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Publications<\/h1>\n

If you would like to request a PDF for any of the below URBAN ARCH published papers, please contact Natalia Gnatienko, Administrative Director,\u00a0at Natalia.Gnatienko@bmc.org<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sheinin J, Brothers TD, Stein MD, Winter MR, Palfai TP, Magane KM, Bellamy S, Asbridge M, Kim TW. Cocaine Use, Unhealthy Alcohol Use, and Pain Interference Among People with HIV<\/a>. AIDS Behav<\/em>. 2026 Jan 5. Epub ahead of print.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

Espinosa da Silva C, Scheffler A, Fatch R, Muyindike W, Emenyonu NI, Adong J, Chamie G, Ngabirano C, Kekibiina A, Tumwegamire A, Marson K, Beesiga B, Kindoli E, Allen IE, Hahn JA; Drinkers\u2019 Intervention to Prevent Tuberculosis (DIPT) Study and the Alcohol Drinkers\u2019 Exposure to Preventive Therapy for TB (ADEPT-T) Study. Lab tests can be used to predict phosphatidylethanol-measured high-risk alcohol use among people with HIV: a proof-of-concept using machine learning<\/a>. Alcohol Alcohol<\/em>. 2025 Nov 16;61(1):agaf078. PMCID: PMC12704430.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fuster D, So-Armah K, Cheng DM, Blokhina E, Patts G, Lioznov D, Gnatienko N, Long MT, Freiberg MS, Tindle H, Samet JH. Is there an association between cigarette smoking and advanced liver fibrosis in smokers with HIV, heavy drinking and high prevalence of HCV?<\/a>\u00a0J Clin Med.<\/i> 2025 Feb 11; 14(4):1169. PMCID:\u00a0<\/span><\/span>PMC11856725<\/span><\/p>\n

Hahn JA, Kane JC, Fatch R, Espinosa da Silva C, Emenyonu NI, Scheffler A, Chirayil P, So-Armah K, Kahler CW, Conroy AA, Edelman EJ, Woolf-King S, Parry CD, Kiene SM, Chamie G, Muyindike WR, Adong J, Go VF, Cook RL, Morojele NK, Fiellin DA, Santos GM, Tahir P, Samet J, Krupitsky E, Allen IE. Alcohol interventions for persons with HIV: Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials using phosphatidylethanol and self-report<\/a>. Drug Alcohol Depend<\/em>. 2025 Sep 12;276:112879. Epub ahead of print.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rao AV, Ghare SS, Gautam V, Hoffman KL, Petrosino J, So-Armah K, Samet JH, Patts GJ, Cheng DM, Blokhina E, Krupitsky EM, Lioznov D, Zvartau E, McClain CJ, Tindle H, Freiberg MS, Barve SS. Sex differences in beneficial and pathogenic bacteria in People With HIV (PWH) with a history of heavy alcohol drinking<\/a>. Front Microbiol<\/em>. 2025 Nov 21;16:1632949. PMCID: PMC12679886.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rich ZC, Tindle HA, Cheng DM, Stein MD, Gnatienko N, Bendiks S, Forman L, Patts GJ, Krupitsky E, Freiberg MS, Samet JH. Assessing the impact of nicotinic partial agonists compared to NRT on opioid and cigarette use: A secondary analysis investigating treatment outcomes for co-occurring nicotine and opioid use<\/a>. J Subst Use Addict Treat<\/em>. 2026 Jan 18;184:209904. Epub ahead of print.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Taghian NR, Palfai TP, Winter MR, Kim TW, Magane KM, Saitz R, Stein MD. Pain and alcohol consumption among people living with HIV: examining the moderating roles of depression and social support<\/a>. Alcohol<\/em>. 2025 Nov;128:13-20. Epub 2025 Jul 23. PMCID: PMC12433698.<\/span><\/p>\n

