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Ruth M. Greenblatt is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a focus on subfields including Infectious Diseases, Virology, Immunology, Epidemiology, and Emergency Medicine.

The scientist's main areas of study center on HIV research and treatment, with significant attention to HIV/AIDS research and interventions. Other prominent topics include reproductive system and pregnancy, HIV-related health complications and treatments, HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment, endometriosis research and treatment, and effects related to estrogen and hormones.

Ruth M. Greenblatt has contributed to multiple recent publications, including the following papers:

  • "Tissue-specific differences in HIV DNA levels and mechanisms that govern HIV transcription in blood, gut, genital tract and liver in ART-treated women," 2021, Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • "Progestins Related to Progesterone and Testosterone Elicit Divergent Human Endometrial Transcriptomes and Biofunctions," 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Common and Divergent Features of T Cells from Blood, Gut, and Genital Tract of Antiretroviral Therapy-Treated HIV+ Women," 2022, The Journal of Immunology
  • "Parallel studies of mucosal immunity in the reproductive and gastrointestinal mucosa of HIV-infected women," 2020, American Journal of Reproductive Immunology
  • "Reproductive tract immune cells from pregnant women or those using depot medroxyprogesterone acetate show no excess susceptibility to HIV-1: Results of an ex vivo fusion assay," 2020, Contraception

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Collaborations are notable with several co-authors who have worked on multiple projects with Greenblatt. These include Karen Smith-McCune, Phyllis C. Tien, Nadia R. Roan, Linda C. Giudice, and Barbara L. Shacklett.

Best Publications

  • The Women's Interagency HIV Study

    Susan E. Barkan;Sandra L. Melnick;Susan Preston-Martin;Kathleen Weber

  • Sex Differences in Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics

    Monica Gandhi;Francesca Aweeka;Ruth M. Greenblatt;Terrence F. Blaschke

  • Genital ulceration as a risk factor for human immunodeficiency virus infection

    R M Greenblatt;S A Lukehart;F A Plummer;T C Quinn

  • Prevalence and Risk Factors for Anal Human Papillomavirus Infection in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)—Positive and High-Risk HIV-Negative Women

    Joel M. Palefsky;Elizabeth A. Holly;Mary L. Ralston;Maria Da Costa

  • Predictors of condom use and multiple partnered sex among sexually‐active adolescent women: Implications for aids‐related health interventions

    Joseph A. Catania;Thomas J. Coates;Ruth M. Greenblatt;M. Margeret Dolcini

  • Effect of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy on Time to Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or Death using Marginal Structural Models

    Stephen R. Cole;Miguel A. Hernán;James M. Robins;Kathryn Anastos

  • Cohort Profile: The Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS).

    Adaora A. Adimora;Catalina Ramirez;Lorie Benning;Ruth M. Greenblatt

  • Anal intraepithelial neoplasia and anal papillomavirus infection among homosexual males with group IV HIV disease.

    Joel M. Palefsky;John Gonzales;Ruth M. Greenblatt;David K. Ahn

  • Prevalence and predictors of squamous cell abnormalities in Papanicolaou smears from women infected with HIV-1. Women's Interagency HIV Study Group.

    L S Massad;K A Riester;K M Anastos;R G Fruchter

  • Protease inhibitor use and the incidence of diabetes mellitus in a large cohort of HIV-infected women

    Jessica E. Justman;Lorie Benning;Ann Danoff;Howard Minkoff

  • Does Patient Sex Affect Human Immunodeficiency Virus Levels

    Monica Gandhi;Peter Bacchetti;Paolo Miotti;Thomas C. Quinn;Thomas C. Quinn

  • Association of race and gender with HIV-1 RNA levels and immunologic progression.

    Kathryn Anastos;Stephen J. Gange;Bryan Lau;Barbara Weiser

  • Patterns of the hazard of death after AIDS through the evolution of antiretroviral therapy: 1984-2004.

    Michael F. Schneider;Stephen J. Gange;Carolyn M. Williams;Kathryn Anastos

  • Strong Relationship between Oral Dose and Tenofovir Hair Levels in a Randomized Trial: Hair as a Potential Adherence Measure for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)

    Albert Y. Liu;Qiyun Yang;Yong Huang;Peter Bacchetti

  • Evolution of cervical abnormalities among women with HIV-1: evidence from surveillance cytology in the women's interagency HIV study.

    Leslie Massad;Linda Ahdieh;Lorie Benning;Howard Minkoff

  • The association of race, sociodemographic, and behavioral characteristics with response to highly active antiretroviral therapy in women.

    Kathryn Anastos;Michael F. Schneider;Stephen J. Gange;Howard Minkoff

  • The Prevalence of Serum Antibody to Human Herpesvirus 8 (Kaposi Sarcoma—Associated Herpesvirus) Among HIV-Seropositive and High-Risk HIV-Seronegative Women

    Dean H. Kedes;Don Ganem;Niloufar Ameli;Peter Bacchetti

  • Anal intraepithelial neoplasia in a multisite study of HIV-infected and high-risk HIV-uninfected women.

    Nancy A Hessol;Elizabeth A Holly;Jimmy T Efird;Howard Minkoff

  • The use of medicinal herbs by human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients.

    William J. Kassler;Paul Blanc;Ruth Greenblatt

  • The effect of HIV infection and HAART on inflammatory biomarkers in a population-based cohort of women.

    Sheila M. Keating;Sheila M. Keating;Elizabeth T. Golub;Marek Nowicki;Mary Young

  • Functional Attributes of Mucosal Immunity in Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia and Effects of HIV Infection

    Akiko Kobayashi;Ruth M. Greenblatt;Kathryn Anastos;Howard Minkoff

  • Factors Associated with Preclinical Disability and Frailty among HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Women in the Era of cART

    Arpi S. Terzian;Susan Holman;Niyati Nathwani;Esther Robison

  • Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy and Its Association with Sexual Behavior in a National Sample of Women with Human Immunodeficiency Virus

    Tracey E. Wilson;Yolanda Barrón;Mardge Cohen;Jean Richardson

  • Sexual, contraceptive, and drug use behaviors of women with HIV and those at high risk for infection: results from the Women's Interagency HIV Study.

    Wilson Te;Massad Ls;Riester Ka;Barkan S

  • The impact of HIV infection and immunodeficiency on human papillomavirus type 6 or 11 infection and on genital warts.

    Michael J. Silverberg;Linda Ahdieh;Alvaro Muñoz;Kathryn Anastos

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary Young
Mary Young Georgetown University
Kathryn Anastos
Kathryn Anastos Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Mardge H. Cohen
Mardge H. Cohen Rush University
Stephen J. Gange
Stephen J. Gange Johns Hopkins University
Peter Bacchetti
Peter Bacchetti University of California, San Francisco
Alexandra M. Levine
Alexandra M. Levine City Of Hope National Medical Center
Howard Minkoff
Howard Minkoff SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Andrea Kovacs
Andrea Kovacs University of Southern California
Laurence Huang
Laurence Huang University of California, San Francisco
Philip J. Norris
Philip J. Norris University of California, San Francisco

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