Robert Gross

Biographic Data

ID	6820878
NAME	Robert Gross
GIVEN NAMES	Robert
FAMILY NAME	Gross
SIGNATURE	GROSS R
AFFILIATIONS	Imperial College London
ORCID	0000-0003-3810-6663
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	42
TOTAL CITATIONS	20
AUTHOR COUNT	42
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1989
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2026
H-INDEX	2

Finding the balance between academic productivity and impact: Evaluation of the Botswana - University of Pennsylvania partnership over a 5-year timeframe
Open AccessCorrado Cancedda, Merrian Brooks et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2026
INTRODUCTION: There is consensus that global health needs a new power and incentive structure and academia must benefit society more directly. However, there are few metrics to help academic global health partnerships enact these changes.This study evaluates the impact of the Botswana - University of Pennsylvania Partnership (BUP) between July 2018 and June 2023, through the lenses of academic productivity, global health decolonisation and social…
Systemic inequities, dignity, and trust in the context of HIV care: A qualitative analysis
Open AccessAmanda L Sanchez, Chynna Mills et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2025
Adherence and retention in care are key targets to achieve favorable health outcomes for people with HIV. Challenges with adherence and retention are pronounced for marginalized communities facing intersectional structural oppression. Community health worker delivery of Managed Problem Solving (MAPS+), an evidence-based behavioral intervention, has the potential to improve adherence and retention, yet understanding structural inequities affecting…
HIV Prevention Continuum Outcomes Following Implementation of a Municipal HIV Self-Testing Program
Open AccessCedric H Bien-Gund, Knashawn H Morales et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2025
HIV self-testing (HIVST) must lead to engagement in the HIV status neutral continuum to maximize its benefits. The objective of this research was to determine the reach of a public health HIVST program, characterize the HIV prevention continuum following self-testing, and identify correlates associated with obtaining post-test care and discussing PrEP. We prospectively recruited individuals who obtained an HIVST through a municipal program in Phi…
Beyond public acceptance: Towards systemic societal responsiveness of net zero infrastructures
Open AccessPHEDEAS STEPHANIDES, Jason Chilvers et al.ARTICLEEnergy Research & Social Science2025References: 49
Whilst dominant science-policy framings focus on getting publics to accept widespread infrastructural changes deemed necessary for net zero, social science scholarship has argued for the need to move ‘beyond acceptance’. In this paper we advance on existing studies which tend to emphasise a largely sequential progression from acceptance to ‘beyond acceptance’ approaches. We suggest that this can be more accurately viewed as distinct co-existing a…
Salient beliefs related to secondary distribution of Covid-19 self-test kits within social networks
Open AccessCedric H Bien-Gund, Molly Sarbaugh et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024
Background: Widespread access to testing is critical to public health efforts to control the COVID-19 pandemic. Secondary distribution of COVID-19 self-test kits, where an individual distributes test kits to others in their social networks, is a potential strategy to improve access to testing. In this qualitative study, we identified salient beliefs about distributing and accepting COVID-19 self-test kits within one's social network, as well as o…
Job creation in a low carbon transition to renewables and energy efficiency: A review of international evidence
Open AccessRichard Hanna, Philip Heptonstall et al.ARTICLESustainability Science2024
In this paper, we present findings from a systematic review on job creation, quality, and skills, focusing on decarbonisation in the energy sector. We compare a range of gross job employment factors which indicate that overall, investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency can deliver more jobs than gas or coal power generation. In addition, we review a subset of recent studies which estimate the net employment effects of decarbonisation i…
Antiretroviral Treatment Gaps and Adherence Among People with HIV in the U.S. Medicare Program
Open AccessPengxiang Li, Girish Prajapati et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2023
Approximately one-quarter of people with HIV (PWH) in the U.S. receive coverage through the Medicare program; however, no prior real-world study has examined antiretroviral therapy (ART) gaps and adherence and associated factors in this population. This retrospective cohort analysis used 2013-2018 national Medicare fee-for-service claims data to identify all PWH initiated on a new ART regimen including protease inhibitors [PI], non-nucleoside rev…
Accelerating actions for leveraging a climate-neutral sustainable society
Open AccessMikiko Kainuma, Robert Gross et al.ARTICLESustainability Science2023Cited by: 1References: 8
Implementation mapping to plan for a hybrid trial testing the effectiveness and implementation of a behavioral intervention for HIV medication adherence and care retention
