William Woods, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Medicine
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• PhD Counseling Psychology The Ohio State University 06/1985
• MA Counseling Psychology The Ohio State University 06/1982
• BA History Niagara University 05/1979

Grants and Projects

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• RCT of an integrative intervention for non-treatment-seeking meth users, NIH, 2013-2018
• Community Prevention Policy &Programs in Risk Settings, NIH, 2004-2008
• HIV Testing as a Structural Intervention, NIH, 2004-2007
• Social Setting &HIV Risk: Opportunities for Prevention, NIH, 2001-2005

Publications (58)

Top publication keywords:
Substance Abuse Treatment CentersBathsMass ScreeningHomosexuality, MaleRisk-TakingSexual BehaviorSafe SexHIV InfectionsAIDS SerodiagnosisSexually Transmitted Diseases, ViralPublic FacilitiesClinical Laboratory TechniquesRisk Reduction BehaviorCounselingSubstance-Related Disorders

• Integrating Phylogenetic Biomarker Data and Qualitative Approaches: An Example of HIV Transmission Clusters as a Sampling Frame for Semistructured Interviews and Implications for the COVID-19 Era.
  Journal of Mixed Methods Research 2021 Shana D. Hughes, William J. Woods, Kara J. O’Keefe, Viva Delgado, Sharon Pipkin, Susan Scheer, Hong-Ha M. Truong
• An Approach to Reducing Problematic Data in an ACASI Sexual Behavior Assessment.
  Journal of sex research 2020 Pollack LM, Sauceda JA, Cotten PD, Blair J, Woods WJ
• Bathhouse distribution of HIV self-testing kits reaches diverse, high-risk population.
  AIDS care 2016 Woods WJ, Lippman SA, Agnew E, Carroll S, Binson D
• The Psychological Context of Sexual Compulsivity Among Men Who Have Sex with Men.
  AIDS and behavior 2016 Jerome RC, Woods WJ, Moskowitz JT, Carrico AW
• The Broad Approach of a Structural Intervention Study and the Lack of Effect Detection: Target Population and Sampling Issues.
  JAMA pediatrics 2015 Woods WJ, Pollack LM, Binson D

