PRESENTATIONS, PUBLICATIONS & PRESSPresentations at Scientific Conferences2009 Anand K, Samala R, Misra S, Jolaosho J, Magnus M, Greenberg AE, Hader S, Castel AD, West-Ojo T. "Risk Factors and Clinical Outcomes in the Incarcerated Population with AIDS in Washington, DC", accepted for oral presentation at the 2009 National HIV Prevention Conference. Atlanta, Georgia: August 2009. Castel AD, Cape K, Chowdhury B, Griffin A, West-Ojo T, Hader S. "Assessing the Accuracy of Risk Classification in the Era of Name-Based Reporting", accepted for poster presentation at the 2009 National HIV Prevention Conference. Atlanta, Georgia: August 2009. Castel AD, Jolaosho, Vargas, Virgo, Engels, Adade, Levine, West-Ojo, Hader, Lynn. "Improved Surveillance through the Matching of HIV/AIDS and Cancer Registries", accepted for poster presentation at the 2009 National HIV Prevention Conference. Atlanta, Georgia: August 2009. Castel AD, Samala R, Griffin A, Jolaosho T, West-Ojo T, Greenberg AE, Hader S. "A Modern HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the Nation's Capitol", accepted for oral presentation at the 2009 National HIV Prevention Conference. Atlanta, Georgia: August 2009. Castel AD, Gill M, Beatty G, Justice J, Shannon M, Kuo I, Skillicorn J, Bonanno L, Strasser S, Essombo J, Giphart A, Lee S, Marlink R, McCullough R. "An Assessment of Models of Service Delivery Used among HIV Care and Treatment Programs", accepted for poster presentation at the 5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention. Cape Town, South Africa: July 2009. Castel AD, Gill M, Beatty G, Justice J, Shannon M, Kuo I, Skillicorn J, Bonanno L, Strasser S, Essombo J, Giphart A, Lee S, Marlink R, McCullough R. "Impact of Services Related to the Continuum of Care on Programmatic Outcomes", accepted for poster presentation at the 5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention. Cape Town, South Africa: July 2009. Hightow-Weidman, Phillips II, G, Smith J, Jones K, Magnus M, Outlaw A, Giordano TP, Richards C, Tinsley M, and Hidalgo J for the YMSM SPNS Initiative Study Group. Prevalence of Transmitted HIV-1 Drug Resistance among Young Men of Color who Have Sex with Men: A multicenter cohort analysis. Accepted as a poster at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Montreal, Canada 2009. Kuo I, Magnus M, Phillips II G, Shelley K, Rawls A, Montanez L, Peterson J, West-Ojo T, Hader H, and Greenberg AE. Differential HIV prevalence among different categories of substance users using a hierarchical classification system. Submitted as abstract to the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, 2010. Kuo I, Magnus M, Shelley K, Rawls A, Montanez L, Goldshore M, Takai B, Jackson S, Folkers M, Landgraf K, Mbagaya M, Peterson J, West-Ojo T, Hader S, and . "Substance use and unprotected anal intercourse among men having sex with men in Washington, DC." Oral presentation at the National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA, 2009. August 2009. Magnus M, Kuo I, Shelley K, Rawls A, Montanez L, Goldshore M, Takai B, Jackson S, Folkers M, Landgraf K, Mbagaya M, Peterson J, West-Ojo T, Hader S, and Greenberg AE. "Acceptance of routine HIV testing and engagement methods among MSM in Washington, DC." Oral presentation at the National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA, 2009. August 2009. Magnus M, Kuo I, Shelley K, Rawls A, Montanez L, Peterson J, Hamilton F, West-Ojo T, Hader S, and Greenberg AE. "Characteristics associated with missed opportunities for HIV testing in a high prevalence urban community." Poster presentation at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Montreal, Canada, 2009. February 2009. Miles I, Beck D, McCoy R, Kuo I, DiNenno E, Martin T, Barnes