Sarah Woolf-King, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

I am currently conducting an NIH/NIAAA-funded (K01) study examining the event-level relationship between alcohol use and sexual risk behavior among HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) via daily data collection methods. I am also involved with several projects in East Africa examining alcohol use among HIV-positive adults and assessing the impact of interventions to reduce this alcohol use. I have a second line of research examining the mental health needs of parents of children with critical CHDs, and I currently have a Hellman-funded project in association with the Pediatric Heart Center at UCSF to support this work. By advancing this research program, I hope to design integrated behavioral and psychological interventions that can enhance the care of patients and families coping with chronic medical conditions.

• Race, cortisol, and subclinical cardiovascular disease in 9- to 11-year-old children.
  Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association 2023 Gump BB, Hruska B, Heffernan K, Brann LS, Voss M, Labrie-Cleary C, Cheng H, MacKenzie JA, Woolf-King S, Maisto S, Bendinskas K
• Efficacy of alcohol reduction interventions among people with HIV as evaluated by self-report and a phosphatidylethanol (PEth) outcome: protocol for a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis.
  BMJ open 2023 Kane JC, Allen I, Fatch R, Scheffler A, Emenyonu N, Puryear SB, Chirayil P, So-Armah K, Kahler CW, Magidson JF, Conroy AA, Edelman EJ, Woolf-King S, Parry C, Kiene SM, Chamie G, Adong J, Go VF, Cook …
• Feasibility of remote self-collection of dried blood spots, hair, and nails among people with HIV with hazardous alcohol use.
  Alcohol, clinical & experimental research 2023 Firkey MK, Tully LK, Bucci VM, Walsh ME, Maisto SA, Hahn JA, Bendinskas KG, Gump BB, Woolf-King SE
• Sexual Assault, Mental Health, and Alcohol Use in College Women: The Role of Resilience and Campus Belonging.
  Journal of interpersonal violence 2023 Firkey MK, Tully LK, Schiros AM, Antshel KM, Woolf-King SE
• Effect of two counseling interventions on self-reported alcohol consumption, alcohol biomarker phosphatidylethanol (PEth), and viral suppression among persons living with HIV (PWH) with unhealthy alcohol use in Uganda: A randomized controlled trial.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2023 Hahn JA, Fatch R, Emenyonu NI, Sanyu N, Katusiime A, Levine B, John Boscardin W, Chander G, Hutton H, Camlin CS, Woolf-King SE, Muyindike WR
• Digital Health Screening in People With HIV in Uganda to Increase Alcohol Use Reporting: Qualitative Study on the Development and Testing of the Self-administered Digital Screener for Health.
  JMIR formative research 2022 Emenyonu N, Kekibiina A, Woolf-King S, Kyampire C, Fatch R, Dawson-Rose C, Muyindike W, Hahn J
• Moderation of Risks to Sexual Health by Substance Use in College Students With ADHD.
  The Journal of clinical psychiatry 2022 Rohacek AM, Firkey MK, Woolf-King SE, Antshel KM
• Daily Associations Between Alcohol Consumption and Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Adherence Among HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex With Men.
  AIDS and behavior 2022 Sheinfil AZ, Foley JD, Moskal D, Dalton MR, Firkey M, Ramos J, Maisto SA, Woolf-King SE
• Development of a Telephone-Delivered Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Intervention for People Living with HIV who are Hazardous Drinkers.
  AIDS and behavior 2022 Woolf-King SE, Firkey M, Foley JD, Bricker J, Hahn JA, Asiago-Reddy E, Wikier J, Moskal D, Sheinfil AZ, Ramos J, Maisto SA
• Correlates and Effects of Alcohol Use Expectancies Among Persons Living with HIV in Uganda.
  AIDS and behavior 2021 Mutumba M, Woolf-King S, Carrico AW, Emenyonu NI, Fatch R, Kekibiina A, Muyindike W, Hahn JA
• Framed Messages to Increase Condom Use Frequency Among Individuals Taking Daily Antiretroviral Medication for Pre-exposure Prophylaxis.
  Archives of sexual behavior 2021 Foley JD, Firkey M, Sheinfil A, Ramos J, Woolf-King SE, Vanable PA
• Parent mental health and family functioning following diagnosis of CHD: a research agenda and recommendations from the Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcome Collaborative.
