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Brian W Pence, Assistant Research Professor  

Office Location: 138 Rubenstein Hall
Office Phone: 919 613 9352
Email Address: brian.pence@duke.edu

Areas of Expertise

    Education:
    Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2005
    MPH, Columbia University, 2000

    Representative Publications   (More Publications)

    1. "Adams JL, Gaynes BN, McGuinness T, Modi R, Willig J, Pence BW.  “Treating depression within the HIV ”medical home”: A guided algorithm for antidepressant management by HIV clinicians.”  AIDS Patient Care and STDs: In press, 2012.  ." ().
    2. "Bess K, Adams JL, Watt MH, O’Donnell JK, Gaynes BN, Thielman NM, Heine A, Zinski A, Raper JL, Pence BW.  “Providers’ Attitudes Towards Treating Depression and Self-Reported Depression Treatment Practices in HIV Outpatient Care.”  AIDS Patient Care & STDs.  In press, 2012.  ." ().
    3. "Pence BW, Mugavero MJ, Carter TJ, Leserman J, Thielman NM, Raper JL, Proeschold-Bell RJ, Reif S, Whetten K.  "Childhood trauma and health outcomes in HIV-infected patients: An exploration of causal pathways."  JAIDS.  In press (2011).." ().
    4. J Barroso, BG Hammill, J Leserman, N Salahuddin, JL Harmon, BW Pence. "Physiological and psychosocial factors that predict HIV-related fatigue.." AIDS and behavior 14.6 (December, 2010): 1415-27. [doi]  [abs]
    5. BW Pence, JL Raper, S Reif, NM Thielman, J Leserman, MJ Mugavero. "Incident stressful and traumatic life events and human immunodeficiency virus sexual transmission risk behaviors in a longitudinal, multisite cohort study.." Psychosomatic medicine 72.7 (September, 2010): 720-6. [doi]  [abs]
    6. KJ Sikkema, MH Watt, AS Drabkin, CS Meade, NB Hansen, BW Pence. "Mental health treatment to reduce HIV transmission risk behavior: a positive prevention model.." AIDS and behavior 14.2 (April, 2010): 252-62. [doi]  [abs]
    7. D Westreich, BW Pence, AN Turner. "In populo.." Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) 21.1 (January, 2010): 152-3. [doi]  [abs]
    8. "Proeschold-Bell RJ, Heine A, Pence BW, McAdam K, Quinlivan EB.  “A cross-site, comparative effectiveness study of an integrated HIV and substance use treatment program.”  AIDS Patient Care and STDs, in press.." ().
    9. "Reif S, Mugavero MJ, Raper JL, Thielman NM, Leserman J, Whetten K, Pence BW.  “Highly Stressed: Stressful and Traumatic Experiences among individuals with HIV/AIDS in the Deep South.”  AIDS Care, in press.." ().
    10. MJ Mugavero, JL Raper, S Reif, K Whetten, J Leserman, NM Thielman, BW Pence. "Overload: impact of incident stressful events on antiretroviral medication adherence and virologic failure in a longitudinal, multisite human immunodeficiency virus cohort study.." Psychosomatic medicine 71.9 (November, 2009): 920-6. [doi]  [abs]
    11. MR Khan, JS Kaufman, BW Pence, BN Gaynes, AA Adimora, SS Weir, WC Miller. "Depression, sexually transmitted infection, and sexual risk behavior among young adults in the United States.." Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine 163.7 (July, 2009): 644-52. [doi]  [abs]
    12. BW Pence, WC Miller, BN Gaynes. "Prevalence estimation and validation of new instruments in psychiatric research: an application of latent class analysis and sensitivity analysis.." Psychological assessment 21.2 (June, 2009): 235-9. [doi]  [abs]
    13. BW Pence, J Barroso, JL Harmon, J Leserman, N Salahuddin, BG Hammill. "Chronicity and remission of fatigue in patients with established HIV infection.." AIDS patient care and STDs 23.4 (April, 2009): 239-44. [doi]  [abs]
    14. BW Pence. "The impact of mental health and traumatic life experiences on antiretroviral treatment outcomes for people living with HIV/AIDS.." The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 63.4 (April, 2009): 636-40. [doi]  [abs]
    15. N Salahuddin, J Barroso, J Leserman, JL Harmon, BW Pence. "Daytime sleepiness, nighttime sleep quality, stressful life events, and HIV-related fatigue.." The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC 20.1 (March, 2009): 6-13. [doi]  [abs]
    16. K Whetten, J Ostermann, RA Whetten, BW Pence, K O'Donnell, LC Messer, NM Thielman, Positive Outcomes for Orphans (POFO) Research Team. "A comparison of the wellbeing of orphans and abandoned children ages 6-12 in institutional and community-based care settings in 5 less wealthy nations.." PloS one 4.12 (2009): e8169. [doi]  [abs]
    17. "Sikkema KJ, Watt MH, Drabkin AS, Meade CS, Hansen NB, Pence BW.  Mental Health Treatment to Reduce HIV Transmission Risk Behavior: A Positive Prevention Model.  AIDS Behavior and Education.  In press, 2009.." ().
    18. BW Pence, NM Thielman, K Whetten, J Ostermann, V Kumar, MJ Mugavero. "Coping strategies and patterns of alcohol and drug use among HIV-infected patients in the United States Southeast.." AIDS patient care and STDs 22.11 (November, 2008): 869-77. [doi]  [abs]
    19. J Leserman, J Barroso, BW Pence, N Salahuddin, JL Harmon. "Trauma, stressful life events and depression predict HIV-related fatigue.." AIDS care 20.10 (November, 2008): 1258-65. [doi]  [abs]
