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HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Luisa Frescura
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
2
Zaixi Zhang
Princeton University
3
Gamji Rabiu Abu-Ba’are
Yale University
4
Sarah Wiatrek
Emory University
5
Brittney K. Goodrich
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
6
Ediomo‐Ubong E. Nelson
Centre for Research and Information on Substance Abuse
7
Mary R. Tanner
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
8
Liam Michaud
York University
9
Lauren J. Tanz
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
10
Benjamin D. Scher
Oxford Policy Management

Rising Stars Papers

1
Routes of Drug Use Among Drug Overdose Deaths — United States, 2020–2022
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report|2024
110 cit.
2
Detection of Illegally Manufactured Fentanyls and Carfentanil in Drug Overdose Deaths — United States, 2021–2024
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report|2024
56 cit.
3
Mapping a moral panic: News media narratives and medical expertise in public debates on safer supply, diversion, and youth drug use in Canada
International Journal of Drug Policy|2024
32 cit.
4
Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Stimulants ― United States, January 2018–June 2024
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report|2025
27 cit.
5
Efficient generation of protein pockets with PocketGen
Nature Machine Intelligence|2024
23 cit.
6
Antiretroviral Postexposure Prophylaxis After Sexual, Injection Drug Use, or Other Nonoccupational Exposure to HIV — CDC Recommendations, United States, 2025
MMWR Recommendations and Reports|2025
22 cit.
7
Decriminalization or police mission creep? Critical appraisal of law enforcement involvement in British Columbia, Canada's decriminalization framework
International Journal of Drug Policy|2024
20 cit.
8
"I told myself, be bold and go and test": Motivators and barriers to HIV testing among gay, bisexual, and other cis-gender men who have sex with men in Ghana ‒ West Africa
PLOS Global Public Health|2024
15 cit.
9
A qualitative description of HIV testing and healthcare experiences among trans women in Ghanaian urban slums BSGH-012
PLOS Global Public Health|2024
11 cit.
10
Exploring drug consumption rooms as ‘inclusion health interventions’: policy implications for Europe
Harm Reduction Journal|2024
11 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Fereshteh Ghaljaie
Zahedan University of Medical Sciences
2
Ryan McNeil
Yale University
3
Tamar Arieli
Institute for Conflict Research
4
Hansel Tookes
University of Miami
5
Suzanne Kinsky
University of Pittsburgh
6
LaRon E. Nelson
Yale University
7
Kenzie Birse
University of Calgary
8
Laura Noël‐Romas
Center for Global Health
9
Ryan K. Cheu
University of Washington
10
Michelle Perner
Public Health Agency of Canada

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Primary Care Guidance for Providers Who Care for Persons With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: 2024 Update by the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Clinical Infectious Diseases|2024
103 cit.
2
Implementation of Safe Supply Alternatives During Intersecting COVID-19 and Overdose Health Emergencies in British Columbia, Canada, 2021
American Journal of Public Health|2022
93 cit.
3
“We want everything in a one-stop shop”: acceptability and feasibility of PrEP and buprenorphine implementation with mobile syringe services for Black people who inject drugs
Harm Reduction Journal|2022
65 cit.
4
Multi-level manifestations of sexual stigma among men with same-gender sexual experience in Ghana
BMC Public Health|2023
47 cit.
5
The practice and embodiment of “goofballs”: A qualitative study exploring the co-injection of methamphetamines and opioids
International Journal of Drug Policy|2022
46 cit.
6
Scoping review of HIV-related intersectional stigma among sexual and gender minorities in sub-Saharan Africa
BMJ Open|2024
39 cit.
7
Mothers Who Use Drugs: Closing the Gaps in Harm Reduction Response Amidst the Dual Epidemics of Overdose and Violence in a Canadian Urban Setting
American Journal of Public Health|2022
38 cit.
8
Using a mixed‐methods approach to adapt an HIV stigma reduction intervention to address intersectional stigma faced by men who have sex with men in Ghana
Journal of the International AIDS Society|2022
34 cit.
9
A confirmed case of xylazine-induced skin ulcers in a person who injects drugs in Miami, Florida, USA
Harm Reduction Journal|2024
29 cit.
10
Adaptation of the Tele-Harm Reduction intervention to promote initiation and retention in buprenorphine treatment among people who inject drugs: a retrospective cohort study
Annals of Medicine|2023
27 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Thomas Kerr
St. Paul's Hospital
2
Steffanie A. Strathdee
University of California San Diego
3
Evan Wood
University of British Columbia
4
Kenneth H. Mayer
Miriam Hospital
5
Frederick L. Altice
Heidelberg University
6
Samuel R. Friedman
New York University
7
Don C. Des Jarlais
New York University
8
David Vlahov
Yale University
9
Martin T. Schechter
University of British Columbia
10
Carl A. Latkin
Johns Hopkins University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Improving the Reporting Quality of Nonrandomized Evaluations of Behavioral and Public Health Interventions: The TREND Statement
American Journal of Public Health|2004
2.6k cit.
2
Psychological Sequelae of the September 11 Terrorist Attacks in New York City
New England Journal of Medicine|2002
1.9k cit.
3
What predicts psychological resilience after disaster? The role of demographics, resources, and life stress.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology|2007
1.4k cit.
4
The social structural production of HIV risk among injecting drug users
Social Science & Medicine|2005
937 cit.
5
The relationship between social desirability bias and self-reports of health, substance use, and social network factors among urban substance users in Baltimore, Maryland
Addictive Behaviors|2017
830 cit.
6
Sexual and Gender Minority Health: What We Know and What Needs to Be Done
American Journal of Public Health|2008
807 cit.
7
Stressful Neighborhoods and Depression: A Prospective Study of the Impact of Neighborhood Disorder
Journal of Health and Social Behavior|2003
745 cit.
8
Needle exchange is not enough
AIDS|1997
665 cit.
9
Psychological Resilience After Disaster
Psychological Science|2006
662 cit.
10
HIV and risk environment for injecting drug users: the past, present, and future
The Lancet|2010
562 cit.

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