Mena, Leandro A., M.D.

Primary Practice Location:
University Hospital
2500 N. State St.
Jackson, MS 39216

Appointments: (888) 815-2005

Areas of Practice: Infectious Diseases

Education

Board Certification:	Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease
Medical Education:	Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena
Internship Program:	Cook County Health and Hospital System
Residency Program:	Cook County Health and Hospital System
Fellowship Program:	Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans

Current Positions

Department Chair , Department of Population Health Science	12/2016 - Present
Director	09/2014 - Present
Adjunct Graduate Faculty , Department of Biology	03/2014 - Present
Director	2014 - Present
Director	02/2013 - Present
Faculty	02/2013 - Present
Professor , School of Graduate School in the Health Sciences	07/2010 - Present
Professor , School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine Resrch & Tching Center	07/2007 - Present
STD/HIV Clinical & Epidemiologic Consultant , School of	07/2004 - Present
Faculty , Department of Medicine	2004 - Present
Medical Director , School of	03/2003 - Present
The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216

Education

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in New Orleans, Infectious Disease Fellow, Infectious Diseases	2002
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, MPH, Public Health	2001
Cook County Hospital, Internal Medicine Residency, Internal Medicine	1999
Cook County Hospital, Internal Medicine Internship, Internal Medicine	1997
Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, MD, Medicine	1992

Specialty Certification Licensure

Certification, Infectious Diseases, ABIM	11/2002 - 12/2025
Certification, Internal Medicine, ABIM	11/1999 - 11/2009
Licensure, Medical License, State of Mississippi	03/2003 - 06/2016

Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments

Medical Director, Center for Health for Minority Men	09/2014 - 06/2016
Associate Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine	07/2009 - 06/2016
Director, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine	2006 - 06/2011
Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine	03/2003 - 06/2009
Medical Consultant, Mississippi State Department of Health, School of	2003 - 07/2004

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Fellow, Infectious Disease Society of America	2020
Excellence in Communication, DHAP Collaborative Team Accelerating the Dissemination of Information, Training, and Tools in Support of Treatment as Prevention and Viral Suppression	2020
Excellence in Research Award Gold Level, University of Mississippi Medical Center	2018
Diversity Award for Excellence, The Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning	2018
Achievement Award, Gay and Lesbian Medical Association	2016
Research Fellow, Rulal Center for AIDS/STD Prevention, Indiana University	2013
Flame Thrower Award in Medicine, Red Door Foundation	2013
Outstanding Service to Young African American Men who have Sex with Men, My Brother's Keeper, Inc	2010
Division of Multicultural Affairs Mentor of the Year, University of Mississippi Medical Center	2010
Proclamation, Council City of New York	2008
Excellence in Research Silver Level, University of MS Medical Center	2007
Cum laude Graduate, Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena	1992

Professional Membership and Service

American Public Health Association, Member	2015 - Present
International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections, Member	2013 - Present
American Federation for Medical Research, Member	2012 - Present
National Coalition of STD Directors, Member	2012 - Present
International AIDS Society, Member	2010 - Present
Mississippi State Medical Association, Member	2010 - Present
National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors, Member	2010 - Present
Gay and Lesbian Medical Association, Member	2010 - Present
American Society for Microbiology, Member	2008 - 2010
Southern Society of Clinical Investigators, Member	2007 - Present
Association of Subspecialty Professors, Member	2005 - 2013
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Member	2004 - Present
International Society for Sexually Transmitted Disease Research, Member	2003 - Present
American Sexually Transmitted Disease Association, Member	2003 - Present
Mississippi Public Health Association, Member	2003 - Present
Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi Infectious Diseases Society, Member	2000 - Present
Infectious Diseases Society of America, Member	1999 - Present
American Medical Association, Member	1997 - Present
Asociacion Medica Dominicana, Member	1992 - Present

Committee Service

IDSA GRANTS FOR EMERGING RESEARCHERS/CLINICIANS MENTORSHIP, Vice Chair	2020 - Present
IDSA/HIVMA Grants for Emerging Researchers/ClinicianS Mentorship Committee, Vice Chair	2020 - 2022
HIVMA Strategic Planning Commitee, Task Force Member	2020 - 2020
Professional Advisory Council Harvard Medical School Sexual and Gender Minority Health Equity Initiative, Member	2019 - Present
Emeritus Status Commitee, Member	2019 - Present
Diversity and Inclusion, Member	2019 - Present
MEDICAL CENTER-ACADEMIC FREEDOM FACULTY RESPONSBLTY, Member	2019 - Present
National LGBT Health Center Advisory Board, Member	2018 - Present
Preventive Medicine Program Evaluation Committee, Member	2017 - Present
Infectious Disease Fellowship Program Evaluation Committee, Member	2017 - 2019
SON Research Strategic Planning, Member	2017 - 2017
Advisory Committee on HIV, Viral Hepatitis and STD Prevention and Treatment of the CDC and HRSA, Member	2016 - 2020
Promotion and Tenure Committee Department of Preventive Medicine, Member	2016 - Present
Executive Committee Planning for PrEP Consultation, Member	2015 - Present
Faculty Advisory Board National LGBT Health Education Center, Member	2015 - Present
Population Health Curriculum Subcommitee, Member	2015 - 2016
Advisory Board Center for Health of Minority Males (C-HMM), Member	2014 - 2016
Mississippi State Department of Health Institutional Review Board, Ad hoc member	2013 - Present
MEDICAL CENTER-INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD 1, Member	2012 - Present
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-CURRICULUM, Member	2012 - 2015
Departement of Medicine Research and Scholarship Committe, Member	2011 - Present
American Sexual Health Association Board of Directors, Member	2009 - 2014
National Institute of Health Office of AIDS Research Racial and Ethnic Population Budget Committee, Co-chair Treatment Group	2009 - Present
Mississippi State Department of Health Insitutional Review Board, Co-Chair	2008 - 2013
Antibiotics Subcommitee, Chair	2007 - 2011
THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS AND CLINICS-PHARMACY AND THERAPEUTICS, Member	2007 - 2008
Research Council Department of Medicine, Member	2006 - 2008
THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS AND CLINICS-INFECTION PREVENTION, Member	2006 - 2008
Public Policy Committee of the American Academy of HIV Medicine, Member	2004 - 2004

Community Service

HRC Town Hall: Is PrEP right for me?, Guest Speaker	09/2020 - Present
Community Research Fellows Training (CRFT) Program, Volunteer faculty	09/2014 - 12/2014
Mississippi Department of Human Services Division of Youth Services, Guest Speaker	02/2014 - 02/2014
Volunteer adminstrative and clinical services, Medical Director Open Arms Healthcare Center	02/2013 - 10/2013
Division of Multicultural Affairs Mentoring Program, Mentor	07/2006 - 06/2014
Latino Festival, Health Educator and Outreach	09/2004 - 09/2004
Jackson Free Clinic, Volunteer Attending	07/2004 - Present

Other Service

National LGBTQ Health Advisory Board	09/2020 - 05/2121
HIV-Related Intersectional Stigma Workshop, member	07/2020 - 09/2020
2021 National LGBTQ Health Conference Advisory Board, Advisory Board Member	02/2020 - Present
National Academy of Sciences, Engeneering and Medicine, Invited Speaker Committee on Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted Infections in the United States	09/2019 - 09/2019
2015 National HIV Prevention Conference, Co-Chair	12/2015 - 12/2015
CDC Medical Monitoring Project National Provider Advisory Board, Member	10/2015 - 05/2019
Improving the Sexual Health of Men who Have Sex with Men Through Establishing a Sexual Health Standard of Care, Co-Chair	03/2015 - 03/2014
The DHAP Approach to Addressing HIV and AIDS among Gay and Bisexual Men in the United States, 2015, Subject Matter Expert	02/2015 - 02/2015
CDC Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention’s Approach to Addressing HIV and AIDS among Gay and Bisexual Men in the United States, 2015, External Consultant	02/2015 - 02/2015
Natioanal Minority AIDS Council Advisory Committee PrEP Education and Awareness Program, Member	01/2015 - Present
Human Rights Campaign, Mississippi State Advisory Committee, Member	10/2014 - Present
National Center for Innovation in HIV Care, Faculty	10/2014 - Present
Center for Engaging Black Men who have Sex with Men Across the Care Continuum Behavior Clinical Community Advisory Panel, Member	07/2014 - 06/2016
Second Minority HIV and Health Disparities Conference: The HIV Continuum of Care in Mississippi: Health Care from Prevention to Viral Suppression, Course Director	06/2014 - 06/2014
Latino Commission AIDS, Tecnical Expert Group, Member	04/2014 - 03/2015
Community Research Fellows Training (CRFT) Program Advisory Board, Member	03/2014 - Present
School of Health Professions Health Equity & Leadership Institute, Faculty	02/2014 - Present
School of Health Related Professions Health Equity & Leadership Institute, Faculty	02/2014 - Present
Medical Students LGBTI Interest Group, Faculty Advisor	12/2012 - Present
Brown University - Miriam Hospital R25 Fellowship "Initiative in HIV/AIDS Clinical Research in Minority Communities" Executive Commitee, Member	07/2012 - Present
Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention Advisory Committee, Member	07/2012 - Present
National STD Treatment Guideline Committee, Member	2012 - Present
The Second Stanley W. Chapman Infectious Diasease Symposium, Course Director	11/2010 - 11/2010
White House Meeting on Implementing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy in the Latino Community, Panelist	09/2010 - 09/2010
Public Health Consumer Advocacy Board, Behavioral and Environmental Health Equity Project, Jackson State University, Member	07/2010 - Present
CDC/NCHHSTP/DHAP Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Implementation in Heterosexual African American Men Working Group, Member	01/2010 - 06/2014
NASTAD Rural HIV/AID Symposium: Focus on the Southeast, Policy Issues, Panelist	01/2010 - 01/2010
The Stanley Chapman Infectious Disease Symposium, Course Director	11/2008 - 11/2008
Mississippi State Department of Health Health Disparity Consortium, Member	07/2005 - Present
Clinical Committee, Infertility Prevention Program Region IV, ad hoc member	07/2004 - 06/2012

