Sheri Weiser, MD

Professor of Medicine

Sheri Weiser, MD, MPH, MA, is a Professor of Medicine and internist at UC San Francisco’s Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Her research focuses on the impact of food insecurity and other social and structural factors on treatment outcomes for HIV and other chronic diseases. Dr. Weiser also evaluates food insecurity interventions as a way to improve health outcomes in domestic and international settings. She is currently leading several NIH-funded longitudinal studies to understand impacts of food insecurity on HIV treatment outcomes, cardiovascular risk, and aging outcomes among HIV-infected women. Dr. Weiser is also leading several domestic and international clinical trials evaluating food insecurity and livelihood interventions as a way to improve HIV treatment outcomes. She has published over 100 manuscripts on food insecurity and related topics, including HIV stigma, mental health, and women’s empowerment, and has been the principal investigator on over 20 research grants in the area. Dr. Weiser actively mentors students, post-doctoral fellows and junior faculty, and currently has an active NIH K24 mentoring award where she is focusing on mentorship in the area of health disparities, HIV and aging. She completed her medical degree at Harvard Medical School and then completed residency training in internal medicine at UCSF. Dr. Weiser also earned an MA in Medical Anthropology from Harvard University and an MPH in Epidemiology from UC Berkeley.
Education
Bachelor of Science, 1993 - Neuroscience, Brown University
Publications

  1. Hudson M, Rutherford GW, Weiser S, Fair E. Linking private, for-profit providers to public sector services for HIV and tuberculosis co-infected patients: A systematic review. Volume 13 of Issue 4. PloS one 2018. PMID: 29634772


  2. Kelly JD, Barrie MB, Mesman AW, Karku S, Quiwa K, Drasher M, Schlough GW, Dierberg K, Koedoyoma S, Lindan CP, Jones JH, Chamie G, Worden L, Greenhouse B, Weiser SD, Porco TC, Rutherford GW, Richardson ET. Anatomy of a Hotspot: Chain and Seroepidemiology of Ebola Virus Transmission, Sukudu, Sierra Leone, 2015-16. Volume 217 of Issue 8. The Journal of infectious diseases 2018. PMID: 29325149


  3. Kelly JD, Richardson ET, Drasher M, Barrie MB, Karku S, Kamara M, Hann K, Dierberg K, Hubbard A, Lindan CP, Farmer PE, Rutherford GW, Weiser SD. Food Insecurity as a Risk Factor for Outcomes Related to Ebola Virus Disease in Kono District, Sierra Leone: A Cross-Sectional Study. Volume 98 of Issue 5. 2018. PMID: 29557329


  4. Kim-Mozeleski JE, Tsoh JY, Ramirez-Forcier J, Andrews B, Weiser SD, Carrico AW. Smoking Predicts Food Insecurity Severity among Persons Living with HIV. AIDS and behavior 2018. PMID: 29492741


  5. Haar RJ, Iacopino V, Ranadive N, Dandu M, Weiser SD. Death, injury and disability from kinetic impact projectiles in crowd-control settings: a systematic review. Volume 7 of Issue 12. BMJ open 2017. PMID: 29255079


  6. Hessol NA, Zepf R, Zobell E, Weiser SD, John MD. Food Insecurity and Aging Outcomes in Older Adults Living with HIV. Volume 21 of Issue 12. AIDS and behavior 2017. PMID: 28653132


  7. Spinelli MA, Frongillo EA, Sheira LA, Palar K, Tien PC, Wilson T, Merenstein D, Cohen M, Adedimeji A, Wentz E, Adimora AA, Metsch LR, Turan JM, Kushel MB, Weiser SD. Food Insecurity is Associated with Poor HIV Outcomes Among Women in the United States. Volume 21 of Issue 12. AIDS and behavior 2017. PMID: 29119474


  8. Idrisov B, Lunze K, Cheng DM, Blokhina E, Gnatienko N, Patts GJ, Bridden C, Kleinman RE, Weiser SD, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. Food Insecurity, HIV Disease Progression and Access to Care Among HIV-Infected Russians not on ART. Volume 21 of Issue 12. AIDS and behavior 2017. PMID: 28822002


  9. Haar RJ, Iacopino V, Ranadive N, Weiser SD, Dandu M. Health impacts of chemical irritants used for crowd control: a systematic review of the injuries and deaths caused by tear gas and pepper spray. Volume 17 of Issue 1. BMC public health 2017. PMID: 29052530


