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Overview

Kenneth H. Mayer is affiliated with Harvard Medical School in the United States. Their primary field of study is Medicine, with a significant focus on Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. Their research spans several subfields including General Health Professions, Social Psychology, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their main research topics include HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk, LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy, HIV Research and Treatment, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, Sex work and related issues, and HIV-related health complications and treatments.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Emtricitabine and tenofovir alafenamide vs emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (DISCOVER): primary results from a randomised, double-blind, multicentre, active-controlled, phase 3, non-inferiority trial, 2020, The Lancet
  • Barriers to the Wider Use of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis in the United States: A Narrative Review, 2020, Advances in Therapy

Frequent co-authors of Mayer include:

  • Richard D. Moore
  • Heidi M. Crane
  • Mari M. Kitahata
  • Sonia Napravnik
  • Joseph J. Eron

Mayer has published extensively in several venues, with notable numbers in:

  • AIDS and Behavior
  • UNC Libraries
  • JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
  • Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases

In addition to journal articles, Mayer has a book publication titled With the Stroke of a Pen, published by Princeton University Press in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Prevention of HIV-1 Infection with Early Antiretroviral Therapy

    Myron S. Cohen;Ying Q. Chen;Marybeth McCauley;Theresa Gamble

  • Preexposure Chemoprophylaxis for HIV Prevention in Men Who Have Sex with Men

    Robert M. Grant;Javier R. Lama;Peter L. Anderson;Vanessa McMahan

  • Antiretroviral Therapy for the Prevention of HIV-1 Transmission

    Myron S. Cohen;Ying Q. Chen;Marybeth McCauley;Theresa Gamble

  • The major genetic determinants of HIV-1 control affect HLA class I peptide presentation

    Pereyra F;Jia X;McLaren Pj

  • Uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis, sexual practices, and HIV incidence in men and transgender women who have sex with men: a cohort study

    Robert M. Grant;Robert M. Grant;Robert M. Grant;Peter L. Anderson;Vanessa McMahan;Albert Liu

  • Placebo-controlled phase 3 trial of a recombinant glycoprotein 120 vaccine to prevent HIV-1 infection.

    Neil M Flynn;Donald N Forthal;Clayton D Harro;Franklyn N Judson

  • Emtricitabine-tenofovir concentrations and pre-exposure prophylaxis efficacy in men who have sex with men.

    Peter L. Anderson;David V. Glidden;Albert Liu;Susan Buchbinder

  • Sexual and gender minority health: what we know and what needs to be done.

    Kenneth H. Mayer;Judith B. Bradford;Harvey J. Makadon;Ron Stall

  • Risk factors for HIV infection among men who have sex with men.

    Beryl A Koblin;Marla J Husnik;Grant Colfax;Yijian Huang

  • Adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse and subsequent risk of HIV infection.

    Sally Zierler;Lisa Feingold;Deborah Laufer;Priscilla Velentgas

  • Effects of early versus delayed initiation of antiretroviral treatment on clinical outcomes of HIV-1 infection: results from the phase 3 HPTN 052 randomised controlled trial

    Beatriz Grinsztejn;Mina C. Hosseinipour;Heather J. Ribaudo;Susan Swindells

  • USPHS/IDSA guidelines for the prevention of opportunistic infections in persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus

    David Lanier;Neil Schram;Ellen Cooper;Kenneth A. Freedberg

  • Effect of mutation type and location on clinical outcome in 1,013 probands with marfan syndrome or related phenotypes and FBN1 mutations : An international study

    L. Faivre;G. Collod-Beroud;G. Collod-Beroud;B.L. Loeys;A. Child

  • Advancing global health and strengthening the HIV response in the era of the Sustainable Development Goals: the International AIDS Society-Lancet Commission

    Linda Gail Bekker;Linda Gail Bekker;George Alleyne;Stefan Baral;Javier Cepeda

  • Emergence of Multidrug-Resistant, Community-Associated, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clone USA300 in Men Who Have Sex with Men

    Binh An Diep;Henry F. Chambers;Christopher J. Graber;John D. Szumowski

  • Bone Disease in HIV Infection: A Practical Review and Recommendations for HIV Care Providers

    Grace A. McComsey;Pablo Tebas;Elizabeth Shane;Michael T. Yin

  • A randomized controlled trial of cognitive behavioral therapy for adherence and depression (CBT-AD) in HIV-infected individuals.

    Steven A. Safren;Conall O'Cleirigh;Judy Y. Tan;Sudha R. Raminani

  • The Adolescent and Young Adult HIV Cascade of Care in the United States: Exaggerated Health Disparities

    Brian C. Zanoni;Kenneth H. Mayer

  • Two strategies to increase adherence to HIV antiretroviral medication: Life-Steps and medication monitoring

    Steven A Safren;Michael W. Otto;Jonathan L Worth;Elizabeth Salomon

  • HIV-1 Langerhans' Cell Tropism Associated with Heterosexual Transmission of HIV

    Luis E. Soto-Ramirez;Boris Renjifo;Mary F. McLane;Richard Marlink

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew J. Mimiaga
Matthew J. Mimiaga University of California, Los Angeles
Steven A. Safren
Steven A. Safren University of Miami
Conall O’Cleirigh
Conall O’Cleirigh Harvard University
Sari L. Reisner
Sari L. Reisner University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Katie B. Biello
Katie B. Biello Brown University
Susan Buchbinder
Susan Buchbinder University of California, San Francisco
Richard D. Moore
Richard D. Moore Johns Hopkins University
Beryl A. Koblin
Beryl A. Koblin New York Blood Center
Timothy P. Flanigan
Timothy P. Flanigan Brown University
George R. Seage
George R. Seage Harvard University

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