J, Magnus M, West-Ojo T, LaLota M, Metsch L, Forrest D, and Reznar M. "The National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System Among Heterosexuals At Risk: Experiences In the Field." Panel presentation at the National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA, 2009. August 2009. Vangani R, Jolaosho T, Heath J, Furness B, Saenz G, Griffin A, West-Ojo T, Castel AD (presenter), Hader S. "High Prevalence of Concomitant HIV and Syphilis Infections in the Nation's Capital, 2001-2007," accepted for oral presentation at the 2009 National HIV Prevention Conference. Atlanta, Georgia: August 2009. 2008 Castel AD, West T, Jolaosho T, Wu C, Hitchcock D, Rennie L, Magnus M, Sansone M, Greenberg AE. "Routine HIV Screening: Testing Patterns in a High Prevalence City - Washington, DC, 2006-2007", accepted for poster presentation at the 2007 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections. Boston, MA: February 2008. Castel AD, Jolaosho, T, Woolfork M, Kuo I, West T, Greenberg AE. "Late to Test: Concurrent HIV/AIDS Diagnoses in a City with High AIDS Prevalence- Washington, DC, 2007", accepted for poster presentation at the 2007 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections. Boston, MA: February 2008. Kuo I, Magnus M, Rawls AL, Peterson JA, Shelley KD, West-Ojo T, Hader S, Hamilton F, Greenberg AE. "Recent marijuana, ecstasy and methamphetamine use not associated with depressive symptoms in a community-based urban population." Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of College on Problems of Drug Dependence, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2008. June 2008. Magnus M, Kuo I, Rawls A, Shelley K, Peterson J, Hamilton F, West-Ojo T, Sansone M, and Greenberg AE. "Gender Differences in Sexual and HIV Testing Behaviors among Heterosexuals at High Risk for HIV in Washington, DC." Poster presentation at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Boston, MA, 2008. February 2008. Magnus M, Phillips II G, Binson G, Hightow-Weidman L, Richards C, Rock Wohl A, Outlaw A, Giordano TP, Nyathi B, Cobbs W, Sheldon F, Tinsley M, Cajina A, and Hidalgo J for the YMSM SPNS Initiative Study Group. Characteristics associated with retention in HIV care for hard-to-reach adolescent men of color who have sex with men. Accepted as a poster at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Montreal, Canada 2009 Magnus M, Glaser M, Winchell CT, Plant P, Wilbright W, Kaiser M, Ross M, Butler MK. Evaluation of Provider Satisfaction and Patient Outcomes Associated with Use of a Statewide Telemedicine System in Louisiana. Accepted as a poster at the American Telemedicine Association Seattle, WA, 2008. (Delivered by student Michelle Glaser.) 2007 Castel AD, Schenfeld J, Mbagaya V, Wu C, Anand K, Jolaosho T, West T, Magnus M, Peterson J, Hitchcock D, Rennie L, Sansone M, Greenberg AE. "Reasons for Obtaining Testing During a City-wide HIV Screening Campaign", accepted for oral presentation at the 2007 HIV Prevention Conference. Atlanta, GA: December 2007. Castel AD, Anand K, Wu C, Jolaosho T, West T, Eniola S, Hitchcock D, Mbagaya V, Schenfeld J, Rennie L, Peterson J, Magnus M, Greenberg AE, Sansone M. "Preliminary Positive HIV Testing Results from a City-wide HIV Screening Campaign, District of Columbia", accepted for oral presentation at the 2007 HIV Prevention Conference. Atlanta, GA: December 2007. Castel AD, Anand K, Mbagaya V, Schenfeld J, Wu C, Jolaosho T, Eniola S, West T, Rennie L, Hitchcock D, Sansone M, Magnus M, Kuo I, Peterson J, Greenberg AE. "Resident Participation in a City-wide HIV Screening Campaign, Washington, DC, 2006 – 2007", accepted for oral presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. Washington, DC: November 