Publications

Letter
Patel RR, Chan PA, Mena L, Crowley JS, McCoy K, Nunn A, Time to Make the Jump: Translating HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Research Into Real-World Public Health Impact. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999), 2017 Aug 15;75(5):e144-e146	2017
Brock JB, Mena LA, HIV Medicine Residency Training: Experience From Mississippi. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2016 Dec 15;63(12):1678-1679	2016
Howard EJ, Xu F, Taylor SN, Stoner BP, Mena L, Nsuami MJ, Powell S, Lillis R, Martin DH, Patient preference for patient-delivered partner therapy: exploratory findings from three sexually transmitted disease clinics. Sexually transmitted diseases, 2011 Feb;38(2):148-9	2011
Journal Article
MacCarthy S,Mena L, Chan PA,Rose J,Simmons D,Riggins R, Hoffmann H,Perez-Brumer A,Chamberlain N,Nunn A. Sexual Network Profiles and Risk Factors for STIs Among African American Sexual Minorities in Mississippi: A Cross-Sectional Analysis LGBT Health	2014
Ricks JM, Geter AMPH, McGladrey M, Crosby RA, Mena LA, Ottmar I Don't Have a Problem With It, But Other Guys Do": An Exploration of Condom Negotiation among Young Black Men Who Have Sex with Men in the South the Journal of Black Sexuality and Relationships Volume 1, Number 2	2014
Muzny CA, Sunesara I, Griswold ME, Kumar R, . Lefkowitz EJ, Mena LA 5,Schwebke JR, David H. Martin 6, Edwin Swiatlo Association between BVAB1 and High Nugent Scores among Women with Bacterial Vaginosis Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease	2014
Barnes A,Riche D, Mena LMD, Sison T, Barry L M,Reddy R, Shwayder J, Parry JP Efficacy and Safety of Intrauterine Insemination and Assisted Reproductive Technology in HIV Serodiscordant Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Fertil Steril. 2014 Jun 17. pii: S0015-0282(14)00413-0. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.05.001	2014
Adamski A, Clark RA, Mena L, Henderson H, Levison J, Schmidt N, Gebrekristos HT, Martin DH, Kissinger P. The influence of ART on the treatment of Trichomonas vaginalis among HIV-infected women. Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Jun 9. pii: ciu401	2014
Nunn A, MacCarthy S, Barnett N, Rose J, Chan P,Yolken A, Cornwall A, Chamberlain N, Barnes A, Riggins R,Moore E, Simmons D, Parker S, Mena L. Prevalence and Predictors of Concurrent Sexual Partnerships in a Predominantly African American Population in Jackson, Mississippi AIDS Behav DOI 10.1007/s10461-014-0777-0	2014
Fastring DR, Amedee A, Gatski M, Clark RA, Mena LA, Levison J, Schmidt N, Rice J, Gustat J, Kissinger P. Co-occurrence of Trichomonas vaginalis and bacterial vaginosis and vaginal shedding of HIV-1 RNA. Sex Transm Dis. 2014 Mar;41(3):173-9.	2014
Austin E, Lindley L, Mena L, Crosby R, Muzny C Families of choice and noncollegiate sororities and fraternities among lesbian and bisexual African-American women in a southern community: implications for sexual and reproductive health research Journal of Sexual Health. 2014 Mar;11(1):24-30. doi: 10.1071/SH13145	2014
Muzny C, River S, Parker C, Mena L, Austing E, Schwebke, J Lack of Evidence for Sexual Transmission of Genital Candida species among Women Who Have Sex with Women: A Mixed Methods Study Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2014 Mar;90(2):165-70	2014
Muzny CA, Sunesara IR, Kumar R, Mena LA, Griswold ME, Martin DH, Lefkowitz EJ, Schwebke JR. Characterization of the Vaginal Microbiota among Sexual Risk Behavior Groups of Women with Bacterial Vaginosis PLoS One. 2013 Nov 13;8(11):e80254 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080254	2013
Martens MG, Fine P, Fuller D, Ginde S, Hook EW 3rd, Lebed J, Mena L, Taylor SN, Ven Der Pol B. Clinical Evaluation of a New Pap Test-Based Method for Screening Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Using Liquid-Based Cytology Media. South Med J. 2013; 106(9):506-512	2013
Sison N, Yolken A, Poceta J, Mena L, Chan PA, Barnes A, Smith E, Nunn A Healthcare Provider Attitudes, Practices, and Recommendations for Enhancing Routine HIV Testing and Linkage to Care in the Mississippi Delta Region AIDS Patient Care STDs. 2013; 27(9):511-7	2013
Muzny CA, Sunesara IR, Austin EL, Mena LA, Schwebke JR Bacterial Vaginosis among African American Women who Have Sex with Women Sex Transm Dis. 2013; 40(9):751-5	2013
Taylor, Stephanie N. MD; Lensing, Shelly MS†; Schwebke, Jane MD‡; Lillis, Rebecca MD; Mena, Leandro A. MD, MPH§; Nelson, Anita L. MD∥; Rinaldi, Anne BA¶; Saylor, Lisa BA¶; McNeil, Linda MA¶; Lee, Jeannette Y. PhD Prevalence and Treatment Outcome of Cervicitis of Unknown Etiology Sexually Transmitted Diseases: May 2013 - Volume 40 - Issue 5 - p 379-385 doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31828bfcb1	2013
Kissinger P, Adamski A, Clark RA, Mena L, Levison J, Martin DH Does Antiretroviral Therapy Interfere with the Treatment of Trichomonas vaginalis among HIV+ Women? Sex Transm Dis. 2013; 40(5):506-7	2013
Oster AM, Wejnert C, Mena LA, Elmore K, Fisher H, Heffelfinger JD Network Analysis Among HIV-infected Young Black Men Who Have Sex With Men Demonstrates High Connectedness Around Few Venues Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2013; 40:206-212	2013
Xu F, Stoner B, Taylor S, Mena L, Martin D, Powell S, and Markowitz L. “Testing-Only” Visits: An Assessment of Missed Diagnoses in Clients Attending Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinics Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2013; Volume 40: Issue 1 - p 64–69. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31826f32f3	2013
Balaji AB, Oster AM, Viall AH, Heffelfinger JD, Mena LA, Toledo CA. Role Flexing: How Community, Religion, and Family Shape the Experiences of Young Black Men Who Have Sex with Men. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2012 Nov 7; Epub ahead of print	2012
Van Der Pol B, Warren T, Taylor SN, Martens M, Jerome KR, Mena L, Lebed J, Ginde S, Fine P, Hook EW III. Type Specific Identification of Anogenital Herpes Simplex Virus Infections Using a Commercially Available Nucleic Acid Amplification Test Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2012;	2012
Cornelius Denise C. , D. Ashley Robinson, Christina A. Muzny, Leandro A. Mena, David M. Aanensen, William B. Lushbaugh, and John C. Meade Genetic Characterization of Trichomonas vaginalis Isolates by Use of Multilocus Sequence Typing J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2012 vol. 50 no. 10 3293-3300 Published ahead of print 1 August 2012, doi: 10.1128/JCM.00643-12	2012
Muzny C, Barnes A, Mena L Symptomatic Trichomonas vaginalis infection in the setting of severe nitroimidazole allergy: successful treatment with boric acid Sexual Health. 2012;	2012
Tripathi A, Duffus WA, Kissinger P, Brown TJ, Gibson JJ, Mena LA. Delivering Laboratory Results by Text Message and E-Mail: A survey of Factors Associated with Conceptual Acceptability Among STD Clinic Attendees Telemed J E Health. 2012 Sep;18(7):500-6. Epub 2012 Jul 24.	2012
Muzny, CA, Rivers CA, Mena LA, Schwebke JR Genotypic Characterization of Trichomonas vaginalis Isolates Among Women Who Have Sex With Women in Sexual Partnerships Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2012; 39:556-558, Issue 7	2012
Geisler WM, Koltun WD, Abdelsayed N, Burigo J, Mena L, Taylor SN, Batteiger BE, Thurman AR, Hook EWIII, Vaughn TA, Annett MP, Muenzen RA, Caminis J Safety and Efficacy of WC2031 versus Vibramycin for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis Infection: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Double-Dummy, Active-Controlled, Multicenter Trial Clinical Infect Dis. 2012; 55:82-88	2012
Van Der Pol Barbara, Taylor Stephanie N, LeBar William, Davis Thomas, Fuller Deanna, Mena Leandro, Fine Paul, Gaydos Charlotte A, Martin David, Hook III Edward W. Clinical Evaluation of the BD ProbeTec Neisseria gonorrhoeae Qx Amplified DNA Assay on the BD Viper System With XTR Technology Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2012; 39(2):147-153	2012
Meade JC, Cornelius DC, Robinson DA, Muzny CA, Mena LA, Lushbaugh WB Multilocus Sequence Typing for Genetic Characterization of Trichomonas vaginalis Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2012;	2012
Temple B, Kwara A, Sunesara I, Mena L, Dobbs T, Henderson H, Holcomb M, Webb R, Factors Associated with Recently Transmitted Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strain MS0006 in Hinds County, Mississippi Southern Medical Journal. 2011; 104 (12): 819-26	2011
Muzny C, Sunesara I, Martin DH, Mena L Sexually Transmitted Infections and Risk Behaviors Among African American Women Who Have Sex With Women: Does Sex With Men Make a Difference? Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2011; 38(12):1118-25	2011
Oster AM, Pieniazek D, Zhang X, Switzer WM, Ziebell RA, Mena LA, Wei X, Johnson KL, Singh SK, Thomas PE, Elmore KA, Heffelfinger JD. Demographic but not geographic insularity in HIV transmission amoung young black men Who Have Sex with Men AIDS. 2011; 25(17):2157-65	2011
Dorell C, Sutton M, Oster A, Hardnett F, Thomas P, Gaul Z, Mena L, Heffelfinger JD. Missed Opportunities for HIV Testing in Health Care Settings Among Young African American Men Who Have Sex with Men: Implications for the HIV Epidemic AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 2011; 25:(11): 657-664	2011
Xu F, Stoner BP, Taylor SN, Mena L, Tian LH, Papp J, Hutchins K, Martin DH, Markowitz LE. Use of Home-Obtained Vaginal Swabs to Facilitate Rescreening for Chlamydia trachomatis Infections: Two Randomized Controlled Trials. Obstetrics & Gynecology 2011; 118 (2 Pt 1):231-9	2011
