About the Authors

Sabina Hirshfield

shirshfield@healthsolutions.org

Affiliation Public Health Solutions, New York, New York, United States of America

Mary Ann Chiasson

Affiliation Public Health Solutions, New York, New York, United States of America

Heather Joseph

Affiliation Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Prevention Research Branch, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Roberta Scheinmann

Affiliation Public Health Solutions, New York, New York, United States of America

Wayne D. Johnson

Affiliation Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Prevention Research Branch, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Robert H. Remien

Affiliation HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Francine Shuchat Shaw

Affiliation Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America

Reed Emmons

Affiliation Public Health Solutions, New York, New York, United States of America

Gary Yu

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Andrew D. Margolis

Affiliation Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Prevention Research Branch, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SH MAC HJ RS WDJ RHR FSS RE ADM. Performed the experiments: SH MAC RS RE GY. Analyzed the data: SH MAC HJ RS WDJ GY ADM. Wrote the paper: SH MAC HJ RS WDJ RHR FSS RE GY ADM.