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RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
1.
Abdala N, White E, Toussova OV, Krasnoselskikh TV, Verevochkin SV, Kozlov AP,
Heimer R (2010) Comparing sexual risks and patterns of alcohol and drug use between
injection drug users (IDUs) and non-IDUs who report sexual partnerships with IDUs in
St Petersburg, Russia. BMC Public Health,10:676.
2.
Rudolph A, Crawford N, Latkin C, Heimer R, Benjamin, E, Jones K, Fuller C (2010)
Sub-populations of illicit drug users reached by targeted street outreach and respondent
driven sampling strategies: Implications for research and public health practice. Annals
of Epidemiology, 21:280-289.
3.
Green TC, Grau LE, Colon N, Carver HW, Kinzly ML, Heimer R (2010) Trends in
fatal opioid intoxications in Connecticut: 1997-2007. Drug & Alcohol Dependence,
available on-line since 4 December 2010.
4.
Cepeda JA, Odinokova V, Heimer R, Grau LE, Lyubimova A, Safiullina L, Levina
O, Niccolai LM (2010) Drug network characteristics and HIV risk among injection
drug users in Russia: The roles of trust, size, and stability. AIDS & Behavior, On-line
First, 25 September 2010.
5.
Grau LE, White E, Niccolai LM, Toussova OV, Verevochkin SV, Kozlov AP, Heimer
R. (2010) HIV disclosure, condom use, and awareness of HIV infection among HIVpositive, heterosexual drug injectors in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. AIDS &
Behavior, On-line First, 11 August 2010. .
6.
Beletsky L, Grau LE, White E, Bowman S, Heimer R. (2010) The roles of law, client
race, and program visibility in shaping police interference with the operation of US
syringe exchange programs. Addiction, 106:357-365.
7.
Paintsil E, He H, Peters C, Lindenbach BD, Heimer. (2010) Survival of hepatitis C
virus in syringes: implication for transmission among injection drug users. Journal of
Infectious Diseases, 202:984-990.
8.
Niccolai, LM, Verevochkin SV, Toussova OV, White E, Barbour R, Kozlov AP,
Heimer R. (2010) Estimates of HIV incidence among drug users in St. Petersburg,
Russia: Continued growth of a rapidly expanding epidemic. European Journal of
Public Health, 2010; doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckq115.
9.
Green TC, Bluthenthal RN, Singer M, Beletsky L, Grau LE, Marshall PA, Heimer R.
(2010) Prevalence and predictors of transitions to and away from syringe exchange use
over time in three US cities with varied syringe dispensing policies. Drug & Alcohol
Dependence, 111:74-81.
10. Green TC, Kershaw T, Lin H, Heimer R, Goulet JLm Kraemer KL, Gordon AJ,
Maisto SA, Day NL, Bryant K, Fiellin DA, Justice AC. (2010) Patterns of drug use
and abuse among aging adults with and without HIV: A latent class analysis of a US
Veteran cohort. Drug & Alcohol Dependence, 110:208-220.
11. Zelterman D, Tulupyev A, Abdala N, Heimer R. (2010) Statistical design for a small
serial dilution series. Statistics in Medicine, 9:411-420.
12. Heimer R, White E. (2010) Estimation of the number of injection drug users in St.
Petersburg, Russia. Drug & Alcohol Dependence, 109:79-83.
13. Niccolai LM, Toussova OV, Verevochkin SV, Barbour R, Heimer R, and Kozlov AP.
(2010) High HIV prevalence, suboptimal HIV testing, and low knowledge of HIVpositive serostatus among injection drug users in St. Petersburg, Russia. AIDS &
Behavior, 14:932-941.
14. Grau LE, Green TC, Singer M, Bluthenthal R, Marshall PA, Heimer R. (2009)
Getting the message straight: effects of a brief hepatitis prevention intervention among
injection drug users. Harm Reduction Journal 2009, 6:e36.
