Lila Sheira, PhD, MPH

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Title(s)Assistant Professor, Institute for Health & Aging
SchoolSchool of Nursing
Address490 Illinois Street, #1200
San Francisco CA 94158
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    Lila Sheira, PhD MPH is an epidemiologist and Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Sheira has over a decade of experience working in community health research settings related to HIV and STI prevention, randomized controlled trials, HIV health, and sexual and reproductive health, spanning from Latin America and the Caribbean to North, East, and Southern Africa. Dr. Sheira also served as a rural community health Peace Corps Volunteer in Ecuador from 2009-2013 before completing her MPH at UC Berkeley from 2013-2015. She joined UCSF as a data analyst in 2015 and continued working through her PhD, after which she transitioned to a faculty member. Her current research interests include combining statistical and epidemiologic methods with implementation science and translational research to quantify preferences and need for pre-exposure prophylaxis for adolescent girls and young women and translating this data to program planning and policy change.

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    University of South Carolina, Columbia, SCBA05/2009Political Science
    University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CAMPH05/2015Public Health
    University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CAPhD05/2024Epidemiology
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    UCSF 2026Emerging Women's Health Research Scholar
    UC Berkeley2025Committee on Teaching Excellence Honor
    UC Berkeley2024Warren Winkelstein Award for Excellence in Epidemiologic Research

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    Leveraging Implementation and Data Science to Improve Health: Strategies for Reducing HIV Incidence
    NIH K01MH143577Aug 12, 2026 - Jul 31, 2031
    Role: Principal Investigator
    PHARMA-GIRL: Empowering adolescent girls and young women with choice and prevention in pharmacy-based HIV interventions
    NIH R21HD118709Feb 1, 2026 - Jan 31, 2028
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Missed opportunities for PrEP among the partners of people newly initiated in HIV care in western Tanzania. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2026 Sep 30. Sheira LA, Mlowe M, Katabaro E, Joseph B, Msasa J, Hassan K, Maila H, Winters S, Sabasaba A, Maokola W, Njau P, McCoy SI. PMID: 42814903.
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    2. Community Insights on the Acceptability of Location-enabled Devices to Improve Retention in Care and Prevention Among People Who Inject Drugs, Oakland and San Francisco, California. Int J Drug Policy. 2026 Sep 18; 157(Pt A):105516. Suprasert B, Ruiz R, Lella P, O'Neal IR, Velasquez G, Baguso GN, Wilson EC, McFarland W, Sheira LA. PMID: 42759242.
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    3. Systematic dissemination of study findings from local to national stakeholders: a case of a social network-based study on HIV self-testing and linkage among fishermen in Kenya. SAHARA J. 2026 Dec; 23(1):2705180. Ayieko BO, Charlebois ED, Sheira LA, Gutin SA, Olugo P, Lewis-Kulzer J, Kwena ZA, Thirumurthy H, Agot K, Camlin CS. PMID: 42527878; PMCID: PMC13421800.
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    4. A livelihood intervention improved nutritional, mental health and sexual health outcomes among HIV-affected adolescents in western Kenya: results from the Shamba Maisha randomised controlled trial. BMJ Glob Health. 2026 03 26; 11(3). Weiser SD, Sheira LA, Wekesa P, Zakaras JM, Frongillo EA, Weke E, Nagata JM, Conroy AA, Lightfoot M, Neilands TB, Butler LM, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR, Onono MA. PMID: 41887665; PMCID: PMC13034210.
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    5. Water Insecurity is Associated with Intimate Partner Violence Among Women Living with HIV in Western Kenya. AIDS Behav. 2026 Mar 25. Odak JJ, Young SL, Frongillo EA, Cohen CR, Burger RL, Sheira LA, Weke E, Wekesa P, Bukusi EA, Weiser SD. PMID: 41880082.
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    6. Exploratory analysis of the effect of a food security intervention on alcohol use among people with HIV in the Dominican Republic. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2026 May 01; 282:113104. Celeste-Villalvir A, Then-Paulino A, Jimenez-Paulino G, Sheira LA, Acevedo R, Armenta G, Becker N, Han B, Derose KP, Palar K. PMID: 41764908.