Taylor SN, Van Der Pol B, Lillis R, Hook EW 3rd, Lebar W, Davis T, Fuller D, Mena L, Fine P, Gaydos CA, Martin DH Clinical Evaluation of the BD ProbeTec™ Chlamydia trachomatis Qx Amplified DNA Assay on the BD Viper™ System With XTR™ Technology Sex Transm Dis. 2011 Jul;38(7):603-9.	2011
Howard EJ, Xu F, Taylor SN, Stoner BD, Mena L, Nsuami MJ, Powell S, Lillis R, Martin DH. Patient Preference for Patient-Delivered Partner Therapy: Exploratory Findings From Three Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinics Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2011; 38(2):148-9.	2011
Gatski M, Martin DH, Levison J, Mena L, Clark RA, Murphy M, Henderson H, Schmidt N, Kissinger P. The influence of bacterial vaginosis on the response to Trichomonas vaginalis treatment among HIV-infected women. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2011; 87(3):205-8	2011
Oster A, Dorrell C, Thomas P, Toledo C, Mena L, Heffelfinger J. "HIV Risk amoung Young African American Men Who Have Sex with Men in Mississippi: a Case-Control Study." American Journal of Public Health. 2011; 101:137-143	2011
Cornelius DC, Mena L, Lushbaugh WB, Meade JC. "Genetic relatedness of Trichomonas vaginalis reference and clinical isolates". American Journal Tropical Medicine. 2010; 83:1283-6	2010
Kissinger P, Mena L, Levison J, Clark R, Gatski M. Henderson H, Schmidt N, Rosenthal S, Myers L, Martin D. "A Randomized Treatment Trial: Single versus 7 day Dose of Metronidazole for the Treatment of Trichomonas vaginalis amoung HIV-infected Women" Journal of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. 2010;55(5):565-571	2010
Oster A, Dorell C, Mena L, Thomas P, Toledo C, Heffelfinger J. HIV Risk Among Young African American Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Case–Control Study in Mississippi American Journal of Public Health. 2010; e1–e7	2010
Howard EJ, Xu F, Taylor SN, Stoner BP, Mena L, Nsuami MJ, Powell S, Lillis R, Martin DH. Screening methods for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections in sexually transmitted infection clinics: what do patients prefer? Sex Transm Infect 2011; 87;149-51	2010
Gatski M, Mena L, Levison J, Clark R, Henderson H, Schmidt N, Rosenthal S, Martin D, Kissinger P, "Patient-Delivered Partner Treatment & trichomonas vaginalis Repeat Infection Among HIV-infected Women" Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2010; 37:502-505	2010
Fulop T, Olivier J, Meador RS, Hall J, Islam J, Mena L, Henderson H, Schmidt DW. "Screening for Chronic Kidney Disease in the Ambulatory HIV Population." Clinical Nephrology. 2010; 73:(3); 190-196	2010
Burton M, Olivier J, Mena L. "Characteristics of hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfection in a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected population with lower reported rates of injection drug use (IDU) American Journal of Medical Sciences. 2009; 338:(1):54-6	2009
Mena L, Mrocczkowski T, Nsuami M, Martin DH. " A Randomized Comparision of Azithromycin and Doxycycline for the Treatment of Mycoplasma Genitalium Positive Urethritis in Men" Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2009; 48(12):1649-54	2009
Muzny C, King H, Byers P, Currier m, Nolan R, Mena L. "Vulvar Vaccinia Infection After Sexual Contact With a Smallpox Vaccinee. Case Report/Focused Review" American Journal of Medical Sciences. 2009; 337(4):289-291	2009
Nicholas L, Tchounwou PB, Mena L, Sarpong D. "The Effects of Environmental Factors on Persons Living with HIV/AIDS" International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health. (ISSN 1660-460) 2009; 6:2041-2054	2009
Mena L, Wang X, Mroczkowski TF, Martin DH, Mycoplasma genitalium infections in asymptomatic men and men with urethritis attending a sexually transmitted diseases clinic in New Orleans. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2002; 15;35(10):1167-73	2002
Mena LA, Mroczkowski TF, Wang X, Martin DH "The Role of Mycoplasma genitalium in Nongonococcal Urethritis in Men" Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2002; 35(10):1167-1173	2002
Chan PA, Mena L, Patel R, Oldenburg CE, Beauchamps L, Perez-Brumer AG, Parker S, Mayer KH, Mimiaga MJ, Nunn A. (2016) Retention in Care JIAS. In-press. Outcomes for HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Implementation Programs among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Three United States Cities. Journal of the International AIDS Society (2016 In press)
Alexander1 J, Rose J, Dierker L, Chan P, MacCarthy S, Simmons D, Mena L, Nunn, A It's Complicated: Sexual Partner Characteristic Profiles and Sexually Transmitted Infection Rates within a Predominantly African American Population in Mississippi Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Exploration of Sexual Network Profiles and Risk Factors for STIs among African American Sexual Minorities in Mississippi: A Cross-Sectional Analysis LGBT Health. Manuscript ID LGBT-2014-0019
Mena LA, Mosca NG Top Ten Facts You Need to Know about HIV Journal of the Mississippi Medical Association	2015
Brock JB, Mena LA Pre- and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis and the Changing Paradigm of HIV Prevention Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association, Vol. LVI, No. 6, June 2015	2015
Mena L, Johnson K, Thompson C, Thomas P, Toledo C, Heffelfinger J, Ellington R, Larkins T, Rynn L, Doss J, Oster A, Dorell C, Dowell D, McIntyre A. “HIV Infections Among Young Black Men Who Have Sex With Men – Jackson, Mississippi – 2006-2008” MMWR Weekly February 6, 2009 / 58(04);77-81	2009
Mena LA, Jacoby GA, and Martin DH. "A Fireman With Cellulitis" Infections in Medicine. 2001; (18); 297-301.	2001
Ransome Y, Cunningham K, Paredes M, Mena L, Sutten-Coats C, Chan P, Simmons D, Willie TC, Nunn A, Social Capital and Risk of Concurrent Sexual Partners Among African Americans in Jackson, Mississippi. AIDS and behavior, 2020 Jul;24(7):2062-2072	2020
Khosropour CM, Backus KV, Means AR, Beauchamps L, Johnson K, Golden MR, Mena L, A Pharmacist-Led, Same-Day, HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Initiation Program to Increase PrEP Uptake and Decrease Time to PrEP Initiation. AIDS patient care and STDs, 2020 Jan;34(1):1-6	2020
Burns PA, Williams MS, Mena LA, Bruce MA, Bender M, Burton ET, Beech BM, Leveraging Community Engagement: The Role of Community-Based Organizations in Reducing New HIV Infections Among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities, 2020 Apr;7(2):193-201	2020
Burns PA, Mena LA, Crosby RL, Foretelling the Future: Predicting STI Diagnosis and Its Implications for Ending the HIV Epidemic among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men. Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 2020 Oct;97(5):642-652	2020
Millett GA, Jones AT, Benkeser D, Baral S, Mercer L, Beyrer C, Honermann B, Lankiewicz E, Mena L, Crowley JS, Sherwood J, Sullivan PS, Assessing differential impacts of COVID-19 on black communities. Annals of epidemiology, 2020 Jul;47:37-44	2020
Van Der Pol B, Taylor SN, Mena L, Lebed J, McNeil CJ, Crane L, Ermel A, Sukhija-Cohen A, Gaydos CA, Evaluation of the Performance of a Point-of-Care Test for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea. JAMA network open, 2020 May 1;3(5):e204819	2020
Van Der Pol B, Waites KB, Xiao L, Taylor SN, Rao A, Nye M, Chavoustie S, Ermel A, Kaplan C, Eisenberg D, Chan PA, Mena L, Pacheco S, Krishnamurthy S, Mohan R, Bertuzis R, McGowin CL, Arcenas R, Marlowe EM, Mycoplasma genitalium Detection in Urogenital Specimens from Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Men and Women by Use of the cobas TV/MG Test. Journal of clinical microbiology, 2020 May 26;58(6)	2020
Siegler AJ, Wiatrek S, Mouhanna F, Amico KR, Dominguez K, Jones J, Patel RR, Mena LA, Mayer KH, Validation of the HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Stigma Scale: Performance of Likert and Semantic Differential Scale Versions. AIDS and behavior, 2020 Sep;24(9):2637-2649	2020
Rouffiac AE, Whiteley L, Brown L, Mena L, Craker L, Healy M, Haubrick K, A Mobile Intervention to Improve Uptake of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for Southern Black Men Who Have Sex With Men: Protocol for Intervention Development and Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR research protocols, 2020 Feb 20;9(2):e15781	2020
Jones J, Dominguez K, Stephenson R, Stekler JD, Castel AD, Mena LA, Jenness SM, Siegler AJ, Sullivan PS, A Theoretically Based Mobile App to Increase Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Uptake Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR research protocols, 2020 Feb 21;9(2):e16231	2020
Rodriguez-Diaz CE, Guilamo-Ramos V, Mena L, Hall E, Honermann B, Crowley JS, Baral S, Prado GJ, Marzan-Rodriguez M, Beyrer C, Sullivan PS, Millett GA, Risk for COVID-19 infection and death among Latinos in the United States: examining heterogeneity in transmission dynamics. Annals of epidemiology, 2020 Dec;52:46-53.e2	2020
Wray TB, Chan PA, Klausner JD, Mena LA, Brock JB, Simpanen EM, Ward LM, Chrysovalantis S, eTest: a limited-interaction, longitudinal randomized controlled trial of a mobile health platform that enables real-time phone counseling after HIV self-testing among high-risk men who have sex with men. Trials, 2020 Jul 16;21(1):654	2020
Klausner JD, Bristow CC, Soge OO, Shahkolahi A, Waymer T, Bolan RK, Philip SS, Asbel LE, Taylor SN, Mena LA, Goldstein DA, Powell JA, Wierzbicki MR, Morris SR, Resistance-Guided Treatment of Gonorrhea: A Prospective Clinical Study. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2020 Aug 7;	2020
