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Margie Skeer is affiliated with Tufts University in the United States and is an active researcher in the field of medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields, including public health, environmental and occupational health, clinical psychology, epidemiology, general health professions, and pharmacy.

Their main research topics focus on eating disorders and behaviors, obesity, physical activity and diet, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, obesity and health practices, homelessness and social issues, prenatal substance exposure effects, and maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum.

Frequent coauthors include Misha Eliasziw, Rachael A. Sabelli, Grace Hajinazarian, Katherine M. Rancaño, and Thomas J. Stopka.

Margie Skeer has published in several scientific journals, with the most frequent venues being the Journal of Adolescent Health, Journal of Eating Disorders, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Pediatric Obesity, and PLoS ONE.

  • Anorexia nervosa and the COVID-19 pandemic among young people: a scoping review (2023, Journal of Eating Disorders)
  • Women-centered drug treatment models for pregnant women with opioid use disorder: A scoping review (2021, Drug and Alcohol Dependence)
  • Randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of a brief, communication-based, substance use preventive intervention for parents of adolescents: Protocol for the SUPPER Project (Substance Use Prevention Promoted by Eating family meals Regularly) (2022, PLoS ONE)
  • Negative familial weight talk and weight bias internalization in a US sample of children and adolescents (2024, Pediatric Obesity)
  • Opioid prescriber screening practices to detect risk for developing opioid use disorder: Qualitative perspectives from providers during the fourth wave of the opioid crisis (2023, SSM - Qualitative Research in Health)

Best Publications

  • A review of HIV antiretroviral adherence and intervention studies among HIV-infected youth.

    Sari L Reisner;Matthew J Mimiaga;Margie Skeer;Brandon Perkovich

  • Clinically Significant Depressive Symptoms as a Risk Factor for HIV Infection Among Black MSM in Massachusetts

    Sari L. Reisner;Matthew J. Mimiaga;Matthew J. Mimiaga;Margie Skeer;Margie Skeer;Donna Bright

  • A prospective study of familial conflict, psychological stress, and the development of substance use disorders in adolescence

    Margie Skeer;Marie C. McCormick;Sharon-Lise T. Normand;Stephen L. Buka

  • Are Family Meals as Good for Youth as We Think They Are? A Review of the Literature on Family Meals as They Pertain to Adolescent Risk Prevention

    Margie R. Skeer;Margie R. Skeer;Erica L. Ballard

  • A systematic review of risk and protective factors associated with nonmedical use of prescription drugs among youth in the United States: a social ecological perspective

    Jessica E Nargiso;Erica L Ballard;Margie R Skeer

  • Health System and Personal Barriers Resulting in Decreased Utilization of HIV and STD Testing Services among At-Risk Black Men Who Have Sex with Men in Massachusetts

    Matthew J. Mimiaga;Sari L. Reisner;Sean Bland;Margie Skeer

  • Walking the line: stimulant use during sex and HIV risk behavior among Black urban MSM.

    Matthew J. Mimiaga;Matthew J. Mimiaga;Sari L. Reisner;Sari L. Reisner;Yves-Michel Fontaine;Sean E. Bland

  • Exposure to secondhand smoke and excess lung cancer mortality risk among workers in the “5 B’s”: bars, bowling alleys, billiard halls, betting establishments, and bingo parlours

    M Siegel;M Skeer

  • Implementation Science of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis: Preparing for Public Use

    Kristen Underhill;Don Operario;Matthew J. Mimiaga;Matthew J. Mimiaga;Margie R. Skeer

  • Packaging PrEP to Prevent HIV: An Integrated Framework to Plan for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Implementation in Clinical Practice.

    Kristen Underhill;Don Operario;Margie R Skeer;Matthew J Mimiaga

  • Prevalence of Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Symptomatology Among HIV-Infected Gay and Bisexual Men in HIV Primary Care.

    Conall O'Cleirigh;Jessica F Magidson;Margie R Skeer;Kenneth H Mayer

  • Risk factors for missed HIV primary care visits among men who have sex with men.

    Lara Traeger;Conall O’Cleirigh;Conall O’Cleirigh;Margie R. Skeer;Margie R. Skeer;Kenneth H. Mayer;Kenneth H. Mayer

  • Functional impairment and health care utilization among HIV-infected men who have sex with men: the relationship with depression and post-traumatic stress

    Conall O’Cleirigh;Conall O’Cleirigh;Margie Skeer;Margie Skeer;Kenneth H. Mayer;Kenneth H. Mayer;Steven A. Safren;Steven A. Safren

  • Gender differences in the association between family conflict and adolescent substance use disorders

    Margie R. Skeer;Margie R. Skeer;Marie C. McCormick;Sharon-Lise T. Normand;Matthew J. Mimiaga

  • Moderate Levels of Depression Predict Sexual Transmission Risk in HIV-Infected MSM: A Longitudinal Analysis of Data From Six Sites Involved in a ''Prevention for Positives'' Study

    Conall O’Cleirigh;Conall O’Cleirigh;Michael E. Newcomb;Michael E. Newcomb;Kenneth H. Mayer;Kenneth H. Mayer;Margie Skeer

  • Which HIV-infected men who have sex with men in care are engaging in risky sex and acquiring sexually transmitted infections: findings from a Boston community health centre

    Kenneth Mayer;Conall O’Cleirigh;Conall O’Cleirigh;Margie Skeer;Margie Skeer;Charles Covahey

  • Town-level characteristics and smoking policy adoption in Massachusetts: are local restaurant smoking regulations fostering disparities in health protection?

    Margie Skeer;Sarah George;William L. Hamilton;Debbie M. Cheng

  • Testing a social-cognitive model of HIV transmission risk behaviors in HIV-infected MSM with and without depression

    Steven A. Safren;Lara Traeger;Margie R. Skeer;Conall O'Cleirigh

  • "You're kind of at war with yourself as a nurse": Perspectives of inpatient nurses on treating people who present with a comorbid opioid use disorder.

    Gabrielle Horner;Jeff Daddona;Deirdre J. Burke;Judith Cullinane

  • Patterns of Substance Use Among a Large Urban Cohort of HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex With Men in Primary Care

    Margie R. Skeer;Margie R. Skeer;Matthew J. Mimiaga;Matthew J. Mimiaga;Kenneth H. Mayer;Kenneth H. Mayer;Conall O’Cleirigh;Conall O’Cleirigh

  • 'Hep C's like the common cold': understanding barriers along the HCV care continuum among young people who inject drugs.

    Margie R. Skeer;Keren Ladin;Lindsay E. Wilkins;David M. Landy

  • Factors associated with amplified HIV transmission behavior among American men who have sex with men engaged in care: implications for clinical providers.

    Kenneth H. Mayer;Kenneth H. Mayer;Margie R. Skeer;Margie R. Skeer;Conall O’Cleirigh;Conall O’Cleirigh;Brett M. Goshe

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven A. Safren
Steven A. Safren University of Miami
Matthew J. Mimiaga
Matthew J. Mimiaga University of California, Los Angeles
Conall O’Cleirigh
Conall O’Cleirigh Harvard University
Sari L. Reisner
Sari L. Reisner University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Michael Siegel
Michael Siegel Tufts University
Laura M. Bogart
Laura M. Bogart RAND Corporation
Sharon-Lise T. Normand
Sharon-Lise T. Normand Harvard University
Lara Traeger
Lara Traeger Harvard University
Stephen E. Gilman
Stephen E. Gilman Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Michael E. Newcomb
Michael E. Newcomb Northwestern University

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