  10. Bezabih T, Weiser SD, Menbere MS, Negash A, Grede N. Comparison of treatment adherence outcome among PLHIV enrolled in economic strengthening program with community control. Volume 30 of Issue 3. AIDS care 2017. PMID: 28859495


  11. Whittle HJ, Palar K, Ranadive NA, Turan JM, Kushel M, Weiser SD. "The land of the sick and the land of the healthy": Disability, bureaucracy, and stigma among people living with poverty and chronic illness in the United States. Volume 190. Social science & medicine (1982) 2017. PMID: 28865254


  12. Reid MJA, Baxi SM, Sheira LA, Landay AL, Frongillo EA, Adedimeji A, Cohen MH, Wentz E, Gustafson DR, Merenstein D, Hunt PW, Tien PC, Weiser SD. Higher Body Mass Index Is Associated With Greater Proportions of Effector CD8+ T Cells Expressing CD57 in Women Living With HIV. Volume 75 of Issue 5. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2017. PMID: 28328551


  13. Kelly JD, Reid MJ, Lahiff M, Tsai AC, Weiser SD. Community-Level HIV Stigma as a Driver for HIV Transmission Risk Behaviors and Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Sierra Leone: A Population-Based Study. Volume 75 of Issue 4. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2017. PMID: 28406807


  14. Lightfoot M, Dunbar M, Weiser SD. Reducing undiagnosed HIV infection among adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa: Provider-initiated and opt-out testing are not enough. Volume 14 of Issue 7. PLoS medicine 2017. PMID: 28742800


  15. Zakaras JM, Weiser SD, Hatcher AM, Weke E, Burger RL, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Dworkin SL. Erratum to: A Qualitative Investigation of the Impact of a Livelihood Intervention on Gendered Power and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among HIV-Positive Adults in Rural Kenya. Volume 46 of Issue 4. 2017. PMID: 27571740


  16. Diamond-Smith N, Raj A, Prata N, Weiser SD. Associations of women's position in the household and food insecurity with family planning use in Nepal. Volume 12 of Issue 4. PloS one 2017. PMID: 28453562


  17. Turan B, Hatcher AM, Weiser SD, Johnson MO, Rice WS, Turan JM. Framing Mechanisms Linking HIV-Related Stigma, Adherence to Treatment, and Health Outcomes. Volume 107 of Issue 6. American journal of public health 2017. PMID: 28426316


  18. Haberer JE, Sabin L, Amico KR, Orrell C, Galárraga O, Tsai AC, Vreeman RC, Wilson I, Sam-Agudu NA, Blaschke TF, Vrijens B, Mellins CA, Remien RH, Weiser SD, Lowenthal E, Stirratt MJ, Sow PS, Thomas B, Ford N, Mills E, Lester R, Nachega JB, Bwana BM, Ssewamala F, Mbuagbaw L, Munderi P, Geng E, Bangsberg DR. Improving antiretroviral therapy adherence in resource-limited settings at scale: a discussion of interventions and recommendations. Volume 20 of Issue 1. 2017. PMID: 28630651


  19. Patts GJ, Cheng DM, Emenyonu N, Bridden C, Gnatienko N, Lloyd-Travaglini CA, Ngabirano C, Yaroslavtseva T, Muyindike WR, Weiser SD, Krupitsky EM, Hahn JA, Samet JH. Alcohol Use and Food Insecurity Among People Living with HIV in Mbarara, Uganda and St. Petersburg, Russia. Volume 21 of Issue 3. AIDS and behavior 2017. PMID: 27699595


  20. Weiser SD, Hatcher AM, Hufstedler LL, Weke E, Dworkin SL, Bukusi EA, Burger RL, Kodish S, Grede N, Butler LM, Cohen CR. Changes in Health and Antiretroviral Adherence Among HIV-Infected Adults in Kenya: Qualitative Longitudinal Findings from a Livelihood Intervention. Volume 21 of Issue 2. AIDS and behavior 2017. PMID: 27637497


  21. Palar K, Napoles T, Hufstedler LL, Seligman H, Hecht FM, Madsen K, Ryle M, Pitchford S, Frongillo EA, Weiser SD. Comprehensive and Medically Appropriate Food Support Is Associated with Improved HIV and Diabetes Health. Volume 94 of Issue 1. 2017. PMID: 28097614


  22. Tsai AC, Hatcher AM, Bukusi EA, Weke E, Lemus Hufstedler L, Dworkin SL, Kodish S, Cohen CR, Weiser SD. A Livelihood Intervention to Reduce the Stigma of HIV in Rural Kenya: Longitudinal Qualitative Study. Volume 21 of Issue 1. AIDS and behavior 2017. PMID: 26767535


