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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2001 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Margaret A. Chesney is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields such as Psychiatry and Mental Health, Rehabilitation, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, and Clinical Psychology.

Their scholarly output includes numerous publications across key research topics. These topics encompass Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Cancer Survivorship and Care, COVID-19 and Mental Health, and Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders.

Chesney's work is published across several notable venues, frequently contributing to:

  • Innovation in Aging
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
  • Psycho-Oncology
  • Cells

Among recent papers, the following can be noted:

  • "Soup cans, brooms, and Zoom:" Rapid conversion of a cancer survivorship program to telehealth during COVID-19, 2020, Psycho-Oncology
  • Dyadic Group Exercises for Persons with Memory Deficits and Care Partners: Mixed-Method Findings from the Paired Preventing Loss of Independence through Exercise (PLIÉ) Randomized Trial, 2020, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
  • Human Placenta Buffers the Fetus from Adverse Effects of Perceived Maternal Stress, 2021, Cells
  • Rapid Conversion of a Group-Based Yoga Trial for Diverse Older Women to Home-Based Telehealth: Lessons Learned Using Zoom to Deliver Movement-Based Interventions, 2022, Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine
  • Preventing Loss of Independence through Exercise (PLIÉ): A Pilot Trial in Older Adults with Subjective Memory Decline and Mild Cognitive Impairment, 2021, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Frequent co-authors in Chesney's research include Deborah E. Barnes, Wolf Mehling, Francesca Nicosia, Linda L. Chao, and Rebecca L. Sudore.

In recognition of professional contributions, Chesney was named a Member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2001.

Best Publications

  • Socioeconomic status and health: The challenge of the gradient.

    Nancy E. Adler;Thomas Boyce;Margaret A. Chesney;Sheldon Cohen

  • Self-reported adherence to antiretroviral medications among participants in HIV clinical trials: The AACTG Adherence Instruments

    Margaret A. Chesney;J. R. Ickovics;D. B. Chambers;A. L. Gifford

  • Socioeconomic inequalities in health. No easy solution.

    Adler Ne;Boyce Wt;Chesney Ma;Folkman S

  • Adherence to protease inhibitors, HIV-1 viral load, and development of drug resistance in an indigent population.

    David R. Bangsberg;Frederick M. Hecht;Edwin D. Charlebois;Andrew R. Zolopa

  • A validity and reliability study of the coping self-efficacy scale

    Margaret A. Chesney;Torsten B. Neilands;Donald B. Chambers;Jonelle M. Taylor

  • Factors Affecting Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy

    Margaret A. Chesney

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

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

  • New Testing Strategy to Detect Early HIV-1 Infection for Use in Incidence Estimates and for Clinical and Prevention Purposes

    Robert S. Janssen;Glen A. Satten;Susan L. Stramer;Bhupat D. Rawal

  • Anger and hostility in cardiovascular and behavioral disorders

    Margaret A. Chesney;Ray H. Rosenman

  • Critical Delays in HIV Testing and Care The Potential Role of Stigma

    Margaret A. Chesney;Ashley W. Smith

  • The Consistency of Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy Predicts Biologic Outcomes for Human Immunodeficiency Virus—Infected Persons in Clinical Trials

    Sharon Mannheimer;Gerald Friedland;John Matts;Carroll Child

  • Time trends in primary HIV-1 drug resistance among recently infected persons.

    Robert M. Grant;Frederick M. Hecht;Maria Warmerdam;Lea Liu

  • Psychobiologic reactivity to stress and childhood respiratory illnesses: Results of two prospective studies.

    W T Boyce;M Chesney;A Alkon;J M Tschann

  • Sexual transmission of an HIV-1 variant resistant to multiple reverse-transcriptase and protease inhibitors.

    Frederick M. Hecht;Robert M. Grant;Christos J. Petropoulos;Beth Dillon

  • Depressive Symptoms and CD4 Lymphocyte Decline Among HIV-Infected Men

    Jeffrey H. Burack;Donald C. Barrett;Ron D. Stall;Margaret A. Chesney

  • Adherence to HAART regimens.

    Margaret Chesney

  • Adherence to HIV combination therapy.

    Margaret A Chesney;Michel Morin;Michel Morin;Lorraine Sherr

  • Quality of life in HIV-infected individuals receiving antiretroviral therapy is related to adherence.

    S B Mannheimer;J Matts;E Telzak;M Chesney

  • Development and validation of a self-completed HIV symptom index.

    A.C Justice;A.C Justice;W Holmes;A.L Gifford;L Rabeneck

  • High-risk behaviors among men who have sex with men in 6 US cities: baseline data from the EXPLORE Study.

    Beryl A. Koblin;Margaret A. Chesney;Marla J. Husnik;Sam Bozeman

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas J. Coates
Thomas J. Coates University of California, Los Angeles
Stephen F. Morin
Stephen F. Morin University of California, San Francisco
Robert H. Remien
Robert H. Remien Columbia University
Susan Folkman
Susan Folkman University of California, San Francisco
Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus
Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus University of California, Los Angeles
Kenneth H. Mayer
Kenneth H. Mayer Harvard Medical School
Beryl A. Koblin
Beryl A. Koblin New York Blood Center
Torsten B. Neilands
Torsten B. Neilands University of California, San Francisco
Jon D. Levine
Jon D. Levine University of California, San Francisco
Frederick Hecht
Frederick Hecht University of California, San Francisco

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