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Matthew J. Mimiaga is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a focus on subfields including Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Social Psychology, General Health Professions, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics, notably:

  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • Sex work and related issues
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • HIV Research and Treatment

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • AIDS and Behavior
  • UNC Libraries
  • JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
  • AIDS Patient Care and STDs
  • AIDS

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Health Is on the Back Burner:" Multilevel Barriers and Facilitators to Primary Care Among People Who Inject Drugs (2020, Journal of General Internal Medicine)
  • The persistent and evolving HIV epidemic in American men who have sex with men (2021, The Lancet)
  • Signature changes in gut microbiome are associated with increased susceptibility to HIV-1 infection in MSM (2021, Microbiome)
  • Negative Transgender-Related Media Messages Are Associated with Adverse Mental Health Outcomes in a Multistate Study of Transgender Adults (2020, LGBT Health)
  • Legal gender marker and name change is associated with lower negative emotional response to gender-based mistreatment and improve mental health outcomes among trans populations (2020, SSM - Population Health)

The scientist collaborates frequently with a group of coauthors, including:

  • Katie B. Biello
  • Kenneth H. Mayer
  • Steven A. Safren
  • Sari L. Reisner
  • Patrick S. Sullivan

This body of work demonstrates a consistent engagement with public health concerns related to HIV/AIDS, drug use, sexual risk behaviors, and LGBTQ health issues, utilizing multidisciplinary approaches across medical and social sciences.

Best Publications

  • Depression and Diabetes Treatment Nonadherence: A Meta-Analysis

    Jeffrey S. Gonzalez;Mark Peyrot;Mark Peyrot;Lauren McCarl;Erin Marie Collins

  • A population-based study of sexual orientation identity and gender differences in adult health.

    Kerith J. Conron;Matthew J. Mimiaga;Stewart J. Landers

  • Mental health of transgender youth in care at an adolescent urban community health center: A matched retrospective cohort study.

    Sari L. Reisner;Sari L. Reisner;Ralph Vetters;M. Leclerc;Shayne Zaslow

  • Strategies used by people who inject drugs to avoid stigma in healthcare settings.

    Dea L. Biancarelli;Katie B. Biello;Katie B. Biello;Ellen Childs;M. Drainoni

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy vs Relaxation With Educational Support for Medication-Treated Adults With ADHD and Persistent Symptoms: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Steven A. Safren;Susan Sprich;Matthew J. Mimiaga;Craig Surman

  • Defining the HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis care continuum.

    Amy S. Nunn;Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein;Catherine E. Oldenburg;Kenneth H. Mayer

  • Preexposure antiretroviral prophylaxis attitudes in high-risk Boston area men who report having sex with men: limited knowledge and experience but potential for increased utilization after education.

    Matthew J. Mimiaga;Patricia Case;Patricia Case;Carey V. Johnson;Steven A. Safren;Steven A. Safren

  • Childhood sexual abuse is highly associated with HIV risk-taking behavior and infection among MSM in the EXPLORE Study.

    Matthew J Mimiaga;Elizabeth Noonan;Deborah Donnell;Steven A Safren;Steven A Safren

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

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

  • Limited Awareness and Low Immediate Uptake of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis among Men Who Have Sex with Men Using an Internet Social Networking Site

    Douglas S. Krakower;Matthew James Mimiaga;Joshua G. Rosenberger;David S. Novak

  • Substance use among HIV-infected patients engaged in primary care in the United States: findings from the Centers for AIDS Research Network of Integrated Clinical Systems cohort.

    Matthew J. Mimiaga;Sari L. Reisner;Chris Grasso;Heidi M. Crane

  • Transgender Health Disparities: Comparing Full Cohort and Nested Matched-Pair Study Designs in a Community Health Center.

    Sari L. Reisner;Jaclyn M. White;Judith B. Bradford;Matthew J. Mimiaga

  • Retention in care outcomes for HIV pre‐exposure prophylaxis implementation programmes among men who have sex with men in three US cities

    Phillip A Chan;Leandro Mena;Rupa Patel;Catherine E Oldenburg

  • The effect of psychosocial syndemic production on 4-year HIV incidence and risk behavior in a large cohort of sexually active men who have sex with men.

    Matthew J. Mimiaga;Conall OʼCleirigh;Katie B. Biello;Angela M. Robertson

  • Men who have sex with men: perceptions about sexual risk, HIV and sexually transmitted disease testing, and provider communication.

    Matthew J Mimiaga;Hilary Goldhammer;Candice Belanoff;Ashley M Tetu

  • Mental health and HIV risk in men who have sex with men.

    Steven A Safren;Sari L Reisner;Sari L Reisner;Amy Lalh Herrick;Matthew J Mimiaga;Matthew J Mimiaga

  • Nonadherence to medical appointments is associated with increased plasma HIV RNA and decreased CD4 cell counts in a community-based HIV primary care clinic

    M. B. Berg;Steven A. Safren;M. J. Mimiaga;C. Grasso

  • State-level structural sexual stigma and HIV prevention in a national online sample of HIV-uninfected MSM in the United States.

    Catherine E. Oldenburg;Amaya G. Perez-Brumer;Mark L. Hatzenbuehler;Douglas Krakower

  • A Mixed Methods Study of the Sexual Health Needs of New England Transmen Who Have Sex with Nontransgender Men

    Sari L. Reisner;Brandon Perkovich;Brandon Perkovich;Matthew J. Mimiaga;Matthew J. Mimiaga

  • Prospective Associations Between HIV-Related Stigma, Transmission Risk Behaviors, and Adverse Mental Health Outcomes in Men Who Have Sex with Men

    Mark L. Hatzenbuehler;Mark L. Hatzenbuehler;Mark L. Hatzenbuehler;Conall O’Cleirigh;Conall O’Cleirigh;Kenneth H. Mayer;Kenneth H. Mayer;Matthew J. Mimiaga;Matthew J. Mimiaga

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven A. Safren
Steven A. Safren University of Miami
Sari L. Reisner
Sari L. Reisner University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Robert Garofalo
Robert Garofalo Northwestern University
Conall O’Cleirigh
Conall O’Cleirigh Harvard University
Jaclyn M. White Hughto
Jaclyn M. White Hughto Brown University
David W. Pantalone
David W. Pantalone University of Massachusetts Boston
Don Operario
Don Operario Emory University
Margaret A. Chesney
Margaret A. Chesney University of California, San Francisco
Lisa B. Hightow-Weidman
Lisa B. Hightow-Weidman University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Aaron J. Blashill
Aaron J. Blashill San Diego State University

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