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Center for Global Health Faculty

Steffanie A. Strathdee

Professor - Adjunct

Professor and Harold Simon Chair, Chief, Division of International Health and Cross-Cultural Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine

Steffanie A. Strathdee

Academic Degrees

  • PHD
  • MS

Departmental Affiliation

Departmental Address

615 N. Wolfe St.

Contact Information

Phone:
858-822-1952
Fax:
858-534-4642

Research and Professional Experience

Prevention interventions to reduce incidence of HIV and Viral Hepatitis among injection drug users; access to HIV care and among vulnerable populations, evaluation of needle exchange programs, border health, training of Hispanic researchers

Keywords

  • Epidemiology
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Hepatitis C
  • prevention
  • interventions
  • injection drug users
  • sex workers
  • access to care
  • needle exchange programs

Honors and Awards

1999-Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health. 1998-Caldwell Partner’s International (“Canada’s Top 40 Under 40”) 1997 - 2003 National Health Research Scholar Award, Health Canada (1998-03 deferred); 1997-Dean’s Award, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia 1997-MacLean’s Magazine (“Top 100 Canadians to Watch”); 1996- XI International Conference on AIDS Young Investigators Award (International, highest scoring abstract, Epidemiology and Public Health)

Selected Publications

Strathdee SA, Ricketts EP, Huettner S, Cornelius L, Bishai D, Havens JR, Beilenson P, Rapp C, Lloyd J, Latkin CA. Facilitating entry into drug treatment among injection drug users referred from needle exchange program: Results from a community-based behavioral intervention trial. Drug Alcohol Depend 2006;83(3):225-32

Strathdee SA, Latka M, Campbell J, O’Driscoll PT, Golub ET, Kapadia F, Pollini RA, Garfein RS, Thomas DL, Hagan H. for the STRIVE Project. Factors associated with interest in initiating HCV therapy among HCV-infected drug users. Clin Infect Dis. 2005 15;40 Suppl 5:S304-12.

Strathdee SA, Patterson TL. Behavioral Interventions for HIV-seropositive and HCV-seropositive drug users. AIDS and Behavior 2006;12;3;1-16.

Ompad DC, Strathdee SA, Celentano DD, Latkin C, Poduska J, Kellam S, Lalongo N. Predictors of early initiation of vaginal and oral sex among urban young adults in Baltimore, Maryland. Arch. Sex. Res. 2006;35(1):53-65.

Shrestha S, Strathdee SA, Galai N, Oleksyk T, Fallin D, Schaid D, Vlahov D, Thomas D, O’Brien S, Smith MW. Behavior risk exposure and host genetics of susceptibility to HIV-1 infection. Journal Infectious Diseases 2006;193(1):16-26.

Kerr T, Stoltz J, Strathdee SA, Li K, Hogg R , Montaner J, Wood E. The impact of sex partners’ HIV seroconversion in a prospective cohort of injection drug users. AIDS 2006;41;1:119-23.

Shrestha S, Strathdee SA, Browman K, Smith MW. Unknown biological mixtures evaluation using STR analytical quantification. Electrophoresis 2006;27(2):409-15.

Hagan H, Latka M, Campbell J, Golub ET, Garfein RS, Thomas DT, Kapadia F, Strathdee SA for the STRIVE Project. Eligibility for treatment of hepatitis C virus infection among young injection drug users in three US cities. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2006;42(5):669-72.

Washington TA, Galai N, Cohn S, Celentano D, Vlahov D, Strathdee SA. A comparison of self-report sexual orientation and male sexual behavior among male injection drug users. Arch. Sex. Res. 2006;35(1):67-74.

Miller C, Strathdee SA, Kerr T, Li K, Wood E. Factors associated with early adolescent initiation into injection drug use: Implications for injection drug use intervention programs. Journal Adolescent Health 2006;38(4):462-4.

Miller CA, Spittal P, Strathdee SA, Kerr T, Li K, Schechter MT, Wood E. Elevated rates of HIV infection among young aboriginal injection drug users in a Canadian setting. Harm Reduction Journal 2006; 8;3-9.

Brouwer KC, Case P, Ramos R, Magis-Rodriguez C, Bucardo J, Patterson TL, Strathdee SA. Trends in production, trafficking and consumption of cocaine and methamphetamine in Mexico. Substance Use Misuse 2006;41(5):707-27.

Malta M, Bastos FI, Perreira Koller EM, Cunha MD, Marquez C, Strathdee SA. A qualitative assessment of long distance truckers’ vulnerability to HIV infection in Itajai, Southern Brazil. AIDS Care 2006;18(5):489-96.

Stachowiak JA, Tishkova FK, Strathdee SA, Stibich MA, Mogilnii V, Beyrer C. Marked ethnic differences in HIV prevalence and risk behaviors among injecting drug users in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 2004. Drug Alcohol Depend 2006;82 Suppl 1:S7-S14. .

