation in St. Petersburg, Russia. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2023 Nov 1;94(3):244-252. PMCID: PMC10593489.
Raj A, Gnatienko N, Cheng DM, Blokhina E, Dey AK, Wagman JA, Toussova O, Truong V, Rateau L, Lunze K, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. Provider-patient experiences and HIV care utilization among people living with HIV who inject drugs in St. Petersburg, Russia. Int J Qual Health Care. 2023 Oct 5;35(4):mzad068. PMCID: PMC10558037.
Samet JH, Blokhina E, Cheng DM, Rosen S, Lioznov D, Lunze K, Truong V, Gnatienko N, Quinn E, Bushara N, Raj A, Krupitsky E. Rapid access to antiretroviral therapy, receipt of naltrexone, and strengths-based case management versus standard of care for HIV viral load suppression in people with HIV who inject drugs in Russia (LINC-II): an open-label, randomised controlled trial. Lancet HIV. 2023 Sep;10(9):e578-e587. PMCID: PMC10653654.
Stein MD, Godersky ME, Kim TW, Walley AY, Heeren TC, Winter MR, Magane KM, Saitz R. Self-medication of pain and discomfort with alcohol and other substances by people with HIV infection and substance use disorder: preliminary findings from a secondary analysis. AIDS Care. 2024 Mar;36(3):414-424. Epub 2023 Nov 1. PMCID: PMC10922286.
2022 (n=20)
Adong J, Fatch R, Emenyonu N, Muyindike W, Ngabirano C, Cheng D, Hahn J. Cell phone availability and usage for mHealth and intervention delivery to persons living with HIV in a low-resource setting: Cross-sectional study. JMIR Form Res. 2022 Aug 23;6(8):e35631. PMCID: PMC9449822
Alcover KC, Emenyonu NI, Fatch R, Kekibiina A, Marson K, Chamie G, Muyindike WR, Beesiga B, Kamya MR, Lodi S, Kane JC, Hahn JA, McDonell MG. Concordance between point-of-care urine ethyl glucuronide alcohol tests and self-reported alcohol use in persons with HIV in Uganda. AIDS Behav. 2022 Aug;26(8):2539-2547. PMCID: PMC9256760
Asiimwe C, Fatch R, Cheng DM, Emenyonu NI, Ngabirano C, Muyindike WR, Hahn JA. Bar Attendance and Alcohol Use Before and After COVID-19 Related Restrictions Among HIV-infected Adults in South-Western Uganda. AIDS Behav. 2022 Nov 28:1–10. Epub ahead of print. PMCID: PMC9707128.
Carroll JJ, Rossi SL, Vetrova MV, Kiriazova T, Lunze K. Supporting the health of HIV-positive people who inject drugs during COVID-19 and beyond: Lessons for the United States from St. Petersburg, Russia. American Journal of Public Health. 2022 Apr 1;112(S2);S123-S127. PMCID: PMC8965173
Dey AK, Ennis N, Cheng DM, Blokhina E, Raj A, Quinn E, Bendiks S, Palfai T, Dunne EM, Cook RL, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. Impulsivity and linkage to HIV Care among people living with HIV in St. Petersburg, Russia. AIDS Behav. 2022 Jun 16. Epub ahead of print.
Fatch R, Luginbühl M, Cheng DM, Gaugler S, Emenyonu NI, Ngabirano C, Adong J, Muyindike WR, Samet JH, Bryant K, Hahn JA. Comparison of automated determination of phosphatidylethanol (PEth) in dried blood spots (DBS) with previous manual processing and testing. Alcohol. 2022 Feb;98:51-54.
Forman LS, Lodi S, Fatch R, Emenyonu NI, Adong J, Ngabirano C, Jacobson KR, Gerona R, Reckers AR, Gandhi M, Muyindike WR, Hahn JA. Agreement Between Measures of Adherence to Isoniazid Preventive Therapy Among People With HIV in Uganda. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Oct 1;9(10):ofac516. PMCID: PMC9605696.
Hook K, Sereda Y, Rossi S, Koberna S, Vetrova MV, Lodi S, Lunze K. HIV, substance use, and intersectional stigma: Associations with mental health among persons living with HIV who inject drugs in Russia. AIDS Behav. 2022 Aug 1. Epub ahead of print.
Kholodnaia A, So-Armah K, Cheng D, Gnatienko N, Patts G, Samet JH, Freiberg M, Lioznov D. Impact of illicit opioid use on markers of monocyte activation and systemic inflammation in people living with HIV. PLoS One. 2022 May 5;17(5):e0265504. PMCID: PMC9070930.
Kim TW, Heeren TC, Samet JH, Bertholet N, Lloyd-Travaglini C, Winter MR, Magane KM, Gnatienko N, Bryant K, Rateau LJ, Muyindike WR, Hahn JA, Blokhina E, Saitz R. Alcohol and falls among people with HIV infection: A view from Russia and the United States. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2022 Aug 1. Epub ahead of print. PMCID: PMC9509482
Lodi S, Rossi SL, Bendiks S, Gnatienko N, Lloyd-Travaglini C, Vetrova M, Toussova O, Bushara N, Blokhina E, Krupitsky E, Ekstrand ML, Lioznov D, Samet JH, Lunze K. Correlates of intersectional HIV and substance use stigma affecting people with HIV and substance use in St. Petersburg, Russia. AIDS Behav. 2022 Aug 2. Epub ahead of print.
Miller AP, Fatch R, Lodi S, Marson K, Emenyonu N, Kekibiina A, Beesiga B, Chamie G, Muyindike WR, Hahn JA. Unhealthy alcohol use and intimate partner violence among men and women living with HIV in Uganda. BMC Public Health. 2022 Oct 10;22(1):1886. PMCID: PMC9552439.
Mutumba M, Woolf-King S, Carrico AW, Emenyonu NI, Fatch R, Kekibiina A, Muyindike W, Hahn JA. Correlates and effects of alcohol use expectancies among persons living with HIV in Uganda. AIDS Behav. 2022 Apr;26(4):1110-1125.
Muyindike WR, Fatch R, Cheng DM, Emenyonu NI, Forman L, Ngabirano C, Adong J, Linas B, Jacobson KR, Hahn JA. Unhealthy alcohol use is associated with sub-optimal adherence to isoniazid preventive therapy in persons with HIV in southwestern Uganda. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2022 Aug 30. Epub ahead of print.
Ngabirano C, Fatch R, Muyindike WR, Emenyonu NI, Adong J, Weiser SD, Samet JH, Cheng DM, Hahn JA. Exploring the association between social support and hazardous alcohol use among persons living with HIV in South Western Uganda. AIDS Behav. 2022 Jan 18.
Runels T, Ragan EJ, Ventura AS, Winter WR, White LF, Horsburgh RC, Samet JH, Saitz R, Jacobson KR. Testing and treatment for latent tuberculosis infection in people living with HIV and substance dependence: a prospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 2022;1PMCID: PMC8915380
Shin D, Gill SV, Kim TW, Magane KM, Mason T, Heeren T, Winter M, Helfrich C, Saitz R. Study protocol for a pilot randomized trial of a virtual occupational therapy fall prevention intervention for people with HIV and alcohol use. Subst Abuse. 2022 Dec 23;16:11782218221145548. PMCID: PMC9791282.