  23. Kakuhikire B, Suquillo D, Atuhumuza E, Mushavi R, Perkins JM, Venkataramani AS, Weiser SD, Bangsberg DR, Tsai AC. A livelihood intervention to improve economic and psychosocial well-being in rural Uganda: Longitudinal pilot study. Volume 13 of Issue 1. 2016. PMID: 27619011


  24. Whittle HJ, Palar K, Seligman HK, Napoles T, Frongillo EA, Weiser SD. How food insecurity contributes to poor HIV health outcomes: Qualitative evidence from the San Francisco Bay Area. Volume 170. Social science & medicine (1982) 2016. PMID: 27771206


  25. Conroy AA, Tsai AC, Clark GM, Boum Y, Hatcher AM, Kawuma A, Hunt PW, Martin JN, Bangsberg DR, Weiser SD. Relationship Power and Sexual Violence Among HIV-Positive Women in Rural Uganda. Volume 20 of Issue 9. AIDS and behavior 2016. PMID: 27052844


  26. Zakaras JM, Weiser SD, Hatcher AM, Weke E, Burger RL, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Dworkin SL. A Qualitative Investigation of the Impact of a Livelihood Intervention on Gendered Power and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among HIV-Positive Adults in Rural Kenya. Volume 46 of Issue 4. 2016. PMID: 27507020


  27. Tsai AC, Kohrt BA, Matthews LT, Betancourt TS, Lee JK, Papachristos AV, Weiser SD, Dworkin SL. Promises and pitfalls of data sharing in qualitative research. Volume 169. Social science & medicine (1982) 2016. PMID: 27535900


  28. Palar K, Laraia B, Tsai AC, Johnson MO, Weiser SD. Food insecurity is associated with HIV, sexually transmitted infections and drug use among men in the United States. Volume 30 of Issue 9. AIDS (London, England) 2016. PMID: 26990632


  29. Turan B, Smith W, Cohen MH, Wilson TE, Adimora AA, Merenstein D, Adedimeji A, Wentz EL, Foster AG, Metsch L, Tien PC, Weiser SD, Turan JM. Mechanisms for the Negative Effects of Internalized HIV-Related Stigma on Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence in Women: The Mediating Roles of Social Isolation and Depression. Volume 72 of Issue 2. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2016. PMID: 26885803


  30. Kelly JD, Cohen J, Grimes B, Philip SS, Weiser SD, Riley ED. High Rates of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection in Homeless Women: Informing Public Health Strategies. Volume 25 of Issue 8. Journal of women's health (2002) 2016. PMID: 27243474


  31. Kelly JD, Weiser SD, Tsai AC. Proximate Context of HIV Stigma and Its Association with HIV Testing in Sierra Leone: A Population-Based Study. Volume 20 of Issue 1. AIDS and behavior 2016. PMID: 25771909


  32. Whittle HJ, Palar K, Napoles T, Hufstedler LL, Ching I, Hecht FM, Frongillo EA, Weiser SD. Experiences with food insecurity and risky sex among low-income people living with HIV/AIDS in a resource-rich setting. Volume 18. 2015. PMID: 26546789


  33. Weiser SD, Bukusi EA, Steinfeld RL, Frongillo EA, Weke E, Dworkin SL, Pusateri K, Shiboski S, Scow K, Butler LM, Cohen CR. Shamba Maisha: randomized controlled trial of an agricultural and finance intervention to improve HIV health outcomes. Volume 29 of Issue 14. AIDS (London, England) 2015. PMID: 26214684


  34. Whittle HJ, Palar K, Hufstedler LL, Seligman HK, Frongillo EA, Weiser SD. Food insecurity, chronic illness, and gentrification in the San Francisco Bay Area: An example of structural violence in United States public policy. Volume 143. Social science & medicine (1982) 2015. PMID: 26356827


  35. Singer AW, Weiser SD, McCoy SI. Does Food Insecurity Undermine Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy? A Systematic Review. Volume 19 of Issue 8. AIDS and behavior 2015. PMID: 25096896


  36. Palar K, Kushel M, Frongillo EA, Riley ED, Grede N, Bangsberg D, Weiser SD. Food Insecurity is Longitudinally Associated with Depressive Symptoms Among Homeless and Marginally-Housed Individuals Living with HIV. Volume 19 of Issue 8. AIDS and behavior 2015. PMID: 25351185


