ResearchProjects

In 2008, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continued a nationwide surveillance system intended to track changes in HIV-related risk behavior over time among three groups at highest risk for HIV: men who have sex with men (MSM), injection drug users (IDUs), and high-risk heterosexuals (HRH). The project was the NYC component of the NHBS survey; MSM, IDUs and HRH were surveyed in one-year phases over the duration of the three-year project. The information learned from monitoring HIV risk behavior and HIV prevalence helped guide both local and national HIV prevention efforts.

Neaigus A, Jenness SM, Reilly KH, Youm Y, Hagan H, Wendel T, Gelpi-Acosta C (2016).
Community sexual bridging among heterosexuals at high-risk of HIV in New York City
AIDS and Behavior, 20 (4), 722-736. doi: 10.1007/s10461-015-1244-2. PMCID: PMC4985266.

Beletsky L, Heller D, Jenness SM, Neaigus A, Gelpi-Acosta C, Hagan H (2014).
Syringe access, syringe sharing, and police encounters among people who inject drugs in New York City: A community-level perspective
International Journal of Drug Policy, 25 (1), 105-111. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2013.06.005. PMCID: PMC3842392 .

Jenness SM, Neaigus A, Wendel T, Gelpi-Acosta C, Hagan H (2014).
Spatial recruitment bias in respondent-driven sampling: Implications for HIV prevalence estimation in urban heterosexuals
AIDS and Behavior, 18 (12), 2366-2373. doi: 10.1007/s10461-013-0640-8.

Reilly KH, Neaigus A, Jenness SM, Wendel T, Hagan H, Marshall DM, Murrill CS, Koblin BA (2014).
Trends in HIV prevalence and risk behavior among men who have sex with men in New York City, 2004-2011
AIDS Education and Prevention, 26 (2), 134-143. doi: 10.1521/aeap.2014.26.2.134.

Neaigus A, Reilly KH, Jenness SM, Hagan H, Wendel T, Gelpi-Acosta C (2013).
Dual HIV risk: Receptive syringe sharing and unprotected sex among HIV-negative injection drug users in New York City
AIDS and Behavior, 17 (7), 2501-2509. doi: 10.1007/s10461-013-0496-y.

Reilly KH, Neaigus A, Jenness SM, Hagan H, Wendel T, Gelpi-Acosta C (2013).
High HIV prevalence among low-income, black women in New York City with self-reported HIV negative and unknown status
Journal of Women's Health, 22 (9), 745-754. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2013.4341. PMCID: PMC3768226.

Neaigus A, Jenness SM, Hagan H, Murrill CS, Torian LV, Wendel T, Gelpi-Acosta C (2012).
Estimating HIV incidence and the correlates of recent infection in venue-sampled men who have sex with men in New York City
AIDS and Behavior, 16 (3), 516-524. doi: 10.1007/s10461-011-0050-8.

Jenness SM, Neaigus A, Hagan H, Wendel T, Gelpi-Acosta C, Murrill CS (2010).
Reconsidering the internet as an HIV/STD risk for men who have sex with men
AIDS and Behavior, 14 (6), 1353-1361. doi: 10.1007/s10461-010-9769-x.