Tindle HA, Freiberg MS, Cheng DM, Gnatienko N, Blokhina E, Yaroslavtseva T, Bendiks S, Patts G, Hahn J, So-Armah K, Stein MD, Bryant K, Lioznov D, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. Effectiveness of varenicline and cytisine for alcohol use reduction among people with HIV and substance use: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Aug 1;5(8):e2225129. PMCID: PMC9356316
Vetrova M, Lodi S, Rateau L, Patts G, Blokhina E, Palatkin V, Yaroslavtseva T, Toussova O, Bushara N, Bendiks S, Gnatienko N, Krupitsky E, Lioznov D, Samet JH, Lunze K. Stigma and ART initiation among people with HIV and a lifetime history of illicit drug use in Saint-Petersburg, Russia-A prospective cohort analysis. Int J Drug Policy. 2022;102:103600. PMCID: PMC8960362
Wigger GW, Bouton TC, Jacobson KR, Auld SC, Yeligar SM, Staitieh BS. The impact of alcohol use disorder on tuberculosis: A review of the epidemiology and potential immunologic mechanisms. Front Immunol. 2022 Mar 31;13:864817. PMCID: PMC9009367.
2021 (n=15)
Bendiks S, Cheng DM, Blokhina E, Vetrova M, Verbitskaya E, Gnatienko N, Bryant K, Krupitsky E, Samet J, Tsui J. Pilot study of tolerability and safety of opioid receptor antagonists as novel therapies for chronic pain among persons living with HIV with past year heavy drinking: a randomized controlled trial. AIDS Care. 2021;1-10. PMCID: PMC8421451
Corcorran MA, Ludwig-Baron N, Cheng DM, Lioznov D, Gnatienko N, Patts G, So-Armah K, Blokhina E, Bendiks S, Krupitsky E, Samet JH, Tsui JI. The Hepatitis C continuum of care among HIV-positive persons with heavy alcohol use in St. Petersburg, Russia. AIDS Behav. 2021 Aug;25(8):2533-2541. PMCID: PMC8222188
Fuster D, Nunes D, Cheng DM, Saitz R, Samet JH. Alcohol consumption and hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA levels in HIV/HCV coinfected patients. Viruses. April 2021;13(5):716. PMCID: PMC8142976
Fuster D, So-Armah K, Cheng DM, Coleman SM, Gnatienko N, Lioznov D, Krupitsky EM, Freiberg MS, Samet JH. Lack of association between recent cannabis use and advanced liver fibrosis among HIV-positive heavy drinkers. Curr HIV Res. 2021;19(4):324-331. PMCID: PMC8597417
Freiman JM, Fatch R, Cheng D, Emenyonu N, Ngabirano C, Geadas C, Adong J, Muyindike WR, Linas BP, Jacobson KR, Hahn JA. Prevalence of elevated liver transaminases and their relationship with alcohol use in people living with HIV on anti-retroviral therapy in Uganda. PLoS One. June 2021;16(6):e0250368. PMCID: PMC8168875
Gnatienko N, Calver K, Sullivan M, Forman LS, Heeren T, Blokhina E, Emenyonu N, Ventura AS, Tsui JI, Muyindike WR, Fatch R, Ngabirano C, Bridden C, Bryant K, Bazzi AR, Hahn JA. Heavy alcohol use among women and men living with HIV in Uganda, Russia, and the United States. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. July 2021;82(4):486-492. PMCID: PMC8356791
Hahn JA, Murnane PM, Vittinghoff E, Muyindike WR, Emenyonu NI, Fatch R, Chamie G, Haberer JE, Francis JM, Kapiga S, Jacobson K, Myers B, Couture MC, DiClemente RJ, Brown JL, So-Armah K, Sulkowski M, Marcus GM, Woolf-King S, Cook RL, Richards VL, Molina P, Ferguson T, Welsh D, Piano MR, Phillips SA, Stewart S, Afshar M, Page K, McGinnis K, Fiellin DA, Justice AC, Bryant K, Saitz R. Factors associated with phosphatidylethanol (PEth) sensitivity for detecting unhealthy alcohol use: An individual patient data meta-analysis. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2021 Jun;45(6):1166-1187. PMCID: PMC8254773
Kekibiina A, Adong J, Fatch R, Emenyonu NI, Marson K, Beesiga B, Lodi S, Muyindike WR, Kamya M, Chamie G, McDonell MG, Hahn JA. Post-traumatic stress disorder among persons with HIV who engage in heavy alcohol consumption in southwestern Uganda. BMC Psychiatry. September 2021;21(1):457. PMCID: PMC8449437
Leddy AM, Hahn JA, Getahun M, Emenyonu N, Woolf-King SE, Sanyu N, Katusiime A, Fatch R, Chander G, Hutton HE, Muyindike WR, Camlin C. Cultural adaptation of an intervention to reduce hazardous alcohol use among people living with HIV in southwestern Uganda. AIDS Behav. 2021 Dec;25(Suppl 3):237-250. PMCID: PMC8364558
Lodi S, Emenyonu NI, Marson K, Kwarisiima D, Fatch R, McDonell MG, Cheng DM, Thirumurthy H, Gandhi M, Camlin CS, Muyindike WR, Hahn JA, Chamie G. The drinkers’ intervention to prevent tuberculosis (DIPT) trial among heavy drinkers living with HIV in Uganda: study protocol of a 2×2 factorial trial. Trials. May 2021;22(1):355. PMCID: PMC8136096
Lodi S, Freiberg M, Gnatienko N, Blokhina E, Yaroslavtseva T, Krupitsky E, Murray E, Samet JH, Cheng DM. Per-protocol analysis of the ZINC trial for HIV disease among alcohol users. Trials. Mar 2021;22(1):226. PMCID: PMC7989012
Metcalfe J, Bacchetti P, Esmail A, Reckers A, Aguilar D, Wen Anita, Huo S, Muyindike W, Hahn JA, Dheda K, Gandhi M, Gerona R. Diagnostic accuracy of a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry assay in small hair samples for rifampin-resistant tuberculosis drug concentrations in a routine care setting. BMC Infect Dis. 2021;21(99). PMCID: PMC7821664
Pierre F, Forman LS, Winter M, Cheng D, Ngabirano C, Emenyonu N, Hunt PW, Huang Y, Muyindike W, Samet J, Hahn JA, So-Armah K. Alcohol consumption and tryptophan metabolism among people with HIV prior to antiretroviral therapy initiation: The Uganda ARCH cohort study. Alcohol Alcohol. May 2021;12;57(2):219-225. PMCID: PMC8919408
Rossi SL, Sereda Y, Luoma J, Pavlov N, Toussova O, Vasileva J, Abramova K, Bendiks S, Kiriazova T, Vetrova M, Blokhina E, Krupitsky E, Lioznov D, Lodi S, Lunze K. Addressing intersectional stigma as a care barrier for HIV-positive people who inject drugs: Design of an RCT in St. Petersburg, Russia. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2021;24:100861. PMCID: PMC8636824
Vetrova M, Cheng D, Bendiks S, Gnatienko N, Lloyd-Travaglini C, Jiang W, Luoma J, Blokhina E, Krupitsky E, Lioznov D, Ekstrand M, Raj A, Samet J, Lunze K. HIV and substance use stigma, intersectional stigma and healthcare among HIV‑positive PWID in Russia. AIDS Behav. 2021 Sep;25(9):2815-2826. PMCID: PMC8316484
2020 (n=13)
Chaves K, Palfai TP, Cheng DM, Blokhina E, Gnatienko N, Quinn EK, Krupitsky E, Samet J. Hazardous alcohol use, impulsivity, and HIV-risk behavior among HIV-positive Russian patients with a history of injection drug use. Am. J. Addict. 2020;30(2):164-172. PMCID: PMC8284872
