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Overview

Sherry Deren is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with key contributions to subfields such as Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Sociology and Political Science, and Clinical Psychology.

The main topics covered in Deren's work include HIV, Drug Use, and Sexual Risk; HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions; Opioid Use Disorder Treatment; Sex Work and Related Issues; and Health and Well-being Studies.

Significant recent publications by Deren include the following:

  • "Toward Community Empowerment: The Puerto Rican Ganchero," 2020, published in Contemporary Drug Problems
  • "Gender-Specific HIV Prevention Interventions for Women Who Use Alcohol and Other Drugs: The Evolution of the Science and Future Directions," 2020, published in UNC Libraries
  • "Autonomy, Fear of Missing Out, Social Support, and Psychological Wellbeing Among Malaysian Students," 2025, published in ASR Chiang Mai University Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities

Deren has collaborated with several co-authors across different works. Frequent collaborators include Camila Gelpí-Acosta, Honoria Guarino, Ellen Benoit, Arturo Rodriguez, and Wendee M. Wechsberg.

Publications are featured in venues such as Contemporary Drug Problems, UNC Libraries, and ASR Chiang Mai University Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities.

Best Publications

  • HIV and aging: State of knowledge and areas of critical need for research. a report to the NIH office of AIDS research by the HIV and aging working group

    Kevin P. High;Mark Brennan-Ing;David B. Clifford;Mardge H. Cohen

  • Opiate substitution treatment and HIV transmission in people who inject drugs: systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Georgina J MacArthur;Silvia Minozzi;Natasha Martin;Natasha Martin;Peter Vickerman;Peter Vickerman

  • Reliability of Drug Users' Self-Reported HIV Risk Behaviors and Validity of Self-Reported Recent Drug Use.

    Seana Dowling-Guyer;Mark E. Johnson;Dennis G. Fisher;Richard Needle

  • HIV incidence among injection drug users in New York City, 1992-1997: evidence for a declining epidemic.

    Don C. Des Jarlais;Michael Marmor;Patricia Friedmann;Stephen Titus

  • Risk Factors for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Seroconversion among Out-of-Treatment Drug Injectors in High and Low Seroprevalence Cities

    Samuel R. Friedman;Benny Jose;Sherry Deren;Don C. Des Jarlais

  • Children of substance abusers: a review of the literature.

    Sherry Deren

  • Declining seroprevalence in a Very Large HIV epidemic : Injecting drug users in New York City, 1991 to 1996

    Don C. Des Jarlais;Theresa Perlis;Samuel R. Friedman;Sherry Deren

  • Between-city variation in frequency of injection among Puerto Rican injection drug users: East Harlem, New York, and Bayamon, Puerto Rico.

    Héctor M. Colón;Rafaela R. Robles;Sherry Deren;Hardeo Sahai

  • Integrating qualitative and quantitative methods: comparing HIV-related risk behaviors among Puerto Rican drug users in Puerto Rico and New York.

    S. Deren;D. Oliver-Velez;A. Finlinson;R. Robles

  • Migration and HIV risk behaviors: Puerto Rican drug injectors in New York City and Puerto Rico.

    Sherry Deren;Sung Yeon Kang;Hector M. Colón;Jonny F. Andia

  • Factors associated with Hispanic women's HIV-related communication and condom use with male partners

    J. Moore;J. S. Harrison;K. L. Kay;S. Deren

  • The risk of HIV infection in a national sample of women with injection drug-using partners.

    S Tortu;M Beardsley;S Deren;W R Davis

  • Receptive syringe sharing among injection drug users in Harlem and the Bronx during the New York State Expanded Syringe Access Demonstration Program.

    Enrique R. Pouget;Sherry Deren;Crystal M. Fuller;Crystal M. Fuller;Shannon Blaney

  • Relationships between childhood abuse and neglect experience and HIV risk behaviors among methadone treatment drop-outs ☆

    Sung Yeon Kang;Sherry Deren;Marjorie F. Goldstein

  • Research challenges to the study of HIV/AIDS among migrant and immigrant hispanic populations in the United States

    Sherry Deren;Michele Shedlin;Carlos U. Decena;Milton Mino

  • The impact of providing incentives for attendance at AIDS prevention sessions

    S Deren;R Stephens;W R Davis;T E Feucht

  • Effects of changes in perceived self-efficacy on HIV risk behaviors over time.

    Sung Yeon Kang;Sherry Deren;Jonny Andia;Hector M. Colón

  • Outcomes of a risk-reduction intervention with high-risk populations: the Harlem AIDS project.

    Deren S;Davis Wr;Beardsley M;Tortu S

  • HIV incidence among high-risk Puerto Rican drug users: a comparison of East Harlem, New York, and Bayamón, Puerto Rico.

    Sherry Deren;Sung Yeon Kang;Hector M. Colón;Jonny F. Andia

  • Barriers and facilitators to successful transition from long-term residential substance abuse treatment.

    Jennifer I. Manuel;Yeqing Yuan;Daniel B. Herman;Dace S. Svikis

  • Opiate substitution treatment and HIV transmission in people who inject drugs

    Georgie J MacArthur;Silvia Minozzi;Natasha Martin;Peter Vickerman

Frequent Co-Authors

Samuel R. Friedman
Samuel R. Friedman National Development and Research Institutes
Meni Koslowsky
Meni Koslowsky Ariel University
Martin Markowitz
Martin Markowitz Rockefeller University
Louisa Degenhardt
Louisa Degenhardt University of New South Wales
Alan Neaigus
Alan Neaigus Columbia University
Danielle C. Ompad
Danielle C. Ompad New York University
Charles M. Cleland
Charles M. Cleland New York University
Eric D. Wish
Eric D. Wish University of Maryland, College Park
Linda B. Cottler
Linda B. Cottler University of Florida
Andrew Rosenblum
Andrew Rosenblum National Development and Research Institutes

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