2007. Castel A, Rennie, L, Hitchcock D. "Mission Possible: Routine HIV Screening in the Nation's Capital", HIV Prevention and Leadership Summit, Poster. New Orleans, LA: May 22, 2007. Castel AD, West T, Jolaosho T, Rowe D, Robertson G, Brown D, Mitchell K, Clark L, Rennie L, Hitchcock D, Magnus M, Sansone M, LeSansky H, Greenberg AE. Routine HIV Screening in the District of Columbia Jail, 2006-2007. Accepted as an oral presentation at the National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA, 2007. Jolaosho T, Castel AD, West T, Rowe D, Robertson G, Mitchell K, Clark L, Anand K, Chakraborty R, Mbagaya V, Schenfeld J, Wu C, Hitchcock D, Brown D, Peterson J, Magnus M, Rennie L, Sansone M, Lesansky H. "Rapid testing of Central Detention Facility Inmates during a city-wide HIV screening Campaign-District of Columbia", accepted for oral presentation at the 2007 HIV Prevention Conference. Atlanta, GA: December 2007. Kuo, I, Magnus M, Shelley KD, Peterson JA, Rawls AL, West-Ojo T, Hamilton F, Sansone M, Rennie L, Greenberg AE. "Attitudes and Perceptions of Routine HIV Screening Within a Community-Based Population of Heterosexuals in Washington, DC." Poster presentation at the National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA, 2007. December 2007. Kuo I, Brown J, Shesser R, Sikka NK, Magnus M, Castel AD, Simon G, Czarnogorski M, Greenberg AE. "Acceptance of Opt-out Routine Screening for HIV Infection at an Urban Emergency Department Following New Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) Guidelines", for oral presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. Washington, DC: November 2007. Kuo I, Magnus M, Shelley K, Peterson J, Rawls A, Montanez L, Jackson S, Hamilton F, West T, Sansone M, Greenberg AE. "Homelessness and HIV risk behaviors in urban sample of heterosexuals at high risk for HIV." Oral presentation at the International Urban Health Conference, Baltimore, MD. November 2007. Magnus M, Kuo I, Shelly KD, Peterson JA, Rawls AL, Jackson S, Montanez L, Nowell M, Jones K, Castel A, Rennie L, West T, Hamilton F, Sansone M, and Greenberg AE. "Associations Between Routine HIV Screening And Unprotected Sex: HIV-Negative Results Not Associated With Increase In Risk Taking." Oral presentation at the National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA, 2007. December 2007. Manya Magnus, Irene Kuo, Katharine Shelley, Anthony Rawls, Sarah Jackson, Luz Montanez, James Peterson, Marie Sansone, Tiffany West-Ojo, Flora Hamilton, and Alan E. Greenberg. "Heterosexuals at high risk of HIV acquisition in Washington, DC. Sexual behavior differences between urban neighborhoods." Oral presentation at the International Urban Health Conference, Baltimore, MD. November 2007. Magnus M for the SPNS IT Initiative Team. Use of an HIV-Specific Electronic Clinical Management and Reporting System: Provider Satisfaction and Lessons Learned. Promoting HIT Adoption in the HRSA Community: Success through Collaboration. HRSA/OHIT November 2007. Invited panelist and guest speaker. Magnus M, Castel A, West T, Rennie L, Hitchcock D, Sansone M, and Greenberg AE. Factors associated with participation in a city-wide HIV-testing campaign. Accepted as an oral presentation at the APHA, Washington, D.C., 2007. Magnus M, Kuo I, Rawls. "National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Update." Oral Presentation for the Care Consortium, Washington, DC. August 2007. Magnus M, Binson D, Jones K, Phillips II G, Peterson J, Parrish B, Wackerman K, Schulhof R, and Hidalgo H. Hard to Reach HIV+ Adolescent Males of Color who Have Sex with Males: Demographic, Behavioral, and Clinical Characteristics. Accepted as an oral presentation at the National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA, 