Whiteley L, Olsen E, Mena L, Haubrick K, Craker L, Hershkowitz D, Brown LK, A Mobile Gaming Intervention for Persons on Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis: Protocol for Intervention Development and Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR research protocols, 2020 Sep 14;9(9):e18640	2020
Rogers BG, Whiteley L, Haubrick KK, Mena LA, Brown LK, Intervention Messaging About Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Use Among Young, Black Sexual Minority Men. AIDS patient care and STDs, 2019 Nov;33(11):473-481	2019
Crosby RA, Mena L, Stability of condomless anal sex behaviours of young Black men who have sex with men: implications for HIV prevention, including pre-exposure prophylaxis. Sexual health, 2019 Nov;16(6):587-590	2019
Chan PA, Goedel WC, Nunn AS, Sowemimo-Coker G, Galárraga O, Prosperi M, Patel R, Mena L, Montgomery MC, Marshall BDL, Potential Impact of Interventions to Enhance Retention in Care During Real-World HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Implementation. AIDS patient care and STDs, 2019 Oct;33(10):434-439	2019
Chan PA, Patel RR, Mena L, Marshall BD, Rose J, Sutten Coats C, Montgomery MC, Tao J, Sosnowy C, Mayer KH, Nunn A, Long-term retention in pre-exposure prophylaxis care among men who have sex with men and transgender women in the United States. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2019 Aug;22(8):e25385	2019
Siegler AJ, Brock JB, Hurt CB, Ahlschlager L, Dominguez K, Kelley CF, Jenness SM, Wilde G, Jameson SB, Bailey-Herring G, Mena LA, An Electronic Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Initiation and Maintenance Home Care System for Nonurban Young Men Who Have Sex With Men: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR research protocols, 2019 Jun 10;8(6):e13982	2019
Sullivan PS, Mena L, Elopre L, Siegler AJ, Implementation Strategies to Increase PrEP Uptake in the South. Current HIV/AIDS reports, 2019 Aug;16(4):259-269	2019
Whiteley L, Mena L, Craker LK, Healy MG, Brown LK, Creating a Theoretically Grounded Gaming App to Increase Adherence to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis: Lessons From the Development of the Viral Combat Mobile Phone Game. JMIR serious games, 2019 Mar 27;7(1):e11861	2019
Crosby RA, Mena L, Vickers Smith R, Randomised controlled trial of a brief, clinic-based intervention to promote safer sex among young Black men who have sex with men: implications for pre-exposure prophylaxis-related counselling. Sexual health, 2019 Apr;16(2):187-191	2019
Mena LD, Vera DMA, Baumgartner MT, Jimenez LB, Adiabatic deprotonation as an important competing pathway to ESIPT in photoacidic 2-phenylphenols. Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP, 2019 Jun 21;21(23):12231-12240	2019
Oldenburg CE, Nunn AS, Montgomery M, Almonte A, Mena L, Patel RR, Mayer KH, Chan PA, Behavioral Changes Following Uptake of HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in a Clinical Setting. AIDS and behavior, 2018 Apr;22(4):1075-1079	2018
Sanders SA, Crosby RA, Milhausen RR, Graham CA, Tirmizi A, Yarber WL, Beauchamps L, Mena L, Women's willingness to experiment with condoms and lubricants: A study of women residing in a high HIV seroprevalence area. International journal of STD & AIDS, 2018 Mar;29(4):367-374	2018
Crosby RA, Mena L, Smith RV, Promoting positive condom use experiences among young black MSM: a randomized controlled trial of a brief, clinic-based intervention. Health education research, 2018 Jun 1;33(3):197-204	2018
Mena L, Crosby RA, Chamberlain N, Extragenital Chlamydia and Gonorrhea in Young Black Men Who Have Sex With Men: Missed Treatment Opportunities for Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Men Who Have Sex With Men? Sexually transmitted diseases, 2018 May;45(5):307-311	2018
Crosby RA, Mena L, Salazar LF, Hardin JW, Brown T, Vickers Smith R, Efficacy of a Clinic-Based Safer Sex Program for Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Uninfected and Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Young Black Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Sexually transmitted diseases, 2018 Mar;45(3):169-176	2018
Crosby RA, Salazar LF, Hill B, Mena L, A comparison of HIV-risk behaviors between young black cisgender men who have sex with men and young black transgender women who have sex with men. International journal of STD & AIDS, 2018 Jun;29(7):665-672	2018
Ricks JM, Crosby RA, Mena L, Relationship power and HIV risk among young Black men who have sex with men in the Southern United States. Sexual health, 2018 Jul;15(4):292-297	2018
Stopka TJ, Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Johnson K, Chan PA, Hutcheson M, Crosby R, Burke D, Mena L, Nunn A, HIV Clustering in Mississippi: Spatial Epidemiological Study to Inform Implementation Science in the Deep South. JMIR public health and surveillance, 2018 Apr 3;4(2):e35	2018
Kissinger P, Muzny CA, Mena LA, Lillis RA, Schwebke JR, Beauchamps L, Taylor SN, Schmidt N, Myers L, Augostini P, Secor WE, Bradic M, Carlton JM, Martin DH, Single-dose versus 7-day-dose metronidazole for the treatment of trichomoniasis in women: an open-label, randomised controlled trial. The Lancet. Infectious diseases, 2018 Nov;18(11):1251-1259	2018
Crosby RA, Mena L, Geter A, Are HIV-positive young black MSM having safer sex than those who are HIV-negative? International journal of STD & AIDS, 2017 Apr;28(5):441-446	2017
Mena L, Crosby RA, Geter A, A novel measure of poverty and its association with elevated sexual risk behavior among young Black MSM. International journal of STD & AIDS, 2017 May;28(6):602-607	2017
Crosby RA, Mena L, Correlates of Enhanced Sexual Pleasure from Condom Use: A Study of Young Black Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States. AIDS and behavior, 2017 May;21(5):1491-1496	2017
Crosby RA, Mena L, Ricks JM, Correlates of sexual-risk behaviors among young black MSM: implications for clinic-based counseling programs. AIDS care, 2017 Jun;29(6):718-723	2017
Chamberlain N, Mena LA, Geter A, Crosby RA, Is Sex with Older Male Partners Associated with Higher Sexual Risk Behavior Among Young Black MSM? AIDS and behavior, 2017 Aug;21(8):2526-2532	2017
Crosby RA, Sanders SA, Graham CA, Milhausen R, Yarber WL, Mena L, Evaluation of the Condom Barriers Scale for Young Black Men Who Have Sex With Men: Reliability and Validity of 3 Subscales. Sexually transmitted diseases, 2017 Feb;44(2):91-95	2017
Cahill S, Taylor SW, Elsesser SA, Mena L, Hickson D, Mayer KH, Stigma, medical mistrust, and perceived racism may affect PrEP awareness and uptake in black compared to white gay and bisexual men in Jackson, Mississippi and Boston, Massachusetts. AIDS care, 2017 Nov;29(11):1351-1358	2017
Hickson DA, Mena LA, Wilton L, Tieu HV, Koblin BA, Cummings V, Latkin C, Mayer KH, Sexual Networks, Dyadic Characteristics, and HIV Acquisition and Transmission Behaviors Among Black Men Who Have Sex With Men in 6 US Cities. American journal of epidemiology, 2017 May 1;185(9):786-800	2017
Mena L, Crosby RA, Portrait of an Epidemic: Extremely High Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevalence and Incidence Among Young Black Men Having Sex With Men and Residing in a Southern City. Sexually transmitted diseases, 2017 Jul;44(7):401-402	2017
Chamberlain N, Crosby RA, Mena L, Chan PA, Mayer KH, Is Patient-Reported Exposure a Reliable Indicator for Anogenital Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Screening in Young Black Men Who Have Sex With Men? Sexually transmitted diseases, 2017 Jul;44(7):390-392	2017
Crosby RA, Mena L, Arnold T, Disclosure of newly diagnosed HIV infection and condom use at first sex after diagnosis: a study of young Black men who have sex with men. Sexual health, 2017 Aug;14(4):325-330	2017
Crosby RA, Graham CA, Yarber WL, Sanders SA, Milhausen RR, Mena L, Measures of Attitudes Toward and Communication about Condom Use: Their Relationships With Sexual Risk Behavior Among Young Black Men Who Have Sex With Men. Sexually transmitted diseases, 2016 Feb;43(2):94-8	2016
Crosby RA, Mena L, Condom Breakage Among Young Black Men Who Have Sex With Men: An In-Depth Investigation Including Men Living With HIV/AIDS. Sexually transmitted diseases, 2016 Feb;43(2):84-6	2016
Marshall BD, Perez-Brumer AG, MacCarthy S, Mena L, Chan PA, Towey C, Barnett N, Parker S, Barnes A, Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Rose JS, Nunn AS, Individual and Partner-Level Factors Associated with Condom Non-Use Among African American STI Clinic Attendees in the Deep South: An Event-Level Analysis. AIDS and behavior, 2016 Jun;20(6):1334-42	2016
Crosby RA, Mena L, Geter A, Hickson D, Similarities and Differences in Sexual Risk Behaviors Between Young Black MSM Who Do and Do Not Have Sex with Females. AIDS and behavior, 2016 Apr;20(4):717-21	2016
Crosby RA, Graham CA, Mena L, Yarber WL, Sanders SA, Milhausen RR, Geter A, Circumcision Status is Not Associated with Condom Use and Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Young Black MSM. AIDS and behavior, 2016 Nov;20(11):2538-2542	2016
Crosby RA, Mena L, Geter A, Favourable attitudes towards serosorting are associated with overall less frequent condom use among young Black men having sex men. Sexual health, 2016 Feb;13(1):91-2	2016
Geter A, Ricks JM, McGladrey M, Crosby RA, Mena LA, Ottmar JM, Experiences of Antihomosexual Attitudes and Young Black Men Who Have Sex with Men in the South: A Need for Community-Based Interventions. LGBT health, 2016 Jun;3(3):214-8	2016