Shah NG, Galai N, Celentano DD, Vlahov D, Strathdee SA. Longitudinal predictors of injection cessation and subsequent relapse among a cohort of injection drug users in Baltimore, MD, 1988-2000. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2006;83(2):147-56.

Wood E, Kerr T, Palepu A, Zhang R, Strathdee SA, Tyndall MW, Montaner JS, Hogg RS. Slower uptake of HIV antiretroviral therapy among Aboriginal injection drug users. Journal Infect. 2006;52(4):233-6.

Kerrigan D, Malta M, DaCunha C, Bastos FI, Pilotto JH, Strathdee SA. The search for social validation and the sexual behavior of people living with HIV in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: understanding the role of treatment optimism in context. Soc. Sci. Med. 2006;62(10):2386-96.

Campbell JV, Hagan H, Latka M, Garfein RS, Golub ET, Coady MH, Thomas DL, Strathdee SA. High prevalence of alcohol use among hepatitis C virus antibody positive injection drug users in three US cities. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2006;81(3):259-65.

Brouwer KC, Strathdee SA, Magis-Rodriguez C, Bravo-Garcia, E, Gayet, C, Patterson, TL, Bertozzi, SM, Hogg, RS. Estimated Numbers of Men and Women infected with HIV/AIDS in Tijuana, Mexico. Journal of Urban Health 2006;83(2):299-307.

Strathdee SA, Ricketts EP, Huettner S, Cornelius L, Bishai D, Havens JR, Beilenson P, Rapp C, Lloyd J, Latkin CA. Facilitating entry into drug treatment among injection drug users referred from needle exchange program: Results from a community-based behavioral intervention trial. Drug Alcohol Depend 2006;83(3):225-32

Pollini RA, McCall L, Mehta S, Vlahov D, Strathdee SA. Non-fatal overdose and subsequent drug treatment among injection drug users. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2006;83(2):147-56.

Pollini RA, McCall L, Mehta S, Vlahov D, Strathdee SA. Inappropriate responses among injection drug users witnessing drug overdoses in Baltimore, Maryland. American Journal Preventive Medicine. 2006; 31(3):261-4

Kaida, A, Andia, I, Maier, M, Strathdee, SA, Bangsberg, DR, Spiegel, J, Hogg, R. The Potential Impact of Antiretroviral Therapy on Fertility in sub-Saharan Africa. Current HIV/AIDS Reports. 2006;(3):177-184.

Patterson TL, Semple SJ, Fraga M, Bucardo J, de la Torre A, Salazar J, Orozovich P, Staines H, Amro H, Magis Rodriguez C, Strathdee SA. Comparison of sexual and drug use behaviors between female sex workers in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Substance Use and Misuse. 2006;41(10):1535-49

Cornelius, JL, Lloyd, JJ, Bishai, D, Latkin, CA, Huettner, S, Brown, M, Havens, JR, Ricketts, EP, Rapp, CA, Strathdee, SA. The Treatment Retention Intervention: A case study of an Evaluation of a Case Management Intervention to Improve Treatment Outcomes for Injection Drug Users. Journal of the Association of Academic Minority Physicians. 2006

Wood E, Lloyd-Smith E, Li K, Strathdee SA, Small W, Tyndall MW, Montaner JSG, Kerr T. Frequent needle exchange use and HIV incidence in Vancouver, Canada. American Journal Medicine (in press)

Hagan H, Campbell J, Thiede H, Strathdee SA, Ouellet L, Farzana K, Hudson S, Garfein R. Awareness of hepatitis C virus antibody status and risk behavior in young injectors. Public Health Rep. (in press)

Drumright LN, Patterson TL, Strathdee SA. Club drugs as causal risk factors for HIV acquisition among MSM: A Review. Substance Use Misuse (in press)

Patterson TL, Semple SJ, Fraga M, Bucardo J, De la Torre A, Salazar J, Orozovich P, Staines H, Amaro H, Magis-Rodrigues C, Strathdee SA. A sexual risk reduction intervention for female sex workers in Mexico: Design and baseline characteristics. HIV/AIDS and Social Work (in press).

Shrestha S, Smith MW, Broman KW, Farzadegan H, Vlahov D, Strathdee SA. A molecular epidemiological study of multi-person-use of syringes among injection drug users attending a Baltimore Needle Exchange Program. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (in press).

Frost SDW, Brouwer KC, Firestone MA, Ramos R, Ramos ME, Lozada RM, Magis-Rodriguez C, Strathdee SA. Respondent driven sampling of injection drug users in two US-Mexico border cities: recruitment networks and syphilis pervalence. Journal Urban Health (in press)

Drumright LN, Strathdee SA, Little SJ, Araneta MRG, Slymen DJ, Malcarne VL, Daar ES, Gorbach PM. Unprotected anal intercourse and substance use among men who have sex with men with recent HIV infection. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (in press)

Kuo I, ul-Hassan S, Zafar T, Galai N, Sherman SG, Strathdee SA. Factors associated with recent onset injection in two Pakistani cities. Substance Use and Misuse. (in press).

      
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