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Overview

Marya Gwadz is affiliated with New York University in the United States and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Medicine and Health Professions. Their work extensively covers subfields including Infectious Diseases, General Health Professions, Epidemiology, Clinical Psychology, and Speech and Hearing.

The main topics addressed in Gwadz's research include:

  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • HIV-related health complications and treatments

Gwadz has contributed to a range of recent papers, with several notable publications such as:

  • "Black and Latino Persons Living with HIV Evidence Risk and Resilience in the Context of COVID-19: A Mixed-Methods Study of the Early Phase of the Pandemic" (2021, AIDS and Behavior)
  • "Understanding long-term HIV survivorship among African American/Black and Latinx persons living with HIV in the United States: a qualitative exploration through the lens of symbolic violence" (2020, International Journal for Equity in Health)
  • "Feasibility and Acceptability of the Adherence Connection Counseling, Education, and Support (ACCESS) Proof of Concept: A Peer-Led, Mobile Health (mHealth) Cognitive Behavioral Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Adherence Intervention for HIV-Infected (HIV+) Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA)" (2022, AIDS and Behavior)
  • "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)
  • "Enhancing behavioral intervention science: using community-based participatory research principles with the multiphase optimization strategy" (2021, Translational Behavioral Medicine)

Frequent publication venues for Gwadz include:

  • AIDS and Behavior
  • International Journal for Equity in Health
  • BMC Public Health
  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • JMIR Research Protocols

Gwadz often collaborates with other researchers such as:

  • Charles M. Cleland
  • Leo Wilton
  • Sabrina R. Cluesman
  • Linda M. Collins
  • Robert Freeman

Best Publications

  • The coming-out process and its adaptational and health-related associations among gay, lesbian, and bisexual youths: stipulation and exploration of a model.

    Margaret Rosario;Joyce Hunter;Shira Maguen;Marya Gwadz

  • Evaluation of behavioral measures of risk taking propensity with inner city adolescents.

    Will M. Aklin;C. W. Lejuez;Michael J. Zvolensky;Christopher W. Kahler

  • Gay-related stress and emotional distress among gay, lesbian, and bisexual youths: a longitudinal examination.

    Margaret Rosario;Eric W. Schrimshaw;Joyce Hunter;Marya Gwadz

  • Reliability and Validity of the Youth Version of the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART–Y) in the Assessment of Risk-Taking Behavior Among Inner-City Adolescents

    C. W. Lejuez;Will Aklin;Stacey Daughters;Michael Zvolensky

  • The Psychosexual Development of Urban Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youths

    Margaret Rosario;Heino F.L. Meyer‐Bahlburg;Joyce Hunter;Theresa M. Exner

  • Reductions in HIV Risk Among Runaway Youth

    Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus;Juwon Song;Marya Gwadz;Martha Lee

  • An intervention for parents with AIDS and their adolescent children.

    Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus;Martha B. Lee;Marya Gwadz;Barbara Draimin

  • A multi-method exploratory study of stress, coping, and substance use among high school youth in private schools.

    Noelle R. Leonard;Marya V. Gwadz;Amanda Ritchie;Jessica L. Linick;Jessica L. Linick

  • Critical race theory as a tool for understanding poor engagement along the HIV care continuum among African American/Black and Hispanic persons living with HIV in the United States: a qualitative exploration

    Robert Freeman;Marya Viorst Gwadz;Elizabeth Silverman;Alexandra Kutnick

  • Exploration of Substance Use Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth Prevalence and Correlates

    Margaret Rosario;Joyce Hunter;Marya Gwadz

  • Optimization of Multicomponent Behavioral and Biobehavioral Interventions for the Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS

    Linda M. Collins;Kari C. Kugler;Marya Viorst Gwadz

  • Gender differences in traumatic events and rates of post-traumatic stress disorder among homeless youth.

    Marya Viorst Gwadz;David Nish;Noelle R. Leonard;Shiela M. Strauss

  • The initiation of homeless youth into the street economy.

    Marya Viorst Gwadz;Karla Gostnell;Carol Smolenski;Brian Willis

  • Homelessness and Drug Abuse among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men in New York City: A Preliminary Epidemiological Trajectory.

    Michael C. Clatts;Lloyd A. Goldsamt;Huso Yi;Marya Viorst Gwadz

  • Timing of HIV interventions on reductions in sexual risk among adolescents.

    Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus;Marya Gwadz;M. Isa Fernandez;Shobha Srinivasan

  • Four-year behavioral outcomes of an intervention for parents living with HIV and their adolescent children.

    Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus;Martha Lee;Noelle Leonard;Ying Ying Lin

  • Mindfulness training improves attentional task performance in incarcerated youth: a group randomized controlled intervention trial.

    Noelle R. Leonard;Amishi P. Jha;Bethany Casarjian;Merissa Goolsarran

  • Sexual risk behaviors of Gay, Lesbian, and bisexual youths in New York City: prevalence and correlates.

    Margaret Rosario;Heino F.L. Meyer-Bahlburg;Joyce Hunter;Marya Gwadz

  • Doing battle with "the monster:" how high-risk heterosexuals experience and successfully manage HIV stigma as a barrier to HIV testing.

    Marya Gwadz;Noelle R. Leonard;Sylvie Honig;Robert Freeman

  • Successful recruitment and retention of participants in longitudinal behavioral research.

    Noelle R. Leonard;Patricia Lester;Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus;Kathy Mattes

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles M. Cleland
Charles M. Cleland New York University
Leo Wilton
Leo Wilton Binghamton University
Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus
Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus University of California, Los Angeles
Donna Mildvan
Donna Mildvan Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Linda M. Collins
Linda M. Collins New York University
Margaret Rosario
Margaret Rosario City University of New York
Andrew Rosenblum
Andrew Rosenblum National Development and Research Institutes
Carl W. Lejuez
Carl W. Lejuez Stony Brook University
Samuel R. Friedman
Samuel R. Friedman National Development and Research Institutes
Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg
Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg Columbia University

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