  37. Riley ED, Shumway M, Knight KR, Guzman D, Cohen J, Weiser SD. Risk factors for stimulant use among homeless and unstably housed adult women. Volume 153. 2015. PMID: 26070454


  38. Tsai AC, Weiser SD, Dilworth SE, Shumway M, Riley ED. Violent Victimization, Mental Health, and Service Utilization Outcomes in a Cohort of Homeless and Unstably Housed Women Living With or at Risk of Becoming Infected With HIV. Volume 181 of Issue 10. American journal of epidemiology 2015. PMID: 25834138


  39. Cohen CR, Steinfeld RL, Weke E, Bukusi EA, Hatcher AM, Shiboski S, Rheingans R, Scow KM, Butler LM, Otieno P, Dworkin SL, Weiser SD. Shamba Maisha: Pilot agricultural intervention for food security and HIV health outcomes in Kenya: design, methods, baseline results and process evaluation of a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Volume 4. 2015. PMID: 25992307


  40. Nagata JM, Fiorella KJ, Salmen CR, Hickey MD, Mattah B, Magerenge R, Milner EM, Weiser SD, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR. Around the Table: Food Insecurity, Socioeconomic Status, and Instrumental Social Support among Women Living in a Rural Kenyan Island Community. Volume 54 of Issue 4. 2015. PMID: 25680030


  41. Tsai AC, Wolfe WR, Kumbakumba E, Kawuma A, Hunt PW, Martin JN, Bangsberg DR, Weiser SD. Prospective Study of the Mental Health Consequences of Sexual Violence Among Women Living With HIV in Rural Uganda. Volume 31 of Issue 8. 2015. PMID: 25586914


  42. Chan BT, Weiser SD, Boum Y, Siedner MJ, Mocello AR, Haberer JE, Hunt PW, Martin JN, Mayer KH, Bangsberg DR, Tsai AC. Persistent HIV-related stigma in rural Uganda during a period of increasing HIV incidence despite treatment expansion. Volume 29 of Issue 1. AIDS (London, England) 2015. PMID: 25268886


  43. Chan BT, Weiser SD, Boum Y, Haberer JE, Kembabazi A, Hunt PW, Martin JN, Mocello AR, Bangsberg DR, Tsai AC. Declining prevalence of probable depression among patients presenting for antiretroviral therapy in rural Uganda: the role of early treatment initiation. Volume 19 of Issue 1. AIDS and behavior 2015. PMID: 24788780


  46. Young S, Wheeler AC, McCoy SI, Weiser SD. A review of the role of food insecurity in adherence to care and treatment among adult and pediatric populations living with HIV and AIDS. Volume 18 Suppl 5. AIDS and behavior 2014. PMID: 23842717


  47. Sirotin N, Hoover DR, Shi Q, Anastos K, Weiser SD. Food insecurity with hunger is associated with obesity among HIV-infected and at risk women in Bronx, NY. Volume 9 of Issue 8. PloS one 2014. PMID: 25162598


  48. Takada S, Weiser SD, Kumbakumba E, Muzoora C, Martin JN, Hunt PW, Haberer JE, Kawuma A, Bangsberg DR, Tsai AC. The dynamic relationship between social support and HIV-related stigma in rural Uganda. Volume 48 of Issue 1. 2014. PMID: 24500077


  49. Burkey MD, Weiser SD, Fehmie D, Alamo-Talisuna S, Sunday P, Nannyunja J, Reynolds SJ, Chang LW. Socioeconomic determinants of mortality in HIV: evidence from a clinical cohort in Uganda. Volume 66 of Issue 1. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2014. PMID: 24378727


  50. Martinez P, Tsai AC, Muzoora C, Kembabazi A, Weiser SD, Huang Y, Haberer JE, Martin JN, Bangsberg DR, Hunt PW. Reversal of the Kynurenine pathway of tryptophan catabolism may improve depression in ART-treated HIV-infected Ugandans. Volume 65 of Issue 4. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2014. PMID: 24220289


  51. Nagata JM, Cohen CR, Young SL, Wamuyu C, Armes MN, Otieno BO, Leslie HH, Dandu M, Stewart CC, Bukusi EA, Weiser SD. Descriptive characteristics and health outcomes of the food by prescription nutrition supplementation program for adults living with HIV in Nyanza Province, Kenya. Volume 9 of Issue 3. PloS one 2014. PMID: 24646586


