Jennifer Jain, PhD
Assistant Professor
Community Health Systems
School of Nursing

I have a decade of experience testing and delivering interventions for substance users who are HIV-positive, at high-risk of acquiring HIV, other sexually transmitted infections and/or hepatitis C.

My career in research began at the University of California, San Francisco where I contributed to a series of research projects including: testing the efficacy of an integrative intervention designed to enhance antiretroviral medication adherence and reduce stimulant use among MSM living with HIV; the correlates of syphilis reinfection among MSM; the parameters (e.g., racial/ethnic disparities) of incident HIV infection, and reliable biomarkers of alcohol consumption among young PWID in San Francisco, CA.

I have also examined several key global public health issues surrounding substance use and HIV among marginalized populations in the Mexico-United States border region. My research in this region explores: how syndemic factors impact perceived barriers to pre-exposure prophylaxis use among FSW, MSM and transgender women; the social and structural drivers of elevated HIV incidence among female PWID; the environmental (e.g., sexual violence and homelessness) correlates of bacterial vaginosis among FSW-PWID; and sex differences in the multilevel determinants of injection risk behaviors among PWID. Taken together, my research examines the behavioral and contextual drivers of substance use and HIV in several vulnerable groups in a domestic and international context.

• Socio-ecological Barriers to Viral Suppression Among Transgender Women Living with HIV in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California.
  AIDS and behavior 2023 Jain JP, Hill M, Gamarel KE, Santos GM, Johnson MO, Neilands TB, Dilworth SE, Reback CJ, Sevelius J
• Prevalence and correlates of methamphetamine use in transitional age youth experiencing homelessness or housing instability in San Francisco, CA.
  Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing 2022 Leonard A, Broussard J, Jain J, Kumar S, Santos GM, Dawson-Rose C
• Prevalence and correlates of substance use and associations with HIV-related outcomes among trans women in the San Francisco Bay Area.
  BMC infectious diseases 2022 Hsiang E, Gyamerah A, Baguso G, Jain J, McFarland W, Wilson EC, Santos GM
• Targeted Oral Naltrexone for Mild to Moderate Alcohol Use Disorder Among Sexual and Gender Minority Men: A Randomized Trial.
  The American journal of psychiatry 2022 Santos GM, Ikeda J, Coffin P, Walker J, Matheson T, Ali A, McLaughlin M, Jain J, Arenander J, Vittinghoff E, Batki S
• Impact of Multicomponent Support Strategies on Human Immunodeficiency Virus Virologic Suppression Rates During Coronavirus Disease 2019: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2022 Spinelli MA, Le Tourneau N, Glidden DV, Hsu L, Hickey MD, Imbert E, Arreguin M, Jain JP, Oskarsson JJ, Buchbinder SP, Johnson MO, Havlir D, Christopoulos KA, Gandhi M
• Mechanisms linking gender-based violence to worse HIV treatment and care outcomes among women in the United States.
  AIDS (London, England) 2022 Jain JP, Sheira LA, Frongillo EA, Neilands TB, Cohen MH, Wilson TE, Chandran A, Adimora AA, Kassaye SG, Sheth AN, Fischl MA, Adedimeji AA, Turan JM, Tien PC, Weiser SD, Conroy AA
• Correlates of high phosphatidylethanol (PEth) levels and their concordance with self-reported heavy alcohol consumption among men who have sex with men who binge drink alcohol.
  Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 2022 McLaughlin MF, Jain JP, Ikeda J, Walker JE, Coffin P, Santos GM
• Intermittent Targeted Oral Naltrexone for Mild to Moderate Alcohol Use Disorder: A Randomized Trial
  American Journal of Psychiatry 2022 1. Santos GM, Ikeda J, Coffin P, Walker J, Matheson T, Ali A, McLaughlin M, Jain JP, Arenander J, Vittinghoff E and Batki S.
• Mental Health Mediates the Association Between Gender-Based Violence and HIV Treatment Engagement in US Women.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2022 Conroy AA, Jain JP, Sheira L, Frongillo EA, Neilands TB, Cohen MH, Wilson TE, Chandran A, Adimora AA, Kassaye S, Sheth AN, Fischl MA, Adedimeji A, Turan JM, Tien PC, Weiser SD
• "I would rather do it myself": injection initiation and current injection patterns among women who inject drugs in Tijuana, Mexico.
  Harm reduction journal 2021 Stewart A, West BS, Rafful C, Lazos K, Jain J, Gonzalez-Zuniga P, Rocha-Jimenez T
• Prevalence and correlates of methamphetamine use among older men who have sex with men in San Francisco, CA
  Winter 2020-21 Generations Journal, American Society on Aging 2021 Santos, GM, Miller, D, Jain, JP, Gyamerah, A, Wilson, E, McFarland, W, Raymond, HF.