Foley JD, Sheinfil A, Woolf-King SE, Fatch R, Emenyonu N, Muyindike WR, Kekibiina A, Ngabirano C, Samet JH, Cheng DM, Hahn JA. Assessing the interaction between depressive symptoms and alcohol use prior to antiretroviral therapy on viral suppression among people living with HIV in Rural Uganda. AIDS Care. 2020;32(10):1251-1257. PMCID: PMC7972246
Freiberg M, Cheng D, Gnatienko N, Blokhina E, Coleman S, Doyle M, Yaroslavtseva T, Bridden C, So-Armah K, Tracy R, Bryant K, Lioznov D, Krupitsky E, Samet J. Effect of zinc supplementation vs placebo on mortality risk and HIV disease progression among HIV-positive adults with heavy alcohol use. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(5):e204330. PMCID: PMC7210486
Kim T, Ventura AC, Winter MR, Heeren TC, Holick MF, Walley AY, Bryant KJ, Saitz R. Alcohol and bone turnover markers among people living with HIV infection and substance use disorder. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. March 2020;44(4):992-1000. PMCID: PMC7263383
Muyindike WR, Fatch R, Cheng D, Emenyonu N, Ngabirano C, Adong J, Linas B, Jacobson K, Hahn JA. Tuberculin skin test positivity among HIV-infected alcohol drinkers on antiretrovirals in south-western Uganda. PLoS One. July 2020;15(7):e0235261. PMCID: PMC7332058
Palfai TP, Saitz R, Kratzer MPL, Taylor JL, Otis JD, Bernstein JA. An integrated videoconferencing intervention for chronic pain and heavy drinking among patients in HIV-care: a proof-of-concept study. AIDS Care. 2020;32(9):1133-1140. PMCID: PMC7484138
Puryear SB, Fatch R, Beesiga B, Kekibiina A, Lodi S, Marson K, Emenyonu NI, Muyindike WR, Kwarisiima D, Hahn JA, Chamie G. Higher levels of alcohol use are associated with latent tuberculosis infection in adults living with HIV. Clin Infect Dis. 2021;72(5):865-868. PMCID: PMC7935375
Ragan EJ, Kleinman MB, Sweigart B, Gnatienko N, Parry CD, Horsburgh CR, LaValley MP, Myers B, Jacobson KR. The impact of alcohol use on tuberculosis treatment outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2020;24(1):73–82. PMCID: PMC7491444
Raja A, Heeren TC, Walley AY, Winter MR, Mesic A, Saitz R. Food insecurity and substance use in people with HIV infection and substance use disorder. Substance Abuse. May 2020;1-9. PMCID: PMC7644575
Sereda J, Kiriazova T, Makarenko O, Carroll J, Rybak N, Chybisov A, Bendiks S, Idrisov B, Dutta A, Gillani F, Samet J, Flanigan T, Lunze K. Stigma and quality of co-located care for HIV-positive people in addiction treatment in Ukraine: a cross-sectional study. JIAS. May 2020;23(5). PMCID: PMC7201176
Tindle H, Freiberg M, Gnatienko N, Blokhina E, Cheng D, Yaroslavtseva T, Bendiks S, Winter M, Krupitsky E. Design of a randomized controlled trial of smoking cessation medications for alcohol reduction among HIV-positive heavy drinkers and daily smokers in St. Petersburg, Russia. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. Sept 2020;19. PMCID: PMC7889999
Wagman JA, Wynn A, Matsuzaki M, Gnatienko N, Metsch LR, del Rio C, Feaster DJ, Nance RM, Whitney BM, Delaney JAC, Kahana SY, Crane HM, Chandler RK, Elliott JC, Altice F, Lucas GM, Mehta SH, Hirsch-Moverman Y, El-Sadr WM, Vu Q, Thanh BN, Springer SA, Tsui JI, Samet JH. Hazardous alcohol use, antiretroviral therapy receipt and viral suppression in people living with HIV who inject drugs in the U.S., India, Russia, and Vietnam. AIDS. 2020;34(15)2285-2294. PMCID: PMC7951611
White LF, Jiang W, Ma Y, So-Armah K, Samet JH, Cheng DM. Tutorial in biostatistics: The use of generalized additive models to evaluate alcohol consumption as an exposure variable. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020;209:107944. PMCID: PMC7171980
2019 (n=9)
Adong J, Fatch R, Emenyonu NI, Cheng DM, Muyindike WR, Ngabirano C, Kekibiina A, Woolf-King SE, Samet JH, Hahn JA. Social desirability bias impacts self-reported alcohol use among persons with HIV in Uganda. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2019;43(2). PMCID: PMC7411366
Barocas JA, So-Armah K, Cheng DM, Lioznov D, Baum M, Gallagher K, Fuster D, Gnatienko N, Krupitsky E, Freiberg MS, Samet JH. Zinc deficiency and advanced liver fibrosis among HIV and Hepatitis C co-infected anti-retroviral naïve persons with alcohol use in Russia. PLoS One. 2019; 14(6):e0218852. PMCID: PMC6597160
Blokhina E, Krupitsky EM, Cheng DM, Walley AY, Toussova O, Yaroslavtseva T, Gnatienko N, Bridden C, Forman L, Bendiks S, Samet JH. Evolution of illicit opioid use among people with HIV infection in St Petersburg, Russia, in the period 2004-2015. HIV Medicine. 2019;20(7):450-455. PMCID: PMC7255405
Palfai TP, Taylor JL, Saitz R, Kratzer MPL, Otis JD, Bernstein JA. Development of a tailored, telehealth intervention to address chronic pain and heavy drinking among people with HIV infection: integrating perspectives of patients in HIV care. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2019;14(1):35. PMCID: PMC6714455
Puryear SB, Balzer LB, Ayieko J, Kwarisiima D, Hahn JA, Charlebois ED, Clark TD, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Kamya MR, Petersen ML, Havlir DV, Chamie G. Associations between alcohol use and HIV care cascade outcomes among adults undergoing population-based HIV testing in East Africa. AIDS. 2019; doi: 10.1097. PMCID: PMC7046088
Samet JH, Blokhina E, Cheng DM, Walley AY, Lioznov D, Gnatienko N, Quinn EK, Bridden C, Chaisson CE, Toussova O, Gifford AL, Raj A, Krupitsky E. A strengths-based case management intervention to link HIV-positive people who inject drugs in Russia to HIV care. AIDS. 2019; 33(9):1467-1476. PMCID: PMC6635053
So-Armah K, Cheng D, Frieberg M, Gnatienko N, Patts G, Ma Y, White L, Blokhina E, Lioznov D, Doyle M, Tracy R, Chichetto N, Bridden C, Bryant K, Krupitsky E, Samet J. Association between alcohol use and inflammatory biomarkers over time among younger adults with HIV – The Russia ARCH observational study. PLoS One. 2019;14(8): e0219710. PMCID: PMC6705834
So-Armah K, Freiberg M, Cheng D, Lim JK, Gnatienko N, Patts G, Doyle M, Fuster D, Lioznov D, Krupitsky E, Samet J. Liver fibrosis and accelerated immune dysfunction (immunosenescence) among HIV-infected Russians with heavy alcohol consumption – an observational cross-sectional study. BMC Gastroenterol. 2019;20(1):1. Published 2019 Dec 31. doi:10.1186/s12876-019-1136-4. PMCID: PMC6938606