2024\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. AIDS Behav<\/em>. 2024 Aug;28(8):2559-2576. Epub 2024 Jun 5.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. AIDS Behav<\/em>. 2024 Jan;28(1):19-25. Epub 2023 Sep 8. PMCID: PMC10961700<\/span><\/p>\n

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?<\/a> AIDS Behav<\/em>. 2024 Apr;28(4):1447-1455. Epub 2024 Jan 29.<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. AIDS Behav<\/em>. 2024 Jul;28(7):2239-2246. PMCID: PMC11537302<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. Glob Public Health<\/em>. 2024 Jan;19(1):2296009. PMCID: PMC10764055.<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr<\/em>. 2024 Apr 1;95(4):391-398. PMCID: PMC10922845.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lucero MM, Palfai TP, Heeren TC, Stein MD, Kim TW, Saitz R. Heavy alcohol use and HIV outcomes: the moderating role of pain<\/a>. AIDS Behav<\/em>. 2024 Feb;28(2):636-644. Epub 2024 Jan 18. PMCID: PMC11129659<\/span><\/p>\n

Murnane PM, Afshar M, Chamie G, Cook RL, Ferguson T, Haque LY, Jacobson KR, Justice AC, Kim TW, Khalili M, Krupitsky E, McGinnis KA, Molina P, Muyindike WR, Myers B, Richards VL, So-Armah K, Stewart S, Sulkowski MS, Tien PC, Hahn JA. Using phosphatidylethanol as an adjunct to self-reported alcohol use improves identification of liver fibrosis risk<\/a>. Am J Gastroenterol<\/em>. 2024 Oct 31. Epub ahead of print.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Palfai TP, Winter MR, Magane KM, Heeren TC, Bernier LB, Murray GE, Saitz R, Kim TW, Stein MD. Pain and unhealthy alcohol use among people living with HIV: a prospective cohort study<\/a>. Alcohol Clin Exp Res<\/em> (Hoboken). 2024 Nov;48(11):2089-2098. Epub 2024 Sep 24.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. J Int AIDS Soc<\/em>. 2024 Feb;27(2):e26208. PMCID: PMC10895073.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shangani S, Winter MR, Shea M, Kim TW, So-Armah K, Magane KM, Bellamy SL, Saitz R, Stein MD.\u00a0<\/span>Social vulnerability and mental health among people with HIV and substance use: the role of race.<\/a>\u00a0AIDS Behav<\/em>. 2024 Dec;28(12):4094-4105. Epub 2024 Sep 27.<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. PLoS One<\/em>. 2024 Feb 26;19(2):e0297948. PMCID: PMC10896547.<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. PLoS One<\/em>. 2024 Mar 20;19(3):e0300508. PMCID: PMC10954112.<\/span><\/p>\n

2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. Viruses.<\/em> 2023; 15(2):415. PMCID: PMC9961149<\/p>\n

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<\/a>. Alcohol Clin Exp Res<\/em>. 2023 Apr;47(4):704-712. Epub 2023 Feb 17. PMCID: PMC10198460.<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. J Stud Alcohol Drugs<\/em>. 2023 Jan;84(1):79-88. PMCID: PMC9948140.<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. Int J Drug Policy<\/em>. 2023 Jul;117:104060. Epub 2023 May 15. PMCID: PMC10183634.<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. Lancet Glob Health<\/em>. 2023 Dec;11(12):e1899-e1910. PMCID: PMC11005200.<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. Subst Use Misuse<\/em>. 2023;58(13):1714-1721. Epub 2023 Aug 8. PMCID: PMC10538401.<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. Drug Alcohol Depend.<\/em> 2023 Mar 1;244:109783. Epub 2023 Jan 21. PMCID: PMC10437504.<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. AIDS<\/em>. 2023 Aug 1;37(10):1535-1543. PMCID: PMC10355800.<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. AIDS Behav<\/em>. 2023 Jan 21. PMCID: PMC9859749<\/span><\/p>\n

