2026 Steffanie A. Strathdee: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Female Scientists	121	530	503	315	296	877	57056
Medicine	122	3454	3224	1898	1750	867	59300

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Steffanie A. Strathdee is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions in epidemiology, infectious diseases, public health, environmental and occupational health, sociology and political science, and general health professions.

Their work encompasses a range of topics including HIV, drug use, sexual risk, opioid use disorder treatment, HIV/AIDS research and interventions, sex work and related issues, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, hepatitis C virus research, and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research.

Some of their recent papers include:

Phage therapy: From biological mechanisms to future directions (2023, Cell)
Lessons Learned From the First 10 Consecutive Cases of Intravenous Bacteriophage Therapy to Treat Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Infections at a Single Center in the United States (2020, Open Forum Infectious Diseases)
Homelessness, unstable housing, and risk of HIV and hepatitis C virus acquisition among people who inject drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2021, The Lancet Public Health)
Confronting antimicrobial resistance beyond the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 US election (2020, The Lancet)
Challenges posed by COVID-19 to people who inject drugs and lessons from other outbreaks (2020, Journal of the International AIDS Society)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Steffanie A. Strathdee are:

Alicia Vera (47 publications)
Daniela Abramovitz (39 publications)
Gudelia Rangel (39 publications)
Carlos F. Vera (38 publications)
Annick Bórquez (37 publications)

Steffanie A. Strathdee has published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent being:

Drug and Alcohol Dependence (13 publications)
International Journal of Drug Policy (12 publications)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (11 publications)
AIDS and Behavior (8 publications)
EClinicalMedicine (7 publications)

Best Publications

Global epidemiology of injecting drug use and HIV among people who inject drugs: a systematic review

Bradley M Mathers;Louisa Degenhardt;Louisa Degenhardt;Benjamin Phillips;Lucas Wiessing

1668
Citations
The Natural History of Hepatitis C Virus Infection: Host, Viral, and Environmental Factors

David L. Thomas;Jacquie Astemborski;Rudra M. Rai;Frank A. Anania

1457
Citations
Development and Use of Personalized Bacteriophage-Based Therapeutic Cocktails To Treat a Patient with a Disseminated Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Infection

Robert T. Schooley;Biswajit Biswas;Jason J. Gill;Adriana Hernandez-Morales

1270
Citations
The social structural production of HIV risk among injecting drug users.

Tim Rhodes;Merrill Singer;Philippe Bourgois;Samuel R. Friedman

1151
Citations
Prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus among persons with hepatitis C virus infection in the United States.

Shruti H. Mehta;Frederick L. Brancati;Mark S. Sulkowski;Steffanie A. Strathdee

1119
Citations
Global epidemiology of HIV among female sex workers: influence of structural determinants

Kate Shannon;Steffanie A Strathdee;Shira M Goldenberg;Putu Duff

986
Citations
HIV prevention, treatment, and care services for people who inject drugs: a systematic review of global, regional, and national coverage.

Bradley M Mathers;Louisa Degenhardt;Hammad Ali;Lucas Wiessing

855
Citations
Needle exchange is not enough: lessons from the Vancouver injecting drug use study.

Steffanie A. Strathdee;David M. Patrick;Sue L. Currie;Peter G. A. Cornelisse

820
Citations
HIV and risk environment for injecting drug users: the past, present, and future

Steffanie A Strathdee;Timothy B Hallett;Natalia Bobrova;Tim Rhodes

683
Citations
Barriers to Use of Free Antiretroviral Therapy in Injection Drug Users

Steffanie A. Strathdee;Anita Palepu;Peter G. A. Cornelisse;Benita Yip

605
Citations
Protection against persistence of hepatitis C.

Shruti H. Mehta;Andrea Cox;Donald R. Hoover;Xiao Hong Wang

579
Citations
Advancing global health and strengthening the HIV response in the era of the Sustainable Development Goals: the International AIDS Society-Lancet Commission

Linda Gail Bekker;Linda Gail Bekker;George Alleyne;Stefan Baral;Javier Cepeda

548
Citations
Hepatitis C virus infection and incident type 2 diabetes

M.P.H. Shruti H. Mehta Ph.D.;Frederick L. Brancati;Steffanie A. Strathdee;James S. Pankow

548
Citations
Efficacy of a brief case management intervention to link recently diagnosed HIV-infected persons to care.

Lytt I. Gardner;Lisa R. Metsch;Pamela Anderson-Mahoney;Anita M. Loughlin

545
Citations
The Social Epidemiology of Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

K. E. Poundstone;Steffanie Strathdee;David D. Celentano

544
Citations
Prevalence and structural correlates of gender based violence among a prospective cohort of female sex workers.

Kate Shannon;Thomas Kerr;Steffanie A. Strathdee;Jean Shoveller

435
Citations
Sex differences in risk factors for hiv seroconversion among injection drug users: a 10-year perspective.

Steffanie A. Strathdee;Noya Galai;Mahboobeh Safaiean;David D. Celentano

435
Citations
Structural and Environmental Barriers to Condom Use Negotiation With Clients Among Female Sex Workers: Implications for HIV-Prevention Strategies and Policy

Kate Shannon;Steffanie A. Strathdee;Jean Shoveller;Melanie Rusch

404
Citations
Limited Uptake of Hepatitis C Treatment Among Injection Drug Users

Shruti H. Mehta;Becky L. Genberg;Jacquie Astemborski;Ravi Kavasery

400
Citations
A transformative stand-alone goal on achieving gender equality womens rights and womens empowerment: Imperatives and key components. In the context of the post-2015 development framework and sustainable development goals.

Brooks R;Oram S;Stockl H;Busza J

329
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas L. Patterson University of California, San Diego

David Vlahov Yale University

Remedios Lozada Prevencasa

Leo Beletsky Northeastern University

Shirley J. Semple University of California, San Diego

Carlos Magis-Rodriguez University of California, San Diego

Robert S. Hogg Simon Fraser University

Julio S. G. Montaner University of British Columbia

Martin T. Schechter University of British Columbia

David L. Thomas Johns Hopkins University

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