Faculty

Background and Expertise:

Tracey E. Wilson, PhD, is Associate Professor of the Department of Community Health Sciences. She is a behavioral scientist with expertise in the study of attitude formation and change in general, and behavioral issues as they relate to sexual and reproductive health more specifically. Dr. Wilson's primary research interests are in the social and psychological aspects of HIV/STI prevention and treatment, and the design and evaluation of behavioral interventions promoting sexual and reproductive health of women and men. She currently serves as a Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator on several federally funded research projects addressing these issues, and has been an author on over 75 peer-reviewed articles on these topics.

Area of Study:

Despite prevention efforts, HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STI) continue to exert a toll on the physical, emotional, and social well-being of diverse groups and individuals and to have a significant economic burden on our society. Racial and ethnic disparities in HIV/STI morbidity and mortality demonstrate that minority and underserved populations incur a disproportionate burden of these infections. The primary aims of my program of research are to increase our understanding of the social, structural, cultural, and psychological causes of sexual and reproductive health disparities, and to contribute to the development, testing, and dissemination of interventions that reduce these outcomes in diverse populations and improve health outcomes and quality of life among men and women.  A related focus is on identifying facilitators and barriers to screening and treatment across a diverse array of health outcomes, and using these findings to help improve timely detection and treatment.

Courses Taught:

• CHSC 5200: Health Behavior and Risk Reduction
• CHSC 5303: Issues in HIV Prevention
• CHSC 7303: Survey Methodology in Public Health
• CHSC 7202: Methods of Community Intervention and Research

Recent Publications:

 

2011

• Liu C, Hu H, Goparaju L, Bacchetti P, Weber K, Correa N, Nowicki M, Wilson TE.  Serosorting among women with HIV infection. AIDS and Behavior 2011 15(1):9-15.

 

• Schwartz R, Bruno D, Augenbraun M, Joseph M, Liddon N, McCormack W, Rubin S, Wilson TE. The roles of participant sex and perceived financial need as factors influencing outcomes in an HIV/STI risk reduction trial. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2011 38(3):230-4.

 

• Hoffman S, Higgins JA, Beckford-Jarrett ST, Augenbraun MA, Bylander KE, Mantell JE, Wilson TE.  Networks of protection and contexts of risk: NYC West Indian immigrants’ perceptions of migration and vulnerability to sexually transmitted diseases.  Culture, Health and Sexuality. 2011 13(5): 513–528.

 

2010

• Massad LS, Evans CT, Wilson TE, Goderre JL, Hessol NA, Henry D, Colie C, Strickler HD, Levine AM, Watts DH, Weber KM.  Knowledge of cervical cancer prevention and human papillomavirus among women with HIV. Gynecologic Oncology 2010 Apr;117(1):70-6.

 

• Lillie-Blanton M, Stone VE, Snow Jones A, Levi J, Golub E, Cohen MH, Hessol N, Wilson TE.  Association of Race, Substance Abuse and Health Insurance Coverage with Use of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Among HIV-infected Women.  American Journal of Public Health. 2010;100(8):1493-9.

 

• Wilson TE, Jean-Louis G, Schwartz R, Golub ET, Cohen MH, Maki P, Greenblatt R, Massad LS, Robison E, Goparaju L, Lindau S.  HIV Infection and Women’s Sexual Functioning.  J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2010; 1;54(4):360-7.

 

• Massad LS, Evans CT, Weber KM, Goderre JL, Hessol NA, Henry D, Colie C, Strickler HD, Watts DH, Wilson TE.  Changes in knowledge of cervical cancer prevention and human papillomavirus among women with HIV, 2006-2008.  Obstetrics & Gynecology 2010;116(4):941-7.

 

• Jones AS, Lillie-Blanton M, Stone VE, Ip EH, Zhang Q, Wilson TE, Cohen MH, Golub ET, Hessol NA. Multi-dimensional risk factor patterns associated with non-use of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Women.  Women’s Health Issues  2010; 20(5):335-42.

 

2009

• Wilson TE, Hogben M, Malka ES, Liddon N, McCormack WM, Rubin SR, Augenbraun MA. Reducing Sexually Transmitted Infection Rates by Improving Patient-Based Partner Notification for Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial. American Journal of Public Health 2009; 99 (Suppl 1) : S104-10.

 

• Thrun M, Cook P, Bradley-Springer L, Gardner L, Marks G, Wright J, Wilson TE, Quinlivan E, O'Daniels C, Raffanti S, Thompson M, Golin C.  Improved Prevention Counseling by HIV Care Providers in a Multi-site, Clinic-based Intervention: Positive STEPs.  AIDS Education and Prevention 2009; 21(1): 55-66.

 

• Cook R, Zhu F, Belnap B, Hum B, Weber K, Cook J, Vlahov D, Wilson TE, Hessol N, Plankey M, Howard A, Cole S, Sharp G, Richardson J, Cohen M. Longitudinal Trends in Hazardous Alcohol Consumption in Women with HIV Infection: 1995-2006.  American Journal of Epidemiology 2009; 169(8): 1025-32.

 

• Liu C, Yang Y, Gange S, Weber K, Sharp G, Wilson TE, Levine A, Robison E, Goparaju L, Ganhdi M, Merenstein D. Disclosure of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use to Health Care Providers among HIV-Infected Women.  AIDS Patient Care and STDs 2009; 23(11): 965-971.

 

• Golin C, Marks G, Wright J, Gerkovich M, Tien H, Patel S, Gardner L, O'Daniels C, Wilson TE, Thrun M, Thompson M, Raffanti S, Quinlivan B.  Psychosocial Characteristics and Sexual Behaviors of People in Care for HIV Infection: An Examination of Men who have Sex with Men, Heterosexual Men and Women.  AIDS and Behavior 2009; 13(6):1129-42.