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Overview

Donald R. Hoover is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. The main field of study is Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Infectious Diseases, Emergency Medicine, Epidemiology, Virology, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their research work extensively covers topics related to HIV/AIDS, including research and interventions, HIV-related health complications and treatments, HIV, drug use, and sexual risk behaviors. Other areas of focus include adolescent sexual and reproductive health, sex work and related issues, and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment.

Some recent publications demonstrate the breadth of their research interests:

  • High levels of viral load monitoring and viral suppression under Treat All in Rwanda - a cross-sectional study, 2020, Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • The Role of Social Support in HIV Testing and PrEP Awareness among Young Black Men and Transgender Women Who Have Sex with Men or Transgender Women, 2020, Journal of Urban Health
  • Hypertension among people living with HIV/AIDS in Cameroon: A cross-sectional analysis from Central Africa International Epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • TRUST: Assessing the Efficacy of an Intervention to Increase HIV Self-Testing Among Young Black Men Who have Sex with Men (MSM) and Transwomen, 2020, AIDS and Behavior
  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Menopause Are Independently Associated With Lower Bone Mineral Density: Results From the Women's Interagency HIV Study, 2021, Clinical Infectious Diseases

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Qiuhu Shi
  • Kathryn Anastos
  • Denis Nash
  • Michael T. Yin
  • Marcel Yotebieng

Research outputs are often published in a range of venues, with frequent publication occurring in:

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

Best Publications

  • Dementia in AIDS patients: Incidence and risk factors

    J. C. McArthur;D. R. Hoover;H. Bacellar;E. N. Miller

  • Nonparametric smoothing estimates of time-varying coefficient models with longitudinal data

    Donald R. Hoover;John A. Rice;Colin O. Wu;Li-Ping Yang

  • Bacterial vaginosis and disturbances of vaginal flora: association with increased acquisition of HIV.

    Taha E. Taha;Donald R. Hoover;Gina A. Dallabetta;Gina A. Dallabetta;Newton I. Kumwenda

  • Seroconversion to antibodies against Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus-related latent nuclear antigens before the development of Kaposi's sarcoma

    Shou Jiang Gao;Lawrence Kingsley;Donald R. Hoover;Thomas J. Spira

  • Insulin, Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I, and Risk of Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women

    Marc J. Gunter;Donald R. Hoover;Herbert Yu;Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller

  • Protection against persistence of hepatitis C.

    Shruti H. Mehta;Andrea Cox;Donald R. Hoover;Xiao Hong Wang

  • Sex differences in HIV-1 viral load and progression to AIDS

    Homayoon Farzadegan;Donald R Hoover;Jacqueline Astemborski;Cynthia M Lyles

  • Clinical manifestations of AIDS in the ERA of pneumocystis prophylaxis

    Donald R. Hoover;Alfred J. Saah;Helena Bacellar;John Phair

  • Maternal vitamin A deficiency and mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1.

    R. D. Semba;J. D. Chiphangwi;P. G. Miotti;G. A. Dallabetta

  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus Load in Breast Milk, Mastitis, and Mother-to-Child Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1

    Richard D. Semba;Newton Kumwenda;Donald R. Hoover;Taha E. Taha

  • Initial Plasma HIV-1 RNA Levels and Progression to AIDS in Women and Men

    Timothy R. Sterling;David Vlahov;David Vlahov;Jacquie Astemborski;Donald R. Hoover

  • Extended antiretroviral prophylaxis to reduce breast-milk HIV-1 transmission

    Newton I. Kumwenda;Donald R. Hoover;Lynne M. Mofenson;Michael C. Thigpen

  • Asymptotic Confidence Regions for Kernel Smoothing of a Varying-Coefficient Model With Longitudinal Data

    Colin O. Wu;Chin-Tsang Chiang;Donald R. Hoover

  • Depressive Symptoms as Predictors of Medical Outcomes in HIV Infection

    Constantine G. Lyketsos;Donald R. Hoover;Marcella Guccione;Walton Senterfitt

  • Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus infection prior to onset of Kaposi's sarcoma

    Patrick S. Moore;Lawrence A. Kingsley;Scott D. Holmberg;Thomas Spira

  • Medical Expenditures during the Last Year of Life: Findings from the 1992–1996 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey

    Donald R Hoover;Stephen Crystal;Rizie Kumar;Usha Sambamoorthi

  • Changes in depressive symptoms as AIDS develops

    Constantine G. Lyketsos;Donald R. Hoover;Marcella Guccione;Mary Amanda Dew

  • Effect of human immunodeficiency virus on hepatitis C virus infection among injecting drug users.

    David L. Thomas;James W. Shih;Harvey J. Alter;David Vlahov

  • A Prospective Evaluation of Insulin and Insulin-like Growth Factor-I as Risk Factors for Endometrial Cancer

    Marc J. Gunter;Donald R. Hoover;Herbert Yu;Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller

  • SEX DIFFERENCES IN HIV-1 VIRAL LOAD AND PROGRESSION TO AIDS. AUTHORS' REPLY

    C. Junghans;B. Ledergerber;P. Chan;R. Weber

Frequent Co-Authors

Kathryn Anastos
Kathryn Anastos Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Taha E. Taha
Taha E. Taha Johns Hopkins University
Alfred J. Saah
Alfred J. Saah MSD (United States)
Mardge H. Cohen
Mardge H. Cohen Rush University
Joan S. Chmiel
Joan S. Chmiel Northwestern University
Phyllis C. Tien
Phyllis C. Tien University of California, San Francisco
Beryl A. Koblin
Beryl A. Koblin New York Blood Center
David Vlahov
David Vlahov Yale University
Susan A. Fiscus
Susan A. Fiscus University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Roger Detels
Roger Detels University of California, Los Angeles

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