Chamberlain N, Mena L, Geter A, Crosby RA, Does Age Matter Among Young Black Men Who Have Sex With Men? A Comparison of Risk Behaviors Stratified by Age Category. AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education, 2016 Jun;28(3):246-51	2016
Crosby RA, Salazar LF, Mena L, Geter A, Associations Between Internalized Homophobia and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Young Black Men Who Have Sex With Men. Sexually transmitted diseases, 2016 Oct;43(10):656-60	2016
Kissinger PJ, White S, Manhart LE, Schwebke J, Taylor SN, Mena L, Khosropour CM, Wilcox L, Schmidt N, Martin DH, Azithromycin Treatment Failure for Chlamydia trachomatis Among Heterosexual Men With Nongonococcal Urethritis. Sexually transmitted diseases, 2016 Oct;43(10):599-602	2016
Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Parker S, Gjelsvik A, Mena L, Chan PA, Harvey J, Marshall B, Beckwith CG, Rose J, Riggins R, Arnold T, Nunn A, Condom use and incarceration among STI clinic attendees in the Deep South. BMC public health, 2016 Sep 13;16:971	2016
Chan PA, Glynn TR, Oldenburg CE, Montgomery MC, Robinette AE, Almonte A, Raifman J, Mena L, Patel R, Mayer KH, Beauchamps LS, Nunn AS, Implementation of Preexposure Prophylaxis for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevention Among Men Who Have Sex With Men at a New England Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinic. Sexually transmitted diseases, 2016 Nov;43(11):717-723	2016
Alexander J, Rose J, Dierker L, Chan PA, MacCarthy S, Simmons D, Mena L, Nunn A, It is complicated: sexual partner characteristic profiles and sexually transmitted infection rates within a predominantly African American population in Mississippi. Sexually transmitted diseases, 2015 May;42(5):266-71	2015
Workowski KA, Bolan GA, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention., Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2015. MMWR. Recommendations and reports : Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Recommendations and reports, 2015 Jun 5;64(RR-03):1-137	2015
Brock JB, Mena LA, Pre- and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis and the Changing Paradigm of HIV Prevention. Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association, 2015 Jun;56(6):156-60	2015
Mena LA, Mosca Nicholas G, Top Ten Facts You Need to Know about HIV. Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association, 2015 Jun;56(6):180-1	2015
MacCarthy S, Mena L, Chan PA, Rose J, Simmons D, Riggins R, Hoffmann M, Perez-Brumer A, Chamberlain N, Nunn A, Sexual Network Profiles and Risk Factors for STIs Among African-American Sexual Minorities in Mississippi: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. LGBT health, 2015 Sep;2(3):276-81	2015
Crosby R, Mena L, Yarber WL, Graham CA, Sanders SA, Milhausen RR, Condom Use Errors and Problems: A Comparative Study of HIV-Positive Versus HIV-Negative Young Black Men Who Have Sex With Men. Sexually transmitted diseases, 2015 Nov;42(11):634-6	2015
Chan PA, Rose J, Maher J, Benben S, Pfeiffer K, Almonte A, Poceta J, Oldenburg CE, Parker S, Marshall BD, Lally M, Mayer K, Mena L, Patel R, Nunn AS, A Latent Class Analysis of Risk Factors for Acquiring HIV Among Men Who Have Sex with Men: Implications for Implementing Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Programs. AIDS patient care and STDs, 2015 Nov;29(11):597-605	2015
Barnes A, Nunn A, Karakala S, Sunesara I, Johnson K, Parham J, Mena L, State of the ART: Characteristics of HIV infected patients receiving care in Mississippi (MS), USA from the Medical Monitoring Project, 2009-2010. Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association, 2015 Dec;56(12):376-81	2015
Muzny CA, Rivers CA, Parker CJ, Mena LA, Austin EL, Schwebke JR, Lack of evidence for sexual transmission of genital Candida species among women who have sex with women: a mixed methods study. Sexually transmitted infections, 2014 Mar;90(2):165-70	2014
Austin EL, Lindley LL, Mena LA, Crosby RA, Muzny CA, Families of choice and noncollegiate sororities and fraternities among lesbian and bisexual African-American women in a southern community: implications for sexual and reproductive health research. Sexual health, 2014 Mar;11(1):24-30	2014
Fastring DR, Amedee A, Gatski M, Clark RA, Mena LA, Levison J, Schmidt N, Rice J, Gustat J, Kissinger P, Co-occurrence of Trichomonas vaginalis and bacterial vaginosis and vaginal shedding of HIV-1 RNA. Sexually transmitted diseases, 2014 Mar;41(3):173-9	2014
Nunn A, MacCarthy S, Barnett N, Rose J, Chan P, Yolken A, Cornwall A, Chamberlain N, Barnes A, Riggins R, Moore E, Simmons D, Parker S, Mena L, Prevalence and predictors of concurrent sexual partnerships in a predominantly African American population in Jackson, Mississippi. AIDS and behavior, 2014 Dec;18(12):2457-68	2014
Adamski A, Clark RA, Mena L, Henderson H, Levison J, Schmidt N, Gebrekristos HT, Martin DH, Kissinger P, The influence of ART on the treatment of Trichomonas vaginalis among HIV-infected women. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2014 Sep 15;59(6):883-7	2014
Barnes A, Riche D, Mena L, Sison T, Barry L, Reddy R, Shwayder J, Parry JP, Efficacy and safety of intrauterine insemination and assisted reproductive technology in populations serodiscordant for human immunodeficiency virus: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Fertility and sterility, 2014 Aug;102(2):424-34	2014
Muzny CA, Sunesara IR, Griswold ME, Kumar R, Lefkowitz EJ, Mena LA, Schwebke JR, Martin DH, Swiatlo E, Association between BVAB1 and high Nugent scores among women with bacterial vaginosis. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 2014 Dec;80(4):321-3	2014
Xu F, Stoner BP, Taylor SN, Mena L, Martin DH, Powell S, Markowitz LE, "Testing-only" visits: an assessment of missed diagnoses in clients attending sexually transmitted disease clinics. Sexually transmitted diseases, 2013 Jan;40(1):64-9	2013
Oster AM, Wejnert C, Mena LA, Elmore K, Fisher H, Heffelfinger JD, Network analysis among HIV-infected young black men who have sex with men demonstrates high connectedness around few venues. Sexually transmitted diseases, 2013 Mar;40(3):206-12	2013
Taylor SN, Lensing S, Schwebke J, Lillis R, Mena LA, Nelson AL, Rinaldi A, Saylor L, McNeil L, Lee JY, Prevalence and treatment outcome of cervicitis of unknown etiology. Sexually transmitted diseases, 2013 May;40(5):379-85	2013
Muzny CA, Sunesara IR, Austin EL, Mena LA, Schwebke JR, Bacterial vaginosis among African American women who have sex with women. Sexually transmitted diseases, 2013 Sep;40(9):751-5	2013
Sison N, Yolken A, Poceta J, Mena L, Chan PA, Barnes A, Smith E, Nunn A, Healthcare provider attitudes, practices, and recommendations for enhancing routine HIV testing and linkage to care in the Mississippi Delta region. AIDS patient care and STDs, 2013 Sep;27(9):511-7	2013
Martens MG, Fine P, Fuller D, Ginde SY, Hook EW 3rd, Lebed J, Mena L, Taylor SN, Van Der Pol B, Clinical evaluation of a new Pap test-based method for screening of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae using liquid-based cytology media. Southern medical journal, 2013 Sep;106(9):506-12	2013
Van Der Pol B, Taylor SN, Lebar W, Davis T, Fuller D, Mena L, Fine P, Gaydos CA, Martin DH, Hook EW 3rd, Clinical evaluation of the BD ProbeTec™ Neisseria gonorrhoeae Qx amplified DNA assay on the BD Viper™ system with XTR™ technology. Sexually transmitted diseases, 2012 Feb;39(2):147-53	2012
Geisler WM, Koltun WD, Abdelsayed N, Burigo J, Mena L, Taylor SN, Batteiger BE, Thurman AR, Hook EW 3rd, Vaughn TA, Annett MP, Muenzen RA, Caminis J, Safety and efficacy of WC2031 versus vibramycin for the treatment of uncomplicated urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis infection: a randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, active-controlled, multicenter trial. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2012 Jul;55(1):82-8	2012
Muzny CA, Rivers CA, Mena LA, Schwebke JR, Genotypic characterization of Trichomonas vaginalis isolates among women who have sex with women in sexual partnerships. Sexually transmitted diseases, 2012 Jul;39(7):556-8	2012
Tripathi A, Duffus WA, Kissinger P, Brown TJ, Gibson JJ, Mena LA, Delivering laboratory results by text message and e-mail: a survey of factors associated with conceptual acceptability among STD clinic attendees. Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association, 2012 Sep;18(7):500-6	2012
Cornelius DC, Robinson DA, Muzny CA, Mena LA, Aanensen DM, Lushbaugh WB, Meade JC, Genetic characterization of Trichomonas vaginalis isolates by use of multilocus sequence typing. Journal of clinical microbiology, 2012 Oct;50(10):3293-300	2012
Van Der Pol B, Warren T, Taylor SN, Martens M, Jerome KR, Mena L, Lebed J, Ginde S, Fine P, Hook EW 3rd, Type-specific identification of anogenital herpes simplex virus infections by use of a commercially available nucleic acid amplification test. Journal of clinical microbiology, 2012 Nov;50(11):3466-71	2012
Muzny C, Barnes A, Mena L, Symptomatic Trichomonas vaginalis infection in the setting of severe nitroimidazole allergy: successful treatment with boric acid. Sexual health, 2012 Sep;9(4):389-91	2012
Balaji AB, Oster AM, Viall AH, Heffelfinger JD, Mena LA, Toledo CA, Role flexing: how community, religion, and family shape the experiences of young black men who have sex with men. AIDS patient care and STDs, 2012 Dec;26(12):730-7	2012
Howard EJ, Xu F, Taylor SN, Stoner BP, Mena L, Nsuami MJ, Powell S, Lillis R, Martin DH, Screening methods for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections in sexually transmitted infection clinics: what do patients prefer? Sexually transmitted infections, 2011 Mar;87(2):149-51	2011