Kane JC, Allen I, Fatch R, Scheffler A, Emenyonu N, Puryear SB, Chirayil P, So-Armah K, Kahler CW, Magidson JF, Conroy AA, Edelman EJ, Woolf-King S, Parry C, Kiene SM, Chamie G, Adong J, Go VF, Cook RL, Muyindike W, Morojele N, Blokhina E, Krupitsky E, Fiellin DA, Hahn JA. Efficacy of alcohol reduction interventions among people with HIV as evaluated by self-report and a phosphatidylethanol (PEth) outcome: protocol for a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis<\/a>. BMJ Open<\/em>. 2023 Jun 6;13(6):e070713. PMCID: PMC10254608.<\/span><\/p>\n

Klepp TD, Heeren TC, Winter MR, Lloyd-Travaglini CA, Magane KM, Romero-Rodr\u00edguez E, Kim TW, Walley AY, Mason T, Saitz R. Cannabis use frequency and pain interference among people with HIV<\/a>. AIDS Care<\/em>. 2023 Aug;35(8):1235-1242. Epub 2023 May 18. PMCID: PMC10332422.<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. Lancet Reg Health Eur<\/em>. 2023 Mar 20;28:100611. PMCID: PMC10173263.<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr<\/em>. 2023 Nov 1;94(3):244-252. PMCID: PMC10593489.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0HIV care utilization among people living with HIV who inject drugs in\u00a0St. Petersburg, Russia<\/a>. Int J Qual Health Care<\/em>. 2023 Oct 5;35(4):mzad068. PMCID: PMC10558037.<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. Lancet HIV<\/em>. 2023 Sep;10(9):e578-e587. PMCID: PMC10653654. <\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. AIDS Care<\/em>. 2024 Mar;36(3):414-424. Epub 2023 Nov 1. PMCID: PMC10922286.<\/span><\/p>\n

2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. JMIR Form Res<\/em>. 2022 Aug 23;6(8):e35631. <\/span>PMCID:\u00a0<\/span><\/span>PMC9449822<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. AIDS Behav.<\/em> 2022 Aug;26(8):2539-2547. PMCID: PMC9256760<\/p>\n

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<\/a>. AIDS Behav<\/em>. 2022 Nov 28:1\u201310. Epub ahead of print. PMCID: PMC9707128.<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/a> American Journal of Public Health. <\/em>2022 Apr 1;112(S2);S123-S127. PMCID:\u00a0<\/span><\/span>PMC8965173<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. AIDS Behav.<\/em> 2022 Jun 16. Epub ahead of print.<\/p>\n

Fatch R, Luginb\u00fchl 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.<\/a> Alcohol<\/em>. 2022 Feb;98:51-54.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>. Open Forum Infect Dis<\/em>. 2022 Oct 1;9(10):ofac516. PMCID: PMC9605696.<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/a> AIDS Behav<\/em>. 2022 Aug 1. Epub ahead of print.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. PLoS One<\/em>. 2022 May 5;17(5):e0265504. PMCID: PMC9070930.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>. Alcohol Clin Exp Res<\/em>. 2022 Aug 1. Epub ahead of print. PMCID:\u00a0<\/span><\/span>PMC9509482<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. AIDS Behav<\/em>. 2022 Aug 2. Epub ahead of print.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. BMC Public Health.<\/em> 2022 Oct 10;22(1):1886. PMCID: PMC9552439.<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. AIDS Behav<\/em>. 2022 Apr;26(4):1110-1125.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr<\/em>. 2022 Aug 30. Epub ahead of print.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. AIDS Behav<\/em>. 2022 Jan 18.<\/p>\n

