Jeffrey A. Wickersham, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)Cards
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Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
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Jeffrey Wickersham is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the section of infectious diseases and Director of the mHealth Research & Innovation Lab (mHRI) at YSM. His research is focused on improving HIV treatment and prevention outcomes among sexual and gender minorities, including transgender women, gay men, and bisexual men. Dr. Wickersham's research has focused on development of biomedical and behavioral interventions, including peer/patient navigation, implementation of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention, development of artificial intelligence-based "chatbot" technology to improve uptake of HIV testing, and adaptation of mHealth applications for transgender women to scale-up HIV testing and linkage to PrEP services. Most of this research is being conducted in Southeast Asia, primarily at sites in Malaysia and Thailand.
Appointments
Infectious Diseases
Associate Professor on TermPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS
- Clinical & Community Research (YCCR)
- Dean's Advisory Council for LGBTQI Affairs
- Infectious Diseases
- Internal Medicine
- mHealth Research and Innovation Lab
- Yale Institute for Global Health
- Yale Medicine Outlist
Education & Training
- Postdoctoral Associate
- Yale School of Medicine (2012)
- PhD
- University of Connecticut (2010)
- MA
- University of Maine (2005)
- BA
- Southwestern University (2000)
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Medical Research Interests
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ORCID
0000-0001-7701-9162- View Lab Website
Yale mHealth Research and Innovation Lab
Research at a Glance
Yale Co-Authors
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Research Interests
Frederick (Rick) Lewis Altice, MD, MA
Roman Shrestha, PhD, MPH
Kamal Gautam
Kiran Paudel
Sandesh Bhusal
Zhao Ni, PhD, BMedSci, RN, FAAN, FAHA
HIV Infections
Sexual and Gender Minorities
Transgender Persons
Sex Work
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Health Services for Transgender Persons
Publications
2026
Depressive Symptoms and Anticipated Help-seeking Stigma as Mental Healthcare Navigation Barriers Among People Who Use Opioids
Khati A, Sujan M, Xu R, Wickersham J, Gautam K, Paudel K, Copenhaver M, Valente P, Shrestha R. Depressive Symptoms and Anticipated Help-seeking Stigma as Mental Healthcare Navigation Barriers Among People Who Use Opioids. Community Mental Health Journal 2026, 1-12. PMID: 42470538, DOI: 10.1007/s10597-026-01684-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricSmartphone-Based Ecological Momentary Assessment to Monitor Opioid Use and Overdose Among People Who Use Opioids: Prospective Observational Feasibility Study
Gautam K, Paudel K, Wickersham J, Khati A, Thapa A, Bhusal S, Sujan S, Pagoto S, Ha T, Shrestha R. Smartphone-Based Ecological Momentary Assessment to Monitor Opioid Use and Overdose Among People Who Use Opioids: Prospective Observational Feasibility Study. JMIR Human Factors 2026, 13: e95655. PMID: 42372226, PMCID: PMC13313411, DOI: 10.2196/95655.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCharacteristics of cannabis use among men who have sex with men in Nepal: A respondent-driven cross-sectional survey
Paudel K, Mazzeo R, Wickersham J, Gautam K, Pandey A, Bhandari P, Khati A, Sujan S, Dhakal M, Copenhaver M, Adhikari T, Shrestha R. Characteristics of cannabis use among men who have sex with men in Nepal: A respondent-driven cross-sectional survey. Medicine 2026, 105: e49475. PMID: 42363509, PMCID: PMC13313738, DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000049475.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNurse Practitioner-Led, Same-Day, Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Delivery Program for People Who Inject Drugs in the United States: Findings From a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.
Gautam K, Paudel K, Altice F, Vlahov D, Khati A, Wickersham J, Moore T, Bae E, Bhusal S, Sujan M, Kil N, Shrestha R. Nurse Practitioner-Led, Same-Day, Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Delivery Program for People Who Inject Drugs in the United States: Findings From a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal Of The Association Of Nurses In AIDS Care 2026 PMID: 42201314, DOI: 10.1097/jnc.0000000000000657.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsExploring Perceived Utility of a Clinic‐Integrated HIV Prevention App for Men Who Have Sex With Men in Malaysia: A Qualitative Think‐Aloud Study
Sujan S, Wickersham J, Khati A, Gautam K, Paudel K, Azwa I, Altice F, Tan Y, Sabri N, Copenhaver M, Shrestha R. Exploring Perceived Utility of a Clinic‐Integrated HIV Prevention App for Men Who Have Sex With Men in Malaysia: A Qualitative Think‐Aloud Study. Health Science Reports 2026, 9: e72458. PMID: 42094620, PMCID: PMC13139626, DOI: 10.1002/hsr2.72458.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetric“Silent or Silenced?”: Cross-sectional Findings of Internalised Homophobia and Intimate Partner Violence as Mediators between Stigma and Concealment Motivation Among Men who have Sex with Men in Malaysia
Hui E, Murthi T, Sabri N, Tan Y, Sujan S, Gautam K, Paudel K, Azwa I, Wickersham J, Shrestha R. “Silent or Silenced?”: Cross-sectional Findings of Internalised Homophobia and Intimate Partner Violence as Mediators between Stigma and Concealment Motivation Among Men who have Sex with Men in Malaysia. Psychology And Sexuality 2026, ahead-of-print: 1-17. DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2026.2655665.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsTrends and burden of tobacco use in Nepal: Insights from the Global Burden of Disease study 1990–2021
Paudel K, Gautam K, Niroula S, Bhusal S, Wickersham J, Sujan S, Kc B, Adhikari T, Shrestha R. Trends and burden of tobacco use in Nepal: Insights from the Global Burden of Disease study 1990–2021. Tobacco Prevention & Cessation 2026, 12 PMID: 41869373, PMCID: PMC13001751, DOI: 10.18332/tpc217390.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTrends and burden of tobacco use in Nepal: Insights from the Global Burden of Disease study 1990–2021
Paudel K, Gautam K, Niroula S, Bhusal S, Wickersham J, Sujan M, KC B, Adhikari T, Shrestha R. Trends and burden of tobacco use in Nepal: Insights from the Global Burden of Disease study 1990–2021. Tobacco Prevention & Cessation 2026, 12: 1-10. DOI: 10.18332/tpc/217390.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsFeasibility and acceptability of daily oral emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide fumarate (FTC/TAF) for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among people who inject drugs with opioid use disorder
Gautam K, Paudel K, Wickersham J, Altice F, Bellia G, Jadkarim L, Liew Z, Khati A, Copenhaver M, Shrestha R. Feasibility and acceptability of daily oral emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide fumarate (FTC/TAF) for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among people who inject drugs with opioid use disorder. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2026, sextrans-2025-056770. PMID: 41667236, DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2025-056770.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricSystematic review of ecological momentary assessment for assessing mental health among sexual and gender minorities
Gautam K, Paudel K, Bautista B, Khati A, Sujan M, Xu R, Copenhaver M, Wickersham J, Valente P, Park C, Shrestha R. Systematic review of ecological momentary assessment for assessing mental health among sexual and gender minorities. Npj Digital Public Health 2026, 1: 3. DOI: 10.1038/s44482-025-00006-2.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsCitations
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- November 21, 2024
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- November 14, 2024
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- August 17, 2022Source: Medscape
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