Thakarar K, Walley AY, Heeren TC, Winter WR, Ventura AS, Sullivan M, Drainoni M, Saitz R. Medication for addiction treatment and acute care utilization in HIV-positive adults with substance use disorders. AIDS Care. May 2019:1-5. PMID: 31686528. PMCID: PMC7198361
2018 (n=13)
Adong J, Lindan C, Fatch R, Emenyonu NI, Muyindike WR, Ngabirano C, Winter MR, Lloyd-Travaglini C, Samet JH, Cheng DM, Hahn JA. The relationship between spirituality/religiousness and unhealthy alcohol use among HIV-infected adults in southwestern Uganda. AIDS Behav. 2018;22(6):1802-1813. PMCID: PMC5708153
Coleman SM, Gnatienko N, Lloyd-Travaglini CA, Winter MR, Bridden C, Blokhina E, Lioznov D, Adong J, Samet JH, Liegler T, Hahn JA. False positive HIV diagnoses: Lessons from Ugandan and Russian research cohorts. HIV Clin Trials. 2018;19(1):15-22. PMCID: PMC5949866
Forman LS, Patts GJ, Coleman S, Blokhina E, Lu J, Yaroslavtseva T, Gnatienko N, Krupitsky E, Samet JH, Chaisson CE. Use of an android phone application for automated text messages in international settings: a case study in an HIV clinical trial in St. Petersburg, Russia. Clin Trials. 2018;15(1):36-43. PMCID: PMC5794610
Freiman JM, Jacobson KR, Muyindike WR, Horsburgh CR, Ellner JJ, Hahn JA, Linas BP. Isoniazid preventive therapy for people with HIV who are heavy alcohol drinkers in high TB-/HIV-burden countries: A risk–benefit analysis. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2018;77(4):405-412. PMCID: PMC5825241
Gnatienko N, Freiberg MS, Blokhina E, Yaroslavtseva T, Bridden C, Cheng DM, Chaisson CE, Lioznov D, Bendiks S, Koerbel G, Coleman SM, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. Design of a randomized controlled trial of zinc supplementation to improve markers of mortality and HIV disease progression in HIV-positive drinkers in St. Petersburg, Russia. HIV Clin Trials. 2018;19(3):101-11. PMCID: PMC5957784
Gnatienko N, Wagman JA, Cheng DM, Bazzi AR, Raj A, Blokhina E, Toussova O, Forman LS, Lioznov D, Bridden C, Sullivan M, Bryant K, Samet JH, Tsui JI. Serodiscordant partnerships and opportunities for pre-exposure prophylaxis among partners of women and men living with HIV in St. Petersburg, Russia. PLoS One. 2018 13(11). PMCID: PMC6239322
Hahn JA, Cheng DM, Emenyonu NI, Lloyd-Travaglini C, Fatch R, Shade SB, Ngabirano C, Adong J, Bryant K, Muyindike WR, Samet JH. Alcohol use and HIV disease progression in an antiretroviral naïve cohort. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2018;77(5):492-501. PMCID: PMC5844835.
Kim TW, Walley AY, Ventura AS, Patts GJ, Heeren TC, Lerner GB, Mauricio N, Saitz R. Polypharmacy and risk of falls and fractures for patients with HIV infection and substance dependence. AIDS Care. 2018;30(2):150-159. PMCID: PMC5977400
Lasser KE, Lunze K, Cheng DM, Blokhina E, Walley AY, Tindle HA, Quinn E, Gnatienko N, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. Depression and smoking characteristics among HIV-positive smokers in Russia: A cross-sectional study. PLoS One. 2018 6;13(2). PMCID: PMC5800551
Lorkiewicz SA, Ventura AS, Heeren TC, Winter MR, Walley AY, Sullivan M, Samet JH, Saitz R. Lifetime marijuana and alcohol use, and cognitive dysfunction in people with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Subst Abus. 2018;39(1):116-123. PMCID: PMC5979270
Saitz R, Mesic A, Ventura AS, Winter MR, Heeren TC, Sullivan MM, Walley AY, Patts GJ, Meli SM, Holick MF, Kim TW, Bryant KJ, Samet JH. Alcohol consumption and bone mineral density in people with HIV and substance use disorder: A prospective cohort study. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2018. PMCID: PMC6281811
Wagman JA, Samet JH, Cheng DM, Gnatienko N, Raj A, Blokhina E, Toussova O, Forman LS, Lioznov D, Tsui JI . Female gender and HIV transmission risk behaviors among people living with HIV who have used injection drugs in St. Petersburg, Russia. AIDS Behav. 2018;22(9):2830-2839. PMCID: PMC6128669
Woolf-King SE, Fatch R, Cheng DM, Muyindike W, Ngabirano C, Kekibiina A, Emenyonu N, Hahn JA. Alcohol use and unprotected sex among HIV-infected Ugandan adults: Findings from an event-level study. Arch Sex Behav. 2018;47(7):1937-1948. PMCID: PMC2607502
2017 (n=18)
Asiimwe SB, Fatch R, Patts G, Winter M, Lloyd-Travaglini C, Emenyonu N, Muyindike W, Kekibiina A, Blokhina E, Gnatienko N, Krupitsky E, Cheng DM, Samet JH, Hahn JA. Alcohol types and HIV disease progression among HIV-infection drinkers not yet on antiretroviral therapy in Russia and Uganda. AIDS Behav. 2017;21(Suppl 2):204-215. PMCID: PMC5660666
Edelman EJ, Lunze K, Cheng DM, Lioznov D, Quinn E, Bridden C, Chaisson C, Walley AY, Krupitsky E, Raj A, Samet JH. HIV-related stigma and substance use in a Russian cohort of HIV-positive risky drinkers. AIDS Behav. 2017;21(9):2618-2627. PMCID: PMC5856479
Edelman EJ, So-Armah K, Cheng D, Doyle M, Coleman S, Bridden C, Gnatienko N, Lioznov D, Blokhina E, Freiberg M, Krupitsky E, Emu B, Samet JH. Impact of illicit opioid use on T cell subsets among HIV-infected adults. PLoS One. 2017;12(5):e0176617. PMCID: PMC5417591
Emenyonu NI, Fatch R, Muyindike WR, Kekibiina A, Woolf-King S, Hahn JA. Randomized study of assessment effects on alcohol use by persons with HIV in rural Uganda. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2017;78(2):296-305. PMCID: PMC5554109
Godersky ME, Vercammen LK, Ventura AS, Walley AY, Saitz R. Identification of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use disorder: A case report. Addict Behav. 2017;70:61-64. PMCID: PMC5370578. (Click here for a narrated author presentation)
Idrisov B, Lunze K, Cheng DM, Blokhina E, Gnatienko N, Patts GJ, Bridden C, Kleinman RE, Weiser SD, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. Food insecurity, HIV disease progression and access to care among HIV-infected Russians not on ART. AIDS Behav. 2017;21(12):3486-3495. PMCID: PMC5705384
Idrisov B, Lunze K, Cheng DM, Blokhina E, Gnatienko N, Quinn E, Bridden C, Walley AY, Bryant KJ, Lioznov D, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. Role of substance use in HIV care cascade outcomes among people who inject drugs in Russia. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2017;12(1):30. PMCID: PMC5713116.