    20. BW Pence, J Barroso, J Leserman, JL Harmon, N Salahuddin. "Measuring fatigue in people living with HIV/AIDS: psychometric characteristics of the HIV-related fatigue scale.." AIDS care 20.7 (August, 2008): 829-37. [doi]  [abs]
    21. BN Gaynes, BW Pence, JJ Eron Jr, WC Miller. "Prevalence and comorbidity of psychiatric diagnoses based on reference standard in an HIV+ patient population.." Psychosomatic medicine 70.4 (May, 2008): 505-11. [doi]  [abs]
    22. BW Pence, J Ostermann, V Kumar, K Whetten, N Thielman, MJ Mugavero. "The influence of psychosocial characteristics and race/ethnicity on the use, duration, and success of antiretroviral therapy.." Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 47.2 (February, 2008): 194-201. [doi]  [abs]
    23. "Pence BW, J Barroso, J Leserman, JL Harmon, N Salahuddin.  “Measuring fatigue in people living with HIV/AIDS: Psychometric characteristics of the HIV-Related Fatigue Scale.”  AIDS Care.  In press, 2008.." ().
    24. "Pence BW, J Barroso, JL Harmon, J Leserman, N Salahuddin, BG Hammill.  “Chronicity and remission of fatigue in patients with established HIV infection.”  AIDS Patient Care and STDs.  In press, 2008.." ().
    25. "Pence BW, N Thielman, K Whetten, J Ostermann, V Kumar, MJ Mugavero.  “Coping strategies and patterns of alcohol and drug use among HIV-infected patients in the U.S. Southeast.”  AIDS Patient Care and STDs.  In press, 2008.." ().
    26. BW Pence, S Reif, K Whetten, J Leserman, D Stangl, M Swartz, N Thielman, MJ Mugavero. "Minorities, the poor, and survivors of abuse: HIV-infected patients in the US deep South.." Southern medical journal 100.11 (November, 2007): 1114-22. [doi]  [abs]
    27. J Leserman, BW Pence, K Whetten, MJ Mugavero, NM Thielman, MS Swartz, D Stangl. "Relation of lifetime trauma and depressive symptoms to mortality in HIV.." The American journal of psychiatry 164.11 (November, 2007): 1707-13. [doi]  [abs]
    28. MJ Mugavero, BW Pence, K Whetten, J Leserman, M Swartz, D Stangl, NM Thielman. "Childhood abuse and initial presentation for HIV care: an opportunity for early intervention.." AIDS care 19.9 (October, 2007): 1083-7. [doi]  [abs]
    29. J Ostermann, V Kumar, BW Pence, K Whetten. "Trends in HIV testing and differences between planned and actual testing in the United States, 2000-2005.." Archives of internal medicine 167.19 (October, 2007): 2128-35. [doi]  [abs]
    30. MJ Mugavero, BW Pence, K Whetten, J Leserman, M Swartz, D Stangl, NM Thielman. "Predictors of AIDS-related morbidity and mortality in a southern U.S. Cohort.." AIDS patient care and STDs 21.9 (September, 2007): 681-90. [doi]  [abs]
    31. MB Hossain, JF Phillips, B Pence. "The effect of women's status on infant and child mortality in four rural areas of Bangladesh.." Journal of biosocial science 39.3 (May, 2007): 355-66. [doi]  [abs]
    32. BW Pence, WC Miller, BN Gaynes, JJ Eron Jr. "Psychiatric illness and virologic response in patients initiating highly active antiretroviral therapy.." Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 44.2 (February, 2007): 159-66. [doi]  [abs]
    33. BW Pence, P Nyarko, JF Phillips, C Debpuur. "The effect of community nurses and health volunteers on child mortality: the Navrongo Community Health and Family Planning Project.." Scandinavian journal of public health 35.6 (2007): 599-608. [doi]  [abs]
    34. BW Pence, WC Miller, K Whetten, JJ Eron, BN Gaynes. "Prevalence of DSM-IV-defined mood, anxiety, and substance use disorders in an HIV clinic in the Southeastern United States.." Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 42.3 (July, 2006): 298-306. [doi]  [abs]
    35. R Whetten, K Whetten, BW Pence, S Reif, C Conover, S Bouis. "Does distance affect utilization of substance abuse and mental health services in the presence of transportation services?." AIDS care 18 Suppl 1 (2006): S27-34. [doi]  [abs]
    36. K Whetten, S Reif, J Ostermann, BW Pence, M Swartz, R Whetten, C Conover, S Bouis, N Thielman, J Eron. "Improving health outcomes among individuals with HIV, mental illness, and substance use disorders in the Southeast.." AIDS care 18 Suppl 1 (2006): S18-26. [doi]  [abs]
    37. BW Pence, BN Gaynes, K Whetten, JJ Eron Jr, RW Ryder, WC Miller. "Validation of a brief screening instrument for substance abuse and mental illness in HIV-positive patients.." Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 40.4 (December, 2005): 434-44.  [abs]
    38. CA Ford, BW Pence, WC Miller, MD Resnick, LH Bearinger, S Pettingell, M Cohen. "Predicting adolescents' longitudinal risk for sexually transmitted infection: results from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.." Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine 159.7 (July, 2005): 657-64. [doi]  [abs]
    39. EK Glover, A Bannerman, BW Pence, H Jones, R Miller, E Weiss, J Nerquaye-Tetteh. "Sexual health experiences of adolescents in three Ghanaian towns.." International family planning perspectives 29.1 (March, 2003): 32-40. [doi]  [abs]

    Curriculum Vitae

    Highlight:
    Infectious diseases epidemiology and health services research. Research on the impact of mental health conditions on HIV-related behaviors and health outcomes

    Brian W Pence