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    7. Gaps in Effective HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Screening and Uptake Among Fishermen in Kenya. AIDS Behav. 2026 Apr; 30(4):1211-1220. Sheira LA, Ayieko B, Gutin SA, Kwena ZA, Charlebois ED, Agot K, Moody J, Olugo P, Adede D, Lewis-Kulzer J, Gandhi M, Thirumurthy H, Bukusi EA, Camlin CS. PMID: 41251869; PMCID: PMC12875317.
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    8. Boosting health provider performance with non-financial incentives: A cluster-randomized controlled trial in Tanzania. PLoS One. 2025; 20(9):e0330989. Chiu C, Mnyippembe A, Sheira LA, Packel L, Katabaro E, Maokola W, Liu JX. PMID: 40934247; PMCID: PMC12425186.
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    9. The impact of the SKILLZ intervention on sexual and reproductive health empowerment among Zambian adolescent girls and young women: results of a cluster randomized controlled trial. Reprod Health. 2025 Jun 05; 22(1):95. Sheira LA, Mulubwa C, Chiu C, Chipungu J, Coakley C, Smith H, Upadhyay UD, Chilambe C, Chibwe B, Pry JM, Mkandawire B, Musonda M, Moore CB, Liu J. PMID: 40474217; PMCID: PMC12142864.
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    10. High mortality among fishermen along the beaches of lake Victoria: secondary analysis of evidence from a randomized control trial to promote HIV testing and services uptake in Siaya County, Kenya. BMC Public Health. 2025 May 02; 25(1):1630. Agot K, Ayieko BO, Sheira LA, Camlin CS, Kulzer J, Thirumurthy H, Olugo P, Charlebois ED, Kwena Z. PMID: 40316987; PMCID: PMC12046724.
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    11. Effect of improving food security on parenting practices and caregiver-adolescent relationships: qualitative findings of an income-generating agricultural intervention in rural Kenya - CORRIGENDUM. BJPsych Open. 2025 04 22; 11(3):e90. Onono MA, Sheira L, Frongilio EA, Odhiambo G, Wekesa P, Conroy A, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR, Weiser SD. PMID: 40259764; PMCID: PMC12052585.
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    12. Comparing PrEP adherence via objective and self-reported measures among fishermen working on Lake Victoria, Kenya. AIDS Care. 2025 May; 37(5):749-757. Adede DO, Sheira LA, Gutin SA, Ochung A, Ayieko B, Olugo P, Lewis-Kulzer J, Charlebois ED, Camlin CS, Thirumurthy H, Agot K, Kwena Z, Gandhi M. PMID: 40238797; PMCID: PMC12090886.
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    13. The effect of a social network-based intervention to promote HIV testing and linkage to HIV services among fishermen in Kenya: a cluster-randomised trial. Lancet Glob Health. 2025 04; 13(4):e669-e678. Camlin CS, Sheira LA, Kwena ZA, Charlebois ED, Agot K, Moody J, Ayieko B, Gutin SA, Ochung A, Olugo P, Lewis-Kulzer J, Nishimura H, Gandhi M, Bukusi EA, Thirumurthy H. PMID: 40155104; PMCID: PMC12431777.
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    14. Food Is Medicine for Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Improved Health and Hospitalizations in the Changing Health Through Food Support (CHEFS-HIV) Pragmatic Randomized Trial. J Infect Dis. 2025 Mar 17; 231(3):573-582. Palar K, Sheira LA, Frongillo EA, O'Donnell AA, Nápoles TM, Ryle M, Pitchford S, Madsen K, Phillips B, Riley ED, Weiser SD. PMID: 38696724; PMCID: PMC11911788.