  Cardiology in the young 2021 Sood E, Lisanti AJ, Woolf-King SE, Wray J, Kasparian N, Jackson E, Gregory MR, Lopez KN, Marino BS, Neely T, Randall A, Zyblewski SC, Brosig CL
• Factors associated with phosphatidylethanol (PEth) sensitivity for detecting unhealthy alcohol use: An individual patient data meta-analysis.
  Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 2021 Hahn JA, Murnane PM, Vittinghoff E, Muyindike WR, Emenyonu NI, Fatch R, Chamie G, Haberer JE, Francis JM, Kapiga S, Jacobson K, Myers B, Couture MC, DiClemente RJ, Brown JL, So-Armah K, Sulkowski M, …
• Cannabis and Alcohol Co-Use and Condomless Anal Sex Among Men Who have Sex with Men Living with HIV: An Event-Level Analysis.
  AIDS and behavior 2021 Firkey M, Sheinfil A, Ramos J, Woolf-King SE
• Cultural Adaptation of an Intervention to Reduce Hazardous Alcohol Use Among People Living with HIV in Southwestern Uganda.
  AIDS and behavior 2021 Leddy AM, Hahn JA, Getahun M, Emenyonu NI, Woolf-King SE, Sanyu N, Katusiime A, Fatch R, Chander G, Hutton HE, Muyindike WR, Camlin CS
• Substance use, sexual behavior, and general well-being of U.S. college students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A brief report.
  Journal of American college health : J of ACH 2021 Firkey MK, Sheinfil AZ, Woolf-King SE
• The Association Between Financial Resources Strain and Self-Reported Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Adherence among HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men.
  Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2021 Simmons EM, Firkey MK, Sheinfil AZ, Ramos JM, Woolf-King SE
• A conceptual model of alcohol use and adherence to antiretroviral therapy: systematic review and theoretical implications for mechanisms of action.
  Health psychology review 2020 Woolf-King SE, Sheinfil AZ, Ramos J, Foley JD, Moskal D, Firkey M, Kellen D, Maisto SA
• Assessing the interaction between depressive symptoms and alcohol use prior to antiretroviral therapy on viral suppression among people living with HIV in Rural Uganda.
  AIDS care 2020 Foley JD, Sheinfil A, Woolf-King SE, Fatch R, Emenyonu NI, Muyindike WR, Kekibiina A, Ngabirano C, Samet JH, Cheng DM, Hahn JA
• Social Desirability Bias Impacts Self-Reported Alcohol Use Among Persons With HIV in Uganda.
  Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 2019 Adong J, Fatch R, Emenyonu NI, Cheng DM, Muyindike WR, Ngabirano C, Kekibiina A, Woolf-King SE, Samet JH, Hahn JA
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for HIV-infected Hazardous Drinkers: A Qualitative Study of Acceptability.
  Alcoholism treatment quarterly 2018 Woolf-King SE, Sheinfil AZ, Babowich JD, Siedle-Khan B, Loitsch A, Maisto SA
• Alcohol use and relationship quality among South African couples.
  Substance use & misuse 2018 Woolf-King SE, Conroy AA, Fritz K, Johnson MO, Hosegood V, van Rooyen H, Darbes L, McGrath N
• Association of Depressive Symptoms with Lapses in Antiretroviral Medication Adherence Among People Living with HIV: A Test of an Indirect Pathway.
  AIDS and behavior 2018 Babowitch JD, Sheinfil AZ, Woolf-King SE, Vanable PA, Sweeney SM
• Correction to: Association of Depressive Symptoms with Lapses in Antiretroviral Medication Adherence Among People Living with HIV: A Test of an Indirect Pathway.
  AIDS and behavior 2018 Babowitch JD, Sheinfil AZ, Woolf-King SE, Vanable PA, Sweeney SM
• "There's no acknowledgement of what this does to people": A qualitative exploration of mental health among parents of children with critical congenital heart defects.
  Journal of clinical nursing 2018 Woolf-King SE, Arnold E, Weiss S, Teitel D
• Alcohol Use and Unprotected Sex Among HIV-Infected Ugandan Adults: Findings from an Event-Level Study.
  Archives of sexual behavior 2018 Woolf-King SE, Fatch R, Cheng DM, Muyindike W, Ngabirano C, Kekibiina A, Emenyonu N, Hahn JA
• Alcohol Interactive Toxicity Beliefs and ART Non-adherence Among HIV-Infected Current Drinkers in Mbarara, Uganda.