  52. Byakwaga H, Boum Y, Huang Y, Muzoora C, Kembabazi A, Weiser SD, Bennett J, Cao H, Haberer JE, Deeks SG, Bangsberg DR, McCune JM, Martin JN, Hunt PW. The kynurenine pathway of tryptophan catabolism, CD4+ T-cell recovery, and mortality among HIV-infected Ugandans initiating antiretroviral therapy. Volume 210 of Issue 3. The Journal of infectious diseases 2014. PMID: 24585899


  53. Siedner MJ, Musinguzi N, Tsai AC, Muzoora C, Kembabazi A, Weiser SD, Bennett J, Hunt PW, Martin JN, Haberer JE, Bangsberg DR. Treatment as long-term prevention: sustained reduction in HIV sexual transmission risk with use of antiretroviral therapy in rural Uganda. Volume 28 of Issue 2. AIDS (London, England) 2014. PMID: 24361683


  54. Weiser SD, Palar K, Frongillo EA, Tsai AC, Kumbakumba E, Depee S, Hunt PW, Ragland K, Martin J, Bangsberg DR. Longitudinal assessment of associations between food insecurity, antiretroviral adherence and HIV treatment outcomes in rural Uganda. Volume 28 of Issue 1. AIDS (London, England) 2014. PMID: 23939234


  55. Tsai AC, Bangsberg DR, Kegeles SM, Katz IT, Haberer JE, Muzoora C, Kumbakumba E, Hunt PW, Martin JN, Weiser SD. Internalized stigma, social distance, and disclosure of HIV seropositivity in rural Uganda. Volume 46 of Issue 3. 2013. PMID: 23690283


  56. Weiser SD, Yuan C, Guzman D, Frongillo EA, Riley ED, Bangsberg DR, Kushel MB. Food insecurity and HIV clinical outcomes in a longitudinal study of urban homeless and marginally housed HIV-infected individuals. Volume 27 of Issue 18. AIDS (London, England) 2013. PMID: 23921612


  57. Tsai AC, Bangsberg DR, Weiser SD. Harnessing poverty alleviation to reduce the stigma of HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa. Volume 10 of Issue 11. PLoS medicine 2013. PMID: 24319400


  58. Katz IT, Ryu AE, Onuegbu AG, Psaros C, Weiser SD, Bangsberg DR, Tsai AC. Impact of HIV-related stigma on treatment adherence: systematic review and meta-synthesis. Volume 16 of Issue 3 Suppl 2. 2013. PMID: 24242258


  59. Tsai AC, Bangsberg DR, Bwana M, Haberer JE, Frongillo EA, Muzoora C, Kumbakumba E, Hunt PW, Martin JN, Weiser SD. How does antiretroviral treatment attenuate the stigma of HIV? Evidence from a cohort study in rural Uganda. Volume 17 of Issue 8. AIDS and behavior 2013. PMID: 23670710


  60. Fatch R, Bellows B, Bagenda F, Mulogo E, Weiser S, Hahn JA. Alcohol consumption as a barrier to prior HIV testing in a population-based study in rural Uganda. Volume 17 of Issue 5. AIDS and behavior 2013. PMID: 22878790


  61. Vogenthaler NS, Kushel MB, Hadley C, Frongillo EA, Riley ED, Bangsberg DR, Weiser SD. Food insecurity and risky sexual behaviors among homeless and marginally housed HIV-infected individuals in San Francisco. Volume 17 of Issue 5. AIDS and behavior 2013. PMID: 23086429


  62. Anema A, Chan K, Chen Y, Weiser S, Montaner JS, Hogg RS. Relationship between food insecurity and mortality among HIV-positive injection drug users receiving antiretroviral therapy in British Columbia, Canada. Volume 8 of Issue 5. PloS one 2013. PMID: 23723968


  63. Palermo T, Rawat R, Weiser SD, Kadiyala S. Food access and diet quality are associated with quality of life outcomes among HIV-infected individuals in Uganda. Volume 8 of Issue 4. PloS one 2013. PMID: 23638049


  64. Tsai AC, Weiser SD, Steward WT, Mukiibi NF, Kawuma A, Kembabazi A, Muzoora C, Hunt PW, Martin JN, Bangsberg DR. Evidence for the reliability and validity of the internalized AIDS-related stigma scale in rural Uganda. Volume 17 of Issue 1. AIDS and behavior 2013. PMID: 22869104


  65. Hatcher AM, Tsai AC, Kumbakumba E, Dworkin SL, Hunt PW, Martin JN, Clark G, Bangsberg DR, Weiser SD. Sexual relationship power and depression among HIV-infected women in Rural Uganda. Volume 7 of Issue 12. PloS one 2012. PMID: 23300519