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    15. The effect of a social network-based intervention on adherence to HIV preexposure prophylaxis and HIV viral suppression among Kenyan fishermen. AIDS. 2025 Jun 01; 39(7):912-917. Sheira LA, Kwena ZA, Ayieko B, Charlebois ED, Agot K, Gutin SA, Lewis-Kulzer J, Olugo P, Gandhi M, Bukusi EA, Thirumurthy H, Adede D, Moody J, Camlin CS. PMID: 39945623; PMCID: PMC12064387.
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    16. Brief Report: Internalized Poverty-Related Stigma and Interpersonal Violence Among Women Living With HIV in the United States. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2025 02 01; 98(2):99-102. Maya S, Sheira LA, Frongillo EA, Pala AN, Kempf MC, Konkle-Parker D, Wilson TE, Tien PC, Wingood G, Topper EF, Neilands TB, Johnson MO, Logie CH, Weiser SD, Turan JM, Turan B. PMID: 39791981; PMCID: PMC11724186.
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    17. Effect of improving food security on parenting practices and caregiver-adolescent relationships: qualitative findings of an income-generating agricultural intervention in rural Kenya. BJPsych Open. 2024 Dec 26; 11(1):e10. Onono MA, Sheira L, Frongilio EA, Odhiambo G, Wekesa P, Conroy A, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR, Weiser SD. PMID: 39721953; PMCID: PMC11733493.
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    18. Supporting young women's health through girl-friendly drug vendors in Lake Zone, Tanzania: protocol for the AmbassADDOrs for Health cluster-randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2024 06 08; 14(6):e078755. Mnyippembe A, Sheira LA, McCoy SI, Njau PF, Packel LJ, Hassan K, Solorzano-Barrera C, Maokola W, Kang Dufour MS, Sabasaba A, Liu J. PMID: 38851225; PMCID: PMC11163605.
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    19. The impact of financial incentives on mental health among adults in HIV care in Lake Zone, Tanzania. AIDS. 2024 09 01; 38(11):1677-1685. Chitle P, Sheira LA, Katabaro E, Winters S, Njau PF, Sabasaba A, McCoy SI. PMID: 38819837; PMCID: PMC11293976.
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    20. An agricultural livelihood intervention is associated with reduced HIV stigma among people with HIV. AIDS. 2024 08 01; 38(10):1553-1559. Weiser SD, Sheira LA, Weke E, Zakaras JM, Wekesa P, Frongillo EA, Burger RL, Mocello AR, Thirumurthy H, Dworkin SL, Tsai AC, Kahn JG, Butler LM, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR. PMID: 38752558; PMCID: PMC12439198.
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    21. Association of Higher Intake of Plant-Based Foods and Protein With Slower Kidney Function Decline in Women With HIV. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2023 11 01; 94(3):203-210. Banerjee T, Frongillo EA, Turan JM, Sheira LA, Adedimeji A, Wilson T, Merenstein D, Cohen M, Adimora AA, Ofotokun I, Metsch L, D'Souza G, Fischl MA, Fisher MC, Tien PC, Weiser SD. PMID: 37850979; PMCID: PMC10593493.
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    22. Links between Household-Level Income-Generating Agricultural Intervention and the Psychological Well-Being of Adolescent Girls in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Affected Households in Southwestern Kenya: A Qualitative Inquiry. J Nutr. 2023 12; 153(12):3595-3603. Onono MA, Frongillo EA, Sheira LA, Odhiambo G, Wekesa P, Conroy AA, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Weiser SD. PMID: 37863268; PMCID: PMC10739770.
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    23. Longitudinal Relationship Between Food Insecurity, Engagement in Care, and ART Adherence Among US Women Living with HIV. AIDS Behav. 2023 Oct; 27(10):3345-3355. Palar K, Sheira LA, Frongillo EA, Kushel M, Wilson TE, Conroy AA, Adedimeji A, Merenstein D, Cohen MH, Wentz EL, Adimora AA, Ofotokun I, Metsch LR, Turan JM, Tien PC, Weiser SD. PMID: 37067613; PMCID: PMC10783960.
