Aruna Chandran

Biographic Data

ID	5473418
NAME	Aruna Chandran
GIVEN NAMES	Aruna
FAMILY NAME	Chandran
SIGNATURE	CHANDRAN A
AFFILIATIONS	Johns Hopkins University
ORCID	0000-0002-7411-2852
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	22
TOTAL CITATIONS	3
AUTHOR COUNT	22
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2010
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2026
H-INDEX	1

Validation of an Extended Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Measure in a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Cohort of People Living with or at Risk for HIV Infection
Open AccessSkylar J Gaughan, Phyllis C Tien et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2026
Despite becoming a routine part of clinical care, collection of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) is not standardized, and common measures might not reflect the full range of LGBTQ+ experiences. In this study, we tested a novel expanded SOGI measure that addresses these concerns in a racially and ethnically diverse HIV cohort study. Participants ( N = 885) were randomized to complete either a common SOGI measure with fewer SOGI choice…
Neighborhood Violence and Safety
Open AccessMarsha H Cohen, Rohan G Rajagopal et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2026
Neighborhood violence and safety concerns are associated with poor health outcomes including HIV acquisition/transmission, and possible lack of viral suppression. Using a cross-sectional analytic design, we determined the prevalence of neighbourhood violence and safety concerns among participants in the MACS WIHS Combined Cohort Study, a large US cohort of men and women with and without HIV. We used multivariable logistic regression to assess fac…
Psychosocial, Behavioral, and HIV-Related Health Among Men Living with HIV Who Have a History of Incarceration
Open AccessChloe J Kaminsky, Emily M Cherenack et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2025
Incarceration is intricately linked with the HIV epidemic, with incarcerated individuals exhibiting HIV prevalence rates three times higher than the general population. We used baseline data from the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS)/Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS) Combined Cohort Study (MWCCS) to describe select health outcomes among men living with HIV (MWH) who have never been incarcerated and with a history of lifetime incarceration, …
Trends in Alcohol Use Before and During the Covid-19 Pandemic Among Women Living With and Without HIV in the United States (2017–2022)
Open AccessHannah Tierney, Hannah R Tierney et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2025
Data on alcohol use trends in women living with HIV (WLWH) are lacking. We examine data collected before and across the COVID-19 pandemic (2014-2022) in WLWH and socio-demographically similar women living without HIV (WLWOH)(n = 1564; 67% WLWH) who self-reported alcohol use to establish and compare trends. Women were categorized into baseline groups based on use pattern from 10/2014 to 09/2017: abstinence (no alcohol at any visit), non-heavy drin…
Associations Between Internalized HIV Stigma and Cognitive Function Among Older Women With HIV
Open AccessThi Vu, J M Wise et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2025References: 3
Objectives Internalized HIV stigma refers to the negative beliefs, feelings, and attitudes that people with HIV (PWH) adopt about themselves due to societal HIV stigma. Internalized HIV stigma negatively affects mental health but less is known about this factor on cognitive function in PWH. This study examines associations between internalized HIV stigma and cognition among women aged 50+ with HIV. Methods Internalized HIV stigma was measured in …
A consequence of mass incarceration
Open AccessAshley Hickson, Ritika Purbey et al.ARTICLEHealth & Justice2022
Storytelling to improve healthcare worker understanding, beliefs, and practices related to LGBTQ + patients
Open AccessAmanda Long, John M Jennings et al.ARTICLEEvaluation and Program Planning2022
ProjectPresence
Open AccessErrol L Fields, Amanda Long et al.ARTICLEEvaluation and Program Planning2022
County-Level Life Expectancy Change
Open AccessAruna Chandran, Ritika Purbey et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022
Life expectancy (LE) is a core measure of population health. Studies have confirmed the predictive importance of modifiable determinants on LE, but less is known about their association with LE change over time at the US county level. In addition, we explore the predictive association of LE change with COVID-19 mortality. We used a linear regression model to calculate county-level annual LE change from 2011 to 2016, and categorized LE change (≤-0…
The relationship between serving as a mentor and depressive symptoms among sexual minority men in the Macs healthy aging study