Oster AM, Dorell CG, Mena LA, Thomas PE, Toledo CA, Heffelfinger JD, HIV risk among young African American men who have sex with men: a case-control study in Mississippi. American journal of public health, 2011 Jan;101(1):137-43	2011
Gatski M, Martin DH, Levison J, Mena L, Clark RA, Murphy M, Henderson H, Schmidt N, Kissinger P, The influence of bacterial vaginosis on the response to Trichomonas vaginalis treatment among HIV-infected women. Sexually transmitted infections, 2011 Apr;87(3):205-8	2011
Xu F, Stoner BP, Taylor SN, Mena L, Tian LH, Papp J, Hutchins K, Martin DH, Markowitz LE, Use of home-obtained vaginal swabs to facilitate rescreening for Chlamydia trachomatis infections: two randomized controlled trials. Obstetrics and gynecology, 2011 Aug;118(2 Pt 1):231-239	2011
Oster AM, Pieniazek D, Zhang X, Switzer WM, Ziebell RA, Mena LA, Wei X, Johnson KL, Singh SK, Thomas PE, Elmore KA, Heffelfinger JD, Demographic but not geographic insularity in HIV transmission among young black MSM. AIDS (London, England), 2011 Nov 13;25(17):2157-65	2011
Dorell CG, Sutton MY, Oster AM, Hardnett F, Thomas PE, Gaul ZJ, Mena LA, Heffelfinger JD, Missed opportunities for HIV testing in health care settings among young African American men who have sex with men: implications for the HIV epidemic. AIDS patient care and STDs, 2011 Nov;25(11):657-64	2011
Temple B, Kwara A, Sunesara I, Mena L, Dobbs T, Henderson H, Holcomb M, Webb R, Factors associated with recently transmitted Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain MS0006 in Hinds County, Mississippi. Southern medical journal, 2011 Dec;104(12):819-26	2011
Fulop T, Olivier J, Meador RS, Hall J, Islam N, Mena L, Henderson H, Schmidt DW, Screening for chronic kidney disease in the ambulatory HIV population. Clinical nephrology, 2010 Mar;73(3):190-6	2010
Gatski M, Mena L, Levison J, Clark RA, Henderson H, Schmidt N, Rosenthal SL, Martin DH, Kissinger P, Patient-delivered partner treatment and Trichomonas vaginalis repeat infection among human immunodeficiency virus-infected women. Sexually transmitted diseases, 2010 Aug;37(8):502-5	2010
Cornelius DC, Mena L, Lushbaugh WB, Meade JC, Genetic relatedness of Trichomonas vaginalis reference and clinical isolates. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2010 Dec;83(6):1283-6	2010
Kissinger P, Mena L, Levison J, Clark RA, Gatski M, Henderson H, Schmidt N, Rosenthal SL, Myers L, Martin DH, A randomized treatment trial: single versus 7-day dose of metronidazole for the treatment of Trichomonas vaginalis among HIV-infected women. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999), 2010 Dec 15;55(5):565-71	2010
Muzny CA, King H, Byers P, Currier M, Nolan R, Mena L, Vulvar vaccinia infection after sexual contact with a smallpox vaccinee. The American journal of the medical sciences, 2009 Apr;337(4):289-91	2009
Mena LA, Mroczkowski TF, Nsuami M, Martin DH, A randomized comparison of azithromycin and doxycycline for the treatment of Mycoplasma genitalium-positive urethritis in men. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2009 Jun 15;48(12):1649-54	2009
Burton MJ, Olivier J, Mena L, Characteristics of hepatitis C virus coinfection in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected population with lower reported rates of injection drug use. The American journal of the medical sciences, 2009 Jul;338(1):54-6	2009
Nichols L, Tchounwou PB, Mena L, Sarpong D, The effects of environmental factors on persons living with HIV/AIDS. International journal of environmental research and public health, 2009 Jul;6(7):2041-54	2009
Lieb S, Thompson DR, Misra S, Gates GJ, Duffus WA, Fallon SJ, Liberti TM, Foust EM, Malow RM, Southern AIDS Coalition MSM Project Team., Estimating populations of men who have sex with men in the southern United States. Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 2009 Nov;86(6):887-901	2009
Mena L, Wang X, Mroczkowski TF, Martin DH, Mycoplasma genitalium infections in asymptomatic men and men with urethritis attending a sexually transmitted diseases clinic in New Orleans. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2002 Nov 15;35(10):1167-73	2002
Muzny CA, Sunesara IR, Kumar R, Mena LA, Griswold ME, Martin DH, Lefkowitz EJ, Schwebke JR, Swiatlo E, Characterization of the vaginal microbiota among sexual risk behavior groups of women with bacterial vaginosis. PloS one, 2013;8(11):e80254
Hickson DA, Truong NL, Smith-Bankhead N, Sturdevant N, Duncan DT, Schnorr J, Gipson JA, Mena LA, Rationale, Design and Methods of the Ecological Study of Sexual Behaviors and HIV/STI among African American Men Who Have Sex with Men in the Southeastern United States (The MARI Study). PloS one, 2015;10(12):e0143823
Ricks JM, Geter A, Mcgladrey M, Crosby RA, Mena LA, Ottmar JM, "I Don't Have a Problem With It, But Other Guys Do": An Exploration of Condom Negotiation among Young Black Men Who Have Sex with Men in the South. Journal of black sexuality and relationships, 2014 Fall;1(2):1-14
Montgomery MC, Oldenburg CE, Nunn AS, Mena L, Anderson P, Liegler T, Mayer KH, Patel R, Almonte A, Chan PA, Adherence to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention in a Clinical Setting. PloS one, 2016;11(6):e0157742
Chan PA, Mena L, Patel R, Oldenburg CE, Beauchamps L, Perez-Brumer AG, Parker S, Mayer KH, Mimiaga MJ, Nunn A, Retention in care outcomes for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis implementation programmes among men who have sex with men in three US cities. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2016;19(1):20903
Arnold T, Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Chan PA, Perez-Brumer A, Bologna ES, Beauchamps L, Johnson K, Mena L, Nunn A, Social, structural, behavioral and clinical factors influencing retention in Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) care in Mississippi. PloS one, 2017;12(2):e0172354
Patel RR, Mena L, Nunn A, McBride T, Harrison LC, Oldenburg CE, Liu J, Mayer KH, Chan PA, Impact of insurance coverage on utilization of pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention. PloS one, 2017;12(5):e0178737
Nunn A, Parker S, McCoy K, Monger M, Bender M, Poceta J, Harvey J, Thomas G, Johnson K, Ransome Y, Sutten Coats C, Chan P, Mena L, African American Clergy Perspectives About the HIV Care Continuum: Results From a Qualitative Study in Jackson, Mississippi. Ethnicity & disease, 2018 Spring;28(2):85-92
Patel RR, Chan PA, Harrison LC, Mayer KH, Nunn A, Mena LA, Powderly WG, Missed Opportunities to Prescribe HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis by Primary Care Providers in Saint Louis, Missouri. LGBT health, 2018 May Jun;5(4):250-256
Perez-Brumer A, Nunn A, Hsiang E, Oldenburg C, Bender M, Beauchamps L, Mena L, MacCarthy S, "We don't treat your kind": Assessing HIV health needs holistically among transgender people in Jackson, Mississippi. PloS one, 2018;13(11):e0202389
Wei SC, Messina L, Hood J, Hughes A, Jaenicke T, Johnson K, Mena L, Scheer S, Udeagu CC, Wohl A, Robertson M, Prejean J, Chen M, Tang T, Bertolli J, Johnson CH, Skarbinski J, Methods to include persons living with HIV not receiving HIV care in the Medical Monitoring Project. PloS one, 2019;14(8):e0219996
Ward LM, Bruce MA, Thorpe RJ Jr, Mena L, Nunn A, Crosby R, Correlates Associated With Willingness to Start Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Among Young Black Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) in Jackson, Mississippi. Family & community health, 2019 Jul Sep;42(3):189-196
Whiteley L, Brown LK, Mena L, Craker L, Arnold T, Enhancing health among youth living with HIV using an iPhone game. AIDS care, 2018;30(sup4):21-33
Abstracts
Barnes A, Omayma K, Mena L, Riche D. Meta-analysis of Intra-Uterine Insemination and assisted reproductive technology in the HIV affected population World Congress of Sexually Transmitted Infections & AIDS abstract Book 12th IUSTI World Congress. 2011; 12:57-58.	2011
Letter to the Editor
Nunn A, Barnes A, Cornwell A, Mena L, Addressing Mississippi's HIV/AIDS crisis The Lancet. 2011; 378(9798):1217	2011
Electronic Publications
Martin DH, Mena LA Syphilis/treponema pallidum Decision Support in Medicine LLC- Infectious Diseases Second Edition	2017
Clinical Trial
Taylor SN, Van Der Pol B, Lillis R, Hook EW 3rd, Lebar W, Davis T, Fuller D, Mena L, Fine P, Gaydos CA, Martin DH, Clinical evaluation of the BD ProbeTec™ Chlamydia trachomatis Qx amplified DNA assay on the BD Viper™ system with XTR™ technology. Sexually transmitted diseases, 2011 Jul;38(7):603-9	2011
Muzny CA, Sunesara IR, Martin DH, Mena LA, Sexually transmitted infections and risk behaviors among African American women who have sex with women: does sex with men make a difference? Sexually transmitted diseases, 2011 Dec;38(12):1118-25	2011
Comment
Nunn AS, Goedel WC, Gomillia CE, Coats CS, Patel RR, Murphy MJ, Chu CT, Chan PA, Mena LA, False information on PrEP in direct-to-consumer advertising. The lancet. HIV, 2020 Jul;7(7):e455-e456	2020
Tripathi A, Saraswat A, Mena L, Commentary on "regional variation in HIV clinical trials participation in the United States". Southern medical journal, 2015 Feb;108(2):117-8	2015
Kissinger P, Adamski A, Clark RA, Mena L, Levison J, Martin DH, Does Antiretroviral Therapy Interfere With the Treatment of Trichomonas vaginalis Among HIV+ Women? Sexually transmitted diseases, 2013 Jun;40(6):506-7	2013
Nunn A, Barnes A, Cornwall A, Rana A, Mena L, Addressing Mississippi's HIV/AIDS crisis. Lancet (London, England), 2011 Oct 1;378(9798):1217	2011

