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Michael J. Mugavero is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine and Health Professions, with a significant emphasis on Infectious Diseases, General Health Professions, Epidemiology, Emergency Medicine, and Virology as subfields of study.

The scientist's main topics of work cover several aspects of HIV/AIDS, including research and interventions, drug use and sexual risk, health complications and treatments related to HIV, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, HIV research and treatment, drug development, and broader concerns related to food security and health in diverse populations.

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated extensively with Michael J. Mugavero include Richard D. Moore, Heidi M. Crane, Sonia Napravnik, Mari M. Kitahata, and Joseph J. Eron.

Their publications are often found in key venues such as UNC Libraries, AIDS and Behavior, JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, Clinical Infectious Diseases, and AIDS Care. These venues reflect the scientist's consistent engagement with the fields of HIV/AIDS and infectious diseases.

Representative recent papers by Michael J. Mugavero include:

  • "A Scoping Review of Employment and HIV" (2020) published in AIDS and Behavior
  • "Antiretroviral Drugs for Treatment and Prevention of HIV Infection in Adults: 2016 Recommendations of the International Antiviral Society-USA Panel" (2020) published in UNC Libraries
  • "Changes in Internalized Stigma and HIV Health Outcomes in Individuals New to HIV Care: The Mediating Roles of Depression and Treatment Self-Efficacy" (2020) published in AIDS Patient Care and STDs
  • "Missed Prevention Opportunities: Why Young, Black MSM with Recent HIV Diagnosis did not Access HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Services" (2020) published in AIDS and Behavior
  • "Internalized HIV stigma predicts subsequent viremia in US HIV patients through depressive symptoms and antiretroviral therapy adherence" (2020) published in AIDS

Best Publications

  • Life expectancy of individuals on combination antiretroviral therapy in high-income countries: a collaborative analysis of 14 cohort studies

    R Hogg;V Lima;J Sterne;S Grabar

  • Antiretroviral Drugs for Treatment and Prevention of HIV Infection in Adults: 2016 Recommendations of the International Antiviral Society–USA Panel

    Huldrych F. Günthard;Michael S. Saag;Constance A. Benson;Carlos del Rio

  • Causes of death in HIV-1 infected patients treated with antiretroviral therapy 1996-2006: collaborative analysis of 13 HIV cohort studies

    J Gill;Margaret T May;C Lewden;M Saag

  • Antiretroviral Drugs for Treatment and Prevention of HIV Infection in Adults: 2018 Recommendations of the International Antiviral Society–USA Panel

    Michael S. Saag;Constance A. Benson;Rajesh T. Gandhi;Jennifer F. Hoy

  • The State of Engagement in HIV Care in the United States: From Cascade to Continuum to Control

    Michael J Mugavero;K Rivet Amico;Tim Horn;Melanie A Thompson

  • Missed visits and mortality among patients establishing initial outpatient HIV treatment.

    Michael J. Mugavero;Hui-Yi Lin;James H. Willig;Andrew O. Westfall

  • Guidelines for improving entry into and retention in care and antiretroviral adherence for persons with HIV: evidence-based recommendations from an International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care panel.

    Melanie A. Thompson;Michael J. Mugavero;K. Rivet Amico;Victoria A. Cargill

  • Incomplete Peripheral CD4+ Cell Count Restoration in HIV-Infected Patients Receiving Long-Term Antiretroviral Treatment

    Colleen F. Kelley;Christina M. R. Kitchen;Peter W. Hunt;Benigno Rodriguez

  • How Does Stigma Affect People Living with HIV? The Mediating Roles of Internalized and Anticipated HIV Stigma in the Effects of Perceived Community Stigma on Health and Psychosocial Outcomes.

    Bulent Turan;Henna Budhwani;Pariya L Fazeli;Wesley R Browning

  • The therapeutic implications of timely linkage and early retention in HIV care.

    Kimberly B. Ulett;James H. Willig;Hui-Yi Lin;Justin S. Routman

  • Lower Pill Burden and Once-Daily Antiretroviral Treatment Regimens for HIV Infection: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

    Jean B. Nachega;Jean Jacques Parienti;Olalekan A. Uthman;Olalekan A. Uthman;Olalekan A. Uthman;Robert Gross

  • From access to engagement: measuring retention in outpatient HIV clinical care.

    Michael J. Mugavero;Jessica A. Davila;Christa R. Nevin;Thomas P. Giordano

  • Measuring retention in HIV care: the elusive gold standard.

    Michael J. Mugavero;Andrew O. Westfall;Anne Zinski;Jessica Davila;Jessica Davila

  • The HIV treatment cascade and care continuum: updates, goals, and recommendations for the future.

    Emma Sophia Kay;D. Scott Batey;Michael J. Mugavero

  • Health care system and policy factors influencing engagement in HIV medical care: piecing together the fragments of a fractured health care delivery system

    Michael J. Mugavero;Wynne E. Norton;Michael S. Saag

  • Barriers to antiretroviral adherence: the importance of depression, abuse, and other traumatic events.

    Michael Mugavero;Jan Ostermann;Kathryn Whetten;Jane Leserman

  • Early retention in HIV care and viral load suppression: implications for a test and treat approach to HIV prevention.

    Michael J. Mugavero;K. Rivet Amico;Andrew O. Westfall;Heidi M. Crane

  • Aging with HIV: a cross-sectional study of comorbidity prevalence and clinical characteristics across decades of life.

    David E. Vance;Michael Mugavero;James Willig;James L. Raper

  • Distribution of Health Care Expenditures for HIV-Infected Patients

    Ray Y. Chen;Neil A. Accortt;Andrew O. Westfall;Michael J. Mugavero

  • Antiretroviral therapy cohort collaboration : life expectancy of individuals on combination antiretroviral therapy in high-income countries: a collaborative analysis of 14 cohort studies

    R. Hogg;V. Lima;J. A. Sterne;S. Grabar

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael S. Saag
Michael S. Saag University of Alabama at Birmingham
Richard D. Moore
Richard D. Moore Johns Hopkins University
Mari M. Kitahata
Mari M. Kitahata University of Washington
Kenneth H. Mayer
Kenneth H. Mayer Harvard Medical School
Joseph J. Eron
Joseph J. Eron University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Stephen R. Cole
Stephen R. Cole University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Paul K. Crane
Paul K. Crane University of Washington
Jonathan A C Sterne
Jonathan A C Sterne University of Bristol
Janet M. Turan
Janet M. Turan University of Alabama at Birmingham
Amy C. Justice
Amy C. Justice Yale University

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