Samuel Jenness: News

Samuel Jenness: News https://samueljenness.org/news.html News from the EpiModel Research Lab: new publications, grants, and activities in infectious disease epidemiology. quarto-1.9.38 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT New paper (Gandhi): Casual Contact in Drug-Resistant TB Transmission https://samueljenness.org/news/2026-04-28-casual-contact-tb.html New paper led by Neel Gandhi in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine: Role of Casual Contact in Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Transmission: A Molecular Epidemiology Study. Using whole-genome sequencing of second-line drug-resistant TB in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, casual contact in community locations accounted for roughly half of transmission among genotypic clusters.

]]> paper https://samueljenness.org/news/2026-04-28-casual-contact-tb.html Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT New paper (Traeger): Long-Acting Injectable Cabotegravir PrEP in Practice https://samueljenness.org/news/2026-04-15-cab-la-prep.html New paper led by Michael Traeger in JAIDS: Long-Acting Injectable Cabotegravir HIV PrEP Uptake, Adherence, and Persistence in Two Large US Integrated Healthcare Systems.

]]> paper https://samueljenness.org/news/2026-04-15-cab-la-prep.html Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT New paper (Anderson): Predicting High One-Time Partnership Rate Among MSM https://samueljenness.org/news/2026-03-01-partnerships-msm.html New paper led by Emeli Anderson in AIDS and Behavior: Predictive Models to Identify Factors Associated with a High One-Time Sexual Partnership Rate among U.S. Men Who Have Sex with Men.

]]> paper https://samueljenness.org/news/2026-03-01-partnerships-msm.html Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT New Merck-funded study on monthly HIV PrEP https://samueljenness.org/news/2026-02-01-monthly-prep.html New industry-funded study: Monthly HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Preferences among U.S. Men Who Have Sex with Men (Merck & Co.). Modeling the population-impact of a monthly HIV PrEP formulation within the daily oral and injectable landscape.

]]> grant https://samueljenness.org/news/2026-02-01-monthly-prep.html Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT New paper (Harrington): Social Network Analysis of University COVID-19 Contact Tracing https://samueljenness.org/news/2026-01-15-university-contact-tracing-sna.html New paper led by Kristin Harrington in Public Health: The Application of Social Network Analysis to Examine COVID-19 Contact Tracing Networks in a University Setting.

]]> paper https://samueljenness.org/news/2026-01-15-university-contact-tracing-sna.html Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT New paper (Nelson): Social Behavior for Infectious Disease in Four LMICs https://samueljenness.org/news/2025-10-15-social-lmics.html New paper led by Kristin Nelson in Nature Communications: Characterizing Social Behavior Relevant for Infectious Disease Transmission in Four Low- and Middle-Income Countries, 2021-2023.

]]> paper https://samueljenness.org/news/2025-10-15-social-lmics.html Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT New paper (Jones): HealthMindr PrEP RCT https://samueljenness.org/news/2025-08-12-healthmindr.html New paper led by Jeb Jones in JAIDS: Randomized Controlled Trial of a HIV Prevention App to Increase Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Uptake among Gay and Bisexual Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States: The HealthMindr PrEP Study. The intervention app increased the rate of PrEP initiation relative to a control app, with the strongest effect among men with PrEP indications at baseline.

]]> paper https://samueljenness.org/news/2025-08-12-healthmindr.html Tue, 12 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT New paper (Onwubiko): Optimizing HIV Partner Services among MSM Living with HIV https://samueljenness.org/news/2025-07-01-partner-services-plwh.html New paper led by Udodirim Onwubiko in Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Optimizing HIV Partner Services for Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men Previously Diagnosed with HIV: A Modeling Study.

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]]> paper https://samueljenness.org/news/2025-07-01-partner-services-plwh.html Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT New paper (Onwubiko): Depression at PrEP Initiation and PrEP Care Engagement https://samueljenness.org/news/2025-06-15-depression-prep-engagement.html New paper led by Udodirim Onwubiko in JAIDS: Impact of Depression at HIV PrEP Initiation on Sustained PrEP Care Engagement among US Gay and Bisexual Men.

]]> paper https://samueljenness.org/news/2025-06-15-depression-prep-engagement.html Sun, 15 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT New paper (Violette): OTC HIV PrEP Support Among Transfeminine People https://samueljenness.org/news/2025-05-15-otc-prep-tf.html New paper led by L.R. Violette in JAMA Network Open: Support for Over-the-Counter HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis among Transfeminine People.