2007. Peterson J, Kuo I, Magnus M, Shelley K, Rawls A, Montanez L, Jackson S, Hamilton F, West T, Sansone M, Greenberg AE. "Ethnographically Informed Formative Assessment: Understanding HIV risk populations in an urban city - The DC example." Poster presentation at the International Urban Health Conference, Baltimore, MD. November 2007. Rennie L, Castel AD, Hitchcock D. "Lessons Learned from the District of Columbia's Initiative to Implement Routine Screening for HIV", accepted for oral presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. Washington, DC: November 2007. (Award: Excellence in Abstract Submission among New Investigators--Award Winner - Recipient). Shelley KD, Kuo I, Magnus M, Peterson JA, Rawls AL, Jackson S, Montanez L, West T, Hamilton F, Sansone M, and Greenberg AE. Perceived knowledge of partner's serostatus and multiple sex partners: Preliminary analysis of heterosexuals at high risk for HIV in DC. Poster presentation at the International Urban Health Conference, Baltimore, MD. November 2007. Publications2009 Castel AC, Magnus M, Peterson J, Anand K, Hitchcock D, Kharfen M, Martin M, Rennie L, Sansone M, Jolasho T, West-Ojo T, Hader S, Greenberg AE. "Quantitative and qualitative evaluation of an innovative city-wide routine HIV testing initiative in the District of Columbia." To be submitted to AIDS. Castel AD, Cape K, Chowdhury B, Griffin A, West-Ojo T, Hader S. "Assessing the Accuracy of Risk Classification in the Era of Name-Based Reporting." In preparation. Castel AD, Jolaosho, Vargas, Virgo, Engels, Adade, Levine, West-Ojo, Hader, Lynn. "Improved Surveillance through the Matching of HIV/AIDS and Cancer Registries." In preparation. Castel AD, Jolaosho, T, Woolfork M, Kuo I, West T, Greenberg AE. "Correlates of Concurrent HIV/AIDS Diagnosis in the District of Columbia, 1996 - 2006," In preparation. Castel A, Bonanno L, Beatty G, Buono N, Gill M, Justice J, Kuo I, Lee S, Shannon M, Skillicorn J, and McCullough R. Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation Project HEART Assessment Global Report. January 2009. Celletti F, Wright A, Palen J, Frehywot S, Markus A, Greenberg AE, Teixeira de Aguiar RA, Holloway J, Campos F, Madraa E, Kamoto K, Assefa Y, Usiku C, Buch E, Samb B. Can the deployment of community health workers represent an effective and sustainable response to the critical shortage of healthcare workers to increase coverage of HIV and non HIV services? Results of a multi-country study. Submitted. Celletti F, Samb B, Wright AF, Greenberg A, Holloway J. Task shifting in the era of HIV program expansion. In: Marlink RG, Teitelman SJ, eds. From the Ground Up: Building Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Programs in Resource-Limited Settings. Washington, DC: Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation; AIDS 2009; in press. (Book chapter) Greenberg AE, Hader SL, Masur H, Young AT, Skillicorn J, Dieffenbach CW. Fighting HIV/AIDS in Washington DC. Health Affairs 2009; in press. Kuo I, Gyarmathy VA, ul-Hasan S, Zafar T, Strathdee SA. Prevalence and correlates of same-sex behavior among male drug users in Pakistan. Under review, AIDS Education and Prevention Magnus M, Kuo I, Shelley K, Rawls A, Peterson J, Montanez L, West-Ojo T, Hader S, Hamilton F, Greenberg AE. Risk factors driving the emergence of a generalized heterosexual HIV epidemic in Washington, District of Columbia networks at risk.AIDS. 2009 Jun 19;23(10):1277-84. Magnus M, Phillips II G, Binson G, Hightow-Weidman L, Richards C, Rock Wohl A, Outlaw A, Giordano TP, Nyathi B, Cobbs W, Sheldon F, Tinsley M, Cajina A, and Hidalgo J for the YMSM SPNS Initiative Study Group. Characteristics Associated with Retention among African American and Latino Adolescent