Stall began working in HIV research in 1984 when he started working with the AIDS Behavioral Research Project, one of the first longitudinal studies of AIDS risk-taking behaviors in the world. Since that time, he has published over 190 peer-reviewed scientific papers on many different aspects of the AIDS epidemic. Recently, Stall has become interested in the combined effects of multiple psychosocial epidemics, or “syndemics” in driving HIV risk. His team is now working on a set of analyses to study how structural factors increase the prevalence of syndemic conditions among gay men and their relationship to the development of psychosocial health problems and how the study of syndemics might be used to inform combination HIV prevention models. Stall is the 1999 recipient of the Chuck Frutchey Board of Directors Award from STOP AIDS/San Francisco, is listed as one of the most highly cited behavioral science researchers in the world in the ISI Most Highly Cited website, received the 2005 CDC/ATSDR Honor Award for Public Health Epidemiology and Laboratory Research and was inducted into Delta Omega (a public health honor society) in 2006.
University of California, San Francisco Ph.D. (1984) Medical Anthropology
University of California, Berkeley M.P.H. (1983) Epidemiology
University of Kentucky, Lexington M.A. (1979) Anthropology
University of Florida, Gainesville B.A. (1976) History/Latin, American Studies
HIV prevention and behavioral epidemiology, both in the United States and abroad Research Summary The primary focus of my research has been in HIV prevention and behavioral epidemiology, both in the United States and abroad. I also have conducted numerous research projects in the areas of substance abuse epidemiology, smoking, aging, mental health, and housing as health care. Although a great deal of my research has been conducted among gay men, I also have worked with other populations at high risk of HIV infection and expect to expand on this work.
Stall, R.; Egan, J.; Kinsky, S.: Coulter, R.; Friedman, M.; Matthews, D.; Klindera, K; Cowing, M. "Overview of the University of Pittsburgh/amfAR Training Program in HIV Prevention Research for MSM and Male-to-Female Transgender Populations in Low- and Middle-Income Countries",AIDS and Behavior, In press.
Stall, R.; Matthews, D.; Friedman, M.; Kinsky, S.; Egan, J.; Coulter, R.; Blosnich, R.; Markovic, N. "The continuing development of health disparities on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Individuals",American Journal of Public Health,2016; 105(5): May.
Mathews, D.; Herrick, A.; Coulter, R.; Friedman, M.; Mills, T.; Eaton, L.; Wilson, P. and Stall, R. "Running Backwards: Consequences of current HIV incidence rates for the next generation of Black MSM in the United States",AIDS and Behavior,published on line 13, August, 2015.
Friedman MR, WeiC, Klem ML, Silvestre AJ, Markovic N, Stall R. “HIV infection and sexual risk among men who have sex with men and women (MSMW): A systematic review and meta-analysis.&rdquo PLOS ONE (published Jan 30, 2014). PMCID:PMC3907399
Stall, R., Duran,L., Wisniewski, S., Friedman, M., Marshal, M., McFarland, W., Guadamuz, T., Mills, T. “Running in place:implications of HIV incidence estimates among urban men who have sex with menin the United States and other industrialized countries.” AIDS and Behavior. 2009:13(4):615-629PMID: 19205867
Millett, G.,Peterson, J., Wolitski, R., Stall, R. “Greater risk for HIV infection of black men who have sex with men: acritical literature review.” American Journal of Public Health. 2006:96(6):1007-1019 PMCID 1470628.
Mayer, K.,Bradford, J., Stall, R., Makadon, H., Goldhammer, H., Landers, S. Sexual and gender minority health: what do we know and where do we need to go? American Journal of Public Health. 2008:98(6):989-995. PMCID 204127.
Friedman, M.,Marshal, M., Stall, R., Cheong, J., Wright, E. Gay-related development, early abuse and adult health outcomes among gay males. AIDS and Behavior.2008:12(6):891-902. PMCID 2680076.
Friedman, M., Marshal, M., Guadamuz, T.,Wei, C., Wong, C., Saewyc, E., Stall, R. A meta-analysis to examine disparities in childhood sexual abuse, parental physical abuse, and peer victimization among sexual minority and sexual non-minority individuals. American Journal of PublicHealth [published online June 16, 2011]. PMCID 3134495.
McFarland, W.,Yea-Hung, C., Raymond, H., Ngunyen, B., Colfax, G., Mehrtens, J., Robertson, T., Stall, R., Levine, D., Hong-Ha, T. HIV seroadaption among individuals, within sexual dyads, and by sexual episodes, men who have sex with men, San Francisco, 2008. AIDS
Care. 2011:23(3):262-268. PMCID 3076302.
Thiede, H., Jenkins, R., Carey, J., Hutcheson, R., Thomas, K., Stall, R.,White, E., Allen, I., Mejia, R., Golden, M. Determinants of recent HIV infection among Seattle-area MSM. American Journal of Public Health.2009:99(S1):S157-S164. PMCID 2724937.
Wei, C., Guadamuz, T.,Stall, R., Wong, F. STD prevalence,risky sexual behaviors and sex with women in a national sample of Chinese men who have sex with men. American Journal of Public Health. 2009:99(11):1978-1981.PMID:19762670. PMCID 2759784.