Kim TW, Walley AY, Heeren TC, Patts GJ, Ventura AS, Lerner GB, Mauricio N, Saitz S. Polypharmacy and risk of non-fatal overdose for patients with HIV infection and substance dependence. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2017;81:1–10.PMCID: PMC5966024
Kiriazova T, Lunze K, Raj A, Bushara N, Blokhina E, Krupitsky E, Bridden C, Lioznov D, Samet JH, Gifford A. “It is easier for me to shoot up”: stigma, abandonment, and why HIV-positive drug users in Russia fail to link to HIV care. AIDS Care. 2017;29(5):559-563. PMCID: PMC5350043.
Lunze K, Lioznov D, Cheng DM, Nikitin RV, Coleman SM, Bridden C, Blokhina E, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. HIV stigma and unhealthy alcohol use among people living with HIV in Russia. AIDS Behav. 2017;21(9):2609-2617.PMCID: PMC5709173
Muyindike WR, Lloyd-Travaglini C, Fatch R, Emenyonu NI, Adong J, Ngabirano C, Cheng DM, Winter MR, Samet JH, Hahn JA. Phosphatidylethanol confirmed alcohol use among ART-naïve HIV-infected persons who denied consumption in rural Uganda. AIDS Care. 2017;29(11)1442-1447. PMCID: PMC5554736
Nolan S, Walley AY, Heeren TC, Patts GJ, Ventura AS, Sullivan M, Samet JH, Saitz R. HIV-infected individuals who use alcohol and drugs and virologic suppression. AIDS Care. 2017;29(9):1129-1136. PMCID: PMC5543330
Patts GJ, Cheng DM, Emenyonu N, Bridden C, Gnatienko N, Lloyd-Travaglini CA, Ngabirano C, Yaroslavtseva T, Muyindike WR, Weiser SD, Krupitsky EM, Hahn JA, Samet JH. Alcohol use and food insecurity among people living with HIV in Mbarara, Uganda and St. Petersburg, Russia. AIDS Behav. 2017;21(3):724-733. PMCID: PMC5303539
So-Armah KA, Lim JK, Lo Re V, Tate JP, Chung-Chou HC, Butt AA, Gibert CL, Rimland D, Marconi VC, Goetz MB, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, DeBakey ME, Budoff MJ, Tindle HA, Samet JH, Justice AC, Freiberg MS. FIB-4 stage of liver fibrosis predicts incident heart failure among HIV infected and uninfected patients. Hepatology. 2017;66(4):1286-1295. PMCID: PMC5609079
Tsui JI, Cheng DM, Coleman SM, Blokhina E, Gnatienko N, Bryant K, Krupitsky E, Zvartau E, Samet JH. Pain and risk behaviors among HIV-infected persons in St. Petersburg, Russia. AIDS Behav. 2017;21(6):1775-1781. PMCID: PMC5408303
Ventura AS, Winter MR , Heeren TC, Sullivan M, Walley AY, Holick MF, Patts GJ, Meli SM, Samet JH, Saitz R. Lifetime and recent alcohol use and bone mineral density in adults with HIV infection and substance dependence. Medicine: HIV/AIDS. 2017;96(17):e6759. PMCID: PMC5413268
Walley AY, Cheng DM, Quinn EK, Blokhina E, Gnatienko K, Chaisson CE, Krupitsky E, Coffin PO, Samet JH. Fatal and non-fatal overdose after narcology hospital discharge among Russians living with HIV/AIDS who inject drugs. Int J Drug Policy. 2017;39:114-20. PMCID: PMC5191979
West BS, Cheng DM, Toussova O, Blokhina E, Gnatienko N, Liu K, Samet JH, Raj A. Contraceptive use among HIV-infected females with history of injection drug use in St. Petersburg, Russia. AIDS Behav. 2018 Jun;22(6):1787-1791. PMCID: PMC5960422
2016 (n=14)
Edelman EJ, Gordon KS, Tate JP, Becker WC, Bryant K, Crothers K, Gaither JR, Gibert CL, Gordon AJ, Marshall BDL, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Samet JH, Skanderson M, Justice AC, Fiellin DA. The impact of prescribed opioids on CD4 cell count recovery among HIV-infected patients newly initiating antiretroviral therapy. HIV Med. 2016;17(10):728-739. PMCID: PMC5053822
Fairbairn NS, Walley AY, Cheng DM, Quinn EK, Bridden C, Chaisson C, Blokhina E, Lioznov D, Krupitsky E, Raj A, Samet JH. Mortality in HIV-infected substance users in Russia. PLoS One. 2016;11(11):e0166539. PMCID: PMC5127495
Fatch R, Emenyonu N, Muyindike W, Kekibiina A, Woolf-King S, Hahn JA. Alcohol interactive toxicity beliefs and ART non-adherence among HIV-infected current drinkers in Mbarara, Uganda. AIDS Behav. 2016;21(7):1812-1824. PMCID: PMC5116271
Gnatienko N, Han SC, Krupitsky E, Blokhina E, Bridden C, Chaisson CE, Cheng DM, Walley AY, Raj A, Samet JH. Linking infectious and narcology Care (LINC) in Russia: design, intervention and implementation protocol. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2016;11(1):10. PMCID: PMC4855723
Hahn JA, Anton RF, Javors MA. The formation, elimination, interpretation, and future research needs of Phosphatidylethanol for research studies and clinical practice. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2016;40(11):2292-2295. PMCID: PMC5117827
Hahn JA, Emenyonu NI, Fatch R, Muyindike WR, Kekiibina A, Carrico AW, Woolf-King S, Shiboski S. Declining and rebounding unhealthy alcohol consumption during the first year of HIV care in rural Uganda, using phosphatidylethanol to augment self-report. Addiction. 2016;111(2):272-9. PMCID: PMC4715487
Lunze K, Raj A, Cheng DM, Quinn EK, Lunze FI, Liebschutz JM, Bridden C, Walley AY, Blokhina E, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. Sexual violence from police and HIV risk behaviours among HIV-positive women who inject drugs in St. Petersburg, Russia: A mixed methods study. J Int AIDS Soc. 2016;19(4 Suppl 3):20877. PMCID: PMC4951542
So-Armah KA, Edelman J, Cheng DM, Doyle MF, Patts GJ, Gnatienko N, Krupitsky EM, Samet JH, Freiberg MS. Effects of heavy drinking on T-cell phenotypes consistent with immunosenescence in untreated HIV infection. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2016;40(8):1737-43. PMCID: PMC5070699
So-Armah KA, Tate JP, Chang CH, Butt AA, Gerschenson M, Gibert CL, Leaf D, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Budoff MJ, Samet JH, Kuller LH, Deeks SG, Crothers KA, Tracy RP, Crane HM, Sajadi MM, Tindle HA, Justice AC, Freiberg MS; The VACS Project Team. Do biomarkers of inflammation, monocyte activation and altered coagulation explain excess mortality between HIV infected and uninfected people? J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2016;72(2):206-13. PMCID: PMC4867134