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• Positive affect is a source of resilience among treatmentseeking methamphetamine users.
  Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2014 Adam W. Carrico, M.D. Siever, M.V. Discepola, N. Miller, W.J. Woods, S.E. Dilworth, T.B. Neilands, J.T. Moskowitz
• 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
• Presence of an HIV Testing Program Lowers the Prevalence of Unprotected Insertive Anal Intercourse inside a Gay Bathhouse among HIV-negative and HIV-unknown Patrons.
  Journal of HIV/AIDS & social services 2014 Pollack LM, Woods WJ, Blair J, Binson D
• 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
• Gay bathhouse HIV prevention: the use of staff monitoring of patron sexual behavior.
  Sexuality research & social policy : journal of NSRC : SR & SP 2013 Woods WJ, Sheon N, Morris JA, Binson D
• Positive affect and processes of recovery among treatment-seeking methamphetamine users.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2013 Carrico AW, Woods WJ, Siever MD, Discepola MV, Dilworth SE, Neilands TB, Miller N, Moskowitz JT
• Implementing bathhouse-based voluntary counselling and testing has no adverse effect on bathhouse patronage among men who have sex with men.
  International journal of STD & AIDS 2012 Huebner DM, Binson D, Pollack LM, Woods WJ
• Psychological processes and stimulant use among men who have sex with men.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2011 Carrico AW, Pollack LM, Stall RD, Shade SB, Neilands TB, Rice TM, Woods WJ, Moskowitz JT
• HIV prevention in gay bathhouses and sex clubs across the United States.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2010 Woods WJ, Euren J, Pollack LM, Binson D
• HIV transmission risk at a gay bathhouse.
  Journal of sex research 2010 Binson D, Pollack LM, Blair J, Woods WJ
• Characteristics of research-related HIV testing programmes contribute to detection of more HIV infections.
  International journal of STD & AIDS 2010 Woods WJ, Binson D, Pollack LM, Aviña SM, Ballesteros A, Rocha D, Bingham TA
• Building stakeholder partnerships for an on-site HIV testing programme.
  Culture, health & sexuality 2008 Woods WJ, Erwin K, Lazarus M, Serice H, Grinstead O, Binson D
• Probability sample estimates of bathhouse sexual risk behavior.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2007 Woods WJ, Binson D, Blair J, Han L, Spielberg F, Pollack LM
• Brief cognitive counseling with HIV testing to reduce sexual risk among men who have sex with men: results from a randomized controlled trial using paraprofessional counselors.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2007 Dilley JW, Woods WJ, Loeb L, Nelson K, Sheon N, Mullan J, Adler B, Chen S, McFarland W
• Responsibility for HIV prevention: patterns of attribution among HIV-seropositive gay and bisexual men.
  AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education 2007 Offer C, Grinstead O, Goldstein E, Mamary E, Alvarado N, Euren J, Woods WJ
• Sampling in Surveys of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual People.
  The Health of Sexual Minorities 2007 Diane Binson, Johnny Blair, David M. Huebner, William J. Woods
• Bathhouse-based voluntary counseling and testing is feasible and shows preliminary evidence of effectiveness.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2006 Huebner DM, Binson D, Woods WJ, Dilworth SE, Neilands TB, Grinstead O
• Bringing HIV/STI testing programmes to high-risk men.
  International journal of STD & AIDS 2005 Binson D, Woods WJ, Pollack L, Sheon N
• Building an HIV/STI prevention program in a gay bathhouse: a case study.
  AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education 2005 Binson D, Blea L, Cotten PD, Kant J, Woods WJ
• Perspectives on the drug court model across systems: a process evaluation.
  Journal of psychoactive drugs 2004 Wolfe EL, Guydish J, Woods W, Tajima B
• HIV infection and associated risks among young men who have sex with men in a Florida resort community.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2003 Webster RD, Darrow WW, Paul JP, Roark RA, Woods WJ, Stempel RR
• Public policy regulating private and public space in gay bathhouses.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2003 Woods WJ, Binson D, Pollack LM, Wohlfeiler D, Stall RD, Catania JA
• Availability of combination therapy for HIV: effects on sexual risk taking in a sample of high-risk gay and bisexual men.
  AIDS care 2003 Dilley JW, Woods WJ, Sabatino J, Rinaldi J, Lihatsh T, McFarland W
• A theoretical approach to bathhouse environments.
  Journal of homosexuality 2003 Binson D, Woods WJ
• Number and distribution of gay bathhouses in the United States and Canada.
  Journal of homosexuality 2003 Woods WJ, Tracy D, Binson D
• Public health policy and gay bathhouses.
  Journal of homosexuality 2003 Woods WJ, Binson D
