Sabina Hirshfield, PhD
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University - Principal Research Scientist & Visiting Associate Professor
Education
PhD, Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia UniversityMA, Sociology, St. John’s University
BA, Sociology, SUNY Binghamton
Research Interests
eHealth and mHealth HIV prevention interventions, Health disparities among sexual, gender, and racial/ethnic minorities, Stimulant and other substance use BIO
Sabina Hirshfield is a Principal Research Scientist and Visiting Associate Professor at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, School of Medicine. Since 2018, she has been Chair of the Community Health Advisory & Information Network (CHAIN) Project, an ongoing study of persons living with HIV in the New York City and tri-county areas. For nearly two decades, Dr. Hirshfield has been conducting video-based eHealth and mHealth HIV prevention research and interventions, reaching thousands of individuals living with, or at-risk for, HIV, including those who inject drugs. Her current focus is on biomedical HIV prevention strategies, including home collection of dried blood spots for lab-quantified viral load, through a health disparities lens. A continual goal of Dr. Hirshfield’s research is to improve inclusion and engagement of racial and ethnic minority populations, with a particular focus on sexual minority men. Projects
Principal Investigator, Supporting Treatment Adherence for Resilience and Thriving (START): A mHealth Intervention to Improve ART Adherence for HIV-Positive Stimulant-Using Men. Active
Principal Investigator, A Tailored Approach to Promoting Engagement in Public Health. Completed
Publications
Recent
Birnbaum J, Roberson M, Bailey MM, Smith MDR, Turner D, Qian HZ, Jeon S, Hirshfield S, Nelson LE (2023).
Leveraging family-based assets for Black men who have sex with men in House Ball Communities: Protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial
PLoS One, 18 (9), e0289681. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289681. PMCID: PMC10490903.
Leveraging family-based assets for Black men who have sex with men in House Ball Communities: Protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial
PLoS One, 18 (9), e0289681. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289681. PMCID: PMC10490903.
Schnall R, Liu J, Kuhns LM, Pearson C, Batey DS, Bruce J, Radix A, Belkind U, Hidalgo MA, Hirshfield S, Ganzhorn S, Garofalo R (2023).
A feasibility study of the use of HIV self-tests in young men who have sex with men
AIDS Care, 35 (9), 1279-1284. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2022.2160864.
A feasibility study of the use of HIV self-tests in young men who have sex with men
AIDS Care, 35 (9), 1279-1284. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2022.2160864.
Dorshimer M, Hirshfield S, Mayer J, Aidala AA (2023).
Examining concordance between self-report and biomedical HIV viral load data: A scoping review
AIDS and Behavior [Epub 2023 Jul 26]. doi: 10.1007/s10461-023-04136-7.
Examining concordance between self-report and biomedical HIV viral load data: A scoping review
AIDS and Behavior [Epub 2023 Jul 26]. doi: 10.1007/s10461-023-04136-7.
Diaz JE, Preciado E, Chiasson MA, Hirshfield S (2023).
Association between age of anal sex debut and adult health behaviors among sexual minoritized men living with HIV
Archives of Sexual Behavior [Epub 2023 Jun 28]. doi: 10.1007/s10508-023-02642-2.
Association between age of anal sex debut and adult health behaviors among sexual minoritized men living with HIV
Archives of Sexual Behavior [Epub 2023 Jun 28]. doi: 10.1007/s10508-023-02642-2.
Cordoba E, Garofalo R, Kuhns LM, Pearson CR, Batey DS, Bruce J, Radix A, Belkind U, Hidalgo MA, Hirshfield S, Schnall R (2023).
A cross-sectional study of perceived stress and racial discrimination among a national sample of young men who have sex with men
Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 34 (3), 226-237. doi: 10.1097/JNC.0000000000000407.
A cross-sectional study of perceived stress and racial discrimination among a national sample of young men who have sex with men
Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 34 (3), 226-237. doi: 10.1097/JNC.0000000000000407.
Notable
Evaluation of Sex Positive! a video eHealth intervention for men living with HIV
AIDS and Behavior, 23 (11), 3103-3118. doi: 10.1007/s10461-019-02498-5. PMCID: PMC6803061.
Hirshfield S, Teran RA, Downing MJ, Chiasson MA, Tieu HV, Dize L, Gaydos CA (2018).
Quantification of HIV-1 RNA among men who have sex with men using an at-home self-collected dried blood spot specimen: Feasibility study
JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 4 (4), e10847. doi: 10.2196/10847. PMCID: PMC6238105.
Wall MM, Chiasson MA, Hirshfield S (2015).
Complex drug use patterns and associated HIV transmission risk behaviors in an internet sample of U.S. men who have sex with men
Archives of Sexual Behavior, 44 (2), 421-428. doi: 10.1007/s10508-014-0337-8. PMCID: PMC4381804.
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