Thakarar K, Asiimwe SB, Cheng DM, Forman L, Ngabirano C, Muyindike WR, Emenyonu NI, Samet JH, Hahn JA. Alcohol consumption in Ugandan HIV-infected household-brewers versus non-brewers. AIDS Behav. 2016;20(10):2408-17. PMCID: PMC5025349
Tsui JI, Cheng DM, Quinn E, Bridden C, Merlin JS, Saitz R, Samet JH. Pain and mortality risk in a cohort of HIV-infected persons with alcohol use disorders. AIDS Behav. 2016;20(3):583-9. PMCID: PMC4777650
Tsui JI, Ko S, Krupitsky E, Lioznov D, Chaisson CE, Gnatienko N, Samet JH. Insights on the Russian HCV care cascade: Minimal HCV treatment for HIV/HCV co-infected PWID in St. Petersburg. Hepatol Med Policy. 2016, 1:13. PMCID: PMC5313079
Williams EC, Hahn JA, Saitz R, Bryant K, Lira MC, Samet JH. Alcohol use and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection: Current knowledge, implications, and future directions. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2016;40(10):2056-2072. PMCID: PMC5119641
Woolf-King SE, Muyindike W, Hobbs MM, Kusasira A, Fatch R, Emenyonu N, Johnson MO, Hahn JA. Vaginal Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) is a useful biomarker of semen exposure among HIV-infected Ugandan women. AIDS Behav. 2016;21(7):2141-2146. PMCID: PMC5123961
2015 (n=9)
Asiimwe SB, Fatch R, Emenyonu NI, Muyindike WR, Kekibiina A, Santos GM, Greenfield TK, Hahn JA. Comparison of traditional and novel self-report measures to an alcohol biomarker for quantifying alcohol consumption among HIV-infected adults in sub-Saharan Africa. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2015;39(8):1518-27. PMCID: PMC4515166
Carrico AW, Hunt PW, Emenyonu NI, Muyindike W, Ngabirano C, Cheng DM, Winter MR, Samet JH, Hahn JA. Unhealthy alcohol use is associated with monocyte activation prior to starting antiretroviral therapy. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2015;39(12):2422-6. PMCID: PMC4712082
Edelman EJ, Cheng DM, Krupitsky EM, Bridden C, Quinn E, Walley AY, Lioznov D, Blokhina B, Zvartau E, Samet JH. Heroin use and HIV disease progression: Results from a pilot study of a Russian cohort. AIDS Behav. 2015;19(6):1089-1097. PMCID: PMC4440848
Lorkiewicz, S. Marijuana use, heavy drinking, and cognitive dysfunction in people with human immunodeficiency virus-infection. [Thesis]. Ann Arbor: Boston University. 2015.
Lunze K, Lunze F, Raj A, Samet J. Stigma and human rights abuses against people who inject drugs in Russia – A qualitative investigation to inform policy and public health strategies. PLoS One. 2015; 10(8): e0136030. PMCID: PMC4549320
Samet JH, Raj A, Cheng DM, Blokhina E, Bridden C, Chaisson CE, Walley AY, Palfai TP, Quinn EK, Zvartau E, Lioznov D, Krupitsky E. HERMITAGE – A randomized controlled trial to reduce sexually transmitted infections and HIV risk behaviors among HIV-infected Russian drinkers. Addiction. 2015; 110(1):80-90. PMCID: PMC4270840
Sundararajan R, Wyatt MA, Woolf-King S, Pisarski EE, Emenyonu N, Muyindike WR, Hahn JA, Ware NC. Qualitative study of changes in alcohol use among HIV-infected adults entering care and treatment for HIV/AIDS in rural southwest Uganda. AIDS Behav. 2015;19(4):732-741. PMCID: PMC4392168
Walley AY, Palmisano J, Sorensen-Alawad A, Chaisson C, Raj A, Samet JH, Drainoni ML. Engagement and substance dependence in a primary care-based addiction treatment program for people infected with HIV and people at high-risk for HIV infection. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2015;59:59-66.
Woolf-King SE, Fatch R, Emenyonu N, Muyindike W, Carrico AW, Maisto SA, Hahn JA. Development and validation of the East Africa Alcohol Expectancy Scale (AFEXS). J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2015;76(2):336-343. PMCID: PMC5405703
2014 (n=16)
Bajunirwe F, Haberer JE, Boum Y 2nd, Hunt P, Mocello R, Martin JN, Bangsberg DR, Hahn JA. Comparison of self-reported alcohol consumption to phosphatidylethanol measurement among HIV-infected patients initiating antiretroviral treatment in southwestern Uganda. PLoS One. 2014;9(12):e113152. PMCID: PMC4249861
Drainoni ML, Farrell C, Sorensen-Alawad A, Palmisano JN, Chaisson C, Walley AY. Patient perspectives of an integrated program of medical care and substance use treatment. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2014; 28(2): 71–81. PMCID: PMC3926137
Fuster D, Cheng DM, Quinn EK, Armah KA, Saitz R, Freiberg MS, Samet JH, Tsui JI. Inflammatory cytokines and mortality in a cohort of HIV-infected adults with alcohol problems. AIDS. 2014;28(7):1059-64. PMCID: PMC4105144
Fuster D, Cheng DM, Quinn EK, Nunes D, Saitz R, Samet JH, Tsui JI. Chronic Hepatitis C virus infection is associated with all-cause and liver-related mortality in a cohort of HIV-infected patients with alcohol problems. Addiction. 2014;109(1):62-70. PMCID: PMC3947001
Goodness TM, Palfai TP, Cheng DM, Coleman SM, Bridden C, Blokhina E, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. Depressive symptoms and antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation among HIV-infected Russian drinkers. AIDS Behav. 2014;18(6):1085-1093. PMCID: PMC4020947
Hahn JA, Fatch R, Wanyenze RK, Baveewo S, Kamya MR, Bangsberg DR, Coates TJ. Decreases in self-reported alcohol consumption following HIV counseling and testing at Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda. BMC Infect Dis. 2014;14(1):403. PMCID: PMC4223423
Jain J, Evans JL, Briceño A, Page K, Hahn JA. Comparison of phosphatidylethanol results to self-reported alcohol consumption among young injection drug users. Alcohol Alcohol. 2014;49(5):520-524. PMCID: PMC4128670
Lunze K, Raj A, Cheng DM, Sisson EK, Bridden C, Blokhina E, Walley AY, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. Punitive policing and associated substance use risks among HIV-positive people in Russia who inject drugs. J Int AIDS Soc. 2014;17:19043. PMCID: PMC4093768
Kiriazova T, Cheng DM, Coleman SM, Blokhina E, Krupitsky E, Lira MC, Bridden C, Raj A, Samet JH. Factors associated with study attrition among HIV-infected risky drinkers in St. Petersburg, Russia. HIV Clin Trials. 2014;15(3):116-125. PMCID: PMC4380146