  66. Weiser SD, Gupta R, Tsai AC, Frongillo EA, Grede N, Kumbakumba E, Kawuma A, Hunt PW, Martin JN, Bangsberg DR. Changes in food insecurity, nutritional status, and physical health status after antiretroviral therapy initiation in rural Uganda. Volume 61 of Issue 2. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2012. PMID: 22692093


  67. Weiser SD, Hatcher A, Frongillo EA, Guzman D, Riley ED, Bangsberg DR, Kushel MB. Food insecurity is associated with greater acute care utilization among HIV-infected homeless and marginally housed individuals in San Francisco. Volume 28 of Issue 1. Journal of general internal medicine 2012. PMID: 22903407


  68. Siedner MJ, Tsai AC, Dworkin S, Mukiibi NF, Emenyonu NI, Hunt PW, Haberer JE, Martin JN, Bangsberg DR, Weiser SD. Sexual relationship power and malnutrition among HIV-positive women in rural Uganda. Volume 16 of Issue 6. AIDS and behavior 2012. PMID: 22382629


  69. Chartier M, Carrico AW, Weiser SD, Kushel MB, Riley ED. Specific psychiatric correlates of acute care utilization among unstably housed HIV-positive adults. Volume 24 of Issue 12. AIDS care 2012. PMID: 22533713


  70. Tsai AC, Hung KJ, Weiser SD. Is food insecurity associated with HIV risk? Cross-sectional evidence from sexually active women in Brazil. Volume 9 of Issue 4. PLoS medicine 2012. PMID: 22505852


  71. Tsai AC, Bangsberg DR, Frongillo EA, Hunt PW, Muzoora C, Martin JN, Weiser SD. Food insecurity, depression and the modifying role of social support among people living with HIV/AIDS in rural Uganda. Volume 74 of Issue 12. Social science & medicine (1982) 2012. PMID: 22513248


  72. Haberer JE, Robbins GK, Ybarra M, Monk A, Ragland K, Weiser SD, Johnson MO, Bangsberg DR. Real-time electronic adherence monitoring is feasible, comparable to unannounced pill counts, and acceptable. Volume 16 of Issue 2. AIDS and behavior 2012. PMID: 21448728


  73. Shannon K, Leiter K, Phaladze N, Hlanze Z, Tsai AC, Heisler M, Iacopino V, Weiser SD. Gender inequity norms are associated with increased male-perpetrated rape and sexual risks for HIV infection in Botswana and Swaziland. Volume 7 of Issue 1. PloS one 2012. PMID: 22247761


  74. Christopoulos KA, Weiser SD, Koester KA, Myers JJ, White DA, Kaplan B, Morin SF. Understanding patient acceptance and refusal of HIV testing in the emergency department. Volume 12. BMC public health 2012. PMID: 22214543


  75. Weiser SD, Tsai AC, Gupta R, Frongillo EA, Kawuma A, Senkungu J, Hunt PW, Emenyonu NI, Mattson JE, Martin JN, Bangsberg DR. Food insecurity is associated with morbidity and patterns of healthcare utilization among HIV-infected individuals in a resource-poor setting. Volume 26 of Issue 1. AIDS (London, England) 2012. PMID: 21904186


  76. Nagata JM, Magerenge RO, Young SL, Oguta JO, Weiser SD, Cohen CR. Social determinants, lived experiences, and consequences of household food insecurity among persons living with HIV/AIDS on the shore of Lake Victoria, Kenya. Volume 24 of Issue 6. AIDS care 2011. PMID: 22150119


  77. Weiser SD, Young SL, Cohen CR, Kushel MB, Tsai AC, Tien PC, Hatcher AM, Frongillo EA, Bangsberg DR. Conceptual framework for understanding the bidirectional links between food insecurity and HIV/AIDS. Volume 94 of Issue 6. 2011. PMID: 22089434


  78. Yager JE, Kadiyala S, Weiser SD. HIV/AIDS, food supplementation and livelihood programs in Uganda: a way forward? Volume 6 of Issue 10. PloS one 2011. PMID: 22022530


  79. Tsai AC, Bangsberg DR, Emenyonu N, Senkungu JK, Martin JN, Weiser SD. The social context of food insecurity among persons living with HIV/AIDS in rural Uganda. Volume 73 of Issue 12. Social science & medicine (1982) 2011. PMID: 22019367


