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Claude A. Mellins is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Health Professions, with significant focus on Infectious Diseases, General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Epidemiology.

Their scholarly output centers on topics including HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum, Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare, HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, and HIV Research and Treatment.

Highlighted recent papers authored or coauthored by Claude A. Mellins include:

  • Supporting the well-being of health care providers during the COVID-19 pandemic: The CopeColumbia response (2020, General Hospital Psychiatry)
  • Interventions to address the mental health of adolescents and young adults living with or affected by HIV: state of the evidence (2021, Journal of the International AIDS Society)
  • The long-term effects of a family based economic empowerment intervention (Suubi+Adherence) on suppression of HIV viral loads among adolescents living with HIV in southern Uganda: Findings from 5-year cluster randomized trial (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • The importance of physical and mental health in explaining health-related academic role impairment among college students (2020, Journal of Psychiatric Research)
  • The Impact of a Family-Based Economic Intervention on the Mental Health of HIV-Infected Adolescents in Uganda: Results From Suubi+ Adherence (2020, Journal of Adolescent Health)

The scientist frequently publishes in a range of venues related to HIV and health, such as:

  • AIDS and Behavior
  • AIDS Care
  • Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
  • PLoS ONE

Collaborations have been established with several coauthors including Elaine J. Abrams, Reuben N. Robbins, Curtis Dolezal, Fred M. Ssewamala, and Luke Kluisza.

Best Publications

  • Mental health and HIV/AIDS: The need for an integrated response

    Robert H. Remien;Michael J. Stirratt;Nadia Nguyen;Reuben N. Robbins

  • Disclosure of an HIV diagnosis to children: history, current research, and future directions.

    Lori Wiener;Claude Ann Mellins;Stephanie Marhefka;Haven B. Battles

  • Understanding the mental health of youth living with perinatal HIV infection: lessons learned and current challenges

    Claude A Mellins;Kathleen M Malee

  • Sexual assault incidents among college undergraduates: Prevalence and factors associated with risk.

    Claude Mellins;Kate Walsh;Kate Walsh;Aaron L. Sarvet;Melanie M. Wall;Melanie M. Wall

  • The role of psychosocial and family factors in adherence to antiretroviral treatment in human immunodeficiency virus-infected children

    Claude Ann Mellins;Elizabeth Brackis-Cott;Curtis Dolezal;Elaine J Abrams

  • Psychosocial challenges and protective influences for socio-emotional coping of HIV+ adolescents in South Africa: a qualitative investigation

    I Petersen;A Bhana;N Myeza;S Alicea

  • The VUKA family program: Piloting a family-based psychosocial intervention to promote health and mental health among HIV infected early adolescents in South Africa

    Arvin Bhana;Claude Ann Mellins;Inge Petersen;Stacey Alicea

  • Pediatric adherence to HIV antiretroviral therapy

    Jessica Haberer;Claude Mellins

  • Development of culturally sensitive psychotherapists

    Steven Regeser López;K. Pany Grover;Debra Holland;Melissa J. Johnson

  • Longitudinal study of mental health and psychosocial predictors of medical treatment adherence in mothers living with HIV disease.

    Claude A. Mellins;Ezer Kang;Cheng-Shiun Leu;Jennifer F. Havens

  • Rates and Types of Psychiatric Disorders in Perinatally Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Youth and Seroreverters

    Claude Ann Mellins;Elizabeth Brackis-Cott;Cheng-Shiun Leu;Katherine S. Elkington

  • Patterns of HIV Status Disclosure to Perinatally HIV-Infected Children and Subsequent Mental Health Outcomes

    Claude Ann Mellins;Elizabeth Brackis-Cott;Curtis Dolezal;Ana Richards

  • Families affected by pediatric acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: sources of stress and coping.

    Claude Ann Mellins;Anke A. Ehrhardt

  • Genetic and environmental influences on positive and negative affect: support for a two-factor theory.

    Laura A. Baker;Ian L. Cesa;Margaret Gatz;Claude Mellins

  • Improving antiretroviral therapy adherence in resource-limited settings at scale: a discussion of interventions and recommendations

    Jessica E. Haberer;Lora Sabin;K. Rivet Amico;Catherine Orrell

  • Adherence to antiretroviral medications and medical care in HIV-infected adults diagnosed with mental and substance abuse disorders

    Claude Ann Mellins;Jennifer F. Havens;Cheryl McDonnell;Carolyn Lichtenstein

  • Impact of HIV severity on cognitive and adaptive functioning during childhood and adolescence.

    Renee Smith;Miriam Chernoff;Paige L. Williams;Kathleen M. Malee

  • Adherence to antiretroviral treatment among pregnant and postpartum HIV-infected women

    C A Mellins;C Chu;K Malee;S Allison

  • Behavioral health risks in perinatally HIV-exposed youth: Co-occurrence of sexual and drug use behavior, mental health problems, and nonadherence to antiretroviral treatment

    Claude A. Mellins;Katherine Tassiopoulos;Kathleen Malee;Anna Barbara Moscicki

  • Child functional independence and maternal psychosocial stress as risk factors threatening adaptation in mothers of physically or sensorially handicapped children.

    Jan L. Wallander;Lisa C. Pitt;Claude A. Mellins

  • Community-based interventions to improve and sustain antiretroviral therapy adherence, retention in HIV care and clinical outcomes in low- and middle-income countries for achieving the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets

    Jean B. Nachega;Jean B. Nachega;Jean B. Nachega;Olatunji Adetokunboh;Olalekan A. Uthman;Olalekan A. Uthman;Amy W. Knowlton

Frequent Co-Authors

Curtis Dolezal
Curtis Dolezal Columbia University
Melanie M. Wall
Melanie M. Wall Columbia University
José A. Bauermeister
José A. Bauermeister University of Pennsylvania
Sharon Nichols
Sharon Nichols University of California, San Diego
Torsten B. Neilands
Torsten B. Neilands University of California, San Francisco
Anke A. Ehrhardt
Anke A. Ehrhardt Columbia University
Martie P. Thompson
Martie P. Thompson Appalachian State University
Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg
Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg Columbia University
Lori Wiener
Lori Wiener National Institutes of Health
Margaret A. Chesney
Margaret A. Chesney University of California, San Francisco

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