Kruse GR, Bangsberg DR, Hahn JA, Haberer JE, Hunt PW, Muzoora C, Bennett JP, Martin JN, Rigotti NA. Tobacco use among adults initiating treatment for HIV infection in rural Uganda. AIDS Behav. 2014;18(7):1381-1389. PMCID: PMC4294428
Palfai TP, Cheng DM, Coleman SM, Bridden C, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. The influence of depressive symptoms on alcohol use among HIV-infected Russian drinkers. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2014;134:85-91. PMCID: PMC4524808
Parry CD, Morojele NK, Myers BJ, Kekwaletswe CT, Manda SO, Sorsdahl K, Ramjee G, Hahn JA, Rehm J, Shuper PA. Efficacy of an alcohol-focused intervention for improving adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and HIV treatment outcomes: A randomised controlled trial protocol. BMC Infect Dis. 2014;14:500. PMCID: PMC4174635
Santos GM, Emenyonu NI, Bajunirwe F, Rain Mocello A, Martin JN, Vittinghoff E, Bangsberg DR, Hahn JA. Self-reported alcohol abstinence associated with ART initiation among HIV-infected persons in rural Uganda. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2014;134:151-157. PMCID: PMC3885244
Silverman JG, Saggurti N, Cheng DM, Decker MR, Coleman SM, Bridden C, Pardeshi M, Dasgupta A, Samet JH, Raj A. Associations of sex trafficking history with recent sexual risk among HIV-infected FSWs in India. AIDS Behav. 2014;18(3):555-561. PMCID: PMC4111225
Tsui JI, Cheng DM, Coleman SM, Lira MC, Blokhina E, Bridden C, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. Pain is associated with risky drinking over time among HIV-infected persons in St. Petersburg, Russia. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2014;144:87-92. PMCID:PMC4252482
Walley AY, Cheng DM, Coleman SM, Krupitsky E, Raj A, Blokhina E, Bridden C, Chaisson CE, Lira MC, Samet JH. Risk factors for recent nonfatal overdose among HIV-infected Russians who inject drugs. AIDS Care. 2014;26(8):1013-1018.PMCID: PMC4040021
2013 (n=15)
Armah KA, Quinn EK, Cheng DM, Tracy RP, Baker JV, Samet JH, Freiberg MS. Human immunodeficiency virus, Hepatitis C, and inflammatory biomarkers in individuals with alcohol problems: A cross-sectional study. BMC Infect Dis. 2013;13(1):399. PMCID: PMC3848623
Fatch R, Bellows B, Bagenda F, Mulogo E, Weiser S, Hahn JA. Alcohol consumption as a barrier to prior HIV testing in a population-based study in rural Uganda. AIDS Behav. 2013;17(5):1713-1723. PMCID: PMC3769173
Fuster D, Tsui JI, Cheng DM, Quinn EK, Armah KA, Nunes D, Freiberg M, Samet JH. IL-6 is associated with non-invasive markers of liver fibrosis in HIV-infected patients with alcohol problems. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2013;29(8):1110-1116. PMCID: PMC3715787
Fuster D, Tsui JI, Cheng DM, Quinn EK, Bridden C, Nunes D, Libman H, Saitz R, Samet JH. Impact of lifetime alcohol use on liver fibrosis in a population of HIV-infected patients with and without Hepatitis C coinfection. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2013;37(9):1527-1535. PMCID: PMC3758457
Le Marchand C, Evans J, Page K, Davidson PJ, Hahn JA. Hazardous alcohol consumption among young adult IDU and its association with high risk behaviors. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2013;127(1-3):143-149. PMCID: PMC3762448
Lunze K, Cheng DM, Quinn E, Krupitsky E, Raj A, Walley AY, Bridden C, Chaisson C, Lioznov D, Blokhina E, Samet JH. Nondisclosure of HIV infection to sex partners and alcohol’s role: A Russian experience. AIDS Behav. 2013;17(1):390-398. PMCID: PMC3634358. Article in Russian.
McGinnis KA, Justice AC, Kraemer KL, Saitz R, Bryant K, Fiellin DA. Comparing alcohol screening measures among HIV-infected and -uninfected men. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2013;37(3):435-442. PMCID: PMC4492202
Raj A, Kidd JD, Cheng DM, Coleman S, Bridden C, Blokhina EA, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. Associations between partner violence perpetration and history of STI among HIV-infected substance using men in Russia. AIDS Care. 2013;25(5):646-651. PMCID: PMC3582729
Saggurti N, Raj A, Mahapatra B, Cheng DM, Coleman S, Bridden C, Battala M, Silverman JG, Pardeshi MH, Samet JH. Prevalence and correlates of non-disclosure of HIV serostatus to sex partners among HIV-infected female sex workers and HIV-infected male clients of female sex workers in India. AIDS Behav. 2013;17(1):399-406. PMCID: PMC3634359
Tsui JI, Cheng DM, Coleman SM, Blokhina E, Bridden C, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. Pain is associated with heroin use over time in HIV-infected Russian drinkers. Addiction. 2013;108(10):1779-1787. PMCID: PMC4012755
Tsui, JI, Cheng DM, Libman H, Bridden C, Saitz R, Samet JH. Risky alcohol use and serum aminotransferase levels in HIV-infected adults with and without Hepatitis C. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2013;74(2):266-270. PMCID: PMC3568165
Tyurina A, Krupitsky E, Cheng DM, Coleman SM, Walley AY, Bridden C, Gnatienko N, Zvartau E, Raj A, Samet JH. Is cannabis use associated with HIV drug and sex risk behaviors among Russian HIV-infected risky drinkers? Drug Alcohol Depend. 2013;132(1-2):74-80. PMCID: PMC3726566
Urada LA, Raj A, Cheng DM, Quinn E, Bridden C, Blokhina EA, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. History of intimate partner violence is associated with sex work but not sexually transmitted infection among HIV-positive female drinkers in Russia. Int J STD AIDS. 2013;24(4):287-292. PMCID: PMC3752703
Wanyenze RK, Kamya MR, Fatch R, Mayanja-Kizza H, Baveewo S, Szekeres G, Bangsberg DR, Coates T, Hahn JA. Abbreviated HIV counseling and testing and enhanced referral to care in Uganda: A factorial randomised controlled trial. Lancet Glob Health. 2013;1(3):e137-45. PMCID: PMC4129546
Woolf-King S, Steinmaus C, Reingold A, Hahn JA. An update on alcohol use and risk of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa: Meta-analysis and future research directions. Int J Alcohol Drug Res. 2013;2(1):99-110.