Presentations

National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Addressing Social Injustice: Intersection of Health Disparities, COVID-19, and HIV, American Public Health Assciation, Virtual Conference	10/2020
Invited Symposia, Case Challenges in HIV Medicine; Benefits, Barriers & Best Practices in an Advancing Field, IDWeek2020, Virtual	10/2020
Poster Presentation, QUALITATIVE FINDINGS FROM A HYBRID III IMPLEMENTATION-EFFECTIVENESS STUDY TO EXPLORE PERSPECTIVES OF HEALTHCARE STAFF ON EARLY IMPLEMENTATION OF CABOTEGRAVIR AND RILPIVIRINE LONG-ACTING INJECTABLE IN THE UNITED STATES (CUSTOMIZE), IDWeek2020, Virtual	10/2020
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Nationwide Now: Reckoning with Inequities in the Pandemic, University of Mississippi, Virtual	10/2020
Poster Presentation, IMPACT OF PRODUCT ADHERENCE AND CONDOM USE ON RATES OF UROGENITAL INFECTION WITH CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS OR NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE IN THE AMPREVENCE PHASE 2B/3 CLINICAL TRIAL, Society of Family Planning Annual Meeting, Virtual	10/2020
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Innovative Approaches to Engage People Living with HIV in Care Services, National Association of State and Territorial AIDS Directors, Virtual	10/2020
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Racism as a Public Health Issue, 2020 STD Prevention Conference, Virtual	09/2020
Poster Presentation, Performance of a single use rapid point-of-care PCR device for the detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis and Trichomonas vaginalis.Claire C. Bristow, PhD, MPH, MSc, Michael R. Wierzbicki, PhD, Mark Sarno, eJD, Lenore Asbel, MD, Kerianne E Burke, Charlotte A. Gaydos, MS, DrPH, Lydia Hazan, MD, Leandro Mena, MD, Purnima Madhivanan, MD PhD, Susan Philip, MD, MPH, Sara Schwartz, MD9, David Styers, BS, Toni Waymer, BA, Jeffrey D. Klausner, MD, MPH and Sheldon R. Morris, MD, MPH, National STD Prevention Conference, Virtual	09/2020
Platform Presentations, Peer Navigation Training for HIV Treatment and Prevention in Mississippi. Virtual Conference, September 2020 Ward LM, Monger M, Washington R, Sturdevant C, Mena L., SYNChronicity2020	09/2020
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Hot Topics, 14th Annual American Conference for the Treatment of HIV (ACTHIV 2020), Chicago, IL	08/2020
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, The Great Magnifier: COVID-19, HIV, and Disparities on the Path to Health Equity., AIDS 2020, Virtual	07/2020
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, WHAT MAKES EPIDEMICS RECEDE: BATTLING HIV IN THE US RURAL SOUTH, CROI 2020, Boston, MA	03/2020
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Actualizacion de PrEP, Seminario de Tratamiento y Prevencion del VIH 2018, San Juan, PR	11/2018
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Fundamentals of PrEP, Seminario de Tratamiento y Prevencion del VIH 2018, Mayaguez, PR	11/2018
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Still at Highest Risk: Innovative Approaches and Urgent Needs for Prevention and Care in HIV for MSM OF Color in the South, IDWeek2018, San Francisco, CA	10/2018
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Community of Practice ACEs Working Group LGBTQ Populations, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN	05/2018
Conference Regional, Optimizing Care for Transgender and Gender Non-conforming Populations, AETC, Floodwood, MS	09/2017
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, 4th Annual HIV/AIDS Health Disparities Conference on Adolescent Sexual Health: Investing in Lifelong Health Wellness, MS AIDS Education and Training Center, Jackson, MS	12/2016
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Antiretroviral Therapy: When to Start and What to Start, National Medical Association, Los Angeles, CA	08/2016
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Collecting Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity Data in EHRs, VITAL2016/America's Essential Hospitals, Boston, MA	06/2016
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Young Black MSM and the HIV Epidemic in Mississippi, Fenway Institute	06/2016
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, PrEP in the Real World: Clinical Case Studies, Mississippi Nurse's Association, Meridian, MS	04/2016
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, How Primary Care Provides Can Help Prevent HIV, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Family Medicine, Jackson, MS	03/2016
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, How Primary Care Providers Can Help Prevent HIV, Mississippi State Medical Association, Snowbird, UT	02/2016
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Update in the Management of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Mississippi State Medical Association, Snowbird, UT	02/2016
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, PrE-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) A “New” Tool to Fight HIV, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Family Medicine, Jackson, MS	12/2015
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Providing Optimal Care for Gay, Bisexual, and other Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Gay Straight Alliance, Jackson, MS	12/2015
Poster Presentation, A Novel Measure of Poverty and its Associations with Elevated Sexual Risk Behavior Among Young Black MSM, American Publich Health Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL	11/2015
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, A Sexual Health “Bill of Rights” for Gay Men/MSM – A Conversation with Providers and Clients., United States Conference on AIDS/National Coalition of STD Directors, Washington, DC	09/2015
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Strong Communities: Equity, Access, and Opportunity, United States Conference on AIDS/Natinal Minority AIDS Council, Washington, DC	09/2015
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Promoting a Patient-Centered Standard of Care for Black and Latino Men who have Sex with Men (BLMSM), United States Conference on AIDS/National Coalition of STD Directors, Washington, DC	09/2015
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis an effective strategy for HIV prevention., HIV 101/ UMMC AIDS Education and Training Center, Jackson, MS	08/2015
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, The Changing Paradigm of HIV Prevention and Primary Care, Mississippi Nursing Association, Ridgeland, MS	08/2015
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Creating an Inclusive Healthcare Environment: Addressing Issues of Sexual Health in a Clinical Environment, Mississippi Nursing Association	08/2015
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Caring for LGBT People: Improving Effective Communication and Creating Welcoming Environments, 30Th Annual Eliza Pillars Registered Nurse of Mississippi Convention, IP Casino Resort Spa, Biloxi, MS	05/2015
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Primary Care, HIV, and the Changing Paradigm of HIV Prevention, Mississippi Medical and Surgical Assoiciation, Inc, Biloxi, MS	05/2015
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV, UMMC Family Medicine Update, Jackson, MS	03/2015
Invited Symposia, HIV/AIDS in the Southern United States…Implementation,Best Practices, and Solutions Open Arms Healthcare Center: A Partnership to Address the HIV Prevention and Care Needs of YAAMSM in Jackson, MS, Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, Washington DC	09/2014
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, HIV Epidemiology in Mississippi, Second Minority HIV and Health Disparity Conference., Biloxi, MS	06/2014
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Biomedical Interventions to Prevent HIV Infection, Second Minority HIV and Health Disparity Conference., Biloxi, MS	06/2014
Invited Symposia, Does PrEP have a place in STD care?, National STD Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA	06/2014
Invited Symposia, National Stigma Summit on Black & Latino Gay Men’s Health - Optima Care in Rural Communities, National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors, Dallas, TX	11/2013
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, "Ending AIDS in the South", United States Conference on AIDS/National Minority AIDSA Council, Hyatt Hotel	09/2013
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, HIV AIDS A Souther Epidemic (Host Committe Semirar), United States Conference on AIDS/National Minority AIDS Council, Hyatt Hotel, New Orleans, LA	09/2013
Poster Presentation, Origins of repeat infections with Chlamydia Trachomatis (Ct) among heterosexual men in two Southern cities in the United States, STI & AIDS World Congress Vienna 2013, Vienna 2013	07/2013
Poster Presentation, Origins of repeat infections with Mycoplasma genitalium (Mg) among heterosexual men in two Southern U.S. cities, STI & AIDS World Congress Vienna 2013, Vienna	07/2013
Poster Presentation, The influence of anti retroviral treatment (ART) on the treatment of Trichomonas vaginalis among HIV-infected women in three southern cities the U.S., STI & AIDS World Congress Vienna 2013, Vienna 2013	07/2013
Scientific Presentations, The HIV Epidemic among Young Black MSM in Mississippi: Transforming Research into Public Health Practice, Division of Infectious Diseases, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI	04/2013
Guest appearance on TV show, "STD prevention at any age (youth & elderly).", Dialogo de Costa a Costa in Brooklyn, NY	04/2013
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Meeting the healthcare needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgeder people., Mississippi Primary Health Care Association, Hollywood Casino and Conference Center, Bay St Louis, MS	04/2013
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, "Sensitivity Training and Treatment Challenges", MS Primary Health Care Association, Natchez Grand Hotel	12/2012
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Treatment as Prevention, is that all?, Black Treatment Action Network, My Brother's Keeper Wellness Center	09/2012
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, A Stop on Qeer Street: Health issues of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Populations., Mississippi Public Health Association, River Moon Casino, Philadelphia, MS	09/2012
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Board Members: Why is it important tolearn about hepatitis, HIV & LGBT health., National Association of Community Health Centers, Orlando, FL	09/2012
Webinar, "Create an integrated and coordinated response across disease areas (i.e., HIV, STD, TB and Viral hepatitis), mental health and substance abuse, which will assist in defining optimal care for gay and bisexual health (e.g., providing rectal swabs, approaching sexual health beyond STD and HIV testing)", National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Director	08/2012
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Epidemiology: HIV in Mississippi, Global Public Health Grand Rounds-Department of Medicine, University of MS Medical Center	03/2012
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Sexually Trasnmitted Diseases in HIV infected Patients, UMC Continuing Health Professional Education, Jackson Medical Mall Conference Center	03/2012
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, "Challenges to HIV Prevention and Care in the South", NIH OAR REP Budget Committee, webconference	03/2012
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, “Challenges to HIV Prevention and Care in the South”, NIH OAR REP Budget Committee, Webconference	03/2012
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Management of Herpes Simplex Infection and Genital Warts, MS Association of Public Health Physicians (MAPHP), UMC Conference Center @ Jackson Medical Mall	03/2012
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, STD Update 2011, MS Sate Department of Health, Jackson, MS	12/2011
Poster Presentation, Meta-analysis of Intra-Uterine Insemination and assisted reproductive technology in the HIV affected population., World Congress 2011 International Union for Sexually Transmitted Infections Control, New Delhi, India	11/2011
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Social Networks of YAAMSM in Jackson, MS and the HIV Epidemic, Social Networks of YAAMSM in Jackson, MS, Department of Psychology Research	11/2011
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, HIV and STDs, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson Medical Mall Conference Center	09/2011
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Genotypic Characterization of Clinical Trichomonas vaginalis Isolates amoung AAWSW in Sexual Partnerships, International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research, Quebec City, Canada	07/2011
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Why NHAS Matters for Hispanic/Latino Communities (What Now?), CDC, Atlanta, GA	06/2011
Abstract, HIV & Syphilis prevalence and socio-demographic and behavorial correlates amoung migrant men who have sex with men (MSM) in Beijing, China., American Public Health Association, Denver, CO	11/2010
Abstract, Longitudinal predictability of sexual attitudes on subsequent behavior amoung unmarried youth in China, American Public Health Association, Denver, CO	11/2010
Poster Presentation, Characterization of Male Patients at a Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic in Mississippi Receiving a Rectal Neisseria gonorrhea Culture, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Philadelphia, PA	10/2010
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Predictors of Frequent HIV Testing Amoung Young African American Men Who Have Sex With Men in Mississippi, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Vancouver, BC	10/2010
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Prevalence and Risk Factors for Infection with Herpes Simplex Virus Type-1 and Type-2 Among African American Women Who Have Sex with Women In Mississippi, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Vancouver, BC	10/2010
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Genetic and Clinical Characterization of Trichomonas vaginalis Isolates amoung African American Women Who Have Sex with Women, Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, Boston, MA	09/2010
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, A Mixed Methods Study Examining Sexual Risk Behaviors, STI and HIV Outcomes, and Sexual Concurrency amoung African American Women Who Have Sex with Women in Jackson, Mississippi, Eighteenth International AIDS Confernece, Vienna	07/2010
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Prevalence of drug resistance amoung persons with newly diagnosed HIV infection in Mississippi, United States, 2005-2008, Eighteenth International AIDS Conference, Vienna	07/2010
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Trends in Childbearing Behaviors of HIV Positive Mothers in Mississippi, 1991-2008, Vienna, Eighteenth International AIDS Conference	07/2010
DOM Research Day UMC, The Emergence of the Mississippi 0006 TB Strain and its Effects on the Hinds County Population, University of MS Medical Center Research Day, Jackson, MS	04/2010
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, A Randomized Treatment Trial: Single versus 7 Day Dose of Metronidazole (MTZ) for the Treatment of Trichomonas vaginalis amoung HIV-Infected Women, National STD Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA	03/2010
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Characteristics of Repeat Infections of Chlamydia Trachomatis Among Mississippians, 2004-2008, National STD Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA	03/2010
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Epidemiological Characterization of Syphilis Cases in Men at an Urban STD Clinic in Mississippi, Jan. 2004- Dec. 2008, National STD Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA	03/2010
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Screening and Partner Management of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infectons in STD Clinics: What do Patients Prefer?, National STD Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA	03/2010
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Technology Usage Amoung STD Clinic Patients in New Orleans, LA and Jackson, MS, National STD Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA	03/2010
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Utility of self-reported symptoms and risk behaviors in identifying STD patients suitable for "testing-only" visits, National STD Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA	03/2010
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Phylogenetic analysis shows insularity of Mississippi young black men who have sex with men with respect to HIV transmission, Retrovirals & Oportunistic Infections Conference, San Francisco, CA	02/2010
Poster Presentation, Investigating increasing numbers of HIV cases in Mississippi: a multifaceted approach, American Public Health Association 136th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA	10/2008
Abstract Submission, The Role of Preventive Healthcare in HIV Prevention in Young African American Men who have Sex with Men, American Public Health Association 136th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA	10/2008
Abstract Submission, Outbreak of Halophilic Vibrio Infections Associated with a Major Environmental Disaster., 13th International Congress on Infectious Diseases, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	06/2008
Abstract Submission, Clinical Evaluation of the BD ViperTM System and the BD ProbeTecTM GCQx Amplified DNA Assay* for the Direct Qualitative Screening of Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) in Female Endocervical, Female Vaginal, and Female Urine Specimens, 108th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Boston, MA	06/2008
Abstract Submission, Clinical Evaluation of the BD ViperTM System and the BD ProbeTec™ CTQx Amplified DNA Assay (CTQx) for the Direct Qualitative Screening of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) in Female Endocervical, Female Vaginal, and Female Urine Specimens, 108th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Boston, MA	06/2008
Abstract Submission, Evaluation of the BD VIPER™ System in Extracted Mode* to Detect Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorroeae in Male Swab and Urine Specimens, 22nd Clinical Virology Symposium, Daytona Beach, FL	04/2008
Abstract Submission, Chlamydia Screening Among High School Students in Mississippi (Abstract, National STD Prevention Conference, Chicago, IL	03/2008
Abstract Submission, Prevalence Rates of Sexually Transmitted Infections among Women who have Sex with Women, Emphasizing African Americans: Implications for Research and Policy, National STD Prevention Conference, Chicago, IL	03/2008
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Randomized trial of self-collected vaginal swabs for repeat chlamydia infection among women attended STD clinic, 2008 National STD Prevention Conference, Chicago, IL	03/2008
Abstract Submission, Antiretroviral Resistance Mutations in Newly Diagnosed Persons with HIV-1 Infection - Mississippi and South Carolina, United States, 2005 – 2007, 15th International Union Against Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI), Asia Pacific Congress. Dubai	02/2008
Abstract Submission, Acceptability of Self-Collected Vaginal Swabs for Chlamydia Screening, International Society for STD Research Biennial Meeting, Seattle, WA	07/2007
Abstract Submission, STD Prevalence among HIV Infected Women in Jackson, Mississippi, International Society for STD Research Biennial Meeting, Seattle, WA	07/2007
Abstract Submission, The cost of rescreening women for Chlamydia using mailed self-collected vaginal swabs compared to rescreening in an STD clinic, International Society for STD Research Biennial Meeting, Seattle, WA	07/2007
Oral Presentation, Use of Self-Collected Vaginal Swabs as an Innovative Approach to Facilitate Testing for Repeat Chlamydia Infection, International Society for STD Research Biennial Meeting, Seattle, WA	07/2007
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Syphilis: An Update in Epidemiology and Clinical Case Management, Mississippi Association of Public Health Physicians, Jackson, MS	05/2007
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, HSV Made Simple, Mississippi Association of Publich Health Physicians, Jackson, MS	03/2007
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Sexually Transmitted Infections and the Internet: The Good, the Bad and the URL, Mississippi Public Heatlh Association Annual Meeting, Tunica, MS	09/2006
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, STDs in the Era of Nucleic Acid Amplification, Mississippi Family Medicin Association, Jackson, MS	04/2005
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Sexually Transmitted Diseases Update, ACP Mississippi/Louisiana Chapers Scientic Meeting, Biloxi, MS	06/2004
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Chlamydia trachomatis: Screening and Diagnostic Modalities for a New Century, Southern Association of Microbiology Annual Meeting, Jackson, MS	04/2004
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Mississppi State Medical Association, Salt Lake City, UT

