Sabina Hirshfield, PhD
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University - Principal Research Scientist & Visiting Associate Professor
Education
PhD, Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia UniversityMA, Sociology, St. John’s University
BA, Sociology, SUNY Binghamton
Research Interests
eHealth and mHealth HIV prevention interventions, Health disparities among sexual, gender, and racial/ethnic minorities, Stimulant and other substance use BIO
Sabina Hirshfield is a Principal Research Scientist and Visiting Associate Professor at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, School of Medicine. Since 2018, she has been Chair of the Community Health Advisory & Information Network (CHAIN) Project, an ongoing study of persons living with HIV in the New York City and tri-county areas. For nearly two decades, Dr. Hirshfield has been conducting video-based eHealth and mHealth HIV prevention research and interventions, reaching thousands of individuals living with, or at-risk for, HIV, including those who inject drugs. Her current focus is on biomedical HIV prevention strategies, including home collection of dried blood spots for lab-quantified viral load, through a health disparities lens. A continual goal of Dr. Hirshfield’s research is to improve inclusion and engagement of racial and ethnic minority populations, with a particular focus on sexual minority men. Projects
Principal Investigator, Supporting Treatment Adherence for Resilience and Thriving (START): A mHealth Intervention to Improve ART Adherence for HIV-Positive Stimulant-Using Men. Active
Principal Investigator, A Tailored Approach to Promoting Engagement in Public Health. Completed
Publications
Recent
Hirshfield S, Diaz JE, Thomas P, Downing MJ, Dangerfield DT (2024).
Personality traits and eHealth study enrollment among racial and sexual minoritized men living with HIV
AIDS and Behavior [Epub 2024 Jun 4]. doi: 10.1007/s10461-024-04364-5.
Personality traits and eHealth study enrollment among racial and sexual minoritized men living with HIV
AIDS and Behavior [Epub 2024 Jun 4]. doi: 10.1007/s10461-024-04364-5.
Ghanooni D, Flentje A, Hirshfield S, Horvath KJ, Moreno PI, Harkness A, Ross EJ, Dilworth SE, Pahwa S, Pallikkuth S, Carrico AW (2024).
Structural determinants of health and markers of immune activation and systemic inflammation in sexual minority men with and without HIV
Journal of Urban Health [Epub 2024 Jun 3]. doi: 10.1007/s11524-024-00882-8.
Structural determinants of health and markers of immune activation and systemic inflammation in sexual minority men with and without HIV
Journal of Urban Health [Epub 2024 Jun 3]. doi: 10.1007/s11524-024-00882-8.
Cordoba E, Garofalo R, Kuhns LM, Pearson C, Batey DS, Janulis P, Jia H, Bruce J, Hidalgo MA, Hirshfield S, Radix A, Belkind U, Duncan DT, Kim B, Schnall R (2024).
Neighborhood-level characteristics as effect modifiers on the efficacy of the MyPEEPS mobile intervention in same-sex attracted adolescent men
Preventive Medicine Reports, 42, 102726. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2024.102726. PMCID: PMC11059328.
Neighborhood-level characteristics as effect modifiers on the efficacy of the MyPEEPS mobile intervention in same-sex attracted adolescent men
Preventive Medicine Reports, 42, 102726. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2024.102726. PMCID: PMC11059328.
Grov C, Guo Y, Westmoreland DA, D'Angelo AB, Mirzayi C, Dearolf M, Carneiro P, Ray M, Pantalone D, Carrico AW, Patel VV, Golub SA, Hirshfield S, Hoover DR, Nash D (2024).
Factors associated with PrEP-era HIV seroconversion in a 4-year U.S. national cohort of n = 6059 sexual and gender minority individuals who have sex with men, 2017-2022
Journal of the International AIDS Society, 27 (6), e26312. doi: 10.1002/jia2.26312. PMCID: PMC11197961.
Factors associated with PrEP-era HIV seroconversion in a 4-year U.S. national cohort of n = 6059 sexual and gender minority individuals who have sex with men, 2017-2022
Journal of the International AIDS Society, 27 (6), e26312. doi: 10.1002/jia2.26312. PMCID: PMC11197961.
Carrico AW, Ewart LD, Davidovich U, Maher L, Jonas KJ, Horvath KJ, Hirshfield S, Guadamuz TE, Carney T, Grov C (2024).
Responding to the global epidemic of amphetamine-type stimulant use compromising biomedical HIV prevention among men who have sex with men
Lancet HIV, 11 (6), e350-e352. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00086-9.
Responding to the global epidemic of amphetamine-type stimulant use compromising biomedical HIV prevention among men who have sex with men
Lancet HIV, 11 (6), e350-e352. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00086-9.
Notable
Evaluation of Sex Positive! a video eHealth intervention for men living with HIV
AIDS and Behavior, 23 (11), 3103-3118. doi: 10.1007/s10461-019-02498-5. PMCID: PMC6803061.
Hirshfield S, Teran RA, Downing MJ, Chiasson MA, Tieu HV, Dize L, Gaydos CA (2018).
Quantification of HIV-1 RNA among men who have sex with men using an at-home self-collected dried blood spot specimen: Feasibility study
JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 4 (4), e10847. doi: 10.2196/10847. PMCID: PMC6238105.
Wall MM, Chiasson MA, Hirshfield S (2015).
Complex drug use patterns and associated HIV transmission risk behaviors in an internet sample of U.S. men who have sex with men
Archives of Sexual Behavior, 44 (2), 421-428. doi: 10.1007/s10508-014-0337-8. PMCID: PMC4381804.
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