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  • 1966 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Willi McFarland is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Social Sciences, with a notable emphasis on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology, and General Health Professions.

The scientist's work focuses extensively on topics related to HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk, Sex work and related issues, LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy, HIV Research and Treatment, Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology, and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health.

Some of their recent published papers include:

  • COVID-19 Among People Living with HIV: A Systematic Review (2020), published in AIDS and Behavior
  • The Prevalence of HIV Among Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) and Young MSM in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Systematic Review (2021), published in AIDS and Behavior
  • HIV in Iran: onset, responses, and future directions (2020), published in AIDS
  • Stigma, discrimination, violence, and HIV testing among men who have sex with men in four major cities in Ghana (2020), published in AIDS Care
  • COVID-19 among people living with HIV: A systematic review (2020), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Erin C. Wilson
  • Sean Arayasirikul
  • Hamid Sharifi
  • Bow Suprasert
  • Ali Mirzazadeh

Willi McFarland's research is often published in several key venues, such as:

  • AIDS and Behavior
  • PLoS ONE
  • International Journal of STD & AIDS
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • International Journal of Drug Policy

In 1966, McFarland was awarded the distinction of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Decreases in community viral load are accompanied by reductions in new HIV infections in San Francisco.

    Moupali Das;Priscilla Lee Chu;Glenn-Milo Santos;Susan Scheer

  • An empirical comparison of respondent-driven sampling, time location sampling, and snowball sampling for behavioral surveillance in men who have sex with men, Fortaleza, Brazil.

    Carl Kendall;Ligia R. F. S. Kerr;Rogerio C. Gondim;Guilherme L. Werneck

  • High HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men in Soweto, South Africa: Results from The Soweto Men's Study

    Tim Lane;H. Fisher Raymond;Sibongile Dladla;Joseph Rasethe

  • Trends in prevalence of HIV syphilis hepatitis C hepatitis B and sexual risk behavior among men who have sex with men. Results of 3 consecutive respondent-driven sampling surveys in Beijing 2004 through 2006.

    Xiaoyan Ma;Qiyun Zhang;Xiong He;Weidong Sun

  • CONTINUING INCREASES IN SEXUAL RISK BEHAVIOR AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES AMONG MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN: SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF, 1999–2001

    Sanny Y. Chen;Steven Gibson;Mitchell H. Katz;Jeffrey D. Klausner

  • COVID-19 Among People Living with HIV: A Systematic Review.

    Hossein Mirzaei;Willi McFarland;Mohammad Karamouzian;Mohammad Karamouzian;Hamid Sharifi

  • Racial mixing and HIV risk among men who have sex with men.

    H. Fisher Raymond;Willi McFarland

  • Understanding the HIV/AIDS epidemic in transgender women of Lima Peru: results from a sero-epidemiologic study using respondent driven sampling.

    Alfonso Silva-Santisteban;H. Fisher Raymond;Ximena Salazar;Jana Villayzan

  • A population-based study on alcohol and high-risk sexual behaviors in Botswana.

    Sheri D Weiser;Sheri D Weiser;Karen Leiter;Michele Heisler;Michele Heisler;Willi McFarland

  • Amphetamine use is associated with increased HIV incidence among men who have sex with men in San Francisco.

    Kate Buchacz;Willi McFarland;Timothy A Kellogg;Lisa Loeb

  • HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men in Brazil: results of the 2nd national survey using respondent-driven sampling

    Ligia Kerr;Carl Kendall;Mark Drew Crosland Guimarães;Rosa Salani Mota

  • Cruising on the Internet highway.

    Andrea A. Kim;Charlotte Kent;Willi McFarland;Jeffrey D. Klausner

  • HIV among MSM in a large middle-income country

    Ligia R F S Kerr;Rosa S Mota;Carl Kendall;Adriana de A Pinho

  • The Impact of Discrimination on the Mental Health of Trans*Female Youth and the Protective Effect of Parental Support

    Erin C. Wilson;Yea-Hung Chen;Sean Arayasirikul;H. Fisher Raymond

  • Prevalence of HIV Infection and Predictors of High-Transmission Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex With Men

    Sandra Schwarcz;Susan Scheer;William McFarland;Mitchell H. Katz

  • Unveiling of HIV dynamics among transgender women: a respondent-driven sampling study in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Beatriz Grinsztejn;Emilia M Jalil;Laylla Monteiro;Luciane Velasque

  • Associations between substance use and sexual risk among very young men who have sex with men.

    David D. Celentano;Linda A. Valleroy;Frangiscos Sifakis;Duncan A. Mackellar

  • Same race and older partner selection may explain higher HIV prevalence among black men who have sex with men.

    Mark Berry;H Fisher Raymond;Willi McFarland

  • The antiretroviral rollout and drug-resistant HIV in Africa: insights from empirical data and theoretical models.

    Sally Blower;Erin Bodine;James Kahn;Willi McFarland

  • Prevalence and correlates of substance use among trans female youth ages 16-24 years in the San Francisco Bay Area.

    Chris Rowe;Glenn-Milo Santos;Willi McFarland;Erin C. Wilson

  • Are HIV Epidemics among Men Who Have Sex with Men Emerging in the Middle East and North Africa?: A Systematic Review and Data Synthesis

    Ghina Mumtaz;Nahla Hilmi;Nahla Hilmi;Willi McFarland;Rachel L. Kaplan

Frequent Co-Authors

H. Fisher Raymond
H. Fisher Raymond University of California, San Francisco
Yea-Hung Chen
Yea-Hung Chen University of California, San Francisco
Chongyi Wei
Chongyi Wei Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Robert M. Grant
Robert M. Grant University of California, San Francisco
Ali Akbar Haghdoost
Ali Akbar Haghdoost Kerman University of Medical Sciences
Ron Stall
Ron Stall University of Pittsburgh
Kyung-Hee Choi
Kyung-Hee Choi University of California, San Francisco
Carl Kendall
Carl Kendall Tulane University
Ester C. Sabino
Ester C. Sabino Universidade de São Paulo
Susan Buchbinder
Susan Buchbinder University of California, San Francisco

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