Charles M. Cleland, PhD
CDUHR - Co-Director, Transdisciplinary Research Methods Core
NYU Langone Health - Associate Professor, Department of Population Health
NYU Langone Health - Associate Professor, Department of Population Health
Education
PhD, Psychology, New School for Social ResearchMA, Psychology, New School for Social Research
BA, Psychology, Hampden-Sydney College
Research Interests
HIV prevention, Health disparities, Substance use, Sexual health, Longitudinal data analysis BIO
Charles Cleland is a quantitative psychologist and biostatistician with more than ten years of experience in the field of public health research. His methodological interests include longitudinal data analysis, meta-analysis, respondent driven sampling, and multilevel modeling. His substantive research interests include health disparities, particularly in the areas of substance use and infectious disease. Publications
Recent
Frank D, Elliott L, Bennett A, Cleland C, Patel D, Scheidell J (2026).
People who use illegal opioids use of methadone over time, and what characteristics are correlated with staying in methadone maintenance treatment
Substance Use and Misuse, 61 (5), 766-773. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2025.2586255.
People who use illegal opioids use of methadone over time, and what characteristics are correlated with staying in methadone maintenance treatment
Substance Use and Misuse, 61 (5), 766-773. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2025.2586255.
Palamar JJ, Abukahok N, Denn MT, Acosta P, Cleland CM, Walton SE, Stang B, Krotulski AJ (2026).
Detection of party drugs on mobile phones in relation to self-reported use and oral fluid detection among NYC nightclub attendees
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs [Epub 2026 Mar 19]. doi: 10.15288/jsad.26-00031.
Detection of party drugs on mobile phones in relation to self-reported use and oral fluid detection among NYC nightclub attendees
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs [Epub 2026 Mar 19]. doi: 10.15288/jsad.26-00031.
Ivasiy R, Earnshaw VA, Huh J, Cleland CM, Friedman SR, Schneider JA, Ompad D, Bluthenthal RN, Walters SM (2026).
Development and validation of a provider-specific anticipated stigma scale for people who inject drugs
AIDS and Behavior [Epub 2026 Mar 14]. doi: 10.1007/s10461-026-05071-z.
Development and validation of a provider-specific anticipated stigma scale for people who inject drugs
AIDS and Behavior [Epub 2026 Mar 14]. doi: 10.1007/s10461-026-05071-z.
Heng S, Ye XC, Strayhorn JC, Cleland CM, Parameswaran L, Gwadz M (2026).
Selecting optimized behavioral interventions from an optimization randomized controlled trial on increasing COVID-19 testing for African American/Black and Latino frontline essential workers not up-to-date on COVID-19 vaccination
Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 60 (1). doi: 10.1093/abm/kaag005.
Selecting optimized behavioral interventions from an optimization randomized controlled trial on increasing COVID-19 testing for African American/Black and Latino frontline essential workers not up-to-date on COVID-19 vaccination
Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 60 (1). doi: 10.1093/abm/kaag005.
Shelley D, Armstrong-Hough M, Nguyen T, Guevera Alvarez G, Kapur R, Shuter J, Goldsamt L, Tozan Y, Minh HV, Phan PT, Cleland CM, Nguyen N (2026).
Effectiveness of behavioural tobacco cessation interventions with and without pharmacotherapy among people living with HIV in Viet Nam: A three-arm pragmatic randomised controlled trial
Lancet Global Health, 14 (3), e407-e416. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(25)00451-6. PMCID: PMC12952184.
Effectiveness of behavioural tobacco cessation interventions with and without pharmacotherapy among people living with HIV in Viet Nam: A three-arm pragmatic randomised controlled trial
Lancet Global Health, 14 (3), e407-e416. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(25)00451-6. PMCID: PMC12952184.
Notable
Computerized counseling reduces HIV-1 viral load and sexual transmission risk: Findings from a randomized controlled trial
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 65 (5), 611-620. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000100. PMCID: PMC3999203.
Marsch LA, Guarino H, Acosta M, Aponte-Melendez Y, Cleland C, Grabinski M, Brady R, Edwards J (2014).
Web-based behavioral treatment for substance use disorders as a partial replacement of standard methadone maintenance treatment
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 46 (1), 43-51. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2013.08.012. PMCID: PMC3839618 .
Rosenblum A, Joseph H, Fong, C, Kipnis S, Cleland CM, Portenoy RK (2003).
Prevalence and characteristics of chronic pain among chemically dependent patients in methadone maintenance and residential treatment facilities
Journal of the American Medical Association, 289 (18), 2370-2378. doi: 10.1001/jama.289.18.2370.
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