Runels T, Ragan EJ, Ventura AS, Winter WR, White LF, Horsburgh RC, Samet JH, Saitz R, Jacobson KR.\u00a0\u00a0Testing and treatment for latent tuberculosis infection in people living with HIV and substance dependence: a prospective cohort study<\/a>.\u00a0BMJ Open. <\/em>2022;12:<\/span>e058751.\u00a0<\/span>PMCID: <\/span>PMC8915380<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. Subst Abuse<\/em>. 2022 Dec 23;16:11782218221145548. PMCID: PMC9791282.<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. JAMA Netw Open<\/em>. 2022 Aug 1;5(8):e2225129. <\/span>PMCID:\u00a0<\/span><\/span>PMC9356316<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. Int J Drug Policy<\/em>. 2022;102:103600.\u00a0<\/span>PMCID: <\/span>PMC8960362<\/span><\/p>\n

Wigger GW, Bouton TC, Jacobson KR, Auld SC, Yeligar SM, Staitieh BS. \u00a0The impact of alcohol use disorder on tuberculosis: A review of the epidemiology and potential immunologic mechanisms<\/a>. Front Immunol<\/em>. 2022 Mar 31;13:864817. PMCID: PMC9009367.<\/p>\n

2021\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bendiks S, Cheng DM, Blokhina E, Vetrova M, Verbitskaya E, Gnatienko N, Bryant K, Krupitsky E, Samet J, Tsui J.\u00a0Pilot 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<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>AIDS Care. <\/em>2021;1-10. PMCID:\u00a0PMC8421451<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/a> AIDS Behav<\/em>. 2021 Aug;25(8):2533-2541.\u00a0<\/span>PMCID: <\/span>PMC8222188<\/span><\/p>\n

Fuster D, Nunes D, Cheng DM, Saitz R, Samet JH. Alcohol consumption and hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA levels in HIV\/HCV coinfected patients.<\/a> Viruses.<\/i> April 2021;13(5):716. PMCID: PMC8142976<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/a> Curr HIV Res.<\/em> 2021;19(4):324-331. PMCID: PMC8597417<\/p>\n

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<\/a>. PLoS One<\/em>. June 2021;16(6):e0250368. PMCID: PMC8168875<\/p>\n

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.<\/a> J Stud Alcohol Drugs<\/em>. July 2021;82(4):486-492. PMCID: <\/span> PMC8356791<\/p>\n

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<\/a>.\u00a0Alcohol Clin Exp Res<\/em>. 2021 Jun;45(6):1166-1187<\/span>. PMCID: PMC8254773<\/p>\n

Kekibiina A, Adong J, <\/span>Fatch R,<\/span> Emenyonu NI, Marson K, Beesiga B, Lodi S, Muyindike WR, Kamya M, Chamie G, McDonell MG, Hahn JA<\/span>. <\/span>Post-traumatic stress disorder among persons with HIV who engage in heavy alcohol consumption in southwestern Uganda<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>BMC Psychiatry<\/em>. September 2021;21(1):457. PMCID: PMC8449437<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. AIDS Behav.<\/em> 2021 Dec;25(Suppl 3):237-250<\/span>. PMCID: PMC8364558<\/p>\n

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\u00d72 factorial trial. <\/a><\/span>Trials.<\/i>\u00a0May 2021;22(1):355. PMCID: PMC8136096<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. Trials<\/em>. Mar 2021;22(1):226. PMCID: PMC7989012<\/span><\/p>\n

Metcalfe J, Bacchetti P, Esmail A, Reckers A, Aguilar D, Wen Anita, Huo S, Muyindike W, Hahn JA, Dheda K, Gandhi M, Gerona R.\u00a0Diagnostic accuracy of a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry assay in small hair samples for rifampin-resistant tuberculosis drug concentrations in a routine care setting<\/a>. BMC Infect Dis.<\/i>\u00a02021;21(99).\u00a0PMCID: PMC7821664<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. Alcohol Alcohol<\/em>. May 2021;12;57(2):219-225. PMCID: PMC<\/span>8919408<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. Contemp\u00a0Clin\u00a0Trials Commun. <\/em>2021;24:100861. PMCID: PMC8636824<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/span>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\u2011positive PWID in Russia<\/a>. AIDS\u00a0Behav<\/em>. 2021 Sep;25(9):2815-2826. PMCID: PMC8316484<\/span><\/p>\n