  80. Miller CL, Bangsberg DR, Tuller DM, Senkungu J, Kawuma A, Frongillo EA, Weiser SD. Food insecurity and sexual risk in an HIV endemic community in Uganda. Volume 15 of Issue 7. AIDS and behavior 2011. PMID: 20405316


  81. Anema A, Zhang W, Wu Y, Elul B, Weiser SD, Hogg RS, Montaner JS, El Sadr W, Nash D. Availability of nutritional support services in HIV care and treatment sites in sub-Saharan African countries. Volume 15 of Issue 5. Public health nutrition 2011. PMID: 21806867


  82. Carrico AW, Bangsberg DR, Weiser SD, Chartier M, Dilworth SE, Riley ED. Psychiatric correlates of HAART utilization and viral load among HIV-positive impoverished persons. Volume 25 of Issue 8. AIDS (London, England) 2011. PMID: 21399478


  83. Tsai AC, Leiter K, Heisler M, Iacopino V, Wolfe W, Shannon K, Phaladze N, Hlanze Z, Weiser SD. Prevalence and correlates of forced sex perpetration and victimization in Botswana and Swaziland. Volume 101 of Issue 6. American journal of public health 2011. PMID: 21493950


  84. Christopoulos KA, Koester K, Weiser S, Lane T, Myers JJ, Morin SF. A comparative evaluation of the process of developing and implementing an emergency department HIV testing program. Volume 6. Implementation science : IS 2011. PMID: 21450053


  85. Thompson V, Medard B, Taseera K, Chakera AJ, Andia I, Emenyonu N, Hunt PW, Martin J, Scherzer R, Weiser SD, Bangsberg DR, Tien PC. Regional anthropometry changes in antiretroviral-naïve persons initiating a Zidovudine-containing regimen in Mbarara, Uganda. Volume 27 of Issue 7. AIDS research and human retroviruses 2011. PMID: 21128866


  86. Anema A, Weiser SD, Fernandes KA, Ding E, Brandson EK, Palmer A, Montaner JS, Hogg RS. High prevalence of food insecurity among HIV-infected individuals receiving HAART in a resource-rich setting. Volume 23 of Issue 2. AIDS care 2011. PMID: 21259135


  87. Gupta R, Dandu M, Packel L, Rutherford G, Leiter K, Phaladze N, Korte FP, Iacopino V, Weiser SD. Depression and HIV in Botswana: a population-based study on gender-specific socioeconomic and behavioral correlates. Volume 5 of Issue 12. PloS one 2010. PMID: 21170384


  88. Tsai AC, Weiser SD, Petersen ML, Ragland K, Kushel MB, Bangsberg DR. A marginal structural model to estimate the causal effect of antidepressant medication treatment on viral suppression among homeless and marginally housed persons with HIV. Volume 67 of Issue 12. 2010. PMID: 21135328


  89. Anema A, Wood E, Weiser SD, Qi J, Montaner JS, Kerr T. Hunger and associated harms among injection drug users in an urban Canadian setting. Volume 5. 2010. PMID: 20796313


  90. Weiser SD, Tuller DM, Frongillo EA, Senkungu J, Mukiibi N, Bangsberg DR. Food insecurity as a barrier to sustained antiretroviral therapy adherence in Uganda. Volume 5 of Issue 4. PloS one 2010. PMID: 20442769


  91. Anema A, Vogenthaler N, Frongillo EA, Kadiyala S, Weiser SD. Food insecurity and HIV/AIDS: current knowledge, gaps, and research priorities. Volume 6 of Issue 4. Current HIV/AIDS reports 2009. PMID: 19849966


  92. Weiser SD, Fernandes KA, Brandson EK, Lima VD, Anema A, Bangsberg DR, Montaner JS, Hogg RS. The association between food insecurity and mortality among HIV-infected individuals on HAART. Volume 52 of Issue 3. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2009. PMID: 19675463


  93. Weiser SD, Bangsberg DR, Kegeles S, Ragland K, Kushel MB, Frongillo EA. Food insecurity among homeless and marginally housed individuals living with HIV/AIDS in San Francisco. Volume 13 of Issue 5. AIDS and behavior 2009. PMID: 19644748


  94. Weiser SD, Neilands TB, Comfort ML, Dilworth SE, Cohen J, Tulsky JP, Riley ED. Gender-specific correlates of incarceration among marginally housed individuals in San Francisco. Volume 99 of Issue 8. American journal of public health 2009. PMID: 19542041


  95. Cotter LE, Chevrier J, El-Nachef WN, Radhakrishna R, Rahangdale L, Weiser SD, Iacopino V. Health and human rights education in U.S. schools of medicine and public health: current status and future challenges. Volume 4 of Issue 3. PloS one 2009. PMID: 19293936