Teaching Experience

Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Microbiology	Winter 2016 - 2016
Medicine, Small Group, Preceptor, Bugs & Drugs	Spring 2015
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Infectious Diasese Clinical Conference	Winter 2016 - 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, ID Division Journal Club	Fall 2015
Medicine, Lecture, Facilitator, Bugs&Drugs	Fall 2015 - 2015
Medicine, Small Group, Presenter, Bugs & Drugs	Spring 2013
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Health Care That Connects	Spring 2013 - 2013
Medicine, Small Group, Presenter, Infectious Diseases Noon Conference	Spring 2013
Medicine, Course, attende, Social Determinants of Health	Spring 2013 - 2013
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, An HIV-1 Infected Patient	Winter 2013 - 2013
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Chair's Research Conference	Winter 2013
Medicine, Small Group, Lecturer, Bugs & Drugs	Fall 2013 - 2013
657, Medicine, Course, Course Director, Infectious Diseases	Spring 2012
Medicine, Small Group, Presenter, Bugs-N-Drugs	Winter 2012
657, Medicine, Course, Course Director, Infectious Disease	Fall 2011
Medicine, Lecture, Course Presenter, Carbapenems & Monobactams	Summer 2011
657, Medicine, Course, Course Director, Infectious Disease	Spring 2011
Medicine, Small Group, Course Presenter, Listeria monocytogenes	Spring 2011
Medicine, Small Group, Course Presenter, Herpes B Virus	Winter 2011
657, Medicine, Course, Course Director, Infectious Disease	Fall 2010
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Genital Dermatoses	Winter 2010
657, Medicine, Course, Course Director, Infectious Disease	Winter 2010
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Overview of STIs	Winter 2010
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, STI Syndromic Management	Winter 2010

Directed Student Learning

Preceptor, A Pilot Gaming Adherence Program for Youth Living with HIV Advised: Nicole Betson	2015 - 2015
Preceptor, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM USING EMTRICITABINE/TENOFOVIR (TRUVADA) AS PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS (PREP) FOR HIV PREVENTION Advised: Frederick Page	2015 - 2015
Dissertation Committee Member, Primary Care Providers and HIV Screening at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) Advised: Felicia Estes	2014 - Present
Dissertation Committee Member, Incarceration adn Black MSM: The Moderating Effect of Education, Employment and Social Support Advised: Angelica Geter	2014 - 2015
Supervised Research, Healh Needs in Transgender Populations in Mississippi Advised: Amaya Perez-Brumer	2014 - Present
Dissertation Committee Member, Multilocus Sequence Typing for Genetic Characterization of Trichomonas vaginalis Advised: Denise Cornelius	2012 - 2011
Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Religion and Spirituality as Predictors of High Risk Sexual Behavior among African American Men Who Have Sex with Men in Mississippi Advised: Reginald Riggins	2010 - 2014
Internship Advisor, PATIENT PREFERENCES REGARDING ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF STD CLINIC TEST RESULTS IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI Advised: Timothy Brown	2009 - 2010
Master's Thesis Committee Member, The Effects of Environmental Factors on Persons Living with Advised: Lucresia Nichols	2007 - 2009

Residency Training

Infectious Disease Fellowship Program, Program Director

2005 - 06/2011

Fellows supervised

Infectious Diasese, Research Mentor, 8 fellows supervised, Research	05/2003 - Present
Infectious Diseases Fellowship Training Program, Training Faculty, 16 fellows supervised, Sexually Transmitted Infections/STD Clinic	03/2003 - Present

Extramural, Interlocking Cohort Studies Informing HIV Prevention in High Seroprevalence Networks of Young Black MSM, NIH	06/2016 - 05/2021
Extramural, Transdisciplinary Collaborative Center (TCC) to Reduce HIV/AIDS Disparities in the mid-South, NIMHD	06/2016 - 05/2021
Extramural, A Collaborative Approach to Improve Sexual Health and End HIV/AIDS Among Young Black MSM, Elton John AIDS Foundation	12/2015 - 12/2016
Extramural, HIV Testing in the Emergency Department, Gilad Sciences	10/2015 - 09/2016
Extramural, A Pilot Study of PrEP Acceptance Among Young Black Men who Have Sex with Men, National Inistitute of Mental Health	09/2015 - 05/2016
Extramural, AIDS Education and Training Center, HRSA	09/2015 - 06/2019
Extramural, Medical Monitoring Project, CDC	06/2015 - 05/2019
Extramural, Ryan White Program Care and Services, HRSA/MSDH	04/2015 - 03/2016
Extramural, Clinical Evaluation of the Aptima HSV 1 & 2 Assay on the Panther System in Swab Specimens from Symptomatic Subjects Presenting With a Suspected Herpes Lesion(s), Hologic, Inc.	03/2015 - 02/2016
Extramural, A Pilot Gaming Adherence Program for Youth Living with HIV, Brown University - Miriam Hospital	01/2015 - 07/2016
Extramural, Building Access to HIV Prevention and Care Services for Black MSM, Elton John AIDS Foundation	01/2015 - 12/2015
Extramural, Rural Physician HIV Mentorship, MSDH - CDC	07/2014 - 06/2015
Extramural, CDC Case Surveillance Based Sampling, MSDH - CDC	06/2014 - 05/2015
Extramural, RW HIV Care and Services for MSDH Clinics, MSDH - HRSA	04/2014 - 03/2015
Extramural, Hinds County HIV Screening Project, Gilead Sciences	01/2014 - 07/2015
Extramural, STD Program Medical Consultant, MSDH - CDC	01/2014 - 12/2015
Extramural, Building Access to End HIV with Young, MSM, Black, Elton John AIDS Foundation	01/2014 - 12/2014
Extramural, Medical Director Open Arms Health Care Center, My Brother's Keeper, Inc	10/2013 - 09/2015
Extramural, Evaluation of a Program using Emtricitabine/Tenofovir (Truvada®) as Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV Prevention, Gilead Sciences	07/2013 - 12/2014
Extramural, A Randomized Clinical Trial of Treatment of T vaginalis infection in HIV negative women, Tulane Univesity School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine	03/2013 - 08/2017
Extramural, A Brief Clinic Based Safer Sex Program for Young African-American Men, University of Kentucky	08/2011 - 05/2016
Extramural, Evaluation of the Xpert CT/NG Assay, MS State Department of Health / University of MS Medical Center	04/2011 - 04/2013
Extramural, African American Lesbian Families, Sororities amd Fraternities and their Role in the Promotion of Sexual Health and Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infections in LGBT Communities., Gay and Lesbian Medical Association	01/2011 - 02/2012
Extramural, Repeated Bacterial STIs among Heterosexual Men, NIH/NIAID/ Tulane University/ UMC/ MS State Department of Health	09/2010 - 08/2012
Extramural, AIDS Education Training Center, Health Resources and Services Administration	07/2010 - 08/2015
Extramural, Safety & Efficacy of WC2031 versus Vibramycin for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis Infection: A Randomized, Double-blind, Double-dummy, Active-controlled study, Warner Chilcott	04/2010 - 12/2010
Extramural, Medical Monitoring Project 2011-2014, Center for Disease Control and Prevention	06/2009 - 05/2015
Extramural, Empiric Therapy of Mucopurulent Cervicitis (Mpc) for Chlamy Sexually transmited Infections Clinical Trial Group (NIH contract #N01-AI-40073), University of Alabama at Birmingham/NIH	02/2009 - 08/2011
Extramural, Vaginitis Sample Acquisition and/or Testing, Becton Dickinson & Co./ UMC/ MS State department of Health	02/2009 - 12/2009
Extramural, Clinical Evaluation of the BD Viper System for the Direct Quantitative Screening of C.trachomatis and N. gonorrhoeae in Liquid Based Cytology Specimens", Becton, Dickinson & Company	11/2007 - 11/2010
Extramural, A Randomized, multicenter, double-blind study to compare the efficacy of single-day treatment (1000 mg bid) with famciclovir compared to that of placebo in patient-initiated episodic treatment of recurrent genital herpes in immunocompetent Black patients., Norvartis	07/2007 - 11/2010
Extramural, Mutations in genes coding for surface exposed Mycoplasma genitalium proteins and immunoselection over time in chronically infected humans., Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center	09/2006 - 08/2009
Extramural, Trichomonas vaginalis in HIV(+) Women” and “Mutation in Genes Coding for Surface Exposed Mycoplasma genitalium Proteins and Immunoselection over Time in Chronically Infected Humans, Louisiana State University Health Science Centers through the Gulf South STI/TM Cooperative Research Center by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	05/2006 - 09/2009
Extramural, TIGRIS DTS System Clinical Equivalence Study using Vaginal Swab & Liquid Pap Specimens in the APTIMA Combo 2 Assay., MS State Department of Health	02/2005 - 10/2005
Extramural, HIV Drug Resistance and Subtype Surveillance (VARHS)., Center for Disease Control/ MS State Department Health	09/2004 - 09/2005
Extramural, Medical Monitoring Project., Center for Disease Control/ MS State Department Health	06/2004 - 05/2009
Extramural, Clinical Evaluation of the APTIMA Combo 2 Assay, APTIMA CT Assay and APTIMA GC Assay using ThinPrep Liquid Papanicolaou (PAP) Spcimens Processed with the APTIMA Liquid Pap Transport Kit., MS State Department of Health	12/2003 - 05/2004
Extramural, Use of Self Collected Vaginal Swabs as an Innovative Approach to Facilitate Testing for Repeat Chlamydia Infection, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	11/2003 - 10/2009
Extramural, Estimating HIV Incidence by Using a Population-based Serologic Method to Detect Recent HIV-1 Infection., MS State Department Health	03/2003 - 02/2005

Mena, Leandro A., M.D.

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