Mendez NA, Mayo D, Safren SA. Interventions Addressing Depression and HIV-Related Outcomes in People with HIV. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2021; 18: 377–390. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11904-021-00559-w
Safren SA, Thomas B, Biello KB, Mayer KH, Rawat S, Dange A, Bedoya CA, Menon S, Anand V, Balu V, O’Cleirigh C. Strengthening resilience to reduce HIV risk in Indian MSM: a multicity, randomized, clinical efficacy trial. The Lancet Global Health. 2021;9(4):e446-55. Doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30547-7
Lee JS, Bainter SA, Tsai AC, Andersen LS, Stanton AM, Magidson JF, Kagee A, Joska JA, O’Cleirigh C, Safren SA. Intersecting relationships of psychosocial and structural syndemic problems among people with HIV in South Africa: Using network analysis to identify influential problems. AIDS and Behavior. 2022; 1-16. Doi:10.1007/s10461-022-03906-z
Weinstein ER, Lee JS, Mendez NA, Harkness A, Safren SA, El-Sadr W. HIV/AIDS and aging: the new frontier for HIV/AIDS research and care. AIDS. 2021;35(12):2043-5. Doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000003000
Safren SA, O'Cleirigh CM, Bullis JR, Otto MW, Stein MD, & Pollack MH. Cognitive behavioral therapy for adherence and depression (CBT-AD) in HIV-infected injection drug users: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology. 2012; 80(3): 404.
Glynn TR, Mendez NA, Jones DL, Dale SK, Carrico AW, Feaster DJ, Rodriguez AE, Safren SA. "Trauma exposure, PTSD, and suboptimal HIV medication adherence among marginalized individuals connected to public HIV care in Miami." Journal of behavioral medicine 44.2 (2021): 147-158
Safren SA, Thomas BE, Mayer KH, Biello KB, Mani J, Vijaylakshmi R, Periyasamy M, Swaminathan S, Mimiaga MJ. A pilot RCT of an intervention to reduce HIV sexual risk and increase self-acceptance among MSM in Chennai, India. AIDS and Behavior. 2014; 18(10): 1904-1912.
Safren SA, O’Cleirigh C, Andersen LS, Magidson, JF, Lee JS, Bainter SA, Musinguzi N, Simoni J, Kagee A, Joska JA. Treating depression and improving adherence in HIV care with task-shifted cognitive-behavioral therapy in Khayelitsha, South Africa: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of the International AIDS Society, JIAS. 2021; 24(10), e25823. doi:10.1002/jia2.25823
Safren SA, Mayer KH, Ou S, McCauley M, Grinsztejn B, Hosseinipour M, Kumarasamy N, Gamble T, Hoffman I, Celentano D, Chen YQ, Cohen M for the HPTN 052 study team. Adherence to Early Antiretroviral Therapy: Results from HPTN 052, A Phase III, Multinational Randomized Trial of ART to Prevent HIV-1 Sexual Transmission in Serodiscordant Couples. JAIDS. 2015; 69(2): 234-40.
Safren SA, Perry NS, Blashill AJ, O’Cleirigh CO, Mayer KH. The cost and intensity of behavioral interventions to promote HIV treatment for prevention among HIV-positive MSM. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 2015; 44(7): 1833-41.
Safren SA, Bedoya CA, O'Cleirigh C, Biello KB, Pinkston MM, Stein MD, Traeger L, Kojic E, Robbins GK, Lerner JA, Herman DS, Mimiaga MJ, & Mayer KH. Cognitive behavioural therapy for adherence and depression in patients with HIV: a three-arm randomised controlled trial. Lancet HIV. 2016; 3(11): e529-538.
Pachankis J. E, Harkness A, Maciejewski K. R, Behari K, Clark K. A, McConocha E, Winston R, Adeyinka O, Reynolds J, Bränström R, Esserman D. A, Hatzenbuehler M. L, Safren SA. A. LGBQ-affirmative cognitive-behavioral therapy for young gay and bisexual men’s mental and sexual health: A three-arm randomized controlled trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 2021; 90(6), 459–477. Doi: 10.1037/ccp0000724
An more comprehensive list of Dr. Safren's publications can be found on his NCBI page and on his CV.