Aruna Chandran, Sabina Haberlen et al.ARTICLEPsychology of Sexual Orientation…2022References: 9
Sexual minority men (SMM) in the US are twice as likely to experience mental health challenges, including depressive symptoms, compared with their heterosexual counterparts. Having a like-mentor, or a sexual minority mentor, is associated with improved mental well-being among SMM mentees. However, few studies have explored the potential benefits to mentors. Using confirmatory factor analysis, we calculated a perceptions of mentoring score that en…
A Web-Based Tool for Quantification of Potential Gains in Life Expectancy by Preventing Cause-Specific Mortality
Open AccessAruna Chandran, Churong Xu et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2021
Introduction: Local health departments are currently limited in their ability to use life expectancy (LE) as a benchmark for improving community health. In collaboration with the Baltimore City Health Department, our aim was to develop a web-based tool to estimate the potential lives saved and gains in LE in specific neighborhoods following interventions targeting achievable reductions in preventable deaths. Methods: The PROLONGER (Im PRO ved LON…
Health insurance and Aids Drug Assistance Program (Adap) increases retention in care among women living with HIV in the United States
Emma Sophia Kay, Andrew Edmonds et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2021
Our objective was to examine the association between healthcare payer type and missed HIV care visits among 1,366 US women living with HIV (WLWH) enrolled in the prospective Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS). We collected secondary patient-level data (October 1, 2017-September 30, 2018) from WLWH at nine WIHS sites. We used bivariate and multivariable binary logistic regression to examine the relationship between healthcare payer type (cross-c…
Intensity of Social Support Matters
Open AccessAruna Chandran, Fiona Bhondoekhan et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2021
The Association Between Social Support, Violence, and Social Service Needs Among a Select Sample of Urban Adults in Baltimore City
Open Accessthe IMPACT Partner Collaborative, Aruna Chandran et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Health2020
Longitudinal Associations Between Neighborhood Factors and HIV Care Outcomes in the Wihs
Open AccessAruna Chandran, Andrew Edmonds et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2020
Thank You to Reviewers 2019
Open AccessMatilda Aberese-Ako, Gilbert Abiiro et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2020
The Relationship Between Discrimination and Missed HIV Care Appointments Among Women Living with HIV
Open AccessAndrew Cressman, Andrew E Cressman et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2019
The Longitudinal Association between Social Support on HIV Medication Adherence and Healthcare Utilization in the Women’s Interagency HIV Study
Open AccessAruna Chandran, Lorie Benning et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2018
Large-scale road safety programmes in low- and middle-income countries
Open AccessAdnan A Hyder, Katharine A Allen et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2013
The growing burden of road traffic injuries, which kill over 1.2 million people yearly, falls mostly on low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Despite this, evidence generation on the effectiveness of road safety interventions in LMIC settings remains scarce. This paper explores a scientific approach for evaluating road safety programmes in LMICs and introduces such a road safety multi-country initiative, the Road Safety in 10 Countries Projec…
Disseminating Childhood Home Injury Risk Reduction Information in Pakistan
Open AccessAruna Chandran, Uzma Khan et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2013
This pilot project demonstrates the potential utility of using home-visit tutorials to decrease home hazards in a low-income neighborhood in Pakistan. A longer-term randomized study is needed to assess actual effectiveness of the use of allied health workers for home-based injury education and whether this results in decreased home injuries
Impact of Road Traffic Deaths on Expected Years of Life Lost and Reduction in Life Expectancy in Brazil
Open AccessAruna Chandran, Geoffrey Kahn et al.ARTICLEDemography2013Cited by: 3References: 6
The road traffic crash burden is significant in Brazil; calculating years of life lost and life expectancy reduction quantifies the burden of road traffic deaths to enable prioritization of this issue. Years of life lost and reduction in life expectancy were calculated using 2008 population/crash data from Brazil’s ministries of health and transport. The potential for reduction in crash mortality was calculated for hypothetical scenarios reducing…