  96. Tuller DM, Bangsberg DR, Senkungu J, Ware NC, Emenyonu N, Weiser SD. Transportation costs impede sustained adherence and access to HAART in a clinic population in southwestern Uganda: a qualitative study. Volume 14 of Issue 4. AIDS and behavior 2009. PMID: 19283464


  97. Weiser SD, Frongillo EA, Ragland K, Hogg RS, Riley ED, Bangsberg DR. Food insecurity is associated with incomplete HIV RNA suppression among homeless and marginally housed HIV-infected individuals in San Francisco. Volume 24 of Issue 1. Journal of general internal medicine 2008. PMID: 18953617


  98. Wolfe WR, Weiser SD, Leiter K, Steward WT, Percy-de Korte F, Phaladze N, Iacopino V, Heisler M. The impact of universal access to antiretroviral therapy on HIV stigma in Botswana. Volume 98 of Issue 10. American journal of public health 2008. PMID: 18703447


  99. Weiser SD, Leiter K, Bangsberg DR, Butler LM, Percy-de Korte F, Hlanze Z, Phaladze N, Iacopino V, Heisler M. Food insufficiency is associated with high-risk sexual behavior among women in Botswana and Swaziland. Volume 4 of Issue 10. PLoS medicine 2007. PMID: 17958460


  100. Riley ED, Weiser SD, Sorensen JL, Dilworth S, Cohen J, Neilands TB. Housing patterns and correlates of homelessness differ by gender among individuals using San Francisco free food programs. Volume 84 of Issue 3. 2007. PMID: 17265132


  101. Wolfe WR, Weiser SD, Bangsberg DR, Thior I, Makhema JM, Dickinson DB, Mompati KF, Marlink RG. Effects of HIV-related stigma among an early sample of patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in Botswana. Volume 18 of Issue 8. AIDS care 2006. PMID: 17012082


  102. Weiser SD, Leiter K, Heisler M, McFarland W, Percy-de Korte F, DeMonner SM, Tlou S, Phaladze N, Iacopino V, Bangsberg DR. A population-based study on alcohol and high-risk sexual behaviors in Botswana. Volume 3 of Issue 10. PLoS medicine 2006. PMID: 17032060


  103. Weiser SD, Dilworth SE, Neilands TB, Cohen J, Bangsberg DR, Riley ED. Gender-specific correlates of sex trade among homeless and marginally housed individuals in San Francisco. Volume 83 of Issue 4. 2006. PMID: 16845499


  104. Weiser SD, Heisler M, Leiter K, Percy-de Korte F, Tlou S, DeMonner S, Phaladze N, Bangsberg DR, Iacopino V. Routine HIV testing in Botswana: a population-based study on attitudes, practices, and human rights concerns. Volume 3 of Issue 7. PLoS medicine 2006. PMID: 16834458


  105. Weiser SD, Riley ED, Ragland K, Hammer G, Clark R, Bangsberg DR. Brief report: Factors associated with depression among homeless and marginally housed HIV-infected men in San Francisco. Volume 21 of Issue 1. Journal of general internal medicine 2006. PMID: 16423125


  106. Weiser SD, Wolfe WR, Bangsberg DR. The HIV epidemic among individuals with mental illness in the United States. Volume 1 of Issue 4. Current HIV/AIDS reports 2004. PMID: 16091241


  107. Weiser SD, Wolfe WR, Bangsberg DR. The HIV Epidemic Among Individuals with Mental Illness in the United States. Volume 6 of Issue 5. 2004. PMID: 15461893


  109. Weiser S, Wolfe W, Bangsberg D, Thior I, Gilbert P, Makhema J, Kebaabetswe P, Dickenson D, Mompati K, Essex M, Marlink R. Barriers to antiretroviral adherence for patients living with HIV infection and AIDS in Botswana. Volume 34 of Issue 3. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2003. PMID: 14600572


  110. Keshavjee S, Weiser S, Kleinman A. Medicine betrayed: hemophilia patients and HIV in the US. Volume 53 of Issue 8. Social science & medicine (1982) 2001. PMID: 11556777


  111. Weiser SD, Patrick SL, Mascarella SW, Downing-Park J, Bai X, Carroll FI, Walker JM, Patrick RL. Stimulation of rat striatal tyrosine hydroxylase activity following intranigral administration of sigma receptor ligands. Volume 275 of Issue 1. 1995. PMID: 7774655