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Overview

David W. Purcell is affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas, primarily concentrating on neuroscience with significant contributions in public health and infectious diseases.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Neuroscience

Within neuroscience, their work further focuses on subfields such as:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Sensory Systems
  • Signal Processing
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Infectious Diseases

The topics covered by their research comprise:

  • Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
  • Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
  • Speech and Audio Processing
  • Phonetics and Phonology Research
  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk

David W. Purcell has contributed to multiple recent papers including:

  • "Optimal Allocation of Societal HIV Prevention Resources to Reduce HIV Incidence in the United States," 2020, American Journal of Public Health
  • "Forty Years of HIV: The Intersection of Laws, Stigma, and Sexual Behavior and Identity," 2021, American Journal of Public Health
  • "Trajectories of and disparities in HIV prevalence among Black, white, and Hispanic/Latino men who have sex with men in 86 large U.S. metropolitan statistical areas, 1992-2013," 2020, Annals of Epidemiology
  • "The Accuracy of Envelope Following Responses in Predicting Speech Audibility," 2020, Ear and Hearing
  • "Predicting Hearing aid Benefit Using Speech-Evoked Envelope Following Responses in Children With Hearing Loss," 2023, Trends in Hearing

The frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Purcell include:

  • Vijayalakshmi Easwar
  • Susan Scollie
  • Matthew Urichuk
  • Björn Herrmann
  • Ingrid S. Johnsrude

The scientist's work appears in prominent publication venues such as:

  • Ear and Hearing
  • American Journal of Public Health
  • Trends in Hearing
  • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research

Best Publications

  • Do prevention interventions reduce HIV risk behaviours among people living with HIV? A meta-analytic review of controlled trials.

    Nicole Crepaz;Cynthia M. Lyles;Richard J. Wolitski;Warren F. Passin

  • Estimating the Population Size of Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States to Obtain HIV and Syphilis Rates

    David W Purcell;Christopher H Johnson;Amy Lansky;Joseph Prejean

  • Disclosure of HIV status and adherence to daily drug regimens among HIV-infected children in Uganda.

    Winnie Bikaako-Kajura;Emmanuel Luyirika;David W. Purcell;Julia Downing

  • Sexual harm reduction practices of HIV-seropositive gay and bisexual men: serosorting, strategic positioning, and withdrawal before ejaculation.

    Jeffrey T Parsons;Eric W Schrimshaw;Richard J Wolitski;Perry N Halkitis

  • Intertwining Epidemics: A Review of Research on Substance Use Among Men Who Have Sex with Men and Its Connection to the AIDS Epidemic

    Ron Stall;David W. Purcell

  • A Review of the Literature on Event-Level Substance Use and Sexual Risk Behavior Among Men Who Have Sex with Men

    H. Waverly Vosburgh;H. Waverly Vosburgh;Gordon Mansergh;Patrick S. Sullivan;David W. Purcell

  • Vital Signs: HIV Transmission Along the Continuum of Care — United States, 2016

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  • The relationship between sexual orientation and risk for suicide: research findings and future directions for research and prevention.

    J. Stephen McDaniel;David Purcell;Anthony R. D'Augelli

  • Substance use and sexual transmission risk behavior of HIV-positive men who have sex with men.

    David W Purcell;Jeffrey T Parsons;Perry N Halkitis;Yuko Mizuno

  • Meta-analysis of cognitive-behavioral interventions on HIV-positive persons' mental health and immune functioning.

    Nicole Crepaz;Warren F. Passin;Jeffrey H. Herbst;Sima M. Rama

  • Depression and CD4 Cell Count Among Persons with HIV Infection in Uganda

    Frank M. Kaharuza;Rebecca Bunnell;Rebecca Bunnell;Susan Moss;David W. Purcell

  • Estimating the Population Sizes of Men Who Have Sex With Men in US States and Counties Using Data From the American Community Survey.

    Jeremy A Grey;Kyle T Bernstein;Patrick S Sullivan;David W Purcell

  • Correlates of lending needles/syringes among HIV-seropositive injection drug users.

    Lisa R. Metsch;Margaret Pereyra;David W. Purcell;Carl A. Latkin

  • Desire for children and pregnancy risk behavior among HIV-infected men and women in Uganda.

    Sylvia Nakayiwa;Betty Abang;Laura Packel;Julie Lifshay

  • A peer-education intervention to reduce injection risk behaviors for HIV and hepatitis C virus infection in young injection drug users

    Richard S. Garfein;Richard S. Garfein;Elizabeth T. Golub;Alan E. Greenberg;Alan E. Greenberg;Holly Hagan

  • Illicit substance use, sexual risk, and HIV-positive gay and bisexual men: differences by serostatus of casual partners.

    David W Purcell;Susan Moss;Robert H Remien;William J Woods

  • Results from a randomized controlled trial of a peer-mentoring intervention to reduce HIV transmission and increase access to care and adherence to HIV medications among HIV-seropositive injection drug users.

    David W. Purcell;Mary H. Latka;Lisa R. Metsch;Carl A. Latkin

  • Childhood sexual abuse and sexual transmission risk behaviour among HIV-positive men who have sex with men

    A. O'leary;D. Purcell;R. H. Remien;C. Gomez

  • Positive and negative consequences of HIV disclosure among seropositive injection drug users.

    Jeffrey T Parsons;Jason VanOra;Whitney Missildine;David W Purcell

  • Effect of Internet-Distributed HIV Self-tests on HIV Diagnosis and Behavioral Outcomes in Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    Robin J MacGowan;Pollyanna R Chavez;Craig B Borkowf;S Michele Owen

  • Individual, interpersonal, and structural correlates of effective HAART use among urban active injection drug users.

    Amy Knowlton;Julia Arnsten;Lois Eldred;James Wilkinson

  • Sexual behavior among hiv‐positive men who have sex with men: What's in a label?

    Trevor A. Hart;Richard J. Wolitski;David W. Purcell;Cynthia Gómez

Frequent Co-Authors

Cynthia A. Gómez
Cynthia A. Gómez San Francisco State University
Jeffrey T. Parsons
Jeffrey T. Parsons City University of New York
Lisa R. Metsch
Lisa R. Metsch Columbia University
Perry N. Halkitis
Perry N. Halkitis Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Amy R. Knowlton
Amy R. Knowlton Johns Hopkins University
Richard J. Wolitski
Richard J. Wolitski Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Patrick S. Sullivan
Patrick S. Sullivan Emory University
Colleen C. Hoff
Colleen C. Hoff San Francisco State University
Nicole Crepaz
Nicole Crepaz Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Carl A. Latkin
Carl A. Latkin Johns Hopkins University

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