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    24. Mechanisms linking gender-based violence to worse HIV treatment and care outcomes among women in the United States. AIDS. 2022 11 01; 36(13):1861-1869. Jain JP, Sheira LA, Frongillo EA, Neilands TB, Cohen MH, Wilson TE, Chandran A, Adimora AA, Kassaye SG, Sheth AN, Fischl MA, Adedimeji AA, Turan JM, Tien PC, Weiser SD, Conroy AA. PMID: 35950940; PMCID: PMC9529878.
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    25. Testing a social network approach to promote HIV self-testing and linkage to care among fishermen at Lake Victoria: study protocol for the Owete cluster randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2022 Jun 06; 23(1):463. Sheira LA, Kwena ZA, Charlebois ED, Agot K, Ayieko B, Gandhi M, Bukusi EA, Thirumurthy H, Camlin CS. PMID: 35668499; PMCID: PMC9169331.
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    26. Mental Health Mediates the Association Between Gender-Based Violence and HIV Treatment Engagement in US Women. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2022 02 01; 89(2):151-158. Conroy AA, Jain JP, Sheira L, Frongillo EA, Neilands TB, Cohen MH, Wilson TE, Chandran A, Adimora AA, Kassaye S, Sheth AN, Fischl MA, Adedimeji A, Turan JM, Tien PC, Weiser SD. PMID: 34723926; PMCID: PMC8752473.
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    27. The role of food security in increasing adolescent girls' agency towards sexual risk taking: qualitative findings from an income generating agricultural intervention in southwestern Kenya. BMC Public Health. 2021 11 06; 21(1):2028. Onono MA, Odhiambo G, Sheira L, Conroy A, Neilands TB, Bukusi EA, Weiser SD. PMID: 34742285; PMCID: PMC8572417.
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    28. Exploring antiretroviral therapy adherence, competing needs, and viral suppression among people living with HIV and food insecurity in the Dominican Republic. AIDS Care. 2022 10; 34(10):1234-1242. Derose KP, Han B, Armenta G, Palar K, Then-Paulino A, Jimenez-Paulino G, Sheira LA, Acevedo R, Lugo C, Veloz I, Donastorg Y, Wagner G. PMID: 34581230; PMCID: PMC8958167.
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    29. Relationship between food insecurity and smoking status among women living with and at risk for HIV in the USA: a cohort study. BMJ Open. 2021 09 06; 11(9):e054903. Sheira LA, Frongillo EA, Hahn J, Palar K, Riley ED, Wilson TE, Adedimeji A, Merenstein D, Cohen M, Wentz EL, Adimora AA, Ofotokun I, Metsch L, Turan JM, Tien PC, Weiser SD. PMID: 34489299; PMCID: PMC8422493.
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    30. Mechanisms from Food Insecurity to Worse HIV Treatment Outcomes in US Women Living with HIV. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2020 10; 34(10):425-435. Weiser SD, Sheira LA, Palar K, Kushel M, Wilson TE, Adedimeji A, Merenstein D, Cohen M, Turan JM, Metsch L, Adimora AA, Ofotokun I, Wentz E, Tien PC, Frongillo EA. PMID: 32941054; PMCID: PMC7585614.
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    31. Food Insecurity Is Associated With Lower Levels of Antiretroviral Drug Concentrations in Hair Among a Cohort of Women Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the United States. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 09 12; 71(6):1517-1523. Leddy AM, Sheira LA, Tamraz B, Sykes C, Kashuba ADM, Wilson TE, Adedimeji A, Merenstein D, Cohen MH, Wentz EL, Adimora AA, Ofotokun I, Metsch LR, Turan JM, Bacchetti P, Weiser SD. PMID: 31608363; PMCID: PMC7486839.
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    32. Associations between food insecurity and psychotropic medication use among women living with HIV in the United States. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2020 Apr 06; 29:e113. Whittle HJ, Wolfe WR, Sheira LA, Frongillo EA, Palar K, Merenstein D, Wilson TE, Adedimeji A, Cohen MH, Wentz EL, Tien PC, Weiser SD. PMID: 32248873; PMCID: PMC7214522.
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    33. Food Insecurity May Be an Independent Risk Factor Associated with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease among Low-Income Adults in the United States. J Nutr. 2020 01 01; 150(1):91-98. Golovaty I, Tien PC, Price JC, Sheira L, Seligman H, Weiser SD. PMID: 31504710; PMCID: PMC6946902.
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    34. Food insecurity is associated with anxiety, stress, and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder in a cohort of women with or at risk of HIV in the United States. J Nutr. 2019 08 01; 149(8):1393-1403. Whittle HJ, Sheira LA, Wolfe WR, Frongillo EA, Palar K, Merenstein D, Wilson TE, Adedimeji A, Weber KM, Adimora AA, Ofotokun I, Metsch L, Turan JM, Wentz EL, Tien PC, Weiser SD. PMID: 31127819; PMCID: PMC6675617.
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    35. The Stigma of Being a Young Parent: Development of a Measurement Tool and Predictors. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 2019 Mar 1; 28(3):642-655. Rice RW, Sheira SL, Greenblatt GE, Blodgett BM, Cockrill CK. .
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    36. Persistent Food Insecurity Is Associated with Adverse Mental Health among Women Living with or at Risk of HIV in the United States. J Nutr. 2019 02 01; 149(2):240-248. Tuthill EL, Sheira LA, Palar K, Frongillo EA, Wilson TE, Adedimeji A, Merenstein D, Cohen MH, Wentz EL, Adimora AA, Ofotokun I, Metsch L, Kushel M, Turan JM, Konkle-Parker D, Tien PC, Weiser SD. PMID: 30753638; PMCID: PMC6698636.
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    37. Food Insecurity Is Associated With Inflammation Among Women Living With HIV. J Infect Dis. 2019 01 09; 219(3):429-436. Leddy AM, Roque A, Sheira LA, Frongillo EA, Landay AL, Adedimeji AA, Wilson TE, Merenstein D, Wentz E, Adimora AA, Ofotokun I, Metsch LR, Cohen MH, Tien PC, Turan JM, Turan B, Weiser SD. PMID: 30165648; PMCID: PMC6325349.
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    38. Food Insecurity, Internalized Stigma, and Depressive Symptoms Among Women Living with HIV in the United States. AIDS Behav. 2018 Dec; 22(12):3869-3878. Palar K, Frongillo EA, Escobar J, Sheira LA, Wilson TE, Adedimeji A, Merenstein D, Cohen MH, Wentz EL, Adimora AA, Ofotokun I, Metsch L, Tien PC, Turan JM, Weiser SD. PMID: 29948333; PMCID: PMC6209540.
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    39. Longitudinal associations between food insecurity and substance use in a cohort of women with or at risk for HIV in the United States. Addiction. 2019 01; 114(1):127-136. Whittle HJ, Sheira LA, Frongillo EA, Palar K, Cohen J, Merenstein D, Wilson TE, Adedimeji A, Cohen MH, Adimora AA, Ofotokun I, Metsch L, Turan JM, Wentz EL, Tien PC, Weiser SD. PMID: 30109752; PMCID: PMC6516859.
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    40. Food Insecurity is Associated with Poor HIV Outcomes Among Women in the United States. AIDS Behav. 2017 Dec; 21(12):3473-3477. Spinelli MA, Frongillo EA, Sheira LA, Palar K, Tien PC, Wilson T, Merenstein D, Cohen M, Adedimeji A, Wentz E, Adimora AA, Metsch LR, Turan JM, Kushel MB, Weiser SD. PMID: 29119474; PMCID: PMC5824627.
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    41. Higher Body Mass Index Is Associated With Greater Proportions of Effector CD8+ T Cells Expressing CD57 in Women Living With HIV. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2017 08 15; 75(5):e132-e141. Reid MJA, Baxi SM, Sheira LA, Landay AL, Frongillo EA, Adedimeji A, Cohen MH, Wentz E, Gustafson DR, Merenstein D, Hunt PW, Tien PC, Weiser SD, Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS). PMID: 28328551; PMCID: PMC5503764.
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