HIV-Positive Men: Results from the Outreach, Care, and Prevention to Engage HIV Seropositive Young MSM of Color Special Project of National Significance Multisite Study. JAIDS. Accepted 6/09. In press. Magnus M, Herwehe J, Andrews L, Gibson L, Daigreoint N, De Leon JM, Hyslop NE, Styron S, Wilcox, Kaiser M, Butler MK. Evaluating Health Information Technology: Provider Satisfaction with an HIV-Specific, Electronic Clinical Management and Reporting System. AIDS Patient Care and STDs 2009:23:1-7. Magnus M, Kuo I, Shelley K, Rawls A, Peterson J, Montanez L, West-Ojo T, Hader S, Hamilton F, Greenberg AE. Risk factors driving the emergence of a generalized heterosexual HIV epidemic in Washington, District of Columbia networks at risk. 2009; AIDS 23:1277-1284. Vangani R, Jolaosho T, Heath J, Furness B, Saenz G, Griffin A, West-Ojo T, Castel AD, Hader S. "Concomitant HIV and Syphilis Infections in the District of Columbia, 2001-2007." In preparation. World Health Organization Maximizing Positive Synergies Collaborative Group. (Study Group includes Greenberg AE.) An assessment of interactions between global health initiative and country health systems. Lancet 2009; 373:2137-2169. 2008 Brown J, Kuo I, Bellows J, Barry R, Bui P, Wohlgemuth J, Wills E, Parikh N. Patient Perceptions and Acceptance of Routine Emergency Department HIV Testing. Public Health Rep. 2008;Suppl 3:21-26. Brown J, Shesser R, Simon G, Bahn M, Czarnogorski M, Kuo I, Magnus M, Sikka N. Routine HIV screening in the emergency department using the new CDC guidelines: Results from a high prevalence area. JAIDS. 2007 Dec 1;46(4):395-401. District of Columbia. District of Columbia HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Update 2008. February 2009. "This report was completed by the combined efforts of many individuals in the DC Department of Health, HIV/AIDS Administration, with major contributions from The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics." GW faculty acknowledged were Greenberg AE and Castel AD. District of Columbia. Heterosexual Relationships and HIV in Washington, DC: District of Columbia HIV/AIDS Behavioral Surveillance Summary and Technical Report, 2008. Greenberg AD, Palen JGH, Frehywot S, Markus AR. A Regulatory Framework for Task Shifting of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Treatment and Care Services. Report submitted to: the World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland (Drs B Samb and F Celletti). February 1, 2008. Magnus M. Essential Readings in Infectious Disease Epidemiology. Publication date: 12/1/08. ISBN 0763738786. World Health Organization. Task Shifting: Global Recommendations and Guidelines. 2008. Greenberg AE, Palen JGH, Frehywot S, Markus AR contributed substantially to drafting Recommendations 5 and 6 WHO Lancet paper. 2007 Brown J, Shesser R, Simon G, Bahn M, Czarnogorski M, Kuo I, Magnus M, Sikka N. Routine HIV Screening in the Emergency Department Using the New US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guidelines: Results From a High-Prevalence Area. JAIDS 2007; 46:395-401. District of Columbia HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Annual Report 2007. November 2007. "This report was completed by the combined efforts of many individuals in the DC Department of Health, HIV/AIDS Administration, with major contributions from The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics." GW faculty acknowledged were Castel AD, Greenberg AE, Verme D, and Young H. PressAggressive Testing, Treatment Reduces Spread of HIV District, NIH prepares for battle against HIV/AIDS District, NIH announce new initiative aimed at HIV/AIDS epidemic Making an Investment in Prevention |
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