Faculty

Ronald D. Stall, PhD, MPH Professor and Chair, Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences (Primary Appointment) and Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology (Secondary Appointment) E-mail: rstall@pitt.edu Phone: 412-624-7933 Fax: 412-648-5975 Address: 208 Parran Hall 130 DeSoto Street Pittsburgh, PA 15261

Education
PhD; University of California San Francisco; 1984
MPH; University of California Berkeley; 1984
MA; University of Kentucky; 1979
BA; University of Florida; 1976

Research Interests

HIV prevention and behavioral epidemiology, both in the United States and abroad

Research Summary

The primary focus of my research has been in HIV prevention and behavioral epidemiology, both in the United States and abroad. I also have conducted numerous research projects in the areas of substance abuse epidemiology, smoking, aging, mental health, and housing as health care. Although a great deal of my research has been conducted among gay men, I also have worked with other populations at high risk of HIV infection and expect to expand on this work.

Recent Publications

• Mayer, K., Bradford, J., Stall, R., Makadon, H., Goldhammer, Hl., Landers, S., “Sexual minority health: What do we know and where do we need to go?” American Journal of Public Health, 2008 98(6):989-995.

• Marshal, M.P., Friedman, M.S., Stall, R., King, K.M., Miles, J., Gold, M.A., Bukstein, O.G., & Morse, J.Q. Sexual orientation and adolescent substance use: A meta-analysis and methodological review. Addiction; 2008, 103:546-556.

• Plankey, M., Ostrow, D., Stall, R., Cox, C., Li, X., Peck, J., Jacobson, L., “The relationship between methamphetamine and popper use and the risk of HIV seroconversion in the MACS”, JAIDS, 2007, 45(1): 85-92.

• Kidder DP, Wolitski RJ, Royal S, Aidala A, Courtenay-Quirk C, Holtgrave D, Harre D, Sumartojo E, Stall R for the Housing and Health Study Team. “Access to housing as a structural intervention for homeless and unstably housed people living with HIV: Rationale, methods, and implementation of the Housing and Health Study.” AIDS and Behavior, 2007, 11:842-53.

• Apondi, R., Bunnell, R., Awor, A., Wamai, N., Bikaako-Kajura, W., Solberg, P, Stall, R., Coutinho, A., Mermin, J. “Home-based antiretroviral care is associated with positive social outcomes in a prospective cohort in Uganda”, Journal of AIDS and Human Retroviruses, 2007, 44(1): 71-76.

• Stall, R. and Mills, T., “A Quarter-Century of AIDS”, American Journal of Public Health, 2006, 96(6): 959-961.

• Duru, O.K., Collins, R., Ciccarone, D., Morton, S., Stall, R., Beckman, T., Miu, A., Kanouse, D., “Correlates of sex without serostatus disclosure among a national probability sample of HIV patients”, AIDS and Behavior, 2006, 10:495-507.

• Crepaz, N., Lyles, C., Wolitski, R., Passin, W., Rama, S., Herbst, J., Purcell, D., Malow, R., Stall, R. for the HIV/AIDS Prevention Research Synthesis (PRS) Team, “Do prevention interventions reduce HIV risk behaviors among people living with HIV? A meta-analysis review of controlled trials” AIDS, 2006, 20: 143-157.

• Millett, G., Peterson, J., Wolitski, R. and Stall, R. “Greater risk for HIV infection of Black MSM: A critical literature review”, American Journal of Public Health, 2006 96(6): 1007-1019.

• Mansergh,Gordon, David W. Purcell,Ron Stall,Mary McFarlane,Salaam Semaan,Jo Valentine,Ronald Valdiserri. CDC Consultation on Methamphetamine Use and Sexual Risk Behavior for HIV/STD Infection: Summary and Suggestions . Public Health Reports 2006;121: 127-132.

• Aidala, A., Cross, J., Stall, R., Harre, D., Sumartojo, E., “Housing status and HIV risk behaviors: Implications for prevention and policy, AIDS and Behavior 2005 9(3):251-265.

• Stall, R. and Van Griensven, F., “New Directions in Research Regarding Prevention for Positives: Questions Raised by the SUMIT Trial” AIDS 2005, 19 (Supplement 1): S123-S127.

• Ibanez, G., Purcell, D., Stall, R., Parsons, J., Gomez and the SUMIT team, “Sexual risk, substance use and psychological distress in HIV-positive gay and bisexual men who also inject drugs”, AIDS, 2005, 19 (Supplement 1): S49-S56.

• Herbst, J., Sherba, T., Crepaz, N., Britton, J., Zohrabyan, L., Stall, R., Lyles, C., and the HIV/AIDS Prevention Research Synthesis (PRS) Team, “A meta-analytic review of HIV behavioral interventions for reducing sexual risk behavior of men who have sex with men (MSM)”, Journal of AIDS and Human Retroviruses, 2005, 39(2): 228-241.

• Greenwood, G., Paul., J., Pollack, L., Binson, D., Catania, J., Chang, J., Humfleet, G., Stall, R., “Tobacco use and cessation among a household-based sample of urban men who have sex with men (MSM) in the US”. American Journal of Public Health, 2005, 95(1): 145-152.

• Leone, P., Hightow, L., Foust, E., Owen-O’Dowd, J., Phillip, S., Gray, P., Jones, G., Fitzpatrick, L, Millett, G., Jones, K., Stall, R., Holmberg, S., Greenberg, A, Ahdieh-Grant, L, Eure, C., “HIV transmission among Black college student and non-student men who have sex with men – North Carolina, 2003”. MMWR 2004 53(32):731-734.

• Mills, T.C., Paul, J., Stall, R., Pollack, L., Canchola, J., Chang, Y. J., Moskowitz, J., Catania, J., “Distress and Depression in MSM: The Urban Men’s Health Study” American Journal of Psychiatry, 2004, 161:278-285.

• Chesson, H., Harrison, P. and Stall, R., “Changes in alcohol consumption and sexually transmitted disease rates in the United States, 1983-1998” Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 2003 64:632-630.

• Caceres, C. and Stall, R., “The HIV/AIDS epidemic among men who have sex with men in Latin America and the Caribbean: It is time to bridge the gap” International Journal of Epidemiology, 2003, 32(5):740-743.

• Stall, R., Mills, T., Williamson, J., Hart, T., Greenwood, G., Paul., J., Pollack, L., Binson, D., Osmond, D., Catania, J.; “Co-occurring psychosocial health problems among urban men who have sex with men are associated with increased vulnerability to the HIV/AIDS epidemic” American Journal of Public Health, 2003, 93(6):939-942.

• Woods, W., Binson, D., Pollack, L., Wohlfeiler, D., Stall, R., Catania, J., “Public policy regulating private and public space in gay bathhouses” Journal of AIDS and Human Retroviruses, 2003, 32(4): 417-423.

• Dolcini, M., Catania, J., Stall, R., Pollack, L., “The HIV Epidemic Among Older Men who have Sex with Men”. Journal of AIDS and Human Retroviruses, 2003, 33(Supplement 2): 115-121, 2003.

• Ciccarone, D., Kanouse, D., Collins, R., Miu, A., Chen, J., Morton, S., Stall, R., “Sex without Disclosure of Positive HIM Serostatus in a US Probability Sample of Persons Receiving Medical Care for HIV Infection”, American Journal of Public Health, 2003, 93(6): 949-954.