Open AccessKatelin Hoskins, Amanda L Sanchez et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022
Background: Implementation mapping is a systematic, collaborative, and contextually-attentive method for developing implementation strategies. As an exemplar, we applied this method to strategy development for Managed Problem Solving Plus (MAPS+), an adapted evidence-based intervention for HIV medication adherence and care retention that will be delivered by community health workers and tested in an upcoming trial. Methods: In Step 1: Conduct Nee…
Reasons for discordance between antiretroviral adherence measures in adolescents
Elizabeth D Lowenthal, Rachel Ohrenshall et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2022
Adolescents with suboptimal medication taking may deceive caregivers about non-adherence. We conducted a 5-year longitudinal study of adolescents monitored simultaneously with both easily manipulated (e.g., self-report) and hard to manipulate (e.g., microelectronic data) strategies. Adolescents with repeatedly high adherence on the former and low adherence on the latter were invited along with their parental figures ("parents") to participate. We…
A National Opioid Tax for Treatment Programs in the US: Funding Opportunity But Problems Ahead
Open AccessRebecca Arden Harris, David S Mandell et al.ARTICLEJAMA Health Forum2022
Two million people have an opioid use disorder (OUD) in the US, 1 putting local and state governments in desperate need of treatment funds. Five states-Delaware, Maine, Minnesota, New York, and Rhode Island-recently enacted opioid excise taxes or fees to generate revenue and curtail excessive opioid prescribing (Table )
The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Stress, Isolation, Smoking Behaviors, and Motivation to Quit in People with HIV Who Smoke
Open AccessPatricia A Cioe, Robert A Schnoll et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2022
Supportive environments during the substance use disorder epidemic in the rural United States: Provider support for interventions and expectations of interactions with providers
Open AccessThomas C O''Brien, Thomas C O’brien et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2022References: 35
Stabilisation wedges: Measuring progress towards transforming the global energy and land use systems
Open AccessNathan Johnson, Robert Gross et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2021
Fifteen years ago, Pacala and Socolow argued that global carbon emissions could be stabilised by mid-century using a portfolio of existing mitigation strategies. We assess historic progress for each of their proposed mitigation strategies and convert this into the unit of ‘wedges’. We show that the world is on track to achieve 1.5 ± 0.9 wedges relative to seven required to stabilise emissions, or 14 required to achieve net-zero emissions by mid-c…
Improved clinical outcomes among persons with HIV who quit smoking
Su Fen Lubitz, Alex Flitter et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2020
Quitting smoking among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) is a priority. However, PLWHA and clinicians working with PLWHA are reluctant to use tobacco use treatments out of concern that smoking cessation can diminish anti-retroviral therapy (ART) adherence and quality of life (QoL) and increase psychiatric symptoms. This secondary analysis from a placebo-controlled varenicline trial for tobacco dependence among PLWHA (N = 179) examined if smokin…
Mental Health, Social Influences, and HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Utilization Among Men and Transgender Individuals Screening for HIV Prevention Trials
Open AccessSarah Wood, Knashawn H Morales et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2020
Persistent Disparities in Smoking Rates Among PLWH Compared to the General Population in Philadelphia, 2009–2014
Open AccessCedric H Bien-Gund, Grace Choi et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2020
Psychological Reactance is a Novel Risk Factor for Adolescent Antiretroviral Treatment Failure
Open AccessElizabeth D Lowenthal, Mitchelle Matesva et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2020
Effectiveness of a Viral Load Suppression Intervention for Highly Vulnerable People Living with HIV
Open AccessToorjo Ghose, Virginia Shubert et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2019
Barriers and Facilitators of PrEP Adherence for Young Men and Transgender Women of Color
Open AccessSarah Wood, Revital Gro et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2019
On demand: Can demand response live up to expectations in managing electricity systems
Open AccessBryony Parrish, Robert Gross et al.ARTICLEEnergy Research & Social Science2019Cited by: 16
Pharmacy Refill Data are Poor Predictors of Virologic Treatment Outcomes in Adolescents with HIV in Botswana
Open AccessLeah Genn, Jennifer Chapman et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2018
How Tourism Transformed an Alpine Valley
Open AccessRobert A Gro, Robert GrossCHAPTERSocial Ecology2016
Summing It Up: From One Plus One to Modern Number Theory
Avner Ash, Robert A Gross et al.BOOKSumming It Up2016
Patterns of HIV Treatment Adherence do not Differ Between Male and Female Adolescents in Botswana
Open AccessKimon L H Ioannides, Jennifer Chapman et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2016