Natasha Ludwig Barron, PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• PhD Epidemiology University of Washington 08/2021
• MPH Behavioral Science/Health Education Emory University 05/2011
• BS Biological Sciences, Chicano/Latino Studies UC Irvine 08/2005
• HIV/AIDS & Substance use UC San Francisco

Publications (12)

Top publication keywords:
Intimate Partner ViolenceAge FactorsSexual BehaviorDrug UsersKenyaHIV InfectionsHepatitis CViolenceSubstance Abuse, IntravenousCondomsSexual PartnersPrisonersAmphetamine-Related DisordersPharmaceutical PreparationsMethamphetamine

• Characteristics associated with HIV and hepatitis C seroprevalence among sexual and injecting partners of HIV positive persons who inject drugs in Nairobi and coastal Kenya.
  BMC infectious diseases 2022 Sambai BC, Kingston H, Monroe-Wise A, Mbogo L, Juma E, Ludwig-Barron N, Guthrie BL, Bukusi D, Chohan BH, Scott J, Bosire R, Dunbar M, Macharia P, Masyuko S, Sinkele W, Herbeck JT, Farquhar C
• Barriers and facilitators of HIV and hepatitis C care among people who inject drugs in Nairobi, Kenya: a qualitative study with peer educators.
  Harm reduction journal 2021 Ludwig-Barron NT, Guthrie BL, Mbogo L, Bukusi D, Sinkele W, Gitau E, Farquhar C, Monroe-Wise A
• Participation in methadone programs improves antiretroviral uptake and HIV viral suppression among people who inject drugs in Kenya.
  Journal of substance abuse treatment 2021 Mbogo LW, Sambai B, Monroe-Wise A, Ludwig-Barron NT, Guthrie BL, Bukusi D, Chohan B, Macharia P, Dunbar M, Juma E, Sinkele W, Gitau E, Tseng AS, Bosire R, Masyuko S, Musyoki H, Temu TM, Herbeck J, …
• Peer-mediated HIV assisted partner services to identify and link to care HIV-positive and HCV-positive people who inject drugs: a cohort study protocol.
  BMJ open 2021 Monroe-Wise A, Mbogo L, Guthrie B, Bukusi D, Sambai B, Chohan B, Scott J, Cherutich P, Musyoki H, Bosire R, Dunbar M, Macharia P, Masyuko S, Wilkinson E, De Oliveira T, Ludwig-Barron N, Sinkele B, …
• "Violence and love and drugs…it all goes hand in hand": A mixed methods analysis of the substance abuse, violence, and HIV/AIDS syndemic among women who use methamphetamine.
  Substance abuse 2021 Stockman JK, Syvertsen JL, Hayashi HD, Ludwig-Barron N, Tsuyuki K, Morris MD, Palinkas LA

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• Successful engagement in buprenorphine treatment among hospitalized patients with opioid use disorder and trauma.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2020 Bhatraju EP, Ludwig-Barron N, Takagi-Stewart J, Sandhu HK, Klein JW, Tsui JI
• Project Engage: Snowball Sampling and Direct Recruitment to Identify and Link Hard-to-Reach HIV-Infected Persons Who Are Out of Care.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2017 Wohl AR, Ludwig-Barron N, Dierst-Davies R, Kulkarni S, Bendetson J, Jordan W, Bolan R, Smith T, Cunningham W, Pérez MJ
• "Come on Baby. You Know I Love You": African American Women's Experiences of Communication with Male Partners and Disclosure in the Context of Unwanted Sex.
  Archives of sexual behavior 2016 Gutzmer K, Ludwig-Barron NT, Wyatt GE, Hamilton AB, Stockman JK
• Live to tell: Narratives of methamphetamine-using women taken hostage by their intimate partners in San Diego, CA.
  The International journal on drug policy 2015 Ludwig-Barron N, Syvertsen JL, Lagare T, Palinkas LA, Stockman JK
• "When you get old like this … you don't run those risks anymore": influence of age on sexual risk behaviors and condom use attitudes among methamphetamine-using heterosexual women with a history of partner violence.
  Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2014 Ludwig-Barron N, Wagner KD, Syvertsen JL, Ewald IJ, Patterson TL, Semple SJ, Stockman JK
• Women's perspectives on female-initiated barrier methods for the prevention of HIV in the context of methamphetamine use and partner violence.
  Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2014 Stockman JK, Syvertsen JL, Robertson AM, Ludwig-Barron NT, Bergmann JN, Palinkas LA
• Prevention interventions for human immunodeficiency virus in drug-using women with a history of partner violence.
  Substance abuse and rehabilitation 2012 Stockman JK, Ludwig-Barron N, Hoffman MA, Ulibarri MD, Dyer TV