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]]> paper https://samueljenness.org/news/2025-05-15-otc-prep-tf.html Thu, 15 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT New paper (Wallrafen-Sam): Responsive Vaccination Decisions and SARS-CoV-2 Spread https://samueljenness.org/news/2025-04-20-responsive-vaccination.html New paper led by Karina Wallrafen-Sam in Epidemics: Modelling the Interplay Between Responsive Individual Vaccination Decisions and the Spread of SARS-CoV-2.

]]> paper https://samueljenness.org/news/2025-04-20-responsive-vaccination.html Sun, 20 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT New paper (Liu): COVID-19 Vaccination and Changes in Contact Patterns https://samueljenness.org/news/2025-04-01-covid-vaccination-contact.html New paper led by Carol Liu in Epidemics: The Effect of COVID-19 Vaccination on Change in Contact and Implications for Transmission.

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]]> paper https://samueljenness.org/news/2025-04-01-covid-vaccination-contact.html Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT New paper (Schneider): SARS-CoV-2 Prevention Interventions in Jails https://samueljenness.org/news/2025-02-15-jail-sarscov2-interventions.html New paper led by Isaac Schneider in Infectious Disease Modelling: Interventions for SARS-CoV-2 Prevention among Jailed Adults: A Network-Based Modeling Analysis.

]]> paper https://samueljenness.org/news/2025-02-15-jail-sarscov2-interventions.html Sat, 15 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT New paper (Traeger): Real-World Doxy-PEP and Bacterial STIs https://samueljenness.org/news/2025-01-15-doxy-pep-realworld.html New paper led by Michael Traeger in JAMA Internal Medicine: Doxycycline Postexposure Prophylaxis and Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections among Individuals Using HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis. A real-world cohort study of doxy-PEP uptake and bacterial STI incidence among PrEP users, complementing our earlier modeling of doxy-PEP prescribing strategies.

]]> paper https://samueljenness.org/news/2025-01-15-doxy-pep-realworld.html Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT New paper (Jenness): Dynamic Contact Networks of Residents of an Urban Jail in the Era of SARS-CoV-2 https://samueljenness.org/news/2024-11-15-jail-networks.html New paper in Epidemics: Dynamic Contact Networks of Residents of an Urban Jail in the Era of SARS-CoV-2.

]]> paper https://samueljenness.org/news/2024-11-15-jail-networks.html Fri, 15 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT New paper (Onwubiko): Sexual Stigma and Mental Distress in the PrEP Cascade https://samueljenness.org/news/2024-10-15-stigma-prep-cascade.html New paper led by Udodirim Onwubiko in Social Science & Medicine: Individual and Joint Associations of Sexual Stigma and Mental Distress with PrEP Uptake, Adherence and Persistence among US Gay and Bisexual Men.

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]]> paper https://samueljenness.org/news/2024-10-15-stigma-prep-cascade.html Tue, 15 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT New paper (Onwubiko): Sexual Stigma, Poverty, and Mental Health among MSM https://samueljenness.org/news/2024-09-15-stigma-poverty-mental-health.html New paper led by Udodirim Onwubiko in PLOS Mental Health: Exploring the Intersections of Sexual Stigma, Poverty and Mental Health in HIV-Negative Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States.

]]> paper https://samueljenness.org/news/2024-09-15-stigma-poverty-mental-health.html Sun, 15 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT New paper (Harrington): COVID-19 Lockdowns and Drug-Resistant TB in KwaZulu-Natal https://samueljenness.org/news/2024-08-01-covid-lockdowns-tb.html New paper led by Kristin Harrington in Annals of Epidemiology: The Impact of COVID-19 National Lockdowns on Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A Spatial Analysis.

]]> paper https://samueljenness.org/news/2024-08-01-covid-lockdowns-tb.html Thu, 01 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT New R01 funded: SILOS https://samueljenness.org/news/2024-07-01-silos.html Received Site PI role on the new NIH-funded SILOS: Structural Inequities across Layers of Social-Context as Drivers of HIV and Substance Use (R01 DA061247), studying social and structural factors in HIV transmission and substance use among young MSM and transgender women.

]]> grant https://samueljenness.org/news/2024-07-01-silos.html Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT New R21 funded: OFFSCRIPT (Over-the-Counter PrEP) https://samueljenness.org/news/2024-05-15-offscript.html Received Site PI role on the new NIH-funded Over-the-Counter PrEP: Acceptability, Feasibility, and Potential Impact of Access Without a Prescription (R21 MH136855). Evaluates the feasibility and impact of removing the need for a PrEP prescription.

