Steven John, PhD, MPH

Steven A. John, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Locations

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
Center for AIDS Intervention Research, 2071 North Summit Ave.

Contact Information

Education

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biostatistics and Behavioral Science, Center for HIV Educational Studies and Training (CHEST), Hunter College, CUNY
PhD, Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
MPH, Community and Behavioral Health Promotion, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
BS, Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Biography

Dr. John's program of research centers on HIV and STI prevention using a bio-behavioral research strategy with racial/ethnic, sexual, and gender minority populations. He is particularly interested in research related to PrEP uptake and persistence, HIV self-testing, patient-delivered partner STI therapy, mHealth strategies for HIV prevention, and understanding the intersection of drug use and HIV transmission.

Research Experience

Biostatistics
Health Behavior
HIV
Minority Health
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
Public Health
Sexual and Gender Minorities
Sexual Behavior
Sexually Transmitted Diseases

MCW Program / Core Facilities

Center for AIDS Intervention Research (CAIR)

Reducing the Discussion Divide by Digital Questionnaires in Health Care Settings: Disruptive Innovation for HIV Testing and PrEP Screening.

(John SA, Petroll AE, Walsh JL, Quinn KG, Patel VV, Grov C.) J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2020 Nov 01;85(3):302-308 PMID: 32701822 PMCID: PMC7572720 07/24/2020
HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) Awareness and Non-Occupational PEP (nPEP) Prescribing History Among U.S. Healthcare Providers.

(John SA, Quinn KG, Pleuhs B, Walsh JL, Petroll AE.) AIDS Behav. 2020 Nov;24(11):3124-3131 PMID: 32300991 PMCID: PMC7508835 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85083770692 04/18/2020
PrEP Uptake and Discontinuation Among a U.S. National Sample of Transgender Men and Women.

(Zarwell M, John SA, Westmoreland D, Mirzayi C, Pantalone DW, Golub S, Nash D, Grov C.) AIDS Behav. 2020 Oct 15 PMID: 33057893 10/16/2020
Physical Sex Is Over for Now: Impact of COVID-19 on the Well-Being and Sexual Health of Adolescent Sexual Minority Males in the U.S.

(Nelson KM, Gordon AR, John SA, Stout CD, Macapagal K.) J Adolesc Health. 2020 Oct 07 PMID: 33039273 10/12/2020
I Feel Almost as Though I've Lived This Before: Insights from Sexual and Gender Minority Men on Coping with COVID-19.

(Quinn KG, Walsh JL, John SA, Nyitray AG.) AIDS Behav. 2020 Sep 12 PMID: 32918640 PMCID: PMC7486587 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85090833719 09/13/2020
Willingness to Distribute HIV Self-Testing Kits to Recent Sex Partners Among HIV-Negative Gay and Bisexual Men and an Examination of Free-Response Data from Young Men Participating in the Nationwide Cohort.

(John SA, López-Rios J, Starks TJ, Rendina HJ, Grov C.) Arch Sex Behav. 2020 08;49(6):2081-2089 PMID: 32495242 PMCID: PMC7366497 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85085969274 06/05/2020
Perceptions of PrEP Use Within Primary Relationships Among Young Black Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men.

(Quinn KG, Zarwell M, John SA, Christenson E, Walsh JL.) Arch Sex Behav. 2020 08;49(6):2117-2128 PMID: 32240437 PMCID: PMC7321890 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85084241631 04/03/2020
High willingness to use novel HIV and bacterial sexually transmitted infection partner notification, testing, and treatment strategies among gay and bisexual men.

(John SA, Starks TJ, Rendina HJ, Parsons JT, Grov C.) Sex Transm Infect. 2020 05;96(3):173-176 PMID: 31189548 PMCID: PMC6906259 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85067301271 06/14/2019
Health Care Provider Barriers to HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in the United States: A Systematic Review.

(Pleuhs B, Quinn KG, Walsh JL, Petroll AE, John SA.) AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2020 03;34(3):111-123 PMID: 32109141 PMCID: PMC7087402 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85082342702 02/29/2020
Testing the Interpersonal-Behavior model to explain intentions to use patient-delivered partner therapy.

(John SA, Walsh JL, Quinn KG, Cho YI, Weinhardt LS.) PLoS One. 2020;15(5):e0233348 PMID: 32433680 PMCID: PMC7239460 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85085155369 05/21/2020
Differences Between Groups of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Using Couples in HIV-Negative/Unknown Relationships.

(John SA, Robles G, Starks TJ, Rendina HJ.) J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2019 08 01;81(4):419-428 PMID: 30985555 PMCID: PMC6594889 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85068887366 04/16/2019
Addressing missed opportunities for HIV testing by including rapid-HIV self-testing kits with patient-delivered partner therapy.

(John SA.) Sex Res Social Policy. 2018 Dec;15(4):387-397 PMID: 31011372 PMCID: PMC6474367 04/24/2019