Charles M. Cleland, PhD
CDUHR - Co-Director, Transdisciplinary Research Methods Core
NYU Langone Health - Associate Professor, Department of Population Health
NYU Langone Health - Associate Professor, Department of Population Health
Education
PhD, Psychology, New School for Social ResearchMA, Psychology, New School for Social Research
BA, Psychology, Hampden-Sydney College
Research Interests
HIV prevention, Health disparities, Substance use, Sexual health, Longitudinal data analysis BIO
Charles Cleland is a quantitative psychologist and biostatistician with more than ten years of experience in the field of public health research. His methodological interests include longitudinal data analysis, meta-analysis, respondent driven sampling, and multilevel modeling. His substantive research interests include health disparities, particularly in the areas of substance use and infectious disease. Publications
Recent
Serrano S, Wilton L, Sherpa D, Cleland CM, Zaldivar MF, Maria ZK, Rosmarin-DeStefano C, Munson MR, Padilla AS, Gwadz M (2024).
Engaging diverse African American/Black and Latine youth and emerging adults living with HIV into research: Description of recruitment strategies and lessons learned
AIDS and Behavior [Epub 2024 Oct 12]. doi: 10.1007/s10461-024-04524-7.
Engaging diverse African American/Black and Latine youth and emerging adults living with HIV into research: Description of recruitment strategies and lessons learned
AIDS and Behavior [Epub 2024 Oct 12]. doi: 10.1007/s10461-024-04524-7.
Gaeta Gazzola M, Torsiglieri A, Velez L, Blaufarb S, Hernandez P, O'Grady MA, Blackburn J, Florick J, Cleland CM, Shelley D, Doran KM (2024).
A community-academic partnership to develop an implementation support package for overdose prevention in permanent supportive housing
Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment [Epub 2024 Oct 9]. doi: 10.1016/j.josat.2024.209533.
A community-academic partnership to develop an implementation support package for overdose prevention in permanent supportive housing
Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment [Epub 2024 Oct 9]. doi: 10.1016/j.josat.2024.209533.
Palamar JJ, Cleland CM, Vincenti M, Salomone A (2024).
A multivariable analysis delineating hair color, hair dyeing, and hat wearing as predictors of level of cocaine and MDMA detection in human hair samples
Drug Testing and Analysis, 16 (8), 855-864. doi: 10.1002/dta.3607. PMCID: PMC11102931.
A multivariable analysis delineating hair color, hair dyeing, and hat wearing as predictors of level of cocaine and MDMA detection in human hair samples
Drug Testing and Analysis, 16 (8), 855-864. doi: 10.1002/dta.3607. PMCID: PMC11102931.
Stevens ER, Cleland CM, Shunk A, El-Shahawy O (2024).
Evaluating strategies to recruit health researchers to participate in online survey research
BMC Medical Research Methodology, 24 (1), 153. doi: 10.1186/s12874-024-02275-6. PMCID: PMC11256559.
Evaluating strategies to recruit health researchers to participate in online survey research
BMC Medical Research Methodology, 24 (1), 153. doi: 10.1186/s12874-024-02275-6. PMCID: PMC11256559.
Feelemyer J, Braithwaite RS, Zhou Q, Cleland CM, Manandhar-Sasaki P, Wilton L, Ritchie A, Collins LM, Gwadz MV (2024).
Empirical development of a behavioral intervention for African American/Black and Latino persons with unsuppressed HIV viral load levels: An application of the Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) using cost-effectiveness as an optimization objective
AIDS and Behavior, 28 (7), 2378-2390. doi: 10.1007/s10461-024-04335-w.
Empirical development of a behavioral intervention for African American/Black and Latino persons with unsuppressed HIV viral load levels: An application of the Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) using cost-effectiveness as an optimization objective
AIDS and Behavior, 28 (7), 2378-2390. doi: 10.1007/s10461-024-04335-w.
Notable
Computerized counseling reduces HIV-1 viral load and sexual transmission risk: Findings from a randomized controlled trial
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 65 (5), 611-620. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000100. PMCID: PMC3999203.
Marsch LA, Guarino H, Acosta M, Aponte-Melendez Y, Cleland C, Grabinski M, Brady R, Edwards J (2014).
Web-based behavioral treatment for substance use disorders as a partial replacement of standard methadone maintenance treatment
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 46 (1), 43-51. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2013.08.012. PMCID: PMC3839618 .
Rosenblum A, Joseph H, Fong, C, Kipnis S, Cleland CM, Portenoy RK (2003).
Prevalence and characteristics of chronic pain among chemically dependent patients in methadone maintenance and residential treatment facilities
Journal of the American Medical Association, 289 (18), 2370-2378. doi: 10.1001/jama.289.18.2370.
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Selected Press