2020\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. Am. J. Addict.<\/em> 2020;30(2):164-172. PMCID: PMC8284872<\/p>\n

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.<\/a>\u00a0AIDS Care<\/i>. 2020;32(10):1251-1257.\u00a0<\/span>PMCID: <\/span>PMC7972246<\/span><\/p>\n

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.\u00a0Effect of zinc supplementation vs placebo on mortality risk and HIV disease progression among HIV-positive adults with heavy alcohol use.<\/a> JAMA\u00a0Netw Open. <\/i>2020;3(5):e204330. PMCID: PMC7210486<\/p>\n

Kim T, Ventura AC, Winter MR, Heeren TC, Holick MF, Walley AY, Bryant KJ, Saitz R.\u00a0Alcohol and bone turnover markers among people living with HIV infection and substance use disorder<\/a>. Alcohol Clin Exp Res<\/i>.\u00a0<\/em>March 2020;44(4):992-1000.\u00a0PMCID: PMC7263383<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>.\u00a0PLoS One<\/em>. July 2020;15(7):e0235261. PMCID: PMC7332058<\/p>\n

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<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0AIDS Care<\/i>. 2020;32(9):1133-1140.\u00a0<\/span>PMCID: PMC7484138<\/p>\n

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<\/a>.\u00a0Clin Infect Dis.\u00a0<\/em>2021;72(5):865-868.<\/span>\u00a0PMCID: <\/span>PMC7935375<\/span><\/p>\n

Ragan EJ, Kleinman MB, Sweigart B, Gnatienko N, Parry CD, Horsburgh CR, LaValley MP, Myers B, Jacobson KR.\u00a0The impact of alcohol use on tuberculosis treatment outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.<\/a>\u00a0Int J Tuberc Lung Dis<\/em>. 2020;24(1):73\u201382. PMCID: PMC7491444<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. Substance Abuse<\/em>. May 2020;1-9<\/span>. PMCID:\u00a0PMC7644575<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. JIAS. <\/em>May 2020;23(5). PMCID: PMC7201176<\/p>\n

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.<\/a>\u00a0Contemp Clin Trials Commun.\u00a0<\/em>Sept 2020;19. PMCID: PMC7889999<\/p>\n

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.<\/a>\u00a0AIDS<\/em>. 2020;34(15)2285-2294. PMCID: PMC7951611<\/p>\n

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<\/a>.\u00a0Drug Alcohol Depend.<\/em> 2020;209:107944. PMCID: PMC7171980<\/p>\n

2019\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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.<\/a> Alcohol Clin Exp Res.<\/em> 2019;43(2). PMCID: PMC7411366<\/p>\n

Barocas JA, So-Armah K, Cheng DM, Lioznov D, Baum M, Gallagher K, Fuster D, Gnatienko N, Krupitsky E, Freiberg MS, Samet JH.\u00a0Zinc deficiency and advanced liver fibrosis among HIV and Hepatitis C co-infected anti-retroviral na\u00efve persons with alcohol use in Russia.<\/a>\u00a0PLoS One.<\/em>\u00a02019; 14(6):e0218852. PMCID: PMC6597160<\/p>\n

Blokhina E, Krupitsky EM, Cheng DM, Walley AY, Toussova O, Yaroslavtseva T, Gnatienko N, Bridden C,\u00a0 Forman L, Bendiks S, Samet JH.\u00a0Evolution of illicit opioid use among people with HIV infection in St Petersburg, Russia, in the period 2004-2015<\/a>.\u00a0HIV Medicine.<\/em>\u00a02019;20(7):450-455. PMCID: PMC7255405<\/p>\n