  AIDS and behavior 2017 Fatch R, Emenyonu NI, Muyindike W, Kekibiina A, Woolf-King S, Hahn JA
• Vaginal Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) Is a Useful Biomarker of Semen Exposure Among HIV-Infected Ugandan Women.
  AIDS and behavior 2017 Woolf-King SE, Muyindike W, Hobbs MM, Kusasira A, Fatch R, Emenyonu N, Johnson MO, Hahn JA
• Randomized Study of Assessment Effects on Alcohol Use by Persons With HIV in Rural Uganda.
  Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs 2017 Emenyonu NI, Fatch R, Muyindike WR, Kekibiina A, Woolf-King S, Hahn JA
• Mental Health Among Parents of Children With Critical Congenital Heart Defects: A Systematic Review.
  Journal of the American Heart Association 2017 Woolf-King SE, Anger A, Arnold EA, Weiss SJ, Teitel D
• Using expert opinion to quantify unmeasured confounding bias parameters.
  Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique 2016 Navadeh S, Mirzazadeh A, McFarland W, Woolf-King S, Mansournia MA
• Declining and rebounding unhealthy alcohol consumption during the first year of HIV care in rural Uganda, using phosphatidylethanol to augment self-report.
  Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2015 Hahn JA, Emenyonu NI, Fatch R, Muyindike WR, Kekiibina A, Carrico AW, Woolf-King S, Shiboski S
• Qualitative study of changes in alcohol use among HIV-infected adults entering care and treatment for HIV/AIDS in rural southwest Uganda.
  AIDS and behavior 2015 Sundararajan R, Wyatt MA, Woolf-King S, Pisarski EE, Emenyonu N, Muyindike WR, Hahn JA, Ware NC
• Development and validation of the East Africa Alcohol Expectancy Scale (AFEXS).
  Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs 2015 Woolf-King SE, Fatch R, Emenyonu N, Muyindike W, Carrico AW, Maisto SA, Hahn JA
• Stimulant use patterns and HIV transmission risk among HIV-serodiscordant male couples.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2015 Gamarel KE, Woolf-King SE, Carrico AW, Neilands TB, Johnson MO
• The effects of alcohol, relationship power, and partner type on perceived difficulty implementing condom use among African American adults: an experimental study.
  Archives of sexual behavior 2014 Woolf-King SE, Maisto SA
• Stimulant use and HIV disease management among men in same-sex relationships.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2014 Carrico AW, Woolf-King SE, Neilands TB, Dilworth SE, Johnson MO
• Alcohol use and HIV disease management: the impact of individual and partner-level alcohol use among HIV-positive men who have sex with men.
  AIDS care 2013 Woolf-King SE, Neilands TB, Dilworth SE, Carrico AW, Johnson MO
• Substance use and HIV risk behavior among men who have sex with men: the role of sexual compulsivity.
  Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 2013 Woolf-King SE, Rice TM, Truong HM, Woods WJ, Jerome RC, Carrico AW
• An update on alcohol use and risk of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa: Meta-analysis and future research directions
  International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research 2013 Woolf-King, SE, Steinmaus, CM, Reingold, AL, Hahn, JA.
• The effects of alcohol and sexual arousal on determinants of sexual risk in men who have sex with men.
  Archives of sexual behavior 2011 Maisto SA, Palfai T, Vanable PA, Heath J, Woolf-King SE
• Adding fuel to the fire: alcohol's effect on the HIV epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa.
  Current HIV/AIDS reports 2011 Hahn JA, Woolf-King SE, Muyindike W
• Selection of film clips and development of a video for the investigation of sexual decision making among men who have sex with men.
  Journal of sex research 2010 Woolf-King SE, Maisto S, Carey M, Vanable P
• Alcohol use and high-risk sexual behavior in Sub-Saharan Africa: a narrative review.
  Archives of sexual behavior 2009 Woolf-King SE, Maisto SA
• Alcohol use and risk of HIV infection among men who have sex with men.
  AIDS and behavior 2008 Woolf SE, Maisto SA
• Gender differences in condom use behavior? The role of power and partner-type
  Sex Roles 2008 Woolf, SE, Maisto, SA
• Book Review: Rethinking substance abuse: What the science shows, and what we should do about it, (2006), 320 pp. William R. Miller, Kathleen M. Carroll (Eds.), The Guilford Press, New York,
  Addiction 2007 Woolf, SE, Maisto, SA