2012 (n=5)
Blood E, Cheng DM. Non-linear mixed models in the analysis of mediated longitudinal data with binary outcomes. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2012;12:5. PMCID: PMC3353200
Hahn JA, Dobkin LM, Mayanja B, Emenyonu NI, Kigozi IM, Shiboski S, Bangsberg DR, Gnann H, Weinmann W, Wurst FM. Phosphatidylethanol (PEth) as a biomarker of alcohol consumption in HIV-positive patients in sub-Saharan Africa. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2012;36:854-862. PMCID: PMC3310261
Hahn JA, Fatch R, Kabami J, Mayanja B, Emenyonu NI, Martin J, Bangsberg DR. Self-report of alcohol use increases when specimens for alcohol biomarkers are collected in persons with HIV in Uganda. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2012;61(4):e63-e64. PMCID: PMC3495104
Pace CA, Lioznov D, Cheng DM, Wakeman SE, Raj A, Walley AY, Coleman SM, Bridden C, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. Sexually transmitted infections among HIV-infected heavy drinkers in St. Petersburg, Russia. Int J STD AIDS. 2012;23(12):853-858. PMCID: PMC3641790
Tsui JI, Cheng DM, Libman H, Bridden C, Samet JH. Hepatitis C virus infection is associated with painful symptoms in HIV-infected adults. AIDS Care. 2012;24(7):820-827. PMCID: PMC3370099
2011 (n=7)
Hahn JA, Woolf-King SE, Muyindike W. Adding fuel to the fire: Alcohol’s effect on the HIV epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2011;8(3):172-180
Ireland J, Cheng DM, Samet JH, Bridden C, Quinn E, Saitz R. Operating characteristics of carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT) for identifying unhealthy alcohol use in adults with HIV Infection. AIDS Care. 2011;23:1483-1491. PMCID: PMC3193857
Kabali C, Cheng DM, Brooks D, Bridden C, Horsburgh Jr. R, Samet JH. Recent cigarette smoking and HIV disease progression: no evidence of an association. AIDS Care. 2011;23(8):947-956. PMCID: PMC3139713
Orwat J, Saitz R, Tompkins CP, Cheng DM, Dentato MP, Samet JH. Substance abuse treatment utilization among adults living with HIV/AIDS and alcohol or drug problems. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2011;41(3):233-242. PMCID: PMC3634563
Orwat J, Samet JH, Tompkins CP, Cheng DM, Dentato MP, Saitz R. Factors associated with attendance in 12-step groups (Alcoholics Anonymous/Narcotics Anonymous) among adults with alcohol problems living with HIV/AIDS. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2011;113(2-3):165-171. PMCID: PMC3603575
Raj A, Saggurti N, Cheng DM, Dasgupta A, Bridden C, Pradeshi M, Samet JH. Transactional sex risk and STI among HIV-infected female sex workers and HIV-infected male clients of FSWs in India. AIDS Care. 2011;23(11):1374-1381. PMCID: PMC3638911
Silverman JG, Raj A, Cheng DM, Decker MR, Coleman S, Bridden C, Pardeshi M, Saggurti N, Samet JH. Sex trafficking and initiation-related violence, alcohol use, and HIV risk among HIV-infected female sex workers in Mumbai, India. J Infect Dis. 2011;204 Suppl 5:S1229-34. PMCID: PMC3247788
2010 (n=4)
Bertholet N, Cheng DM, Samet JH, Quinn E, Saitz R. Alcohol consumption patterns in HIV-infected adults with alcohol problems. Drug Alc Depend. 2010;112:160-163. PMCID: PMC2967629
Hahn JA, Samet JH. Alcohol and HIV disease progression: Weighing the evidence. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2010; 7:226-233. PMCID: PMC2938419
Samet JH, Pace CA, Cheng DM, Coleman S, Bridden C, Pardesi M, Saggurti N, Raj A. Alcohol use and sex risk behaviors among HIV-infected female sex workers (FSWs) and HIV-infected male clients of FSWs in India. AIDS Behav. 2010;14:74-83. PMCID: PMC2953370
Samet JH, Walley AY. Interventions targeting HIV-infected risky drinkers: Drops in the bottle. Alcohol Res Health. 2010;33:267-279. PMCID: PMC3860515
2009 (n=1)
Cheng DM, Libman H, Bridden C, Saitz R, Samet JH. Alcohol consumption and lipodystrophy in HIV-infected adults with alcohol problems. Alcohol. 2009;43:65-71. PMCID: PMC2635495
2008 (n=2)
Sullivan LE, Saitz R, Cheng DM, Libman H, Nunes D, Samet JH. The impact of alcohol use on depressive symptoms in HIV-infected patients. Addiction. 2008;103:1461-1467. PMCID: PMC2661114
Walley AY, Cheng DM, Libman H, Nunes DP, Saitz R, Faber V, Samet JH. Recent drug use, homelessness and increased short-term mortality in HIV-infected persons with alcohol problems. AIDS. 2008;22:415-420. PMCID: PMC2247409
2007 (n=7)
Campos NG, Salomon JA, Servoss JC, Nunes DP, Samet JH, Freedberg KA, Goldie SJ. Cost-effectiveness of treatment for Hepatitis C in an urban cohort co-infected with HIV. Am J Med. 2007;120:272-279. PMCID: PMC2034752
Cheng DM, Nunes D, Libman H, Vidaver J, Alperen JK, Saitz R, Samet JH. The impact of Hepatitis C on HIV progression in adults with alcohol problems. Alc Clin Exp Res. 2007;31:829-836. PMCID: PMC2048686
Finucane MM, Samet JH, Horton NJ. Translational methods in biostatistics: linear mixed effect regression models of alcohol consumption and HIV disease progression over time. Epidemiol Perspect Innov. 2007;4:8. PMCID: PMC2147003
Freiberg MS, Cheng DM, Kraemer KL, Saitz R, Kuller LH, Samet JH. The association between Hepatitis C infection and prevalent cardiovascular disease among HIV-infected individuals. AIDS. 2007;21:193-197. PMCID: PMC1805683
Kim TW, Palepu A, Cheng DM, Libman H, Saitz R, Samet JH. Factors associated with discontinuation of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients with alcohol problems. AIDS Care. 2007;19:1039-1047.PMCID: PMC2579777
Samet JH, Cheng DM, Libman H, Nunes DP, Alperen JK, Saitz R. Alcohol consumption and HIV disease progression. J AIDS. 2007;46:194-199. PMCID: PMC2247363
Tsui J, Saitz R, Cheng DM, Nunes D, Libman H, Alperen JK, Samet JH. Awareness of Hepatitis C is associated with abstinence from alcohol among persons with HIV. J Gen Intern Med. 2007;22:822-825. PMCID: PMC2048689
2006 (n=3)
Libman H, Saitz R, Nunes D, Cheng D, Richardson JM, Vidaver J, Alperen JK, Samet JH. Hepatitis C infection is associated with more depressive symptoms in HIV-infected adults with a history of alcohol problems. Am J Gastro. 2006;101:1804-1810. PMCID: PMC1592346
Nunes DP, Saitz R, Libman H, Cheng DM, Vidaver J, Samet JH. Barriers to treatment of Hepatitis C in HIV/HCV-coinfected adults with alcohol problems. Alc Clin Exp Res. 2006;30:1520-1526. PMCID: PMC1592345
Palepu A, Cheng DM, Kim TW, Nunes D, Vidaver J, Alperen JK, Saitz R, Samet JH. Substance abuse treatment and receipt of liver specialty care among persons coinfected with HIV/HCV who have alcohol problems. J Substance Abuse Treat. 2006;31:411-417. PMCID: PMC1995458