• Changing sexual behavior among gay male repeat testers for HIV: a randomized, controlled trial of a single-session intervention.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2002 Dilley JW, Woods WJ, Sabatino J, Lihatsh T, Adler B, Casey S, Rinaldi J, Brand R, McFarland W
• The San Francisco centralized intake unit: a description of participants and service episodes.
  Journal of psychoactive drugs 2002 Woods WJ, Klingemann SD, Guydish JR
• Thoughts Associated with Unprotected Anal Intercourse Among Men at High Risk in San Francisco 1997-1999.
  Psychology and Health 2002 James Dilley, Willi McFarland, William Woods, James Sabatino, Tania Lihatsh, Barbara Adler, Louise Swig, Tony Dark
• Drug court effectiveness: a review of California evaluation reports, 1995-1999.
  Journal of psychoactive drugs 2001 Guydish J, Wolfe E, Tajima B, Woods WJ
• Differential HIV risk in bathhouses and public cruising areas.
  American journal of public health 2001 Binson D, Woods WJ, Pollack L, Paul J, Stall R, Catania JA
• Does centralized intake improve drug abuse treatment outcomes?
  Journal of substance abuse treatment 2001 Guydish J, Woods WJ, Davis T, Bostrom A, Frazier Y
• Facilities and HIV prevention in bathhouse and sex club environments.
  The Journal of Sex Research 2001 William J. Woods, Diane Binson, Tracy J. Mayne, L. Robert Gore, Greg M. Rebchook
• Relapse outcomes in a randomized trial of residential and day drug abuse treatment.
  Journal of substance abuse treatment 2001 Greenwood GL, Woods WJ, Guydish J, Bein E
• Substance use and sexual transmission risk behavior of HIV-positive men who have sex with men.
  Journal of substance abuse 2001 Purcell DW, Parsons JT, Halkitis PN, Mizuno Y, Woods WJ
• HIV/sexually transmitted disease education and prevention in US bathhouse and sex club environments.
  AIDS (London, England) 2000 Woods WJ, Binson DK, Mayne TJ, Gore LR, Rebchook GM
• HIV infection and risk behaviors in two cross-sectional surveys of heterosexuals in alcoholism treatment.
  Journal of studies on alcohol 2000 Woods WJ, Lindan CP, Hudes ES, Boscarino JA, Clark WW, Avins AL
• HIV testing in gay sex clubs.
  International journal of STD & AIDS 2000 Woods WJ, Sabatino J, Bauer PL, Adler B, Dilley JW, Binson D
• Changes in HIV-related risk behaviors following drug abuse treatment.
  AIDS (London, England) 1999 Woods WJ, Guydish JR, Sorensen JL, Coutts A, Bostrom A, Acampora A
• A process evaluation of the San Francisco Target Cities Project in the first year.
  Journal of psychoactive drugs 1999 Guydish J, Woods W, Tajima B, Frazier Y
• Name-based reporting of HIV-positive test results as a deterrent to testing.
  American journal of public health 1999 Woods WJ, Dilley JW, Lihatsh T, Sabatino J, Adler B, Rinaldi J
• HIV testing after implementation of name-based reporting.
  JAMA 1999 Woods WJ, Binson D, Morin S, Dilley JW
• Are advances in treatment changing views about high-risk sex?
  The New England journal of medicine 1997 Dilley JW, Woods WJ, McFarland W
• Changes in HIV-related behaviors among heterosexual alcoholics following addiction treatment.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 1997 Avins AL, Lindan CP, Woods WJ, Hudes ES, Boscarino JA, Kay J, Clark W, Hulley SB
• Predictors of HIV-related risk behaviors among heterosexuals in alcoholism treatment.
  Journal of studies on alcohol 1996 Woods WJ, Avins AL, Lindan CP, Hudes ES, Boscarino JA, Clark WW
• Alcohol-related risk factors associated with HIV infection among patients entering alcoholism treatment: implications for prevention.
  Journal of studies on alcohol 1995 Boscarino JA, Avins AL, Woods WJ, Lindan CP, Hudes ES, Clark W
• Screening for human immunodeficiency virus antibody in urine.
  Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine 1995 Berrios DC, Avins AL, Haynes-Sanstad K, Eversley R, Woods WJ
• Cocaine and HIV Prevalence in an Alcohol Treatment Center-Reply.
  JAMA 1994 Andrew L. Avins, William J. Woods, Christina P. Lindan, Esther S. Hudes, Wayne Clark, Stephen B. Hulley
• Levels of HIV testing and low validity of self-reported test results among alcoholics and drug users.
  AIDS (London, England) 1994 Lindan CP, Avins AL, Woods WJ, Hudes ES, Clark W, Hulley SB
• HIV infection and risk behaviors among heterosexuals in alcohol treatment programs.
  JAMA 1994 Avins AL, Woods WJ, Lindan CP, Hudes ES, Clark W, Hulley SB
• A novel use of the link-file system for longitudinal studies of HIV infection: a practical solution to an ethical dilemma.
  AIDS (London, England) 1993 Avins AL, Woods WJ, Lo B, Hulley SB
• Predictors of needle-sharing behavior among IDUs entering treatment.
  Psychology and Health 1992 William J. Woods, Olga A. Grinstead, Joseph R. Guydish, Al Abramowitz, Wayne Clark, Norman Hearst
• Changes in needle sharing behavior among intravenous drug users: San Francisco, 1986-88.
  American journal of public health 1990 Guydish JR, Abramowitz A, Woods W, Black DM, Sorensen JL