Global burden of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children
Open AccessHarish Nair, D James Nokes et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2010

Global burden of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children
Open AccessHarish Nair, D James Nokes et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2010
Large-scale road safety programmes in low- and middle-income countries
Open AccessAdnan A Hyder, Katharine A Allen et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2013
The growing burden of road traffic injuries, which kill over 1.2 million people yearly, falls mostly on low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Despite this, evidence generation on the effectiveness of road safety interventions in LMIC settings remains scarce. This paper explores a scientific approach for evaluating road safety programmes in LMICs and introduces such a road safety multi-country initiative, the Road Safety in 10 Countries Projec…
Disseminating Childhood Home Injury Risk Reduction Information in Pakistan
Open AccessAruna Chandran, Uzma Khan et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2013
This pilot project demonstrates the potential utility of using home-visit tutorials to decrease home hazards in a low-income neighborhood in Pakistan. A longer-term randomized study is needed to assess actual effectiveness of the use of allied health workers for home-based injury education and whether this results in decreased home injuries
Impact of Road Traffic Deaths on Expected Years of Life Lost and Reduction in Life Expectancy in Brazil
Open AccessAruna Chandran, Geoffrey Kahn et al.ARTICLEDemography2013Cited by: 3References: 6
The road traffic crash burden is significant in Brazil; calculating years of life lost and life expectancy reduction quantifies the burden of road traffic deaths to enable prioritization of this issue. Years of life lost and reduction in life expectancy were calculated using 2008 population/crash data from Brazil’s ministries of health and transport. The potential for reduction in crash mortality was calculated for hypothetical scenarios reducing…
The Longitudinal Association between Social Support on HIV Medication Adherence and Healthcare Utilization in the Women’s Interagency HIV Study
Open AccessAruna Chandran, Lorie Benning et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2018
The Relationship Between Discrimination and Missed HIV Care Appointments Among Women Living with HIV
Open AccessAndrew Cressman, Andrew E Cressman et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2019
The Association Between Social Support, Violence, and Social Service Needs Among a Select Sample of Urban Adults in Baltimore City
Open Accessthe IMPACT Partner Collaborative, Aruna Chandran et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Health2020
Longitudinal Associations Between Neighborhood Factors and HIV Care Outcomes in the Wihs
Open AccessAruna Chandran, Andrew Edmonds et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2020
Thank You to Reviewers 2019
Open AccessMatilda Aberese-Ako, Gilbert Abiiro et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2020
A Web-Based Tool for Quantification of Potential Gains in Life Expectancy by Preventing Cause-Specific Mortality
Open AccessAruna Chandran, Churong Xu et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2021
Introduction: Local health departments are currently limited in their ability to use life expectancy (LE) as a benchmark for improving community health. In collaboration with the Baltimore City Health Department, our aim was to develop a web-based tool to estimate the potential lives saved and gains in LE in specific neighborhoods following interventions targeting achievable reductions in preventable deaths. Methods: The PROLONGER (Im PRO ved LON…
Health insurance and Aids Drug Assistance Program (Adap) increases retention in care among women living with HIV in the United States
Emma Sophia Kay, Andrew Edmonds et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2021
Our objective was to examine the association between healthcare payer type and missed HIV care visits among 1,366 US women living with HIV (WLWH) enrolled in the prospective Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS). We collected secondary patient-level data (October 1, 2017-September 30, 2018) from WLWH at nine WIHS sites. We used bivariate and multivariable binary logistic regression to examine the relationship between healthcare payer type (cross-c…
Intensity of Social Support Matters
Open AccessAruna Chandran, Fiona Bhondoekhan et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2021
A consequence of mass incarceration
Open AccessAshley Hickson, Ritika Purbey et al.ARTICLEHealth & Justice2022
Storytelling to improve healthcare worker understanding, beliefs, and practices related to LGBTQ + patients