• Pilot study of extended-release lorcaserin for cocaine use disorder among men who have sex with men: A double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized trial.
  PloS one 2021 Santos GM, Ikeda J, Coffin P, Walker JE, Matheson T, McLaughlin M, Jain J, Vittinghoff E, Batki SL
• Social and Behavioral Correlates of Sexually Transmitted Infections among Men who Have Sex with Men who Use Alcohol in the San Francisco Bay Area.
  American journal of men's health 2021 Jain JP, Gyamerah AO, Baguso GN, Dawson-Rose C, Ikeda J, Santos GM
• The Psychosocial Predictors and Day-Level Correlates of Substance Use Among Participants Recruited via an Online Crowdsourcing Platform in the United States: Daily Diary Study.
  JMIR public health and surveillance 2021 Jain JP, Offer C, Rowe C, Turner C, Dawson-Rose C, Hoffmann T, Santos GM
• Finding Sunshine on a Cloudy Day: A Positive Affect Intervention for Co-Occurring Methamphetamine Use and HIV.
  Cognitive and behavioral practice 2020 Olem D, Earle M, Gómez W, Coffin L, Cotten P, Jain JP, Moskowitz JT, Carrico AW
• Sex Work as a Mediator Between Female Gender and Incident HIV Infection Among People Who Inject Drugs in Tijuana, Mexico.
  AIDS and behavior 2020 Jain JP, Abramovitz D, Strathdee SA, Gonzalez-Zuniga P, Rangel G, West BS, Pitpitan EV
• Sex differences in the multilevel determinants of injection risk behaviours among people who inject drugs in Tijuana, Mexico.
  Drug and alcohol review 2020 Jain JP, Strathdee SA, West BS, Gonzalez-Zuniga P, Rangel G, Pitpitan EV
• Randomized controlled trial of a positive affect intervention to reduce HIV viral load among sexual minority men who use methamphetamine.
  Journal of the International AIDS Society 2019 Carrico AW, Neilands TB, Dilworth SE, Evans JL, G?mez W, Jain JP, Gandhi M, Shoptaw S, Horvath KJ, Coffin L, Discepola MV, Andrews R, Woods WJ, Feaster DJ, Moskowitz JT
• Perceived barriers to pre-exposure prophylaxis use among HIV-negative men who have sex with men in Tijuana, Mexico: A latent class analysis.
  PloS one 2019 Patrick R, Jain J, Harvey-Vera A, Semple SJ, Rangel G, Patterson TL, Pines HA
• Perceived barriers to pre-exposure prophylaxis use and the role of syndemic factors among female sex workers in the Mexico-United States border region: a latent class analysis.
  AIDS care 2019 Jain JP, Strathdee SA, Patterson TL, Semple SJ, Harvey-Vera A, Magis-Rodríguez C, Martinez G, Pines HA
• A novel technology-enhanced internalized stigma and shame intervention for HIV-positive persons with substance use disorders.
  Cognitive and behavioral practice 2019 Batchelder AW, Moskowitz JT, Jain J, Cohn M, Earle MA, Carrico AW
• Randomized controlled trial of a positive affect intervention for methamphetamine users.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2018 Carrico AW, G?mez W, Jain J, Shoptaw S, Discepola MV, Olem D, Lagana-Jackson J, Andrews R, Neilands TB, Dilworth SE, Evans JL, Woods WJ, Moskowitz JT
• Factors in the HIV risk environment associated with bacterial vaginosis among HIV-negative female sex workers who inject drugs in the Mexico-United States border region.
  BMC public health 2018 Jain JP, Bristow CC, Pines HA, Harvey-Vera A, Rangel G, Staines H, Patterson TL, Strathdee SA
• Continued Transmission of HIV Among Young Adults Who Inject Drugs in San Francisco: Still Room for Improvement.
  AIDS and behavior 2018 Mirzazadeh A, Evans JL, Hahn JA, Jain J, Briceno A, Shiboski S, Lum PJ, Bentsen C, Davis G, Shriver K, Dimapasoc M, Stone M, Busch MP, Page K
• Underreporting in HIV-related high-risk behaviors: comparing the results of multiple data collection methods in a behavioral survey of prisoners in Iran.
  The Prison journal 2018 Mirzazadeh A, Shokoohi M, Navadeh S, Danesh A, Jain J, Sedaghat A, Farnia M, Haghdoost A
• Rates and Correlates of Syphilis Reinfection in Men Who Have Sex with Men.
  LGBT health 2016 Jain J, Santos GM, Scheer S, Gibson S, Crouch PC, Kohn R, Chang W, Carrico AW
• A community-engaged randomized controlled trial of an integrative intervention with HIV-positive, methamphetamine-using men who have sex with men.
  BMC public health 2016 Carrico AW, Jain J, Discepola MV, Olem D, Andrews R, Woods WJ, Neilands TB, Shoptaw S, Gómez W, Dilworth SE, Moskowitz JT
• Comparison of phosphatidylethanol results to self-reported alcohol consumption among young injection drug users.
  Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) 2014 Jain J, Evans JL, Briceño A, Page K, Hahn JA
• Community-based harm reduction substance abuse treatment with methamphetamine-using men who have sex with men.
  Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 2014 Carrico AW, Flentje A, Gruber VA, Woods WJ, Discepola MV, Dilworth SE, Neilands TB, Jain J, Siever MD