15. Connally NP. Durante AJ. Yousey-Hindes KM. Meek JI. Nelson RS. Heimer R.
(2009) Peridomestic Lyme disease prevention: results of a population-based case-control
study. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 37:201-206.
16. Paintsil E, Verevochkin SV, Dukhovlinova E, Niccolai LM, Barbour R, White E,
Toussova OV, Kozlov AP, Heimer R. (2009) Hepatitis C virus infection among drug
injectors in St. Petersburg, Russia: social and molecular epidemiology of an endemic
infection. Addiction, 104:1881-1890.
17. Kruse GR, Barbour R, Heimer R, Shaboltas AV, Toussova OV, Hoffman IF, Kozlov
AP (2009) Drug Choice, Spatial Distribution, HIV Risk, and HIV Prevalence among
Injection Drug Users in St. Petersburg, Russia. Harm Reduction Journal, 6:e22.
18. Grau LE, Green TC, Torban M, Blinnikova K, Krupitsky EM, Ilyuk R, Kozlov AP,
Heimer R. (2009) Psychosocial and Contextual Correlates of Opioid Overdose Risk
among Drug Users in St. Petersburg, Russia. Harm Reduction Journal, 6:e17.
19. Niccolai LM, Shcherbakova IS, Toussova OV, Kozlov AP, Heimer R. (2009) The
potential for bridging of HIV transmission in Russian Federation: Sex risk behaviors and
HIV prevalence among drug users (DUs) and their non-DU sex partners. Journal of
Urban Health, 86(Suppl 1):131-143.
20. Toussova OV, Shcherbakova IS, Volkova GV, Niccolai LM, Heimer R, Kozlov AP.
Potential bridges of heterosexual HIV transmission from drug users to the general
population in St. Petersburg, Russia: is it easy to be a young female? Journal of Urban
Health,86(Suppl 1):121-130.
21. Iguchi MY, Ober AJ, Berry SH, Fain T, Heckathorn DD, Gorbach P, Heimer R,
Kozlov AP, Ouellet, LJ, Shoptaw S, Zule WA (2009) Simultaneous Recruitment of
Drug Users and Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States and Russia using
Respondent Driven Sampling: Sampling Methods and Implications. Journal of Urban
Health, 86(Suppl 1):5-31.
22. Green TC, Grau LE, Blinnikova KN, Torban M, Krupitsky EM, Ilyuk R, Kozlov AP,
and Heimer R (2009) Social and structural aspects of the overdose risk environment in
St. Petersburg, Russia. International Journal of Drug Policy,20:270-276.
23. Green TC, Grau LE, Heimer R (2008) Distinguishing signs of opioid overdose and
indication for naloxone: an evaluation of six overdose prevention and response programs
in the Unites States. Addiction, 103:979-989.
24. Hu Y, Grau LE, Scott G, Seal KH, Marshall PA, Singer M, Heimer R (2008) Economic
Evaluation of Delivering Hepatitis B Vaccine to Injection Drug Users. American
Journal of Preventive Medicine, 35:25-32.
25. Heimer R, Grau LE, Singer M, Scott G, Marshall PA, Hu Y, and Seal KH (2008)
Hepatitis B virus prevalence and vaccination rates among Hispanic injection drug users
participating in a vaccination campaign operated at syringe exchange programs. Journal
of Drug Issues, 38:335-350.
26. Heimer, R. (2008) Community coverage and HIV prevention: Assessing metrics for
estimating HIV incidence through syringe exchange. International Journal of Drug
Policy,19S:S65-S73.
27. Heimer R, Barbour R, Shaboltas AV, Hoffman IF, and Kozlov AP (2008). Spatial
distribution of HIV prevalence and incidence among injection drugs users in St.
Petersburg, Russia: Implications for HIV transmission. AIDS, 22:123-130.
28. Sherman SG, Gann DS, Scott G, Carlberg S, Bigg D, Heimer R (2008) A qualitative
study of overdose responses among Chicago IDUs. Harm Reduction Journal, 5:2.