Torsten Neilands, PhD

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Torsten Neilands, PhD

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Dr. Torsten Neilands is an Epidemiologist / Biostatistician. His work includes: Quantitative methods for the analysis of behavioral sciences data: structural equation modeling, longitudinal analysis via mixed effects models, and survey scale development.

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  1. Carrico AW, Flentje A, Gruber VA, Woods WJ, Discepola MV, Dilworth SE, Neilands TB, Jain J, Siever MD. Community-based harm reduction substance abuse treatment with methamphetamine-using men who have sex with men. J Urban Health. 2014 Jun; 91(3):555-67.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24744105
  2. Alkon A, Harley KG, Neilands TB, Tambellini K, Lustig RH, Boyce WT, Eskenazi B. Latino children's body mass index at 2-3.5 years predicts sympathetic nervous system activity at 5 years. Child Obes. 2014 Jun; 10(3):214-24.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24745554
  3. Kram Y, Klesges RC, Ebbert JO, Talcott W, Neilands TB, Ling PM. Dual tobacco user subtypes in the U.S. Air Force: dependence, attitudes, and other correlates of use. Nicotine Tob Res. 2014 Sep; 16(9):1216-23.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24721813
  4. Carrico AW, Woolf-King SE, Neilands TB, Dilworth SE, Johnson MO. Stimulant use and HIV disease management among men in same-sex relationships. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2014 Jun 1; 139:174-7.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24726318
  5. Ling PM, Lee YO, Hong J, Neilands TB, Jordan JW, Glantz SA. Social branding to decrease smoking among young adults in bars. Am J Public Health. 2014 Apr; 104(4):751-60.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24524502
  6. Gamarel KE, Starks TJ, Dilworth SE, Neilands TB, Taylor JM, Johnson MO. Personal or relational? Examining sexual health in the context of HIV serodiscordant same-sex male couples. AIDS Behav. 2014 Jan; 18(1):171-9.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23636681
  7. Comfort M, Reznick OG, Dilworth SE, Binson D, Darbes LA, Neilands TB. Sexual HIV Risk Among Male Parolees and Their Female Partners: The Relate Project. J Health Dispar Res Pract. 2014; 7(6):26-53.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25642396
  8. Darbes LA, Chakravarty D, Neilands TB, Beougher SC, Hoff CC. Sexual risk for HIV among gay male couples: a longitudinal study of the impact of relationship dynamics. Arch Sex Behav. 2014 Jan; 43(1):47-60.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24233329
  9. Fallin A, Neilands TB, Jordan JW, Ling PM. Secondhand smoke exposure among young adult sexual minority bar and nightclub patrons. Am J Public Health. 2014 Feb; 104(2):e148-53.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24328626
  10. Voisin DR, Hotton AL, Neilands TB. Testing pathways linking exposure to community violence and sexual behaviors among African American youth. J Youth Adolesc. 2014 Sep; 43(9):1513-26.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24327295
  11. Huebner DM, Kegeles SM, Rebchook GM, Peterson JL, Neilands TB, Johnson WD, Eke AN. Social oppression, psychological vulnerability, and unprotected intercourse among young Black men who have sex with men. Health Psychol. 2014 Dec; 33(12):1568-78.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24274807
  12. Varas-Díaz N, Neilands TB, Cintrón-Bou F, Marzán-Rodríguez M, Santos-Figueroa A, Santiago-Negrón S, Marques D, Rodríguez-Madera S. Testing the efficacy of an HIV stigma reduction intervention with medical students in Puerto Rico: the SPACES project. J Int AIDS Soc. 2013 11 13; 16(3 Suppl 2):18670.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24242260
  13. Woolf-King SE, Neilands TB, Dilworth SE, Carrico AW, Johnson MO. Alcohol use and HIV disease management: the impact of individual and partner-level alcohol use among HIV-positive men who have sex with men. AIDS Care. 2014; 26(6):702-8.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24215238
  14. Beougher SC, Mandic CG, Darbes LA, Chakravarty D, Neilands TB, Garcia CC, Hoff CC. Past present: Relationship dynamics may differ among discordant gay male couples depending on HIV infection history. J Gay Lesbian Soc Serv. 2013 Oct 01; 25(4).
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24244082
  15. Kalkhoran S, Neilands TB, Ling PM. Secondhand smoke exposure and smoking behavior among young adult bar patrons. Am J Public Health. 2013 Nov; 103(11):2048-55.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24028259
  16. Soto T, Komaie G, Neilands TB, Johnson MO. Exposure to crime and trauma among HIV-infected men who have sex with men: associations with HIV stigma and treatment engagement. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2013 Jul-Aug; 24(4):299-307.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23790273
  17. Geng EH, Bwana MB, Muyindike W, Glidden DV, Bangsberg DR, Neilands TB, Bernheimer I, Musinguzi N, Yiannoutsos CT, Martin JN. Failure to initiate antiretroviral therapy, loss to follow-up and mortality among HIV-infected patients during the pre-ART period in Uganda. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2013 Jun 01; 63(2):e64-71.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23429504
  18. Carrico AW, Woods WJ, Siever MD, Discepola MV, Dilworth SE, Neilands TB, Miller N, Moskowitz JT. Positive affect and processes of recovery among treatment-seeking methamphetamine users. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2013 Oct 1; 132(3):624-9.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23684632
  19. Popova L, Neilands TB, Ling PM. Testing messages to reduce smokers' openness to using novel smokeless tobacco products. Tob Control. 2014 Jul; 23(4):313-21.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23467655
  20. Jefferson K, Neilands TB, Sevelius J. Transgender women of color: discrimination and depression symptoms. Ethn Inequal Health Soc Care. 2013; 6(4):121-136.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25346778
  21. Hoff CC, Chakravarty D, Beougher SC, Neilands TB, Darbes LA. Relationship characteristics associated with sexual risk behavior among MSM in committed relationships. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2012 Dec; 26(12):738-45.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23199191
  22. Varas-Díaz N, Neilands TB, Cintrón-Bou F, Santos-Figueroa A, Rodríguez-Madera S, Santiago-Negrón S. The role of gender on HIV/AIDS stigma among medical students in Puerto Rico: implications for training and service delivery. P R Health Sci J. 2012 Dec; 31(4):220-2.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23844470
  23. Saberi P, Gamarel KE, Neilands TB, Comfort M, Sheon N, Darbes LA, Johnson MO. Ambiguity, ambivalence, and apprehensions of taking HIV-1 pre-exposure prophylaxis among male couples in San Francisco: a mixed methods study. PLoS One. 2012; 7(11):e50061.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23166819
  24. Chakravarty D, Hoff CC, Neilands TB, Darbes LA. Rates of testing for HIV in the presence of serodiscordant UAI among HIV-negative gay men in committed relationships. AIDS Behav. 2012 Oct; 16(7):1944-8.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22460227
  25. Johnson MO, Rose CD, Dilworth SE, Neilands TB. Advances in the conceptualization and measurement of Health Care Empowerment: development and validation of the Health Care Empowerment inventory. PLoS One. 2012; 7(9):e45692.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23029184