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Center & Institute Affiliations
Brian Weir, PhD ’13, MHS 12, MPH, is an HIV prevention researcher with expertise in study design, analytic methods, and economic evaluation.
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Research Interests
HIV prevention; substance use and overdose prevention; human rights; study design and statistical analysis; economic evaluation; cost-effectiveness
Experiences & Accomplishments
Dr. Weir's research focuses on HIV prevention, research design, and economic evaluation. His current HIV-related research includes linkage to care for people who inject drugs in Baltimore, effectiveness of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among male sex workers in Thailand, improving care for people living with HIV in Ukraine and in South Africa, and the cost-effectiveness of HIV prevention and treatment interventions. An additional area of interest is using emergency medical services (EMS) data to describe the epidemiology of drug overdose, violent trauma, asthma, and other acute and chronic health conditions in Baltimore.
Honors & Awards
2019, 2021 Excellence in Teaching: Advanced Quantitative Methods in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, a Practical Introduction
2018 Commissioner, International AIDS Society—Lancet Commission of Global Health and the HIV Response
2015, 2016, 2017 Excellence in Teaching (with David Holtgrave): Translating Research into Public Health Programs
2016 Johns Hopkins University Center for AIDS Research Innovator Award
2015 Johns Hopkins University Center for AIDS Research Scholar Grant for Faculty Development
2013 Delta Omega Society
Select Publications
Weir BW, Wirtz A, Chemnasiri T, Baral S, Decker MR, Dun C, Mon SHH, Ungsedhapand C, Dunne EF, Woodring JV, Pattanasin S, Sukwicha W, Thigpen MC, Varangrat A, Warapornmongkholkul A, O’Connor S, Ngo JP, Qaragholi N, Sisel HI, Truong JM, Janyam S, Linjongrat D, Sriplienchan S, Sirivongrangson P, Rooney JF, Sullivan P, Chua-Intra B, Hickey AC, and Beyrer C. (2023). Lancet Regional Health Southeast Asia. 15:100217. PubMed PMID: 37614346; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10442968.
Page KR, Weir BW, Zook K, Rosecrans A, Harris R, Grieb SM, Falade-Nwulia O, Landry M, Escobar W, Ramirez MP, Saxton RE, Clarke WA, Sherman SG, Lucas GM. (2024). Addiction. 119(7):1276-1288. PMID: 38561602 PMCID: PMC11259310.
Dun C, Allen ST, Latkin C, Knowlton A, Weir BW. (2022). Annals of Medicine. 54(1):1738-1748. PMID: 35775468; PMCID: PMC9255214.
Bekker LG, Alleyne G, Baral S, Cepeda J, Daskalakis D, Dowdy D, Dybul M, Eholie S, Esom K, Garnett G, Grimsrud A, Hakim J, Havlir D, Isbell MT, Johnson L, Kamarulzaman A, Kasaie P, Kazatchkine M, Kilonzo N, Klag M, Klein M, Lewin SR, Luo C, Makofane K, Martin NK, Mayer K, Millett G, Ntusi N, Pace L, Pike C, Piot P, Pozniak A, Quinn TC, Rockstroh J, Ratevosian J, Ryan O, Sippel S, Spire B, Soucat A, Starrs A, Strathdee SA, Thomson N, Vella S, Schechter M, Vickerman P, Weir B, Beyrer C. (2018). Lancet. 392(10144):312-358. PMID: 30032975.
Weir BW, Kennedy RD, Cantrell J, Greenberg M, Holtgrave D. (2018). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 15(8):1662. PMID: 30082612.
Beyrer C, Crago AL, Bekker LG, Butler J, Shannon K, Kerrigan D, Decker MR, Baral SD, Poteat T, Wirtz AL, Weir BW, Barré-Sinoussi F, Kazatchkine M, Sidibé M, Dehne KL, Boily MC, Strathdee SA. Lancet. 2015 Jan 17;385(9964):287-301. PMID: 25059950; PMCID: PMC4302059.