Scientific Publications
From Midwest D-CFAR investigators, collaborators, and friends.
All studies and publications resulting from Midwest D-CFAR funding, whether direct or indirect, must acknowledge D-CFAR support.
Dissemination Strategies From an HIV Self-Testing Intervention Among Adolescents and Young Adults in Nigeria: Crowdsourcing Open Call Study
JMIR Formative Research
Authors: Ucheoma Nwaozuru, Oluwakorede Adedeji, Yusuf Babatunde, Chisom Obiezu-Umeh, Lanre Blessing, Titilola Gbaja-Biamila, Folahanmi Akinsolu, Gift Mirikwe, Thembekile Shato, Cassandra Akinde, Samantha Wu, J. Clark, Temitope Ojo, Olufunto Olusanya, Oliver Ezechi, Joseph D. Tucker, Juliet Iwelunmor
Evaluating infant feeding practice guidelines for individuals with HIV: a pilot study using qualitative findings with healthcare workers and normalization process theory
Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Authors: Julia López, Elaine Schmidt, Kneeshe Parkinson, Virginia McKay, Sydney M. Thayer & Amanda Zofkie
Supported by: Midwest D-CFAR (5P30AI76532)
Correlates of willingness to use pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among young people impacted by HIV in Uganda
AIDS Care
Authors: Anita Kabarambi, Abel Zemedkun Girma, Portia Nartey, Imelda Nabbosa, Samiri Jamiru, Proscovia Nabunya, and Fred M. Ssewamala
Adverse childhood experiences and risk of living with HIV among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ+) people: a cross-sectional study
The Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific
Authors: Jingli Yang, Lei Liu, Junren Wang, Yueyao Xu, Peipei Zhao, Yumeng Wang, Peipei Du, Joseph D Tucker, Stefan Baral, Elvin H Geng, Xiaodong Wang, Huan Song & Dan Wu
Perceived HIV Risk, Barriers, and Preferences for HIV Testing in Structurally Vulnerable Communities in St. Louis: A Best-Worst Scaling Survey
Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care
Authors: Emmanuel Tetteh, Noelle Le Tourneau, Gregory Gross, McKenzie Swan, Tyrell Manning, Justin Cole, Lawrence Hudson-Lewis, Julia López, Todd Combs, & Virginia McKay
Supported by: Midwest D-CFAR (5P30AI76532)
HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis does not increase gonorrhea and chlamydia incidence in young Black and Hispanic men who have sex with men: An observational cohort study
Open Forum Infectious Disease Journal
Authors: Octavio C Mesner, Rishabh Jain, Aditi Ramakrishnan, Derrick D Matthews, Jeremy T Goldbach
Understanding the role of street medicine in harm reduction: a case study of Street Medicine St. Louis
Harm Reduction Journal
Authors: Ari Gzesh, Jeremiah S. Truel, Danielle R. Adams, Luke Zabotka, Sara Malone, Nathanial S. Nolan
Rural providers’ attitudes toward integrating harm reduction strategies and PrEP prescribing into rural primary care settings in the US, Southeast and Midwest
An article in Addiction Science & Clinical Practice.
Authors: Phillip L. Marotta, Miryam Biaid, Robert Heimer, Debbie Humphries, Katie Wang, Nithya Narayanan, Zach Lynch, Virginia McKay, Hilary Reno, Rachel Winograd, Dawn Goddard-Eckrich, Lindsey Filiatreau, Kristi Stringer, Kaileigh Backes, Patricia Cavazos-Rehg
Stimulating Training and Access to HIV Research Experiences (STAR): a protocol for a crowdsourced, project-based, implementation science training program
An article in Frontiers in Public Health
Authors: Ucheoma Nwaozuru, Joseph D. Tucker, Idia Thurston, Collins O. Airhihenbuwa, Rhonda BeLue, Weiming Tang, Chisom Obiezu-umeh, Onyekachukwu Anikamadu, Khadijah Ameen, Christian Herrera, Alexis Engelhart, Tochukwu Patrick, Ujunwa Onyeama, David Oladele, Bryce Puesta Takenaka, Olufunto A. Olusanya, Temitope Ojo, Juliet Iwelunmor
Intestinal microbiome changes in response to amino acid and micronutrient supplementation: secondary analysis of the AMAZE trial
Gut Microbiome
Authors: Monica N Mweetwa, Kazi Ahsan, John Louis-Auguste, Ellen Besa, Joram M Posma, Nathan McNulty, Micheal J Barrat, Jeff Gordon, Paul Kelly