Open AccessAmanda Long, John M Jennings et al.ARTICLEEvaluation and Program Planning2022
ProjectPresence
Open AccessErrol L Fields, Amanda Long et al.ARTICLEEvaluation and Program Planning2022
County-Level Life Expectancy Change
Open AccessAruna Chandran, Ritika Purbey et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022
Life expectancy (LE) is a core measure of population health. Studies have confirmed the predictive importance of modifiable determinants on LE, but less is known about their association with LE change over time at the US county level. In addition, we explore the predictive association of LE change with COVID-19 mortality. We used a linear regression model to calculate county-level annual LE change from 2011 to 2016, and categorized LE change (≤-0…
The relationship between serving as a mentor and depressive symptoms among sexual minority men in the Macs healthy aging study
Aruna Chandran, Sabina Haberlen et al.ARTICLEPsychology of Sexual Orientation…2022References: 9
Sexual minority men (SMM) in the US are twice as likely to experience mental health challenges, including depressive symptoms, compared with their heterosexual counterparts. Having a like-mentor, or a sexual minority mentor, is associated with improved mental well-being among SMM mentees. However, few studies have explored the potential benefits to mentors. Using confirmatory factor analysis, we calculated a perceptions of mentoring score that en…
Psychosocial, Behavioral, and HIV-Related Health Among Men Living with HIV Who Have a History of Incarceration
Open AccessChloe J Kaminsky, Emily M Cherenack et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2025
Incarceration is intricately linked with the HIV epidemic, with incarcerated individuals exhibiting HIV prevalence rates three times higher than the general population. We used baseline data from the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS)/Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS) Combined Cohort Study (MWCCS) to describe select health outcomes among men living with HIV (MWH) who have never been incarcerated and with a history of lifetime incarceration, …
Trends in Alcohol Use Before and During the Covid-19 Pandemic Among Women Living With and Without HIV in the United States (2017–2022)
Open AccessHannah Tierney, Hannah R Tierney et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2025
Data on alcohol use trends in women living with HIV (WLWH) are lacking. We examine data collected before and across the COVID-19 pandemic (2014-2022) in WLWH and socio-demographically similar women living without HIV (WLWOH)(n = 1564; 67% WLWH) who self-reported alcohol use to establish and compare trends. Women were categorized into baseline groups based on use pattern from 10/2014 to 09/2017: abstinence (no alcohol at any visit), non-heavy drin…
Associations Between Internalized HIV Stigma and Cognitive Function Among Older Women With HIV
Open AccessThi Vu, J M Wise et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2025References: 3
Objectives Internalized HIV stigma refers to the negative beliefs, feelings, and attitudes that people with HIV (PWH) adopt about themselves due to societal HIV stigma. Internalized HIV stigma negatively affects mental health but less is known about this factor on cognitive function in PWH. This study examines associations between internalized HIV stigma and cognition among women aged 50+ with HIV. Methods Internalized HIV stigma was measured in …
Validation of an Extended Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Measure in a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Cohort of People Living with or at Risk for HIV Infection
Open AccessSkylar J Gaughan, Phyllis C Tien et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2026
Despite becoming a routine part of clinical care, collection of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) is not standardized, and common measures might not reflect the full range of LGBTQ+ experiences. In this study, we tested a novel expanded SOGI measure that addresses these concerns in a racially and ethnically diverse HIV cohort study. Participants ( N = 885) were randomized to complete either a common SOGI measure with fewer SOGI choice…
Neighborhood Violence and Safety
Open AccessMarsha H Cohen, Rohan G Rajagopal et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2026
Neighborhood violence and safety concerns are associated with poor health outcomes including HIV acquisition/transmission, and possible lack of viral suppression. Using a cross-sectional analytic design, we determined the prevalence of neighbourhood violence and safety concerns among participants in the MACS WIHS Combined Cohort Study, a large US cohort of men and women with and without HIV. We used multivariable logistic regression to assess fac…