]]> grant https://samueljenness.org/news/2024-05-15-offscript.html Wed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT New methods paper: Extending STERGM Approximations https://samueljenness.org/news/2024-03-01-stergm-approximations.html New methods paper in the Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics: Improving and Extending STERGM Approximations Based on Cross-Sectional Data and Tie Durations. Methods that underpin efficient dynamic-network simulation in EpiModel.

]]> paper https://samueljenness.org/news/2024-03-01-stergm-approximations.html Fri, 01 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT New paper (Traeger): Doxycycline PEP Prescribing Strategies on STI Incidence https://samueljenness.org/news/2023-11-20-doxy-pep.html New paper led by Michael Traeger in Clinical Infectious Diseases: Potential Impact of Doxycycline Postexposure Prophylaxis Prescribing Strategies on Incidence of Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections.

]]> paper https://samueljenness.org/news/2023-11-20-doxy-pep.html Mon, 20 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT New UG3 funded: LITE Cohort https://samueljenness.org/news/2023-09-15-lite-cohort.html Received new NIH award for the LITE Cohort to Identify Determinants of Viral Suppression in MSM and Transfeminine Individuals Living with HIV (UG3 AI176853). A mixed-methods web-based cohort study investigating drivers of HIV viral non-suppression and novel approaches to VL monitoring and treatment.

]]> grant https://samueljenness.org/news/2023-09-15-lite-cohort.html Fri, 15 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT New CDC U38 funded: CIDMATH Center https://samueljenness.org/news/2023-09-01-cidmath.html Received new CDC award for the Emory Center for Infectious Disease Modeling & Analytics and Training Hub (CIDMATH; CDC U38 75279). The Center will facilitate rapid understanding of epidemiological situations to guide public health decision-making.

]]> grant https://samueljenness.org/news/2023-09-01-cidmath.html Fri, 01 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT New paper (Janulis): Partnership Types and Coital Frequency as STI Predictors https://samueljenness.org/news/2023-06-01-partnership-coital-sti.html New paper led by Patrick Janulis in the International Journal of STD & AIDS: Partnership Types and Coital Frequency as Predictors of Gonorrhea and Chlamydia among Young MSM and Young Transgender Women.

]]> paper https://samueljenness.org/news/2023-06-01-partnership-coital-sti.html Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT New paper (Mann): COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on MSM Sexual Behavior and HIV Services https://samueljenness.org/news/2023-04-15-covid-msm-services.html New paper led by Laura Mann in the American Journal of Men’s Health: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Sexual Behavior and HIV Prevention and Treatment Services among U.S. Men Who Have Sex with Men in the Post-Lockdown Era.

]]> paper https://samueljenness.org/news/2023-04-15-covid-msm-services.html Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT New paper: Role of HIV Partner Services in the Modern Biomedical HIV Prevention Era https://samueljenness.org/news/2022-10-06-partner-services.html New paper in Sexually Transmitted Diseases: The Role of HIV Partner Services in the Modern Biomedical HIV Prevention Era: A Network Modeling Study.

]]> paper https://samueljenness.org/news/2022-10-06-partner-services.html Thu, 06 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT New paper (Jones): Screening and Treatment for Gonorrhea and Chlamydia on HIV Incidence among MSM https://samueljenness.org/news/2022-10-01-screen-treat-sti.html New paper led by Jeb Jones in Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Effect of Screening and Treatment for Gonorrhea and Chlamydia on HIV Incidence among Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States: A Modeling Analysis.

]]> paper https://samueljenness.org/news/2022-10-01-screen-treat-sti.html Sat, 01 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT New R01 funded: CABARET (Cabotegravir PrEP) https://samueljenness.org/news/2022-09-23-cabaret.html Received notice of award from NIH/NIAID for a new collaborative project led by PI Julia Marcus at Harvard Medical School: Cabotegravir PrEP: Actionable Robust Evidence for Translation into Practice (R01 AI174862). The study evaluates the real-world use, clinical outcomes, and optimal investment of resources for long-acting injectable PrEP.

]]> grant https://samueljenness.org/news/2022-09-23-cabaret.html Fri, 23 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT New paper (Chandra): Comparing Sexual Network Mean Active Degree Measurement Metrics https://samueljenness.org/news/2022-09-14-mean-active-degree.html New paper led by Christina Chandra in Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Comparing Sexual Network Mean Active Degree Measurement Metrics among Men Who Have Sex with Men.

]]> paper https://samueljenness.org/news/2022-09-14-mean-active-degree.html Wed, 14 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT