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Overview

Andrea L. Wirtz is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research focuses on topics related to LGBTQ health, HIV/AIDS research and interventions, and social determinants affecting marginalized communities.

Their recent research publications include the following:

  • Role of Structural Marginalization, HIV Stigma, and Mistrust on HIV Prevention and Treatment Among Young Black Latinx Men Who Have Sex with Men and Transgender Women: Perspectives from Youth Service Providers (2020, AIDS Patient Care and STDs)
  • The transgender-specific intimate partner violence scale for research and practice: Validation in a sample of transgender women (2021, Social Science & Medicine)
  • Vulnerability to COVID-19-related Harms Among Transgender Women With and Without HIV Infection in the Eastern and Southern U.S. (2020, JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes)
  • PrEP awareness and engagement among transgender women in South Africa: a cross-sectional, mixed methods study (2020, The Lancet HIV)
  • 'It all dials back to safety': A qualitative study of social and economic vulnerabilities among transgender women participating in HIV research in the USA (2020, BMJ Open)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Wirtz include:

  • Sari L. Reisner
  • Tonia Poteat
  • Chris Beyrer
  • Erin E. Cooney
  • Asa Radix

Wirtz's work appears regularly in several publication venues, including:

  • UNC Libraries
  • The Lancet HIV
  • JMIR Research Protocols
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Their research spans multiple fields of study with a significant focus on:

  • Medicine
  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences

Within these broader fields, subfields of study include:

  • Social Psychology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Clinical Psychology
  • General Health Professions

The main topics addressed in Wirtz's research are diverse and include:

  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Sex work and related issues
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence

Best Publications

  • Global epidemiology of HIV infection in men who have sex with men

    Chris Beyrer;Stefan D Baral;Frits van Griensven;Steven M Goodreau

  • Worldwide burden of HIV in transgender women: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Stefan D Baral;Stefan D Baral;Tonia Poteat;Susanne Strömdahl;Susanne Strömdahl;Andrea L Wirtz

  • Burden of HIV among female sex workers in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Stefan Baral;Chris Beyrer;Kathryn Muessig;Tonia Poteat

  • Modified social ecological model: a tool to guide the assessment of the risks and risk contexts of HIV epidemics

    Stefan Baral;Carmen H Logie;Ashley Grosso;Andrea L Wirtz

  • Global burden of HIV, viral hepatitis, and tuberculosis in prisoners and detainees.

    Kate Dolan;Andrea L Wirtz;Babak Moazen;Martial Ndeffo-mbah

  • HIV risk and preventive interventions in transgender women sex workers

    Tonia Poteat;Andrea L Wirtz;Anita Radix;Annick Borquez

  • The increase in global HIV epidemics in MSM.

    Chris Beyrer;Patrick Sullivan;Jorge Sanchez;Stefan D. Baral

  • Stigma, Health Care Access, and HIV Knowledge Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Malawi, Namibia, and Botswana

    Heather Fay;Stefan D. Baral;Gift Trapence;Felistus Motimedi

  • The Prevalence of Sexual Violence among Female Refugees in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

    Alexander Vu;Atif Adam;Andrea Wirtz;Kiemanh Pham

  • Gender-Based Violence Against Transgender People in the United States: A Call for Research and Programming.

    Andrea L. Wirtz;Tonia C. Poteat;Mannat Malik;Nancy Glass

  • An action agenda for HIV and sex workers

    Chris Beyrer;Anna Louise Crago;Linda Gail Bekker;Jenny Butler

  • The Expanding Epidemics of HIV Type 1 Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Diversity and Consistency

    Chris Beyrer;Stefan D. Baral;Damian Walker;Andrea L. Wirtz

  • The global response and unmet actions for HIV and sex workers.

    Kate Shannon;Anna Louise Crago;Stefan D. Baral;Linda Gail Bekker

  • The global response to HIV in men who have sex with men

    Chris Beyrer;Stefan D Baral;Chris Collins;Eugene T Richardson

  • Prevention of transmission of HIV, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and tuberculosis in prisoners.

    Adeeba Kamarulzaman;Adeeba Kamarulzaman;Stewart E Reid;Stewart E Reid;Amee Schwitters;Lucas Wiessing

  • The global HIV epidemics among sex workers

    Deanna Kerrigan;Andrea Wirtz;Stefan Baral;Michele Decker

  • What has been achieved in HIV prevention, treatment and care for people who inject drugs, 2010-2012? A review of the six highest burden countries.

    Louisa Degenhardt;Louisa Degenhardt;Bradley M. Mathers;Andrea L. Wirtz;Daniel Wolfe

  • Gender-based violence in conflict and displacement: qualitative findings from displaced women in Colombia

    Andrea L. Wirtz;Kiemanh Pham;Nancy E. Glass;Saskia Loochkartt

  • Injection drug use, sexual risk, violence and STI/HIV among Moscow female sex workers

    Michele R. Decker;Andrea L. Wirtz;Stefan D. Baral;Alena Peryshkina

  • The Global HIV Epidemics among Men Who Have Sex with Men

    Chris Beyrer;Andrea L. Wirtz;Damian Walker;Benjamin Johns

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Baral
Stefan Baral Johns Hopkins University
Michele R. Decker
Michele R. Decker Johns Hopkins University
Sari L. Reisner
Sari L. Reisner University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Susan G. Sherman
Susan G. Sherman Johns Hopkins University
Nancy Glass
Nancy Glass Johns Hopkins University
Patrick S. Sullivan
Patrick S. Sullivan Emory University
Carl A. Latkin
Carl A. Latkin Johns Hopkins University
Linda-Gail Bekker
Linda-Gail Bekker University of Cape Town
Deanna Kerrigan
Deanna Kerrigan Johns Hopkins University
Steffanie A. Strathdee
Steffanie A. Strathdee University of California, San Diego

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